Born and raised in the Catskill Mountains, Kevin VanBlarcum currently resides in Pine Hill, New York. He works in nearby Kingston, NY as a brewer. After graduating from the University at Albany, he began pursuing a career in the brewing industry. He shares his life with his loving fiance, Cassie, and their cat, Egg. Originally from Washington D.C., James Edward ""Eddie"" Davis moved to upstate New York to attend SUNY Delhi. Along the way, he fell in love with the culinary arts and began to hone his skills at a local favorite, The Caboose. A skating fanatic and movie buff, he currently resides in Brooklyn where the pavement is less bumpy.