Josh Hare

Founder & CEO

Josh Hare is the Founder & President at Hops & Grain Brewing in Austin, TX. He fell in love with artfully crafted beer and the fantastic community that supports it when he was living in Boulder, CO in the early 2000’s. He moved to Austin in 2005 to pursue a career in triathlon and the running specialty retail industry and eventually helped to open the city’s most successful running retail store. After searching for beer sponsors all over the state with no success, Hare decided to open his own brewery, focused on the highest quality products and marketing them to an active city loyal to locally produced goods. Since 2011 he has been overseeing the day to day operations of the brewery from recipe & product development to quality management. Since day 1, the mission at Hops & Grain has been to enhance the human experience through the medium that inspires them the most, the artful and deliberate expression of thoughtfully crafted beer.

Jonathan Flores aka “Flo”

Brewery Manager

A daily dose of tacos, beer, friends, family, love, and smiles make my world go round. I worked for a vodka distillery for nearly seven years before I found my true passion in the beer industry. Cellar by day, centrifuge by night, and in the tap room from time to time serving fresh cold beer. Days I'm away from the brewery, I'm either playing bass with friends in "The Instrument", riding my new bicycle around the city, or spending the day being lazy at home with Archer - man's best friend and sweetest pit bull you'll ever meet. Who could ask for a better life?

Melanie Jones

Sales

Melanie is our sales representative for central Texas.

She loves beer almost as much as her puppy!

You can spot her around the "corridor" as she shows you what Hops & Grain has to offer.

Alex Bentz

Packaging Team

I originally hail from New Orleans and came to Austin 8 years ago to help a friend remodel her house and immediately fell in love with the city. I moved here inside of a month and started working for a local restaurant. Their extensive tap wall helped further my initial exploration of craft beer and planted the first seeds of interest for working in this amazing industry. Fast forward to the present and you simply find me as a burgeoning beekeeper that feels lucky to work for a most excellent brewery. My down time often finds me attempting to melt my face off with the heaviest of metal or kicking back in my robe with a good book.

Carlos J.R. Garcia

Events Coordinator

Carlos joined the Hops & Grain gang in March 2019, on the ground floor of our San Marcos, TX location.

He enjoys working on many projects within and outside of Hops & Grain. Catch him bartending in San Marcos and he might sing you a song!

Jake Moon

Beertender

Jake joined our team in December 2017 and has been a shining ray of light sense! He's also a sound engineer so be on the lookout for him at your favorite shows around town. Oh, and he's in a band too!

Tori Stephens

Bartender - San Marcos

Tori is one of our original San Marcos Hops & Grain bartenders!

In addition to bartending, she is a pilates instructor and 80s music fan.

Catch her at Hops & Grain San Marcos!

Josh Leedom

Bartender - San Marcos

Josh Leedom is one of the original bartending team for Hops & Grain in San Marcos, TX.

He's a Cicerone Certified beer-server. He enjoys podcasts and kittens. Come out to our San Marcos brewery and tell him "hi".

Peder Pederson

Cellaring Team

Peder was an amazing friend & co-worker to all of us whom we lost too young. His memory lives on with 'Oh Hey!' and 'Rascal!' being shouted throughout the brewery.

2/19/1991-10/20/2017

Forever loved & remembered #RIP