As you could imagine, being the first production craft brewery in any given city is no easy task. Especially when the opening of that brewery just happened to land in the year that the Florida legislature tried to effectively kill the industry through suffocating legislation. But here they are - and by the looks of this last weekend's 1 year anniversary party, they're not going anywhere.

Wynwood Brewing's quiet leader speaks out about what it took to open the brewery, the Legislative session, the importance of giving back to the community, and looks forward as a brewery and an industry.