In 2006, Jonathan Baker, Jeff Heck and Joel Iverson were recent Atlanta transplants. They met at a weekly Bible study but soon discovered that they had another commonality—a love for brewing beer.
On Monday nights after work, they would get together to loosen their ties from their 9-to-5 jobs and learn the craft of brewing beer. Over time, their experimentation in Jeff’s driveway began to draw in a crowd of neighbors and friends.
Those Monday night sessions led to them quitting their day jobs and opening a proper brewery and taproom under the brand Monday Night Brewing.
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