# Ronn Friedlander

> Ronn Friedlander is the co-founder and Co-CEO of Aeronaut Brewing Company in Somerville, Massachusetts. A New Jersey native who came to Boston in 2009 for a PhD in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, he traded a career in medical engineering and biomaterials research for a brewery built on microbiology. He cultivates wild and custom yeast strains in an in-house lab, scaling them in a bioreactor from pilot pours to 500-gallon batches, and helped grow Aeronaut from a living-room homebrew operation into a regional craft beer brand with a second 'Cannery' facility in Everett and a 2023 strategic merger with Dorchester Brewing under the Tasty Liquid Alliance.

- **Role:** Co-Chief Executive Officer at Aeronaut Brewing Company
- **Organizations:** Aeronaut Brewing Company, Tasty Liquid Alliance, General Assembly (instructor)
- **From:** New Jersey, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, MPhil, University of Cambridge, PhD, Medical Engineering / Medical Materials & Microbiology, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program (MIT PhD)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aeronaut Brewing Company, growing it from a homebrew operation into a regional craft brand recognized by The New York Times., Built an in-house microbiology lab inside the brewery to cultivate and store custom and wild yeast strains., Pioneered scaling wild yeast in a bioreactor from pilot pours to full 500-gallon production batches.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Moves from New Jersey to Boston to pursue a PhD in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, working in Harvard's Aizenberg Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab.
- **2012** — He and his roommates decide to 'go pro' with their homebrewing hobby after scaling from 5-gallon living-room batches to 60-gallon backyard batches.
- **2013** — Aeronaut Brewing Company is founded (January) with co-founders Dan Rassi and Ben Holmes.
- **2014** — Aeronaut opens its doors at 14 Tyler St in Somerville on June 21, 2014, in a 12,000 sq ft Union Square warehouse.
- **2020** — Aeronaut launches the 'Cannery' in the former Down the Road space in Everett, quadrupling production capacity.
- **2023** — Aeronaut and Dorchester Brewing announce a strategic merger forming the Tasty Liquid Alliance; Ronn serves as Co-CEO.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aeronaut Brewing Company, growing it from a homebrew operation into a regional craft brand recognized by The New York Times.
- Built an in-house microbiology lab inside the brewery to cultivate and store custom and wild yeast strains.
- Pioneered scaling wild yeast in a bioreactor from pilot pours to full 500-gallon production batches.
- Helped expand Aeronaut into a second Everett 'Cannery' facility, multiplying production capacity.
- Co-architected the 2023 Tasty Liquid Alliance merger with Dorchester Brewing.
- Served as an instructor at General Assembly on the business of brewing.

## Latest updates

- **2023-12** — Aeronaut and Dorchester Brewing announced a strategic merger forming the Tasty Liquid Alliance, with Ronn Friedlander as Co-CEO of Aeronaut.
- **2024-01** — Dorchester Brewing Co. and Aeronaut finalized their alignment under one parent entity, with brands continuing to operate independently.

## Links

- Website: https://aeronautbrewing.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronn-friedlander-32961645
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aeronautbrewing
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/aeronautbrewing

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