Paul Jenkins doesn’t drink beer, but he founded Veteran Beer Co. as more of a means to an end anyway.
Jenkins, a disabled Navy veteran from Chicago, was looking for a way to employ military veterans.
The 2-year-old beer company, which began brewing at Third Street Brewery in Cold Spring, Minn., recently began brewing at a second site, Stevens Point Brewing, and expanded its distribution to Milwaukee.
Veteran Beer Co. also has plans to work with Brew Detroit, where Kid Rock has a vanity brew, to cover the state of Michigan and northern Indiana.
Jenkins, founder of Bancroft Architects and Engineers, said he often was called upon to represent other veterans at functions. He recalled a national conference on veteran unemployment… CONTINUE READING AT THE JOURNAL SENTINEL
