This Pint Has 20 Ounces

This week Bill McKenzie returns to This Pint Has 20 Ounces for a followup interview. On Bill’s last appearance he offered a CEO’s perspective on the brewery’s acquisition by Sleeman, and now having successfully facilitated it and gracefully bowed and out after handing over the proverbial keys to the brewery, he returns to reminisce and reflect on his favourite memories during his time at Wild Rose. When Bill’s nearly 8 years at Wild Rose began it was 2012, just as Calgary’s craft beer boom was about to kick off. He had recently left another brewery and was considering starting up a brewery of his own when he was approached by the founding shareholders of Wild Rose and asked to take the wheel. They’d made a big impression on him, one big enough to put his own brewery plans on hold, and one of his first big projects would be the expansion of the brewery. Wild Rose had outgrown the brewing facilities in the back of the taproom and needed more room to keep up with demand. He would help the team navigate a number