Ready To Drink Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Ready To Drink Podcast, I sit down on site in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with Yianni Barakos, Founder of Mason Dixon Distillery - for a raw, unscripted conversation about heritage, resilience, and what it really means to build something that lasts. Yianni shares the deep roots behind Mason Dixon Distillery, tracing his family’s Greek immigrant story, the cultu...

Send us Fan Mail Justin Hoak didn’t set out to build one of the most unique brewery models in Pennsylvania - but that’s exactly what Yah Brew has become. In this episode of the Ready To Drink Podcast, Justin breaks down how Yah Brew grew from selling crowlers at pop-ups to launching a full production facility, multiple taprooms, and a completely original 90s-themed brand experience that’s pulling...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Ready To Drink Podcast, I sit down with Pete Olander, founder of Happie Beverages, for one of the most candid and grounded conversations we’ve had on the show. Pete walks through the early spark that launched Happie, the years he spent in nutrition and regulated cannabis, and the unexpected realities of building a beverage company from scratch in an industry tha...

Send us Fan Mail Moon Flower Hemp isn’t just another hemp brand - it’s a family legacy built by three generations of Appalachian women, rooted in the moment the 2018 Farm Bill cracked the door open for innovation. In this episode, I sit down with co-founders Riley and Macie Queen to talk about their beginnings, “their father’s early vision”, and the moment their one-acre experiment turned into a v...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ready To Drink Podcast, host Nate Fochtman sits down with Paul Lemley, founder of Battlefield Brew Works in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - one of the most unique brewery and distillery destinations in America. Paul shares how he transformed an abandoned barn on the historic East Cavalry Field into a thriving brewery and distillery nearly 30 years ago, long befor...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ready To Drink Podcast, host Nate Fochtman sits down with JR Heaps, founder of South County Brewing, to unpack the 15-year journey from a 300-square-foot homebrew setup in Fawn Grove to a 30,000-square-foot destination brewery in York, Pennsylvania. JR shares how the 2008 housing crash pushed him to chase his brewing dream, the early days of welding tanks and ha...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Mike Podlogar and Peri Higgins, Co-Founders of More Love, a hemp-derived THC sparkling beverage based in Hatfield, PA. In this episode of the Ready To Drink Podcast with host Nate Fochtman, Mike and Peri share their journey from successful careers (including investment banking and co-packing) to creating a nationally available alcohol alternative. More Love is designed to be...

Send us Fan Mail Step back in time with us at Bube’s Brewery in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, one of the most historic breweries in America. In this first episode of the Ready To Drink Podcast, we sit down with Sam Allen, owner and storyteller, who shares the fascinating 19th-century origins of the brewery, its role during Prohibition, the evolution of craft beer, and the living history preserved withi...

Send us Fan Mail Corey Wolfe's journey is a masterclass in turning long-term vision into reality.  In this compelling interview on the Ready To Drink Podcast with host Nate Fochtman, Corey, the founder of Woof Bar in York, PA, dives deep into the decade-long evolution of his dream. Starting with zero connections and a server job, Corey leveraged public art projects (like the incredible, backw...