About Grainbakers, Meet Caitlin

For many years, Caitlin owned a craft brewery and restaurants. Making the great Covid pivot, she relocated to sunny Northern California. Now, she is a baking instructor, designer, oil painter, Mum and marketing geek. She works professionally as a Consultant with her husband, Jeff, at Crafted-Destinations, offering services in restaurant design, mergers and acquisitions, brewery ownership, and peer counseling, and she teaches artisan breadmaking as Grainbakers, a mobile breadmaking school at small American Breweries.

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She's on a mission to help small and independently operated breweries thrive in an incredibly competitive market. In 2024, she hopes to bring 3,000+ guests to smaller (under 20,000 BBL) breweries on their slowest nights. She's keen to shine a light on the best breweries, focusing on quality, customers and community. "Small American Breweries are vital to our communities. Last year, they lost ground, closing at a remarkable rate." She travels to brewery-centric cities all over the United States.

June 24 update:  "This year, from California to Maine, I've been traveling as Grainbakers Mobile Breadmaking school to 34 Breweries. That's 15,627+ miles, 1,600+ Breadmakers, and thousands of smiles and laughs. I've learned a lot of surprising things about what's happening in American small businesses right now. I'm having a blast. I've met thousands of the most amazing people. I'm so grateful."

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With upcoming road trips to Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and more TBD, she's looking for invites to the most beloved breweries that might like to host a class.  Send her an invite to your brewery!

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Caitlin is a proud member of the Pink Boots Society and an Affiliate Member of the Bay Area Brewer's Guild.