Meet the Klockows

We are Andy and Tasha Klockow,

a husband and wife team and owners and operators of Klockow Brewing Company. Andy is the head brewer and business/sales guy. Tasha manages the taproom and schedules music and events. We enjoy the beauty of northern Minnesota with our daughter.

WHY DID WE OPEN A BREWERY?

Glad you asked! Andy was a homebrewer for several years before becoming a commercial brewer at HammerHeart Brewing Company in Lino Lakes where he worked for 3 years. We always talked about starting our own brewery together and every time we would say “Grand Rapids still doesn’t have one...” So when we decided to start a family and raise our child in the same environment in which we grew up (a small town surrounded by nature), we finally took the plunge.

More About Andy

Name: Andy “New Pants” Klockow
AKA: Big Boss Man/Owner Guy
Role: Owner/Brewer/Sales & Delivery/Maintenance/Bookkeeping/HR/Janitor/Scapegoat
What do you do outside of KBC? THERE’S AN OUTSIDE OF KBC?!
Guilty pleasure: Reese’s PB Cups (“Really no such thing as a guilty pleasure, only pleasure” -Tanner Anderson)
Favorite music: Prog Rock/Heavy Metal
Favorite food: Smoked meats and cheeses
Favorite beer: Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier and anything by HammerHeart
If I’m not drinking beer, I’m drinking: Coffee
Motto: Never a dull moment!

More about Tasha

Name: Tasha Klockow
AKA: Mom
Role: Sales, outside events, general worrying and anxious scenario creator and panic cleaner/fixer
What do you do outside of KBC? Garden, run around a forest, and fetch snacks for a child.
Guilty pleasure: Video games and audiobooks
Favorite music: Anything proggy and heavy both sound-wise and emotionally.
Favorite food: Margherita pizza & burritos!
Favorite beer: Roggenbier or anything else malty
When I’m not drinking beer, I’m drinking: chai lattes with oat milk, water, G&Ts, margs.
Motto: You can drag a dead horse to water but the horse is still f*cking dead.

The extended family

Name: Zach Wood
Role: Production
What I do outside of KBC: Make delicious food and eat tacos
Guilty pleasure: Love to cook and grill along with collecting vintage video games
Favorite music: Changes daily but today let’s say pup
Favorite beer: Supply Line Hazy IPA, Founders CBS, Toppling Goliath King Sue

Name: Nathan Bergstedt
AKA: Opera Man
Role: Event Coordinator, Beertender and Problem Listener
What I do outside of KBC: Write poetry and act in plays.
Guilty pleasure: None. I feel no guilt for my pleasure.
Favorite music: Showtunes
Favorite food: Anything breakfast related.
Favorite beer: Hale Lake Helles
If I’m not drinking beer, I’m drinking: Why whisky & wine!
Motto: Life’s too short to drink sh*tty beer!

Name: Russ Alioth
AKA: Mr. Efficiency
Role: Production, sales, deliveries, little of this, little of that.
What I do outside of KBC: Spend time (preferably outdoors) with my wife and dogs. Naps. And brewery hopping.
Guilty pleasure: Reality TV
Favorite music: 80s hair metal
Favorite food: Nothing beats a good steak with homemade slaw.
Favorite beer: Favorite beer depends on my mood and season, but I’ll go with Song of Susannah (IIPA) for Klockow beer, and not for Klockow, Slopes (French Pils) from Blackstack Brewing
If I’m not drinking beer, I’m drinking: Shrubbery! Or water. Nothing terribly exciting.
Motto: Learn something from everyone. Even if it’s how not to do something.

Name: Malachy Koons
Role: Thursday evening beertender
What I do outside of KBC: I also work at KAXE as Minnesota Mixtape producer and on-air host. Love to bike and hunt for records and hangout with friends.
Favorite music: Good music.
Favorite food: Mom’s gnocchi
Favorite beer: PBR
If I’m not drinking beer, I’m drinking: Bubbly water
Favorite saying: “What is real but compassion.” -Greg Brown

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