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Do your kids help out with the business? <br />Laura: Oh yeah they do. Oh my gosh. They help out in the garden. Every summer. They've had <br />their summer jobs for two years in a row. Nick wants to start in the kitchen. They're up here a <br />lot. <br />How has it been observing the changes in the brewing industry? <br />John: Back when we started, trying to get a bourbon barrel was as simple as calling the <br />distributor and saying, "yo, throw one on the truck!" They literallyjust fell into your lap. <br />Sometimes it cost you a little dough and a lot of the times you could get them for free. But now <br />you gotta get into a bloody waiting list— even with people you used to get barrels from 1 They're <br />like, "ah well we're booked up." Which is one side. <br />Just the notoriety and acceptance of craft beer not only in the marketplace, but among people <br />you know. I mean, we into the game, but when you'd go to a party ... we'd be the geeks with <br />the two six-packs and you'd have the rest of them with two 24 -packs ... now beer drinking is a <br />bit more focused on the quality of the product. <br />Future ambitions/goals? <br />John: Yes. Evolution. You either stay vital or continue to create an environment that continues <br />to grow, I guess, or it becomes stagnant. Not that you have to grow per say, but you have to <br />continue to improve efficiency in what you got going on. Efficiency might not be the right word, <br />but you gotta keep it intact with the times. <br />There's a patio to be worked on eventually. We expect to have it torn out and paved —those <br />plans still exist. <br />Final note: <br />John recently separated from the pub in December 2014 and it is now completely owned by <br />Laura. The decision was made because John will be opening up a brewery. <br />"It is important that I am no longer considered an owner of the pub," he said. "It was the only <br />way to keep the brewpub open and open a brewery." <br />Address: 781 Old Hwy 8 SW, New Brighton, MN 55112 <br />