Inspired by Belgian beer culture, Newburyport Brewing exec trades in marketing for manufacturing

Bill Fisher spent the better part of his career in “startup mode,” working in high-tech marketing roles at various startups throughout Greater Boston. But in 2012, he felt the call for something different, and recalled his 1996 semester abroad in Brussels where he was introduced to the European beer culture.

There were no breweries within a 10-mile radius of Newburyport, where Fisher lived with his family. So in 2012, he left his job at Bullhorn, a Boston software firm, to start Newburyport…