PINE STAR - Key Persons
​Brian comes from a family of brewers. His Great-Grandparents, the Von Böegershausens, owned a brewery in Germany for many decades and his Uncle, Martin Kelly, was the CEO of Pyramid Brewing Company.
Chef Brian Sumner grew up in Menlo Park, CA and started his culinary career 37 years ago in the Bay Area. He worked at various restaurants on the Peninsula before moving to the Lake Tahoe area in 1996.
George C. Boller was the blacksmith in Loomis for three decades. Born in 1855, George Boller lived in Loomis for over 50 years until he died in 1948 at the age of 93. He came to the little town of Pino back in 1882 (now called Loomis) and set up shop. He had a town well and a stone trough for all to use. This was very important to the town, as it provided all the drinking water for the people and their horses. Mr. Boller always left a water dipper on the side of his blacksmith shop for everyone to use.