When the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub opened last spring, it included an unmarked tap among the more recognizable beer names. Patrons had to know to ask for the honey lager, which had been brewed by several enterprising undergraduates with a keen interest in beer.

This limited edition beer was only the latest step by Philip “Beamer” R. Eisele ‘08, one of the keg’s two undergraduate brewers, on his path to opening his own brewery.

Eisele’s life, both in and out of the classroom, has revolved around his interest in beer and his future career aspirations. During his junior and senior year, he developed two independent study courses at Harvard and pursued an internship at Harpoon Brewery, a Boston-based craft brewery.

Although a government concentrator, Eisele has brought his passion for beer to the classroom and molded a plan of study over the past four years that has enabled him to explore a subject not traditionally taught at Harvard.