Dana Garves

Dana Garves is the founder of Oregon BrewLab, a laboratory facility that provides an affordable, fast, and federally accredited testing service available to the fermentation industry. BrewLab offers precise and accurate analysis of beer, cider, wine, and mead to homebrewers, startups, and established facilities, regardless of size or budget. While running Ninkasi Brewing Company’s laboratory and sensory program, Ms. Garves joined Civilians for Space Exploration Team and helped design a rocket payload to launch brewer’s yeast, successfully, into space. She is active in outreach, holds QA/QC panels for the brewing community, and even created a beer science demo for OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry).

She received her BS in Chemistry from the University of Oregon where she also received her love of craft beer.

Participating years: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020