Tony MaGee - One of the Kings of Craft Beer

Mike Snuffer Reports

In the early 90's this Chicago born musician was selling luggage on street corners, Driving a cab, and was even a cook. Fast forward to 2015 --He's a multi-Millionair all because of his vision for "Craft Beer." I had a chance to talk with Tony Magee. A lot people may not know him. Unless you're a student of Craft Beer. Then you probably know this is a guy who likes to make beer his way. Now Tony's early years were "Flawlessly misspent," MaGee says. He Graduated high school near the bottom of his class, went to college to study product design, then studied music, then dropped out. Then he traveled the midwest playing music and just doing odd jobs to make a living. Along the way he discovered he liked beer craft Beer. It's been a long journey. He talks about in his book called "So Want to Start a Brewery? In 2015 he his sold his brewery to Heineken. He made a bunch of money, but he's still in charge..and making his beer his way. Tony was in Elkville, Illinois on Nov. 27, 2017. He visited the Route 51 Brewing Company. He was telling stories and giving advice about making beer.