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Scott Kerkmans has landed the position as the Chief Beer Officer at The Four Points by Sheraton hotels chain. Yes, it’s the world’s first known CBO.
Before you get too excited and start searching for CBO positions, take note: Kerkmans doesn’t earn a salary. Could be a problem, but he does get 50,000 Starwood points, the Sheraton’s preferred guest program, and expense-paid trips to breweries. And perhaps the best part: Beer will be delivered to his door every three months.
Kerkmans got a job in the industry as soon as he could legally drink, and he was a brewer at an award-winning brewery. At twenty-eight years of age, he beat out nearly 8,000 candidates.
He does his beer tasting in the morning, as that’s when the taste buds are supposedly most sensitive. He also gets to host beer tasting dinners and travel the country.
Sounds like a job a true beer lover could love.
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