36 min
23 - Charlie Bredo, Bud Kelly The Explore84 Podcast
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- Self-Improvement
Monks have a tradition of brewing beer, and Red Deer’s Troubled Monk wanted to bring that tradition into the present. Troubled by the perfection of the beer they produce, our guests this week are Troubled Monk co-founder Charlie Bredo and head of sales Bud Kelly.
Just a year after pouring their first pint in 2015 Troubled Monk won the silver medal at the 2016 Wold Beer Cup in Philadelphia for their Open Road Brown Ale, a huge achievement for any brewery, and especially for one as new as theirs. Since then Troubled Monk has expanding out into spirits, sodas, and other ready to drink beverages, pursuing whatever excites them, and whatever inspires other people and attracts them to their craft.
As the co-founder, Charlie has been with Troubled Monk since the very beginning, and like many successful business owners on the podcast he recognizes the importance of having a strong team and playing to his team’s strengths. This plays a big part in Bud’s role as head of sales, who in many ways has become the face of the business for their customers.
Charlie has a unique look on failure: “One of the worst things is early success, because you don't learn how to adapt to failure, and don’t know how to react when you first fail.” He also shares an early failure at Troubled Monk: having to dump over $200,000 worth of beer because of a quality issue and having no product in the market for a month. But they knew that it would be better to have no beer than to sell bad beer and leave a bad taste in the mouths of their early customers. This led to them adding an in-house lab for more extensive testing, and better beer every day.
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Troubled Monk
Monks have a tradition of brewing beer, and Red Deer’s Troubled Monk wanted to bring that tradition into the present. Troubled by the perfection of the beer they produce, our guests this week are Troubled Monk co-founder Charlie Bredo and head of sales Bud Kelly.
Just a year after pouring their first pint in 2015 Troubled Monk won the silver medal at the 2016 Wold Beer Cup in Philadelphia for their Open Road Brown Ale, a huge achievement for any brewery, and especially for one as new as theirs. Since then Troubled Monk has expanding out into spirits, sodas, and other ready to drink beverages, pursuing whatever excites them, and whatever inspires other people and attracts them to their craft.
As the co-founder, Charlie has been with Troubled Monk since the very beginning, and like many successful business owners on the podcast he recognizes the importance of having a strong team and playing to his team’s strengths. This plays a big part in Bud’s role as head of sales, who in many ways has become the face of the business for their customers.
Charlie has a unique look on failure: “One of the worst things is early success, because you don't learn how to adapt to failure, and don’t know how to react when you first fail.” He also shares an early failure at Troubled Monk: having to dump over $200,000 worth of beer because of a quality issue and having no product in the market for a month. But they knew that it would be better to have no beer than to sell bad beer and leave a bad taste in the mouths of their early customers. This led to them adding an in-house lab for more extensive testing, and better beer every day.
letsmeetforabeer.com
albertabeerfestivals.com
Troubled Monk
36 min