Kasey Turner is the founder and COO of Jailbreak Brewing Company in Laurel, Maryland. His BS in computer engineering and a MS in computer science prepared him well for drinking beer, but it was his undiagnosed OCD and previous experience running a cybersecurity company that best prepared
him for starting a brewery. No, he does not make the beer (nor would you want him to).
“The actual name 'Jailbreak' is a freedom expression. For us it was freedom from the office job. For others, Jailbreak can mean something totally different. The bottom line is that we hope our beer is an escape from whatever drama is in your life.”
2015 will bring more of their products to market in package form – all in six packs and cases of 12oz cans. They have a full time R&D brewer, Michael Nevas, whose job is to brew up to 4 new pilot batches per week. Those will be served only in the taproom in Laurel, and customers can give direct feedback on whether to make those beers on our production system.
This direct engagement and feedback will help them determine which beers "go public", and this process also means that every time you come to their taproom it will be a different flavor experience.
Right now they are working through about 20 recipe ideas that began to roll out through the taproom in January. By mid-year they hope to have one of these R&D recipes graduate to the production system every other month or so.
If you get the chance you really should make a trip to Laurel and check out the beginnings of a new era in Howard County.
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