October 20 – Michael Peticolas, Owner/Operator, Peticolas Brewing Company

Our Guest for the October 20th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Michael Peticolas, Owner/Operator, Peticolas Brewing Company

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Michael Peticolas, Owner/Operator, Peticolas Brewing Company

Michael Peticolas is an honest, friendly, down to earth brewer who delivers world class passion in a glass. He’s a fifth generation Texas trial attorney and owner/operator of Dallas’ Peticolas Brewing Company.

After practicing law for a decade, Michael turned to his passion for craft beer. In 2010, he enrolled in the ABG’s Intensive Brewing Science and Engineering program, wrote a business plan, and formed the Peticolas Brewing Company. The following year, he built a brewery and on December 30, 2011, Michael brewed his first batch of beer, an Imperial Red Ale called Velvet Hammer. During the first year of operations, Michael acted as the brewery’s sole brewer, cellar-man, distributor, and brewery representative.

In its first year of operations, Peticolas Brewing Company won the biggest award in the brewing industry, a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). A GABF gold medal is an objective measure that a beer is a world class example of a specific style. Peticolas Brewing’s Royal Scandal, an English pale ale, won the award after less than 2 months in the market. Two year later, Peticolas brought home another GABF gold medal, this time for Great Scot!, a Scottish Ale. In 2017, the Homebrewers Association named Peticolas Brewing as the best brewery in the State of Texas.

PeticolasBrewing.com

Phone: (214) 234-7600

Brewed in the Design District: 1301 Pace Street & Farrington Street, Dallas

Host, Steve A Klein & Michael Peticolas

October 13 – Megan Wilkes, Interior Designer & Entrepreneur, Emporium Pies & Internet Cafe 2

Our Guest for the October 13th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Megan Wilkes, Interior Designer & Entrepreneur, Emporium Pies & Internet Cafe 2

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Megan Wilkes, Interior Designer & Entrepreneur, Emporium Pies & Internet Cafe 2

Megan Wilkes is an Interior Designer and Entrepreneur. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design, an MBA in International Business, and her certification from the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ), Megan spent her early 20’s in Texas and Oklahoma designing and constructing government and commercial projects. In 2011, she shifted her skill set to designing and opening hospitality focused businesses, the first of which was Emporium Pies in Oak Cliff.

Since opening Emporium Pies, Megan has consulted on other businesses such as Glass Optical and is in the process of opening a coffee shop called Internet Cafe 2 and has recently entered into purchasing and managing commercial real estate with her family.

Megan enjoys entrepreneurship and boasts a background of interior architecture, finance, and business acumen. She has an eye for design, strong negotiating skills for bidding and construction management, and experience with finance and company organization.

EmporiumPies.com

Bishop Arts District: 314 N. Bishop Ave.

Downtown McKinney: 107 S. Tennessee St.

Deep Ellum: 2708 Main St.

InternetCafe.website

1333 Plowman Ave.

MeganWilkes.com

Host, Steve A Klein, Megan Wilkes