John C. Maier, Rogue Brewmaster

Born in Riverside, California, in 1955, John originally moved to Portland, Oregon, as a child in 1962. Later, he moved to Vista, California (1972) graduating from Vista High School in 1973. Afterwards, he attended the Devry Institute of Technology (Phoenix, Arizona) graduating in 1975.

John was employed by Hughes Aircraft Co. in El Segundo, California, from 1975 to 1986, as Senior Electronic Technician. While there, he worked on the F-14 Tomcat Radar System.

In the Fall of 1986, John attended the Siebel Institute of Technology, graduating from their 50th course in Brewing Technology three months later.

The Alaskan Brewery in Juneau hired John Maier as Assistant Brewmaster in March of 1987. He left there in May 1989. That same month, John walked in at the very first brew at the Rogue Ales Brewery in Newport, Oregon. He has brewed over 30,000,000 pints for Rogue since that day.