Jeffers Richardson - Firestone Walker Barrelworks Director

Jeffers Richardson photo by Evelyn Rosales, LA Weekly

In 1996, Adam Firestone and David Walker made accidental sour beers when trying to ferment beer in wine barrels. They quickly realized that they needed to enlist the help of a trained brewer, so they hired Jeffers as their original brewmaster to determine how to ferment clean beers in oak barrels. Now they’ve come full circle, bringing Jeffers back to oversee Barrelworks. Go figure.