Fal Allen

Fal Allen is currently the Brewmaster for Anderson Valley Brewing Company, he is responsible for the development and production of the Anderson Valley beers. From 2000 to 2005 Fal worked as the General Manager and Head of Production for Anderson Valley. In 2010 he returned to Anderson Valley as the Brewmaster. Between 2005 and 2010 Fal was the Brewmaster and brand ambassador for Archipelago Brewing Company in Singapore (a division of Asia Pacific Breweries). During that time he developed many new and unusual beers brewed with local Southeast Asian spices and other ingredients. Fal started brewing professionally in 1988 for Red Hook Brewery in Seattle, WA. In 1990 he moved on to Pike Place brewery where he was the head brewer for 8 years. In 1999 Fal won the Brewer’s Association’s Russell Schehrer Award for Innovation and Achievement in Craft Brewing. He has spoken internationally on a range of brewing subjects from cask conditioned beers to QA/QC procedures, to brewery installation. He has also Judged beer internationally in Japan, Singapore, the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and New Zealand. Fal's writing credits include the new book “Gose; Brewing a Classic German Beer for the Modern Era”, co-authoring the book “Barley Wine”, a four part series on Microbiology and lab procedures, and more than 40 articles in periodicals including American Brewer, The New Brewer, Zymurgy, Master Brewer’s Technical Quarterly, The Malt Advocate, The Scandinavian Brewer’s Review and The Washington Law Review. Fal holds degrees from both the University of Hawaii, and the Seibel Institute of Brewing Technology.