Episodes
Episode 067 – Brewery in the Ballpark
It only makes sense for the home of the Milwaukee Brewers to have a brewery. American Family Field is now home to the J. Leinenkugel’s Barrel Yard, which is a restaurant and brewery, that overlooks the field of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Team. The Barrel Yard is open everyday, including game days. Not only can you expect to find a long list of Wisconsin comfort foods on their menu, J. Leinenkugel’s Barrel Yard is also brewing specialty beers that can only be found at the Barrel Yard.
Episode 066 – Bullpen to Brewhouse
When his childhood dream of becoming a professional baseball player was replaced with a degree from Marquette University, he began to ask what’s next?
That started the conversation with a childhood friend and eventually lead them to Milwaukee’s first craft brewery incubator. They spent time learning the fine art of brewing, along with the business end of owning a brewery. The incubator has helped to launch several successful Milwaukee area craft breweries. This set them up for success as they began to build their small brewery into a Milwaukee destination.
Today’s guest has many great stories about the road he’s taken to get where the business is today. Listen in to the steamy story of their first breweries melt down…literally. And how that event put the wheels in motion, and eventually rolling them into their new location.
What started out as a love of the game, has become the cornerstone of the brewery, and has opened some very interesting doors. From the indoor wiffle ball field to the Field Of Dreams, and the upper mezzanine party space to baseball stitching on the building.
You won’t want to miss a minute of this podcast.
Episode 065 – Keg Creek – Randy Romens & Mitch John
Randy Romens knew his beer was good when his 6 pack sold for $100 at a fundraiser. and with their head brewer, Mitch John, constantly creating new beers, it comes as no surprise that Keg Creek has received multiple awards at the US Open Beer Championship. Listen in as we learn more about Keg Creek Brewing in Glenwood, Iowa.
Episode 064 – Bridge UP- Trent Snyder
Pizza and beer Trent Snyder from Bridge Up Brewing got a call from Sonny’s Pizzeria asking if he was interested in taking his homebrews and starting his own brewery. Trent took a chance and has found great success in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
Now, when most people get stuck behind a row of cars because a bridge is up, they would become frustrated. Listen in as we talk to Trent about why you might look forward to being stopped when the bridge is up by his brewery.
Episode 063- An Uplifting Brewery
Katie Davidson wanted a place in her hometown where anyone and everyone could gather for a drink, so she created one. Hot Air Brewing in Creston, Iowa has become a popular brewery with 13 different beers on tap with various styles. Katie has been dedicated to supporting her hometown and growing the craft beer community in her city with new craft beers.
Episode 062- From Teachers To Opening A Brewery
Opening their own brewery has been a dream for the Naus brothers. The city of West Allis was so welcoming and excited to have Perspective Brewing join their community, it only made sense to call it home. Ben and Dan have incorporated their own joys and passions into the brewery through beer, soccer and travel. Traveling around the world has had a large impact on this brewery. Through traveling, they have been able to try various beer styles, build relationships around the world and help create those same beer styles here for us to enjoy. This is their perspective.
Episode 061A – Opening A Second Brewery Across State
Welcome to the last episode in our Opening A Second Brewery Location series. We hope you have enjoyed the different episodes describing the different challenges each faced as they opened a 2nd location during a global pandemic, in a different state, across town, in your existing brewery and finally todays episode…across the state.
This last episode is actually 2 episodes. The first was our interview prior to their opening and the second was several months after they had opened. We wanted to find out what their thoughts and perceptions were prior to opening and in the follow up interview what the reality was.
Our guest Nick, the VP of Operations & Marketing, is someone you can have a great conversation with any day of the week, but his passion for what he does comes through in both interviews. When we met for the first interview, they had just completed painting the space and you could tell that Nick was a little worn out, but he became totally animated as he talked about the brewery, the new space and the people he had met in the community as they converted the space into a brewery.
Episode 061B – Opening A Second Brewery Across State
Welcome to the last episode in our Opening A Second Brewery Location series. We hope you have enjoyed the different episodes describing the different challenges each faced as they opened a 2nd location during a global pandemic, in a different state, across town, in your existing brewery and finally todays episode…across the state.
This last episode is actually 2 episodes. The first was our interview prior to their opening and the second was several months after they had opened. We wanted to find out what their thoughts and perceptions were prior to opening and in the follow up interview what the reality was.
Our guest Nick, the VP of Operations & Marketing, is someone you can have a great conversation with any day of the week, but his passion for what he does comes through in both interviews. When we met for the first interview, they had just completed painting the space and you could tell that Nick was a little worn out, but he became totally animated as he talked about the brewery, the new space and the people he had met in the community as they converted the space into a brewery.
Episode 060 – Things I Found Out Opening Supermoon Beer Company
This brewery has been super lucky as it has grown in a Milwaukee Suburb. What started out as a house the brewer/owner and his family lived in later turned out to have been zoned as a brewery 100 plus years earlier when the house was built. This home brewer who found his passion for beer at a Friday Night Fish Fry at another Milwaukee brewery. Each Friday he would stop in for fish, ask a lot of questions and then spend the weekend brewing.
The more he brewed the greater his passion for brewing grew. He finally found a job at a brewery in Illinois that would help him to experience how to run a brewery and help him on his path to his own brewery.
With a brewery in his basement, licensed and permitted to sell packaged beer, he started to sell barrel aged beers in bottles out of his house on Saturdays once a month. You had to pre-buy and drive by to pick up your beer during the hours they had specified. If this sounds a little rigid, it is because they started selling beer during the global covid pandemic.
If you were going to open a brewery, this was definitely the route that you’d want to take. You could almost say that the planets started to align for this brewer as he and his wife discussed the future of their home, and the business.
But I don’t want to ruin the story. Listen in as Danielle and Travis talk to this new brewer about his unique entry into the world of brewing and brewery ownership.
