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Investor and Advisor
Sep 2025
Jeng is a premium, real-ingredient sparkling beverage with all the taste and good feelings of a classic cocktail, but without the alcohol.
Investor
Aug 2025
As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, better-for-you energy, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds goes to nonprofits who are helping fight plastic pollution and further our death to plastic bottles sustainability mission.
Investor
Jan 2025
JOIN THE "BREWLESS" REVOLUTION: Diamond Brew™ Merges Luxury With Instant Gratification, Delivering Barista Quality Coffee With No Muss, No Fuss.
Investor and Advisor
Dec 2023
Better Booch is a premium single batch kombucha that is brewed, bottled, and canned in downtown Los Angeles. Founded by touring musicians Trey and Ashleigh Lockerbie who were struck by the lack of healthy options available on the road. The Better Booch mission is to promote and support natural remedies through a brew that is labeled accurately and meticulously tested for quality. Better Booch is proud to support City of Hope’s Program in Natural Therapies which researches non-toxic treatments for cancer.
Find Better Booch at 1000+ retailers in the US.
Investor and Advisor
Dec 2022
Inspired by Ernest Hemingways spirit of adventure, Papas Pilar™ is an artisan-crafted spirit sourced from hand-selected rums spanning the Caribbean, Central America and the U.S. then solera blended to perfection on American soil.
Rum was once a noble spirit. It was served aboard warships, rationed to visionary explorers, and used to sustain the Founding Fathers as they plotted revolution. It was a drink consumed by men who understood that you only get one shot at life.
Ernest Hemingway, or "Papa" as he was known, was this type of man – an adventurer who lived life to the fullest. He was an author, a free thinker, a sportsman, and a bon vivant. But he was never a spectator. Pilar was the boat that allowed this American literary giant to reach beyond the shoreline and feast on life.
Inspired by his appetite for adventure, weve proudly created a super-premium rum — Papa’s Pilar. Papas Pilar Dark and Blonde rums have been crafted to reflect Hemingways passions on land and at sea.
Bold, well-traveled, and uniquely American, Papas Pilar is hell-bent on returning rum to its gutsy roots.
Live Courageously. Drink Responsibly.
Investor and Advisor
Dec 2022
In Western Kentucky, three families have come together to tell a story rich in tradition, legacy, and family: the pillars of life that endure, and age, like the finest whiskeys.
Those families are the Calls, Groths, and Hemingways.
The Call Family, Ron, Jacob, and Clayton, are eighth-generation distillers, whose whiskey roots pre-date the legendary Bourbon Trail itself, reaching back to the earliest days of the state where their roots are dug deep: sweet home Kentucky.
Ron and his sons have been in the bourbon industry for 35 years. Each a renowned distiller in their own right, they’ve come together to bring their eight generations of whiskey history into a series of American whiskeys true to their roots, telling an ever-evolving story by handcrafting each one.”
The patriarch of the Groth family, Steve Groth, has been telling stories with spirits for two decades and is an original founder of the game-changing Angel’s Envy Bourbon. Steve and his two sons have been helping spirits brands tell their stories for the last decade, and have teamed up with the Calls and the Hemingways to bring their story to life.
Together with the Ernest Hemingway family, whose legendary stories and history are known the world over, the Calls and the Groths are on a mission to craft a whiskey of tradition and story, and to artfully blend their collective history and generations into a collection of whiskeys – fit for the lips of Hemingway himself and the stories he told.
Stories shared across generations become something bigger than themselves – something tangible, defining, and lasting. Some people call it tradition, some call it legacy, but the Calls, the Groths, and the Hemingways call it: Hemingway Whiskey.
What kind of tale will you tell, when you #PourYourStory?
Board Member and Investor
Aug 2022
Whiskey will always be an Irish drink. Centuries ago the Irish brought it to America and the Americans fell in love with it. They drew inspiration from it. But what if there was still inspiration to be found, and adventure to be had…? With Natterjack, we set out on that adventure. An adventure to see what more fun could be had if we preserved the integrity of the basics but played with the rule book of Irish whiskey.
Our whiskey is an affectionate tribute to the Natterjack toad because just like the Natterjack, our whiskey has chosen a different path.
The Natterjack is the only toad native to Ireland. While all around it are hopping, it walks. It chooses its own course. Thanks to an adventurous spirit and ability to roam, it shows up in the most unlikely of places, not unlike the Irish.
Like the Natterjack, our story is also one of endless adventure, doing things differently and living deliberately. It’s time for Irish Whiskey to choose a different path.
Advisor and Investor
Nov 2019
"LONG DRINK" is a top selling category of alcohol in Finland - now available in America.
The roots of long drinks go all the way back to the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, when the country of only 4 million people was still recovering from the Second World War.
Concerned with how to serve drinks quickly enough to all the visitors, the government commissioned the creation of a revolutionary new liquor drink - and so the first long drinks were born.
Now this legendary taste has finally been brought to America by the next generation of Finns who want the world to experience the refreshing and unique Finnish Long Drink.
Cheers - Kippis!
Board Member and Investor
Jun 2016
At Cirkul, we are transforming the pillars of Modern CPG with a mission to make a healthier world by helping people enjoy drinking more water! And it all begins with a reusable product, end-to-end US-based manufacturing, and a digital-first model.
In 2016 we identified the opportunity to develop an innovative beverage delivery system that would make it easier for the average consumer to drink more water. Our reusable water bottle features cartridge technology that makes drinking more water delicious, fun, and personalized!
Our technology is also disrupting bottled drink distribution. We have saved over 250M plastic bottles since launching in 2018 and our cartridge technology dramatically reduces the shipping weight, volume, and plastics used by traditional bottled beverages.
Here at Cirkul we are reinventing CPG, while building a business that is centered on consumer health, personal choice, and environmental sustainability. If taking care of yourself while taking care of the planet sounds good to you, maybe you should join us! https://drinkcirkul.com/pages/careers
Board Member
Jan 2009
Grand Rapids WhiteWater is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to restoring the rapids to the Grand River. The project aims to provide recreational and fitness opportunities to the general public, and promote an environmentally-sound ecosystem that enhances the sustainability of fish, wildlife and natural resources within the Grand River.
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2026
Investor
Jan 2026
Farmer-founded and employee-owned, Tractor was built on the belief that a better food system starts with the land and the people who care for it.
We offer consciously crafted, versatile certified organic beverages for foodservice and retail that support soil health, local communities, and the ecosystems we all depend on.
Our drinks deliver uncompromising taste and quality while serving real impact - raising awareness for regenerative practices and proving what’s possible when practical innovators choose possibility over convention.
2025
Investor and Advisor
Sep 2025
Jeng is a premium, real-ingredient sparkling beverage with all the taste and good feelings of a classic cocktail, but without the alcohol.
Investor
Aug 2025
As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, better-for-you energy, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds goes to nonprofits who are helping fight plastic pollution and further our death to plastic bottles sustainability mission.
Founder & Managing Partner
Jan 2025
At Quench Ventures, we’re driven by a thirst for innovation and passion for the beverage industry. Inspired by the ambition of entrepreneurs to quench their goals, we empower businesses at every stage through investment, strategic partnerships and advisory expertise. From emerging startups to established brands, we provide the resources and networks needed to thrive in a fast-evolving market. Above all, we embrace the curiosity, creativity and craft that make the beverage industry endlessly dynamic and full of possibility.
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