It’s easy to tell Dan Koppen spent nine seasons playing under Bill Belichick.
In November, the former New England Patriots center opened a brewery in Rhode Island, and in a recent phone conversation Koppen makes clear that in his new venture, he’s taking cues from his former head coach and doing his job.
“The only way to learn how to do it is to do it,’’ Koppen says of launching LineSider Brewing Co., in East Greenwich. “We’ll take it step by step, we’re not going to rush things. At each stage we’ll do it as best as we possibly can.