Meet Chris Sellers - the co-owner and brewer at Four Star Farms
Full Name:
Chris Sellers
Brewery Name:
The Brewery at Four Star Farms
What’s your role at The Brewery at Four Star Farms?
Co-Owner/ Brewer
Where can we find the brewery?
508 Pine Meadow Rd., Northfield, MA 01360
#1) What made you decide to get into the craft brewing industry?
After graduating from college I found a love of creating something tangible, all the industry people I met were part artist, part engineer, and a little crazy. The creativity in making something like beer was fascinating to me! At 39, I have been in the MA beer industry for over 15 years.
#2) Which of your beers do your customers enjoy the most and why?
That is an even tie between our Binecutter IPA and our Northfielder Pils. Both showcase opposite ends of the brewing spectrum but really appeal to craft beer lovers.
#3) What's your favorite thing about your brewery?
We use exclusively hops grown right outside our brewery and most of our beers feature grain grown here as well.
#4) Besides your own, what Massachusetts craft beers or breweries impress you the most and why?
Honest Weight's Rabbit Run Italian Pils, that beer is the embodiment of refreshing. I would also say I'm drinking a lot of Kismet Brewing's Pilsners. They are known for hazy beers and sours but I really enjoy both the Pilsners I have had from them.
#5) What’s a little known fact about you or your brewery that you think customers would get a kick out of? Something unique, funny or unusual?
We are quietly working on a yeast harvesting project that will create a beer in the future where all the ingredients were either grown or harvested within 150 yards of the brewery building, malt, hops water and yeast!
#6) Do you remember your first gateway craft beer? What did you love about it and why?
I have three. Probably circa 2004/5 Hoegaarden Wit, Lancaster Brewing Milk Stout, and Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine. All three blew away my understanding of what beer was and introduced me to the endless possibilities of what was possible in the world of beer.