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Ep. 011: Night Shift Brewing's brewer/publican/distributor Rob Burns


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Wherein Harry hogs the mic in a frank chat with Rob organized by Jenn to explore Night Shift's sprawling empire in all three tiers.  (<40 min)

---Panel---
Jenn Litz-Kirk, Jordan Driggers, Chanel Gulf Coast, and guest Rob Burns

---Contents---
00:00 Intro
01:51 About Rob and Night Shift Brewing’s story
04:03 Creating a distributorship from scratch
06:12 Distributor expansion
07:21 On the economics of delivering high margin products
07:56 Managing competing suppliers within distributorship
09:48 Working in indie markets in the NE
11:26  If only bears drank beer
11:42  Harry tries to explain to Rob his own business
12:13  How to manage so many different types of people in wildly different jobs
15:20  Hot girl summer meme, redux
17:30  Craft beer sexism reckoning 
20:00  Rob on prospects for cannabis products
24:28 Jordan gives his HGS predictions
25:60  Rob’s typical day
26:52  Harry seems surprised that Night Shift runs just like any other beer distributorship.
29:12  The next big thing, more on seltzers
34:29  Addressing the Loverboy lawsuit(s) against Night Shift testing MASS’ new franchise law
35:22  Grokking Night Shift’s supplier-friendly contracts

---About---
Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests every workday as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Text comments and topic ideas to Harry at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬
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