BATCH BREWING COMPANY TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT WHAT’S HOPPIN’ WITH
THEIR BREWS.
GET IT?
♪
>> Kila: DETROIT IS BECOMING
VERY POPULAR IN THE CRAFT BEER
SCENE.
AND THIS PLACE IS AT THE FRONT
OF THE PACK.
IT’S BATCH BREWING COMPANY AND
THE OWNER HAS BEEN MAKING BEER
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> WHEN CRAFT BEER WAS GETTING
DISCOVERED BY MOST CONSUMERS, I
STARTED HOME BREWING AND DID ON
AND OFF FOR, YOU KNOW, A DECADE
AND A HALF.
>> Kila: INSPIRED BY HIS LOVE OF
BEER AND THE CITY, STEVEN
CREATED BATCH BREWING COMPANY
WHICH HAS BEEN SERVING UP TASTY
BRUCE IN THE D SINCE 2015.
>> OUT OF A CROWD-FUNDING
CAMPAIGN, WE WON A BUSINESS
INCUBATOR CONTEST, HATCH
DETROIT.
AND SEGUE FROM THE CORPORATE
WORLD TO DOING SOMETHING I LOVE
IN AN INDEPENDENT WAY.
THAT’S HOW WE LANDED DOING THIS.
IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY THE PLAN.
IT KIND OF -- I KIND OF FELL
INTO IT.
♪
>> Kila: NOW PEOPLE COME FROM
ALL OVER TO ENJOY THE BEER AND
AMBIANCE.
♪
>> WE’VE GOT 20 BEERS AVAILABLE
TODAY AND MAYBE THREE OF THEM
ARE AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND.
AND MAKING FUN-TO-DRINK
ENJOYABLE BEERS.
OUR HEAD BREWER, KIM SCHNEIDER
HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 17
YEARS, I PUT HER BEER UP AGAINST
ANY BREWER IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE’S
DOING DIFFERENTLY THAN A LOT OF
PLACES IS THAT SHE’S PRODUCING
SOME BEAUTIFUL BEER FLAVORED
BEER.
>> Kila: AND THE FOOD ON THE
MENU IS PRETTY GOOD, TOO.
>> THE MOST DELICIOUS SCRATCH
COMFORT FOOD, LIKE NACHOS.
YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT NACHOS?
I DON’T KNOW.
BUT JEFF’S ARE RIDICULOUS.
OUR CUBANO, SOME SAY THIS IS THE
SECOND BEST I EVER HAD AND THE
BEST WAS IN CUBA!
>> Kila: BUT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY
LOVE IS THE WELCOMING AND
COMFORTABLE ATMOSPHERE.
>> IT’S A PLACE THAT FAMILIES
ARE WELCOME.
LITTLE KIDS ARE ALLOWED TO RUN
AROUND.
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE BUSINESS
DEALS ARE DONE AND, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE USE IT FOR COWORK SPACE
OVER LUNCHES AND WHERE THERE ARE
LIVE LIVE PARTIES, WHERE THERE
ARE CELEBRATIONS AFTER WEDDINGS,
THIS IS A PLACE THAT EXISTS FOR
THE COMMUNITY TO USE HOW THEY
WANT.
AS LONG AS WE DO THAT, WE’RE
