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Head Brewer:<\/strong> Chase Kurtz<\/span><\/p>\n How long have you worked at the brewery?<\/strong> I have worked at 3NB for 3 years now, but have overseen the Harrisonburg brewery for just the past year.<\/span><\/p>\n How did you get involved in brewing?<\/strong> After college I had an opportunity to work for a startup brewery in Philadelphia as one of their brewers. Sadly, the brewery did not last for more than two years but it got me interested in brewing. I ended up going into sales, but about three years ago I saw that Three Notch’d was hiring and I thought it would be fun to get back into the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tell us something people don\u2019t know about your brewery.<\/strong> One thing that you might not know about the Harrisonburg location of Three Notch’d is that we brew all our specialty brews on a 1 bbl system, which allows us to make fun, unique beers. So, for example, we were able to make a Mexican Chocolate Stout spiced with habanero peppers last year, and we just released a blueberry and marshmallow beer dosed with marshmallow flavoring and blueberry puree.<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s your favorite food and beer combo?<\/strong> We don’t serve food at the Harrisonburg location, but in general I would have to say my favorite combo would be a hot pretzel, mustard, and a malty pale ale or IPA.\u00a0 It\u2019s a simple but delicious combo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tell us about your pets.<\/strong> My wife and I got our son a one-year-old rescue dog named Hemingway for his first birthday. “Hemi” is a pitbull\/hound mix who\u2019s a great partner for walks and going to the park. He also makes a great furry brother for my sons.\u00a0 He is by far the most loving and happy dog I have ever owned.\u00a0 He has been a part of our family for four years now, and I could not imagine not having him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What is your favorite thing to do in the Shenandoah Valley?<\/strong> My favorite thing to do with my dog, wife, and kids is to just get out and enjoy all the hiking, fishing, and camping you can do just a short ride from our front porch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s the best way to spend time outdoors along the Shenandoah Beerwerks Trail?<\/strong> I have two boys under five, and I love that a lot of the breweries on the Trail are family friendly and great places to just relax and enjoy yourself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Head Brewer: Chase Kurtz How long have you worked at the brewery? I have worked at 3NB for 3 years now, but have overseen the Harrisonburg brewery for just the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n