From Engineering To Beer: Business Owners Brew Community In Fort Worth

Arlington TX

28 April, 2022

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By Seth Bodine, Fort Worth Report April 28, 2022 When Collin Zreet and Samantha Glenn were placed on the same ultimate frisbee team in Dallas, they didn't expect to go into business together and start their own brewery. It all started with mutual friendship and a love for beer. "I just happened to realize that he had gone to high school with one of the friends I was home brewing with," Glenn said. "He was also home brewing and so we kind of all started home brewing together. So that's kind of how it got started." Since they started brewing in their friends' garage together in 2012, they've been active in the brewing industry. Now, Glenn, 37 and Zreet, 35, run Funky Picnic Brewery & Cafe together at 401 Bryan Ave. in Southside. Glenn holds a leadership position in the Texas Craft Brewers Guild's diversity, equity and inclusion subcommittee, while Zreet helps with the logistics of the guild's competitions. Meg Ellis, membership and business development manager for the Texas Craft Brewer Guild, said Glenn was instrumental in organizing a craft beer career fair in Grapevine. "They're not shy to take the lead and really … stick their neck out for the things that they care about," Ellis said. Zreet and Glenn balanced all of this while working as engineers. Zreet works at Bell Helicopter and Glenn worked at Alcon. Together, they use their engineering skill sets to cultivate community in the small business and craft brewery scene in Fort Worth. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.