Ryan Houghton

ryan@thehopyard.com
Ryan, a Fort Fairfield native, has a long history in farming, having been born into a 4th generation potato farm (Houghton Farms). When farming season is over you can usually find him embracing ski season at Sugarloaf Mountain.

Geoff Keating

geoff@thehopyard.com
Geoff has spent the majority of his life as a Maine resident, and came to co-found The Hop Yard after exploring different opportunities to make an impact in the growing craft beer industry.

Peter Busque

peter@thehopyard.com
Peter has been a resident of the state of Maine for his entire life. He grew up on his family’s 4th generation sheep farm in Windham, ME and graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Business Administration in 2004.

Charlie Hamblen

Charlie is a seventh generation Hamblen on the Hamblen farm in Gorham, ME. He and wife Deidre are raising the 8th generation; Emily, Hanna, Madeleine and Grant. Charlie has raised cows, goats, horses, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and honeybees, bales hay in the summer, boils maple syrup in the spring and is excited to be raising the best hops in Maine.

Terry Peterson

terry@thehopyard.com
Terry joined The Hop Yard in 2018 after starting his career in the world of beer as a brewing assistant for a Portland area brewery. Now he is leading sales for The Hop Yard for our Maine grown hops, Crosby Hops, and hop rhizomes.