Conan the Barbarian

Barbarian Mascot

Other Jobs: Lunch Sampler, Pizza Crust Disposal, Bar Stool Cleaner

Number of years at Barbarian: 9 and counting (but he’s 13)

Favorite beer style: Little Wolf IPA and whatever falls on the floor or bar stools

Least favorite beer style: Any other beer

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Alaska. It felt like home.

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Siberia to see the mother land.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: Pizza. Chicken. All the treats.

Thor

120lb Emotional Support Malamute

Other Jobs: Vocal Artist, Chief Snuggler, Never in the Way… Ever

Number of years at Barbarian: 4, but he’s 11. Thor was adopted from Moonsong Malamute Rescue.

Favorite beer style: Thor’s Might Barley wine.

Least favorite beer style: Little Wolf IPA

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Boise. He moved here from Utah and likes it better in Idaho.

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Alaska, to visit the motherland.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: All the fluffy dog toys, cheese and a set of dentures (he’s missing 18 teeth!).

Bre Hovley

Co-owner and founder. Business Manager.

Other Jobs: Dog mom and Gardner

Number of years at Barbarian: Since the first idea of Barbarian existed.

Favorite beer style: IPAs

Least favorite beer style: Any beers with peppers added.

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Edinburgh, Scotland for the Old Town, Costa Rica for surfing and Thailand for the elephants.

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: A long Europe trip to hike through the Italian Dolomites and French Alps, visit all the beaches and eat all the delicious food.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: A 6-month vacation around the world.

James The Barbarian

Co-owner and founder. Head Brewer.

Other Jobs: Fixer of ALL the broken things at the brewery

Number of years at Barbarian: Forever

Favorite beer style: IPAs

Least favorite beer style: Rauchbiers

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Edinburgh, Scotland. It’s a beautiful city with tons of history.

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Norway in the winter to see the northern lights

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: Hire a lawyer

Keaton

Brewer

Other Jobs: One job is plenty. Maybe Korban’s babysitter. 😊

Number of years at Barbarian: 7

Favorite beer style: A fine Pilsner

Least favorite beer style: Pretty much everything that isn’t a light beer.

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Prague, Czech Republic

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Probably the backcountry of Japan to snowboard, eat and drink.

Jamie K

Manager

Other Jobs: Dog Snuggler

Number of years at Barbarian: Technically 7, unofficially 9

Favorite beer style: Sours

Least favorite beer style: Lagers

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Brazil

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Thailand for beaches and food.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: Hire a financial advisor, then build a moat around my house.

BJ Davidson

Role at Barbarian: Bartender, Crowd Pleaser

Other Jobs: Looking Fly

Number of years at Barbarian: 5.5

Favorite beer style: Dark and Malty

Least favorite beer style: IPAs

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Mexico

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Australia, never been and I get along with them Downunders… I gravitate to them mates.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: Buy my mom her dream house.

Wes Schlag

Bartender

Other Jobs: Musician/Actor/DJ/Friend

Number of years at Barbarian: 1

Favorite beer style: Belgian styles

Least favorite beer style: Hazy IPAs

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Whistler, B.C. Canada

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Belgium for the beer and Japan for the food.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: I’d buy a genie, then immediately wish for another winning lottery ticket. Then with that, I would buy world peace.

Panda

Bartender

Other Jobs: Provider of spooky art / Emotional support Panda

Number of years at Barbarian: almost 2

Favorite beer style: Sours and making fun mixes

Least favorite beer style: Hard Seltzers

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Germany and Switzerland

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: New Zealand to visit the hobbit holes on the Lord of the Rings set.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: Pay off my house and travel everywhere.

Shannon Vanus

Bartender

Other Jobs: Sip & Flow Yoga Instructor

Number of years at Barbarian: 1 yr so far

Favorite beer style: Belgian, specifically Tripel with a splash of sour beer.

Least favorite beer style: IPAs, sorry.

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: The Mediterranean Sea to climb along the coast and float in the water.

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: The entirety of Scotland, hiking along the West Highland way.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: Place tickets and LEGO sets.

Lindsay

Bartender

Other Jobs: Farmer and Florist

Number of years at Barbarian: 1

Favorite beer style: Sours

Least favorite beer style: Stouts.

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: The wild Alaskan Wilderness

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: Italy for the foods!

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: I’d buy Barbarian Brewing so I could pay all my friends and co-workers a million dollars and drink free beer forever.

Bailey

Bartender

Other Jobs:Real Estate Agent – B.K.M. Real Estate

Number of years at Barbarian: newbie! 2 months

Favorite beer style: IPAs 🙂 (like a basic white boy lol don’t put that though) And any of the Barbarian Non-Alcoholic options

Least favorite beer style: Porters

Favorite place you’ve ever visited or traveled to: Playa Del Carmen Mexico thus far or literally anywhere in the mountains.

If you could travel ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why: The Basque Country and Ireland to explore my roots.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d spend money on: I would buy a piece of land in the mountains and build my dream vacation home to spend the my summers there. And then shortly thereafter, I would buy plane tickets to go see the rest of the world during winter.

About

The Barbarian Way

“Why the f**k not?”

That’s our motto around here. Ancient barbarians never bothered with pesky concepts like rules or limits, and neither do we. If we (or our customers) come up with a completely bonkers idea, we’re all in.

The coolest part of our brewery is that we can do whatever we want. All it takes are a few untamed minds, a little elbow grease … and maybe a few pints of beer. When you give civilization the finger, true innovation happens. Barbarian’s delicious, complex, artisan ales and lagers are a godless mashup of old world traditions and new world flavors.

Conan

THE original Barbarian
(aka Little Wolf)

Thor

Emotional Support Brewery Malamute