All About Beer recently sat down with the head of Melvin Brewing for a heart to heart interview. Tofte was asked about his exponential growth in such little time. This is what he responded with:

No, I think it was probably what we were meant to do from the beginning. Toward the last year of me bartending and working in the brewery at Thai Me Up, I was snowboarding less and less. I realized that maybe I didn’t want to bartend for another decade. I love bartending, but the late nights add up. We actually got a state grant, and that was the catalyst. I said, ‘I guess I’m not bartending anymore. We got $3 million dollars from the state of Wyoming. It’s time to get real.’

You can read the full interview by visiting: http://allaboutbeer.com/article/jeremy-tofte-melvin-brewing/