Dr. White’s original profession was as a practicing veterinarian for almost 20 years. After retiring from veterinary practice, he attained a Master’s Degree in Architecture.  All during this time Doc has always been interested in quality beer—mostly consuming it. In 2002, Doc witnessed a friend home brew several batches of beer for friends and clients—and was more than intrigued.

He opened a craft beer store in 2008 which led to the discovery and personal immersion in the US and regional craft beer movement.

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Since 1993, when he began instructing science courses at the collegiate level, Doc discovered a hidden passion, namely teaching. As an educator and entrepreneur, he considered the rapidly-expanding US craft beer explosion and the conundrum of “Where are these new breweries getting qualified, trained brewers?”. Following some market research he discovered a demand for brewing educational facilities, especially at a reasonable tuition, out of this query in 2013 the Brewing & Distilling Center was established.