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Brandon Judd

Brandon Judd

United States Ambassador to the Republic of Chile

Sep 15, 2026

16:58
And while I think I know the answer, but I'm going to ask you anyway, why Germany and why did you choose VLB?
17:05
There was three options at the time.
17:09
that I was interested in.
17:11
Having already been brewing for close to three years, Niagara College wasn't really at all the right fit because that's much more of a let's go from no experience to ready to start type of program.
17:24
So I needed something that was more of a you're already a brewer, let's get a very intense technical education to advance your career rather than start it.
17:34
So the three big options were Siebel in Chicago, The Royal Institute in Edinburgh and VLV.
17:44
Those are the three that I was most interested in.

28 MINS LATER

45:36
So how much of that broader philosophy really impact or influence the beer program? Or was that a combination of what we can do with the beer and let's work with what we have or,

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