Watch Brewmaster Garrett Oliver Talk Beer Inspiration

In the newest episode of AOL's "Serving Innovation" series, Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver (who's also the author of The Oxford Companion to Beer) talks about his own beer story: his initial dislike of crappy college beer, how a trip to England revealed that beer was "diverse and interesting," and his early home-brew days. Says Garrett about his inspiration and innovation: "I've made hundreds of different beers. The beer arrives in my head fully formed: I see it, I smell it, I taste it. And then the question is, 'Okay, how am I going to get there?'" Go, watch:

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