I create intentional products that evoke the Midwest, inspired by food and beverage cultures around the world in an effort to help us choose beverages made closer to home with lower economic and ecological costs.

Mashke Midwest is the culmination of over a decade of my life spent on all sides of hospitality, as well as in clinical and pharmaceutical research, tech startups, and the labor trades.

Inspired by a Jewish Labor Bund slogan and the principles of doikayt and tikkun olam, Mashke attempts to address the problems in the industry that I’ve personally encountered, witnessed, and learned about.

I hope to evolve collectively with those who choose to work beside me with the goal of attainable, radical hospitality for all persons and communities involved from production to consumption.

Right now, you can find me:

• Working to make Mashke Midwest widely available.

• Bartending at Charis Listening Bar.

• Fighting against unfettered fascism.

• Taking time to rest by spending time with friends, gardening, playing banjo, riding my bike, and a (maybe too long) host of other hobbies.