Our guest today is Curt Webber from Solid Rock Brewing. He co-founded his brewery just before the craft beer scene in TX really started to take off. They had enough early success that any of us start-ups in the early 2010s would be lying if we said we weren’t measuring our potential by what they’d accomplished.

Like many of us, their plan was to learn as they went. And for awhile it looked like they were going to keep growing. But navigating the distribution business, maintaining a positive cash flow, and getting attention as new breweries flooded the market proved an overwhelming feat.

Curt asked if we could do the interview on his boat on Lake Travis. I brought some Texas whiskey, he brought cigars, Irish Whiskey and some really great conversation.

Lake Travis brought the wind, passing boats and giggling paddleboarding girls, and while I could have edited them out, I decided to leave them all in so you can experience the conversation like I did.

When we wrap up at the end I’ll remind you that Curt has agreed to record a follow-up episode with questions submitted by you. Please feel free to send them to me on social media, email or Hell, if you have my mobile, give me a call.

It will become obvious very quickly how much fun we had recording this episode and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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