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The Hidden Secrets of the Bourbon Industry

Explore the world of bourbon with one of the industry’s leading experts, Brindiano Group’s Jeff Hopmayer. This conversation includes a guided tasting; featured products will be delivered to participants on or before the day of the event.

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Conversation Host

Jeff Hopmayer

Managing Partner
Brindiano Group

Jeff is an entrepreneur at heart, with his roots planted firmly in the food and adult beverage industry. With more than 20 years of experience as a Chief Executive, with the majority of that in adult-beverage organizations operating within both the public and private sectors, Jeff has built companies from the ground up.

Through that process, he has overseen mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, and much more. In doing several of those mergers in the beverage space, he became the premier go to source for bourbon and whiskey around the world. He spends most of his days working with hall of fame master distillers and master blenders. Jeff does not supply the bottles you buy on the shelf, he supplies the bourbon directly to the brands, that you then see on the shelves.

Jeff gets to travel, tasting and visiting most of the leading known and many of the undiscovered distilleries around the world. He sits on the board of or has served on the board for many of the larger spirits companies, including Stoli, Amber Beverage, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Boston Harbor Distilling and a few others.

Jeff has gained extensive experience in the retail, consumer products, and adult beverage arenas through these companies, and now he’s sharing his knowledge with other entrepreneurs through the Brindiamo Group.

Jeff graduated from the University of Denver and lives in Nashville, Tennessee. In his spare time, he can be found traveling, cooking, enjoying a glass of wine or bourbon.