John Barley's guest appearances

John Barley

The Beer Temple Podcast

Good Beer Hunting

Tap Takeover Podcast

Ray Daniels

Ron Pattinson

Eric Hobbs

Drew Larson

Jason Notte

Drew Fox

Obadiah Poundage

Mike Siegel

Tom Korder

Kate Bernot

Shaun Hill

Jeremiah Zimmer

Bryan Roth

Chris Leonard

Craig Perman

OwlTail

Mike Schallau

Zak Rotello

Brain Kerby

Episode 147 of The Insiders Roundtable! Recorded Live at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Chicago.Guests:Brian Kerby @HeartlandBevJohn Barley @SolemnJohnZak Rotello @ZakRotelloMike Schallau @MikeSchallauIntro and Outro music: Gorilla Meat by JoggerUYD4L!

Episode 147 of The Insiders Roundtable! Recorded Live at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Chicago. Guests: Brian Kerby @HeartlandBev John Barley @SolemnJohn Zak Rotello @ZakRotello Mike Schallau @MikeSchallau Intro and Outro music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!

Episode #147 - We're All On The Same Team, Right? Guests: Brain Kerby, Mike Schallau, Zak Rotello, John Barley

Jesus and Andy recently ran into John Barley, founder of Solemn Oath Brewery, at the Sugar Maple Bar in Milwaukee while recording an episode of the Tap Takeover Podcast. Listen in as they did a quick interview regarding Solemn Oath's triumphant return to Wisconsin! Cheers!

Jesus and Andy recently ran into John Barley, founder of Solemn Oath Brewery, at the Sugar Maple Bar in Milwaukee while recording an episode of the Tap Takeover Podcast. Listen in as they did a quick interview regarding Solemn Oath's triumphant return to Wisconsin! Cheers!

TTP Solemn Oath - John Barley

Sometimes it feels like every small craft brewery is in constant expansion—and the numbers back up that general sentiment. More capacity, bigger brewhouses, contracting out, and bringing canning lines in—there’s an endless number of dependencies when you’re building out an expanded space in the hopes of meeting demand or chasing a growing market. And on the surface, these expansions seem obvious, almost simple. Afterthoughts in a market where success still seems inevitable for many.  But behind those expansions are a thousand tiny decisions, and a few really big ones, that add up to hope and anxiety, victories and defeats, self-doubt and over-confidence. But somehow, through all those ups and downs that any small business owner is all too familiar with, you have to have the unwavering faith that it’ll all work out.  Today’s guest is John Barley of Solemn Oath. I was there when they first fired up the brewhouse in 2012. I’ve been there alongside their many phases of growth over the subsequent few years. And today, I want to bring you a story about the project that pushed them, the entire team really, to their limits. Over the past year, they’ve replaced the brewhouse, their cold storage, brought in a canning line, and even mundane things like the boiler, condenser, all the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that makes the expansion possible—an expansion that, for a while, looked like it might be too much.  But here he is, on the other side. Not unscathed, but perhaps appropriately scathed. And better off for it.

EP-085 John Barley of Solemn Oath Brewery