I have a good many friends and acquaintances in the brewing industry across Indiana, and three of them are featured in the top photo! 2Tom’s Anniversary Luau is one of my favorite festivals held here in Indiana and should you make it to Fort Wayne this summer, you won’t be disappointed! My friend Cody Moon is currently the Head Brewer and Production Manager at 2Toms, and is looking to do some exciting things! I’ve known him for a long while now, and began researching his journey from home brewing to professional brewing nearly a year ago! He is an award winning brewer, and I think it’s time his story is told!
Cody is an elementary school science teacher by day, and a great guy with eclectic taste in music. He credits his entry into brewing to his supportive wife Allie who got him a home brewing kit way back in 2014! He loved to experiment, and found that he really loved brewing beer, and pushing limits. He started small with 1 gallon batches and soon got to the point where he was using a 15 1/2 gallon brew kettle. By 2016 he was making a really good IPA. Then in 2017, he perfected an amber ale which would win him a silver medal at the Indiana Home Brewers Competition in 2018.
He was involved in the Home Brewers Association in Fort Wayne, and watched brewers he knew start 2Tom’s , Fortlandia, and Dot & Line. He knew he was making good beer, and the Covid pandemic was a shot in the arm for him. He gave away around 90 batches of beer over three years as he made a name for himself! Then in November 2020, Tim Eaton spoke with Logan at Fortlandia in the hopes of finding a brewer for the brewery he wanted to start! He got matched up with Cody the following February and the history of Science Project Brewing began!
It took over a year for the brewery to open. Cody modeled his tap list after Fortlandia, and in August 2022, Science Project Brewing Company opened in Logansport! He was able to showcase his beer at Hops and Coaster drops that September, and this is where I met him, and tried his beer for the first time. I was blown away by the Double Felix, a kettle sour, and Umbra, a dark lager. I would try his beer again at an Indiana On Tap Tasting Society event the next January. I would visit his brewery that March would enjoy memorably named beers called Breakfast On The Moon and Bananas, Beads, Battlestar Galactica!
Cody was working hard as he drove from Fort Wayne down to Logansport to brew! He would win a gold medal at the Indiana Brewers Cup for the amber ale he had perfected as a homebrewer. Tim gave him trust in developing beer, and he tried to make beer that would appease everyone. He also did a lot of collaborations with Tarnished Hollow. This relationship would create a half dozen excellent beers, and I expect more will come someday.
I started seeing Cody a lot last summer, and we started looking at writing an article. He had a lot of awesome beer planned, and at the Way Out festival in Lapel, he brought some very creative beers. I sat down with him after Anderson On Tap, and at Fortlandia during their anniversary party. I was happy to see him achieving success with Science Project, and looked forward to seeing more great beer. But things were in the works, and in early fall, he was invited to join the team at 2Tom’s.
I feel this is a good fit for Cody, and we sat down again last month at 2Tom’s Firkin Fest. I know he is excited to brew closer to home, and work with Tom on a lot of great brewing projects. He is able to revamp some of the ideas he’s been working on, and is developing more ideas. Cody is a scientist at heart, and never stops thinking about making excellent beer. And he’s had a supportive wife as well as his in-laws who have let him go all in to get to this point. He has made some terrific beer so far, and I for one would like to see what he’s going to do next!
So I wish Cody all the best, and I know he will do well at 2Tom’s. With over a decade of brewing under his belt, he is experienced, and clearly loves what he does! I was blown away by the passion he has for brewing, which has always made me excited to try his beer. But don’t take my word for it. 2Tom’s has tap rooms in both Fort Wayne in Indianapolis, and you can find their beer at most of the festivals! And if you make it to the 2Tom’s Luau this summer, let’s have a beer together!
So Much Beer So Little Time 