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Article: A beer with no peer.
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2004
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Byline: Jim Radcliffe
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. - Yale graduate Tom Nickel might have the mind of a lawyer, but he has the burly body - and the heart - of a beer drinker. After a summer internship at a legal firm, he shook off the idea of attending law school and now, at 31, is the head brewer for a small pizza-restaurant chain based in San Clemente.
He's not just any brewmeister - according to his peers, he is the world's best brewer for a small beer company, capturing the title at the recent World Beer Cup in San Diego. "I have no life outside of beer," said Nickel, who tastes up to 16 ounces of suds a day, testing his work in little sips. "That is not a ...