About Us
AIMEE
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ANDREW
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KYLE
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Our team comes from varied backgrounds: Kyle (Brewing/Art/Horticulture), Aimee (Acting/Costume Design/Real Estate), and Andrew (Entertainment Industry/Fabrication/Business). But we as a group share a common passion for family, friends, nature, art, music, and -- of course -- kombucha! We all thrive on social interaction and the sense of community and togetherness that we feel while connecting with people around these common interests.
Kyle is an accomplished professional beer brewer, which led to his interest in other forms of fermentation. He is the director of brewing operations and is the science behind our kombucha. Andrew, as an extremely dedicated key management member with acute attention to detail and in-depth business knowledge, will perform the role of head brewer. Aimee has a diverse background leading her to her management role in this venture; along with assisting in brewing operations, her primary roles will be as social media and marketing manager.
Upon Kyle's return home to the area after eight years out west spent as a professional beer brewer, our team started home-brewing beer and kombucha together. Now, almost five years later, a plan finally took root to open our own local craft kombucha brewery. The goal is to make a purposeful living doing something we are passionate about while providing high-quality, healthy, enjoyable, and meaningful products and experiences to consumers with a focus on keeping things local.
Kyle is an accomplished professional beer brewer, which led to his interest in other forms of fermentation. He is the director of brewing operations and is the science behind our kombucha. Andrew, as an extremely dedicated key management member with acute attention to detail and in-depth business knowledge, will perform the role of head brewer. Aimee has a diverse background leading her to her management role in this venture; along with assisting in brewing operations, her primary roles will be as social media and marketing manager.
Upon Kyle's return home to the area after eight years out west spent as a professional beer brewer, our team started home-brewing beer and kombucha together. Now, almost five years later, a plan finally took root to open our own local craft kombucha brewery. The goal is to make a purposeful living doing something we are passionate about while providing high-quality, healthy, enjoyable, and meaningful products and experiences to consumers with a focus on keeping things local.
What is in your kombucha?
Sourcing local ingredients is fresher, tastes better, is more nutritious, reduces environmental impact, helps to build a more prosperous and connected community and is just way more fun! Along with all these benefits, another important goal of Cloud Mountain is to utilize the uniqueness of the Midwest’s ecological diversity and climate to showcase the abundancy of growable plants and native species that provide not only incredible flavor, but sustenance as well.
We strive to support to local economy in choosing to purchase ingredients from local suppliers and showcase the bounty of nature through farming and foraging for as many ingredients as we can. A shout out to Walnut Street Tea Company for supplying our organic teas, the U of I Sustainable Student Farm, Sola Gratia, Delight Flower Farm and Blue Moon Farms for an array of herbs, vegetables and fruits, local foraging company Autumn Berry Inspired for their autumn olives and insightful knowledge on many native plant species, our own fruitful five-acre property that we like to call Goldfinch Farms, and to all current and future retailers and collaborators. Thank you for helping us in producing and delivering our kombucha to Champaign-Urbana and for helping support our mission!