Neil Miller

Head of Beer, HeadFlyer Brewing

Minneapolis

Neil and his wife Amy always knew they wanted to own a small business, but for years "It Was All a Dream." The started a family and worked their corporate America jobs. During this time Neil became super passionate about homebrewing; the microbrew industry was starting to boom, and they decided to make their dream a reality.

Neil added official training by attending the American Brewers Guild brewing course in Vermont. He was instantly a fan of the beer styles he experienced there, and they became a large influence as he started defining what types of beers HeadFlyer would represent.

In 2016, Neil, Amy and their partners found a 100-year-old textile manufacturing facility and had the vision to rehabilitate it into a unique taproom in Northeast Minneapolis. There were endless challenges of converting a 100-year-old building into a brewery, but we were able to nicely fit a 15 BBL production facility and design a one-of-a-kind taproom. Neil began brewing his favorite styles, developing HeadFlyer’s flagship favorites. He also implemented a small batch series, fondly named "Beyond the Door" after a particularly unique door that remains in the brew lab from the building’s earliest days. From the beginning HeadFlyer Brewing has aimed to provide a unique, welcoming space for all, including children and dogs.

In his other life, Neil is a passionate technology architect in the data and analytics space. He has worked on a wide variety of projects from data visualization to machine learning to IoT. He enjoys utilizing this unique combination of skills to add data automation and intelligence to their brewery operation and is always looking for new ways to optimize their operations using data.

When not working in IT or at the brewery Neil, Amy and their three kids are spending time adventuring, exploring new places and experiences to inspire their next great brew.