“I always took the time to try and understand the people — the smart, passionate, good people — from the A-B side and learn from them while, as humbly as I could, educating them about how we looked at beer,” Jankoski said. “It was a challenge, but it was really fascinating and interesting. And at the end of the day, I hope I played a meaningful role to help make better beer in the big breweries and have everyone coming away thinking we’ve made some progress over the years.”