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Kelowna home beer brewer goes large scale with Penticton brewery

Kelowna home beer brewer goes large scale with Penticton brewery | iNFOnews.ca
Derek Hyde of Kelowna, winner of the Home Brewers Club competition, is pictured harvesting hops with his children. Credit: Contributed

PENTICTON – A Penticton craft brewer is pairing up with the winner of the Okanagan Home Brewers Club competition.

Derek Hyde from Kelowna won the opportunity to brew a beer at Bad Tattoo’s Penticton facility.

Hyde’s first large scale commercial brew will be a seasonal beer under the Bad Tattoo label, according to a media release.

He says the opportunity to brew beer with Bad Tattoo “legitimizes my hobby.”

“I’m excited by this opportunity. I’ve never brewed on such a large scale before. It will be interesting to learn how things are done professionally,” Hyde says in the release.

Hyde will work closely with head brewer Robert Theroux to create a recipe for the beer. The pair will kick off the first stage of brewing on May 21 and will produce 2,000 litres.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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