Tim Liu Joins NRG as Assistant Beer Director

Fresh in the inbox from the Neighborhood Restaurant Group:

We are very excited to announce that Tim Liu will be joining us as NRG’s Assistant Beer Director, beginning January 1, 2016. Tim opened Scion in 2009, and for the past 6 years has served as General Manager and Beer Director for this location as well as Beer Director for Crios, which Tim helped open in 2012, and a second Scion location that opened in 2013.

As NRG Assistant Beer Director, Tim will work alongside Beer Director and Managing Partner Greg Engert to execute and expand the beer programs of the group’s 15 bars, restaurants and retail outlets, while also helping to launch new beer-focused concepts like The Sovereign, which is slated to open in January of 2016.

Very exciting news as Tim has been a friend of the site for years. More on this as we get it.

UPDATE: When reached for comment, Tim Liu sent the following:

“I couldn’t be more excited to join the team at NRG. Like many fellow beer geeks, I have learned so much about beer from simply drinking at bars such as ChurchKey and Bluejacket. To work alongside Greg Engert and the talented team at NRG, and continue their reputation of excellence, is a dream come true.

The news is a little bittersweet, as I will be leaving a place I called home for the last six and half years. During my tenure, I had the great fortune of working and learning alongside so many talented people, starting with, but not limited to, owners Joanne and Julie Liu. Without the support of the entire staff at Scion and Crios, today would’ve never been possible.”