The craft brewing community is mourning the death of Barnaby Struve, the former vice president for 3 Floyds Brewing and a champion of the outsider.
Struve often had served as spokesman for and helped manage the day-to-day operations of the Munster-based craft brewery before departing in 2015. He went on to work on other projects, including helping to finance Wayfinder Beer in Portland, becoming head brewer at Stigbergets Brewery in Sweden and starting a record label called Puppy Mill Recordings. Two weeks ago we lost our brother Barnaby Struve, 3 Floyds said in an Instagram post. It is difficult to quantify what he meant to us, as his influence forever changed the course of the company. He was a social colossus. His ability to engage with people, to make them care about what we were doing, to make them want to join us was magnetic. He was a force to be reckoned with, creating alliances with the music and art world. He was a champion of the outsider and was proud to be exact