the dark horse crew

aaron morse

the skipper/ head brewer / owner

 aaronm@darkhorsebrewery.com

  I like to swim with my little friend Sam he is a small guy who loves to play in the water.  He likes to eat bananas and talk about stones. Every now and then we stop and punch each other just for the satisfaction of swinging our fists.  You can’t bring Sam down, he is 12 foot 3 inches tall and loves honey.  He has the face of a yellow green baby and likes the smell of propane.  If you would like to meet Sam we could arrange a beating of the drum and from under the stones and grass we may all go.  Now come the running of the frogs for some reason these damn frogs keep going and going we can’t stop them, it is not worth our time to get some lunch at this point.  I am hungry are you?  We could eat meat it has protein or we could grind up those damn frogs who keep running and running,  damn things. Stop! I didn’t say to open that door you see that man he get scared too.  There once was a man from Nantucket who used to pee in his own bucket, but he fell down and turned into a clown now he just eats oranges. Bio, Bio, Bio what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.  I like beer, I Like to make beer, I like to make people happy who like our beer, it is a wonderful world after all.  Drink more beer don’t stop at one kind try them all -  beer drinking is a wonderful thing, it is a passion fruit, it is a love of life,  without beer the world would suck. - Aaron

 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY ME OR MY FELLOW  WORKING PARTNERS ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO DARK HORSE BREWING COMPANY OR ITS FELLOW WORKING PARTNERS. GOD LOVE FREE SPEECH AND BEER!!!!!!!!

bill "wacky" morse

aaron's dad / filipino gardner

cally morse

den mother / office ruler / aaron's mommy

 cally@darkhorsebrewery.com

trent thurston

cellarman

 trent@darkhorsebrewery.com

 David "Woody Blades" Scott

Woody is the new guy to join the Dark Horse Family - Look for his story soon and stop down and say hi to him.

brewer/cellarman

aaron "NOONIE" newsome

brewhouse operations manager

 aaronn@darkhorsebrewery.com

Hi, I'm Noonie, well that's what they call me around here. I've had many
other nick names throughout my existence, they all have a good story. One
time growing up, my sister won a goldfish at the Calhoun County Fair. When
we got the fish home we discovered that it's lips were very red, like she
had lipstick on. My sister called her "Lady Lips". That fish lived for
nearly 5 years, fitting name for such a fish. Another time, many years
later, I was in Victoria, B.C. on Vancouver Island where Jonas, Jimmy and I
found the coolest Irish pub. The pub had good beer and live music, so I
decided being 19 and in good ol' Canada, that I would try one of each from
the import list. When we got back to the hotel I was waiting patiently for
Jimmy to finish using the bathroom...err washroom... so I could properly
empty the contents of my stomach, I fought the good fight long enough to
stand up and puke all over my traveling gear, clothes back pack and all.
Victoria is a pretty neat place when your not doing 4 hours of laundry with
a mean hangover. Sometimes at night when I can't sleep I like to put on the
soundtrack to Jesus Christ Super Star and recreate the movie with my Star
Wars action figures. Lando Calrissian usually takes the role of J.C., and I
like Boba Fett to play Judas Iscariot. Actually that's a lie, I don't do
that, I don't even own that album. I do have three trees in my front yard
though, that's true. That's pretty much all there is to know about me, now go
and drink good beer and have a thorough listening to of "Abigail" as told by
King Diamond.

                                                                            
       Slaint?
                                                                            
    Noonie.

bryan wiggs

brewery operations manager / hippie

 wiggs@darkhorsebrewery.com

mike earnheart

 conductor of sales and marketing / mover and shaker

mike@darkhorsebrewery.com

travis "vart" glenn

taproom general manager

 As the eldest son of Northeastern Newton Township migrant workers who emigrated to Marshall during the heady hippy days of the late 1960's, I was born under the sign of the scales.  Libras are diplomatic, sociable, charming and romantic-hmm, birth certificate must be inaccurate.  Anyway, following a short stint as a street urchin during my elementary years, I cleaned up my act and moved on to hustling suckers at pinball or pac-man.  On a good day, I could glean enough loot for some Laffy Taffy, a glass bottle of Mt. Dew and a fresh pack of Kool Filter Kings from Charlie's Westside...ahh, the memories.  Nothing satisfies an overly mature 11 year old like the cool taste of menthol.  My teens were, I guess, typical of any other's; fishing, riding my bike, castrating guinea pigs and manufacturing small incendiary devices.  Since when did drain cleaner and aluminum foil become terrorism?  Bullshit if you ask me.  After enrollment in, and rapid expulsion from, innumerable institutions of higher learning and vocations ranging from bat guano collector to peep show swabber, I lost my fortune in the cockroach-under-glass belt buckle market.  So here I am now, destitute, living paycheck to paycheck and eating what the local feral cat population leaves behind in the dumpster.  Oh, yeah, and running the taproom at Dark Horse Brewing Company.  Still, after all I've been through, strikingly handsome and infinitely knowledgeable-just ask me.  Come share a pint with me and I'll tell you the secret to not tilting a 1977 Bally's "Charlie's Angels" pinball machine.

michelle swanson

taproom queen / dark horse brewing's longest employee

 If you haven't heard - Michelle is leaving us!!  After 10 years of hard work she is moving onto greener pastures.  Michelle has been with us from the start when we were lucky to have 5 people in the taproom some nights and a lot of the time 2 of those people were me and Michelle.  She has also been around to watch and help Dark Horse blossom into what it is today.  Michelle will be missed, she is part of the Dark Horse family and we wish her the best for her future.  I will miss Michelle, the company will miss Michelle and I am sure if you have been to the taproom and been served by Michelle you will miss her too.  Stop down July 30th we are throwing her a going away bash.  Stop in say good bye and have a beer with Michelle.  Aaron

jim anderson

packaging

 jake lingensjo

Brewer/Cellerman

 "I was born out of state to a family of roadside pie salesmen, who also dabbled in the fine art of "persuasion".  My earliest achievements were perfect marksmanship from 400 yrds at the tender age of 7, and a world championship noose tying title at the age of 12.  I spent the last 17 years using my vast collection of deadly skills and knowledge to tour the country under different aliases, only to end up at Dark Horse Brewing Co.  I currently live in sin with my promiscuous girlfriend and our empty fish tank named, Juarez.  I do have dreams of becoming an under water basket weaving instructor, but am very content and proud to brew and package some damn tasty beer until then...
 
So if you are ever in the neighborhood stop on buy, bring me a fish, and enjoy a pint with me and all the other great people at this fine establishment.    -Jake-

ryan "chappy" chapman

Shipping and Receiving, Security, and get shit done guy