Meet the Crew
Eric Berzins - General Manager & Head Brewer
Eric founded Fort Hill in Easthampton partly for the city's delicious, environmentally protected water, but largely because he was enamored with the community's friendliness and sense of welfare that everyone under Mt. Tom shows.
Eric enjoys mountain biking, skiing, and yoga.
“Start a brewery, they said. It will be fun, they said.”
Sue Dadmun - Operations Manager
Sue came to the brewery the first weekend we opened and volunteered to help behind the bar. She has been here bartending ever since, and in 2017 was offered the full-time position of Operations Manager. She currently runs the day-to-day back office operations at the brewery, as well as managing the tasting room for staffing and band bookings.
“DOPPELSHOTS!”
Tom Lukasik - Lead Brewer
Born and raised in South Hadley, Ma. our lead brewer Tom came to us with a long background in homebrewing. Although he has no favorite style of beer, he mostly enjoys drinking juicy IPA’s and sours. When Tom isn’t brewing, he is spending his time at the fire station as a volunteer member or taking care of his two dogs Myles and Lola.
“Life is short, drink good beer and be nice to each other.”
Rachel Rosenbloom - Assistant Brewer
Rachel is one of our assistant brewers who grew up south of Boston, but came to Western Mass for college and fell in love with the valley. While she loves IPAs, her favorite styles include German lagers, brown ales, British bitters and almost anything sour/lambic. She enjoys disc golf, hiking, reading, and of course drinking new craft brews!
“Life and beer are very similar, chill for best results.”
Wes Szlachetka - Delivery Driver & Production Assistant
Wes was a familiar face in the tasting room, and when he retired from the Northampton DPW in 2016, we asked him to join our team as a part-time driver. Nothing about Wes is part-time and he proves that to us every day with his incredible work ethic! When not working, Wes enjoys spending time at his cabin up in the wilderness and reminiscing about his flip phone (that he regrets giving up!). Wes’ favorite beer is Fresh Pick, but has been known to enjoy a Doppelshot here and there!
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Brendan Collamore - Delivery Driver & Production Assistant
Brendan is one of our delivery drivers/production assistants. Currently residing in Holyoke, he lives and breathes Boston sports. His passion is beer so what he does at Fort Hill is not “work” to him. Come visit!
“That brewery turns out 10,000 bottles of beer a day. I take 45 off the assembly line, and I’m the asshole.”
Jack Dadmun - Production Assistant & Barback
Jack “2.0” started out as summer help in the brewery, and was hired full-time as a production assistant, and then as a barback to help his aunts and mother behind the bar! When not working, Jack enjoys singing karaoke (favorite tune is “You Are My Sunshine”), playing soccer and yardwork.
“There goes the turkey! ”
Megan Billett - Beer Ambassador
Megan began working at the brewery in late 2015 helping out doing events for us. By early 2016 she was given a position in Sales as our Beer Ambassador, while continuing to represent the brewery at festivals and other social events. When she's not working she enjoys spending time on her boat with her dog Riley.
“Just keep swimming.”
Odel and Luna are the resident brewery pups. They enjoy tennis balls, treats and barking! Be sure to say hi when you see them!
“Arf!”