“Oklahoma Born and Bred” Glenn Hall, owner and brewer, was born and raised in Oklahoma. He started home brewing in 1994 after a year abroad studying Linguistics at The Braunschweig Technical University in Germany. He actually caught the bug 5 years earlier on one of his high school exchange trips to Clauthal-Zellerfeld in Germany. While on an excursion with the group to London, the father of the family he was staying with served him his homebrewed John Bull. He would never forget it, but would wait to brew his own until the legal age of 21. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with degrees in International Business, German and Management Information Systems, he started a 16 year career in the Information Technology business that was very successful. Many lasting relationships were formed during this time. Many of his biggest supporters come from this IT family as well as his extended Soccer family. In 2000 he and his wife moved to Tulsa into a home in the Renaissance neighborhood. They quickly fell in love with its charm, character, neighbors, surrounding shops, accessibility and walkability. He served as the neighborhood president for 4 years from 2006 through 2010 and ever since as Treasurer on the board. There are so many things that they liked about living in this part of Midtown Tulsa that when they had kids they renovated their house versus moving to another part of town. Glenn continued to dream of becoming a professional brewer someday and was always looking to further his education in the brewing field. In 2008 while taking a tour of a brewery in Hood River, Oregon he decided to start taking the necessary steps to make this dream a reality. He began to read anything and everything beer related and of course brewed and brewed. In October of 2011 the Hall’s founded the Renaissance Brewing Company and purchased a dilapidated commercial property in their neighborhood at 12th and Lewis where they wanted to build the brewery building. Tulsa’s antiquated zoning laws, however, only allowed breweries in Industrial areas so they had to apply for a zoning variance. Although this was a delay of over a year, Glenn never lost track of his vision. He completed the Concise Course in Brewing Technology from the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago, Ill. as well as the esteemed International Diploma Program from the World Brewing Academy which is a partnership between the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago and the Doemens Institute in Munich, Germany. Glenn also successfully completed the Colorado Boy Brewery and Pub Immersion Course with the famous Tom Hennessy in Ridgway Colorado. Tom will always be his mentor as well as all the other breweries that have helped along the way. It’s been a long journey and a long road still to tread, so Prost!