Brewers name:  Alex (Alejandro) Troncoso 

Breweries worked at and now: 
Irons Brewery (Colorado, USA) during university - think it's closed since.  It was great as I was in uni and there seemed to be an endless supply of beer at my disposal.  Had 7 years as a process and automation engineer, then worked at Stockade Brewery (Melbourne) which turned into the Matilda Bay Garage, InBev (Belgium) and Little Creatures (Fremantle).  Been at Little Creatures for around 5years.  I enjoy Little Creatures as we are still small and hands on, yet big enough to be able to invest in some good technology.

How you started brewing:  
Homebrewing!  I used to all grain brew three weeks per month... bordering on excessive I think! 

Favourite beer you’ve brewed: 
At a brewery - Little Creatures Pale Ale - my favourite beer in Australia (admittedly I am biased).  Homebrew - probably a Belgian White Beer..... I brewed it in the one week period when I wasn't brewing american pale ales in my kitchen... (do you detect a theme here?)

Favourite beer you haven’t brewed: 
Tripel Karmeliet 

Greatest beer achievement:   
hmmmm... not sure.  Getting a job as a brewer!  Took me 7 years, but I got there in the end.  Just had to travel through iron ore mines and fertiliser plants to get here....

Favourite brewing website:   don't have one really, but I check out the ProBrewer board from time to time.

How you see Australian Microbrewing industry:  still has a lot of potential.  The tax regime kills a few of the more interesting things before they get a chance, but it is good to see more and more brewers doing more hop driven beers along with belgian specialties (saisons, etc). 

Brewer/Brewery you most highly respect:  
New Belgium Brewing Co in USA - growing massive and is run by a group of really passionate people - you can tell if you ever visit the place has a "vibe". 

Hint to home brewers.  
clean, clean, clean...... 

Hint to microbrewers.  
clean, clean, clean, and get analysis done!