Carnival’s Brewmaster Is Trying to Bring Craft Beer Culture to Cruising

Colin Presby remembers a Carnival cruise he took when he was 21 and just getting into craft beer. "I remember it being kind of frustrating as a beer drinker, because you get on the ship, you go to the nightclub, and there's Heineken, Corona, Bud Light, but that's about it," he said. "In the last 10 years, we've really come a long way in terms of selection, in terms of education, in terms of bringing beer on ships up close to where it is on land." These days, Presby's job is to make Carnival a destination for craft beer fans like him — as well as a place for dedicated Corona drinkers to discover something new. As the brewmaster for Carnival Cruise Line, the 34-year-old makes beer, talks about beer, gives brewery tours, and spends a lot of time cleaning equipment aboard the 3,960-passenger Carnival Horizon, where he lives for several months at a time. He oversees two other brewers, one of whom is stationed on Carnival Vista, a sister ship that Presby sailed on previously. T