Dan Cochran is the owner and brewer at Four String Brewing Co., a small production brewery which opened last month in Columbus. Cochran also is known for another craft -- rock 'n roll. He's the bassist with the band Big Back 40. Right now, Four String distributes two beers in the Columbus area: Brass Knuckle and Backstage Blonde.

Question: Why did you become a brewer?

Answer: I started brewing out of a love for craft beer, and a limited number of places to find it.  My roommate in college was an engineering student, and he wanted to fire up a beer kit that we had laying around.  That was 1994 and I haven't stopped yet.

Q: In your short time as a brewery owner, what have you learned about the brewing industry that you didn’t know before?

A: Kegs are expensive and they magically disappear.

Q: What are your goals for Four String Brewing? (In other words, do you want to be the next Samuel Adams or Sierra Nevada?)

A: At this point the goal is to brew and distribute the best beer we can.  I'll have to decide on size down the road.  I think that any company can become too big, and I don't want that to happen to Four String.

Q: Are there any similarities between being in a rock band and being a brewer?

A: Spending long hours loading stuff in and out of a van.

Q: Which beer – any beer in the world – do you wish that you created/invented/brewed and why?

A: That's a tough question.  Probably Budweiser because I would have made it differently. :-)