Top 10 Reasons for Starting Karl Strauss Brewing Company

How do you keep the keg party going post-college? For Matt Rattner, president and co-founder of Karl Strauss Brewing Company, the answer, back in 1989, was to make some beer. Here, his top 10 reasons for starting his biz.

Matt Rattner

Matt Rattner

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10. I had no job at the time and no idea how to meet chicks.

9. I couldn’t find good beer.

8. I wanted to build a brewing system.

7. My college buddy’s uncle was Karl Strauss.

6. To make Mom proud!

5. To throw a party for 3,000 of my closest friends (P.S. Beach to Brewery is coming back this summer!).

4. My hair metal band broke up.

3. To be part of a community I admired.

2. Free beer!

1. To pioneer an industry that is now 84 breweries strong!