Walt is the owner and founder of Snow Republic Brewery.


Walt went to high school in San Diego, as evidenced by his year round flip flop wearing and a beer named FLIP FLOP!


As the son of a 20 year retired Marine, and grandson of a WWII Marine, Walt started his career in the Marine Corps after attending Boston University on a ROTC scholarship.  


As a Marine, Walt deployed around the world including Hong Kong, Singapore, East Timor, Australia, Thailand, and many countries in the Middle East.


Walt named the lager "Major B" after his father.

Following his Marine Corps service, Walt attended law school.  For the past 20 years, Walt has been a criminal defense attorney.


Walt distinguished himself as a trial lawyer trying over 40 cases to verdict, including murder, robbery, sex

assault, and drug related cases.


Walt received the Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocate designation with a recognized specialty of criminal defense.  Walt is also recognized as a Super Lawyer (2013 - 2025).


During this time, Walt was also an adjunct professor at the University of New Haven for approximately 6 years, teaching criminal law related subjects.


After growing his firm to nearly 20 lawyers, Walt was ready for a change.  


Ready for that change, Walt thought to himself, "What  can I do with my life?!"


Then, it hit.  Walt said to himself, "Well, I own this bad ass building, on the main access road to a major southern Vermont ski resort, in a top five brewing state, with no breweries around."  


After a year of planning and build out, Snow Republic Brewery opened in 2019.  


When Walt opened the doors, he had only two beers, an IPA and a Porter, was pouring out of a "jockey  box" because the tap system was not ready, and food was limited to items like a cheese plate and hot pretzel.  


Five months after opening, the State shutdown the brewery on St. Patrick's Day 2020 because of COVID.  


During the down time, Walt committed to opening back up bigger, better,  faster, stronger!


In May 2020, the State allowed restaurants to open back up, and now Walt had a chef and a food truck.  


With a large outside area, customers would come in one door to order beer, exit another door, and make their way to the food truck.  


With Americans desperate to be out in public, this concept proved to be insanely successful and, ultimately, led to a full kitchen build out inside the brewery.  


And, the rest they say, is history...