Senior Brewmaster: Craft Ops, Innovation & Quality

Miski Brewing Company; Barrie; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group benefits

Vacation time

Personal days

Employee discount

Job summary

Miski Brewing Company in Barrie, Ontario is seeking an experienced Brewmaster to provide senior technical leadership across brewing operations, new beer development, and quality. This is a hands-on, production-floor role requiring active brewing, equipment operation, and mentorship of the brewing team.

You will be responsible for developing new beers using quinoa and other alternative grains, scaling recipes for production, and ensuring consistency and quality in every batch.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of hands-on commercial beer-brewing experience.
• Ability to operate brewing equipment and manage fermentation and cellar operations.
• Experience developing and scaling beer recipes for production.
• Strong knowledge of brewing science, fermentation, yeast management, and process control.
• Willingness to work hands-on on the production floor.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee commercial brewhouse operations, including mashing, wort production, fermentation, conditioning, filtration, carbonation, and product release.
• Provide senior day-to-day technical direction to the Lead Brewer and team; coordinate priorities with ownership.
• Monitor fermentation performance, yeast handling, and process parameters; diagnose issues and implement fixes.
• Lead beer development, recipe formulation, pilot brewing, and scale-up to production.
• Maintain SOPs, batch records, sampling plans, and quality documentation; ensure gluten-free controls and GMP compliance.
• Coach and mentor brewing staff; evaluate equipment and process improvements.
• Communicate readiness and priority needs to ownership; ensure production targets are met.

Skills

Hands-on brewing

Leadership

Fermentation management

Quality control

Problem-solving

Brewing process optimization

Tools

Brewing equipment

Job description

Miski Brewing Company in Barrie, Ontario is seeking an experienced Brewmaster to provide senior technical leadership across brewing operations, new beer development, and quality. This is a hands-on, production-floor role requiring active brewing, equipment operation, and mentorship of the brewing team.

You will be responsible for developing new beers using quinoa and other alternative grains, scaling recipes for production, and ensuring consistency and quality in every batch.