PRIME LINES - Key Persons
Co-founders Angelo Orona and Jesse Hiott had full-time jobs and could never find the time to implement the idea. In the summer of 2016 we decided that the industry was ready for us to move forward and we would just have to create the time needed to get Prime Lines up and running.
Angelo Orona is a passionate and enthusiastic advocate for beer quality. During nearly a decade in the craft beer industry, he has developed a keen sense of quality and the best ways to achieve it, from brewhouse to glass. Prime Lines is a manifestation of this commitment and he is proud to be at the forefront of draft beer quality.
Although a fan of many beer styles, he respects the technicality of a well brewed German lager and the eccentricity of experimental sours.
Angelo is a husband and devoted father to 3 daughters. As a life long resident of The Land of Enchantment, Angelo appreciates the food, art, and culture that our beautiful state has to offer.
Jesse grew up in Southern California and joined the Air Force straight out of high school. After 12 years of working on helicopters he decided he needed a change and fell backwards into the brewing industry in 2010 when he took the position of draft-technician for an up-and-coming Albuquerque brewery.
He spent a little over a year learning draft systems before accepting a promotion to sales. He always looked back fondly on his days maintaining the draft systems of Albuquerque, however, and in 2016 started Prime Lines with his business partner to take his interest and passion to the next level.
He lives in Albuquerque with his wife and enjoys all that this great state has to offer.