CERIA Brewing Company is a family-owned business founded by Keith Villa and his wife Jodi in January 2018, and is one of the leading non-alcoholic beer companies in the United States. Keith has a Ph.D. in Brewing from the University of Brussels and is the creator of Blue Moon, the most successful craft beer in the United States and driver of the craft beer movement. After retiring from brewing nationally renowned craft beers, Keith was eager for a new challenge and he founded CERIA Brewing to create great-tasting non-alcoholic brews so that no matter why you choose not to drink alcohol, you can still enjoy a great tasting brew.
In this episode we get into: 1) Where the idea of CERIA came from, including the name which comes from the Roman goddess of agriculture 2) The science behind making great tasting non-alcoholic beer 3) How the non-alcoholic beer industry is one of the most innovative in the U.S. 4) What are ways they are looking to get more non-alcoholic beverages into stores, restaurants, and bars 5) Future plans for releasing news beers and other beverages