- December 18, 2025
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Issue. Startup challenges
Industry. Beer brewing
Key. Owner turns a hobby into a business.
Tom Moench began brewing beer as a way to circumvent the drinking-age laws.
“I had an epiphany when I was 18,” Moench says. “I wasn't old enough to buy beer, but I was old enough to buy the ingredients to make beer.”