Meet The Team At Hoyne

The Founder

Sean Hoyne

Sean has been brewing beer long enough to know that the best ones don’t come from shortcuts or secrets...they come from people.

What started as a few tanks and a stubborn belief in doing things the right way has grown into a brewery shaped by care, patience, and the hands of a team that has stood by his side for years. Sean’s approach has always been humble: show up every day, make good beer, treat people well, and let the rest take care of itself.

Hoyne isn’t just his namesake - it’s his way of saying that good beer is meant to be shared, celebrated, and enjoyed in good company.

Read Sean's Story Here

The Production Manager

Chris McCrodan

You can feel Chris’s presence before you hear it — a calm, positive energy that fills the brewhouse like warm light.

He’s the quiet constant in the controlled chaos of production: coordinating teams, solving problems on the fly, keeping everything flowing from tank to can with quiet confidence.

But what people remember most isn’t how well he manages a production schedule.
It’s how he treats them.

Chris is the person who celebrates small wins, who lifts spirits on long days, who reminds everyone why we love making beer in the first place.

In a brewery built on craft and community, Chris is the person who makes both feel possible.

Where Craft Meets Kindness: Chris’ Story

The Head Brewer

Antoine Foukal

You can spot Antoine by the way he moves through the brewery...steady, focused, almost meditative.

There’s a rhythm to his work, a quiet choreography built over years of brewing the beers people return to again and again.

He’s the keeper of process, the guardian of flavour, and the person who makes sure Hoyne’s reputation for balance and craftsmanship holds true with every batch. Yet for all the precision, there’s a softness to him — a kindness that shows up in the way he cheers on the team, the way he shares credit, the way he believes good beer only exists because good people make it.

Antoine doesn’t just brew at Hoyne.
He defines the heartbeat of the brewhouse.

Follow the Quiet Craft of Our Head Brewer

The Facilities Manager

Dylan Hoyne

Some people work behind the scenes. Dylan works beneath them...inside the walls, under the floors, in the heartbeat of the brewery.

As Facilities Manager, he oversees the systems that keep Hoyne running: the boilers, the chillers, the lines, the parts of the craft that most people never think about until something goes wrong.

Dylan has a calm, capable way about him - the quiet confidence of someone who understands how every piece fits together. Brewing takes a team. Running a brewery takes Dylan.

Meet the Man Behind the Mechanics

The Pot Stirrer

Jay Bell

You can hear Jay Bell long before you see him...and that’s exactly how we like it.

Known affectionately as the Pot Stirrer, or the 'Most likely to be cancelled', Jay brings the kind of energy that lifts the whole room. Whether he’s cracking a (sometimes inappropriate) joke, calling out a good idea, or literally stirring the next batch to life, he’s the spark that turns routine into something memorable.

Jay helps make the beers we love, but more than that, he makes the days better.
Every brewhouse needs someone who keeps things lively.
Here, that’s Jay.

Why Jay Bell Needs to Be Censored