Alex- Beertender
What’s your favorite Cairn Beer?
Pucker Up Sour or Bill’s Pills are my go-to’s year round. However I can’t stay away from the special release of the habanero Cinco Light Lager!
Where is your favorite place (besides the Cairn Taproom) to drink beer?
My favorite place to drink (besides Cairn, of course) has to be at sporting events. There’s nothing quite like the atmosphere created when passionate sports fans get a couple of cold ones in them.
Why Beer?
Beer creates culture. Beer has a way of giving us information about society both past and present. Seeing how different styles of beer found their way to Cairn from all around the world helps give us a more global perspective. Today, beer brings people together to enjoy events like trivia nights and pub crawls which help to make this life a little bit more fun.
What’s your favorite season for beer and why?
Summer is my favorite season for drinking beer. Nothing can top enjoying a beer outside after 9 pm. Whether in a beer garden or on your front porch, late night beers during the summer can’t be beat.
If you weren’t working in the world of beer, where do you think you’d be?
I’d be a mess… just joking.. kind of.
If I was working outside the world of beer I would be teaching and volunteering with sports, both coaching and through special Olympics.
Riley- Beertender
What’s your favorite Cairn Beer?
Spruce Hugger! And when it’s gone… Seaplane!
Where is your favorite place (besides the Cairn Taproom) to drink beer?
Around a campfire!
Why Beer?
It’s delicious, it’s simple yet there are endless varieties for everyone, and it always seems to bring the community together.
What’s your “win the lottery” dream?
Buy a Ski Resort!
Do you have a Secret Superpower?
Teaching middle schoolers science
Nic- Beertender
What’s your favorite season for beer and why?
I like the change of seasons more than a particular season. Seasonal changes and beer styles that only come around at certain times!
If you weren’t working in the world of beer, where do you think you’d be?
Yikes. Probably somewhere warm. Thailand?
What’s your “win the lottery” dream?
50,000 gallon sturgeon aquarium & a crew to care for it.
Do you have a Secret Superpower?
Ask me for a schooner of beer and give me 5 minutes. Ok it's not a superpower it's just a fluffy beer head.
Do you have a pet at home?
Yes, I have some snakes.
Dinosaurs or Dragons?
Dragons! Are you freaking kidding me. Who says dinosaurs.
Haakon-Beertender
What’s your favorite Cairn Beer?
Double Take all day!!
Why Beer?
Because I’m a teacher
What’s your favorite season for beer and why?
Winter and spring, when my Zags are playing basketball
What do you do in your freetime?
Watch sports, pet my cat, push teenagers in mosh pits
Do you have a Secret Superpower?
I have witty comebacks for just about everything
What would be your dream (as elaborate as you want) Halloween costume?
Rachel Wood
Greg- Beertender
What’s your favorite Cairn Beer?
Connie’s English Bitter
Where is your favorite place (besides the Cairn Taproom) to drink beer?
At the end of the trail
What do you do in your freetime?
When I’m not pouring beer I am at school for IT
What’s your “win the lottery” dream?
To own a small tiny home village to support my dog sanctuary.
Dinosaurs or Dragons?
I am fireborn but dinosaurs evolved into chickens and I do love omelets. So dinosaurs
What would be your dream (as elaborate as you want) Halloween costume?
Haakon Standal dressed as Rachel Wood
Carlo- Beertender, Cellarman
What’s your favorite Cairn Beer?
Midnight Hike in the winter, and Golden Anbessa in the summer!
Why Beer?
It’s a fun reason to bring awesome people together.
What’s your favorite season for beer and why?
Probably summer. I think fall is my wine season. I’m going to try and make this winter a whiskey season. Spring will be a mystery.
What do you do in your freetime?
Traveling with my wife Dorothy, TTRPGs, Home-brewing, Tennis, Golf, and my favorite pastime: wishing I wasn’t allergic to everything so that I could one day have pets at home.
Dinosaurs or Dragons?
Dragosaurs.
What would be your dream (as elaborate as you want) Halloween costume?
Greg Sanders dressed as Haakon Standal dressed as Rachel Wood
Rachel- Beertender, Communications
Where is your favorite place (besides the Cairn Taproom) to drink beer?
Outside on a warm, clear sky, night. Next to a campfire, out in a beergarden, or just literally lying in the grass--I want to look at the stars and sip a beer.
What do you do in your freetime?
I love spending time with my friends trying new cocktail bars. I hike as much as I can in the summer (the North Cascades is my favorite place in the world). I've also picked up solo travel recently and really enjoy the comfort of not having to share a king sized bed.
What’s your “win the lottery” dream?
Travel and obviously multiple vacation homes. Spend a week eating pasta in Florence. Pop over to Nippori, Tokyo to go fabric shopping for a weekend.
Dinosaurs or Dragons?
Dragons. From listening to my dad read The Hobbit as a bedtime story, to visiting the Dragon Cave of Enoshima when I lived in Japan--dragons are definitely my favorite mythical beast.
What would be your dream (as elaborate as you want) Halloween costume?
....I'm not sure how to answer this question at this point.
Jen- Owner, Operations Manager
Where is your favorite place (besides the Cairn Taproom) to drink beer?
In my backyard, around the fire pit, with a fire and my pup Rosie and my husband the brewer.
If you weren’t working in the world of beer, where do you think you’d be?
In an RV, lost somewhere in a national park.
What’s your “win the lottery” dream?
Adopt every rescue dog I can find.
Dinosaurs or Dragons?
Dinosaurs, always dinosaurs. Just like my young friend Lucas.
What would be your dream (as elaborate as you want) Halloween costume?
Greedo, not because he’s good looking or because it’s elaborate—I just think it would be cool to be in Mos Eisley’s Cantina.
Bill- Owner, Brewer
Why Beer?
Because beer is always the answer to everything.
If you weren’t working in the world of beer, where do you think you’d be?
In an RV, looking for Jen in a national park.
What do you do in your free time?
I don’t get much free time, but when I do I can usually be found on Xbox, drinking a beer of course. Gamer tag: PaleAle
Do you have a secret superpower?
I can take any process that is going smoothly, proclaim how well it is going, which will then make it start to go horribly wrong.
Dinosaurs or Dragons?
Clearly dragons. They can fly, breath fire, and turn invisible. Dinosaurs no longer exist.