A longtime St. Louis brewer will soon take over as CEO at Baltimore craft brewery Heavy Seas.

The 22-year-old brewery announced yesterday that Dan Kopman, co-founder and former CEO of Schlafly Beer in St. Louis, will become its new CEO on May 1. He’ll step in for Heavy Seas founder and current CEO Hugh Sisson, who will remain a managing partner in the business.

Kopman’s arrival coincides will the impending departure of Heavy Seas general manager Patrick Helsel, who is moving to California at the end of May.

Sisson, 63, said in an interview that he had been considering stepping back for some time, though he hadn’t pinned down exactly when. Then, shortly after Kopman left his position as co-board chairman of Schlafly in December, Helsel informed Sisson he was planning to move to California.

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