Honestly, it’s a little amazing the Young Blood Beer Company was able to exist at all.
Setting aside the usual roadblocks faced by new small businesses, the combination brewpub and cocktail tasting room was slated to open this spring during the coronavirus pandemic’s height. And had their planning not been so far along, they may not have opened at all.

It would have been a major disappointment for Dufek, a veteran of Madison’s bar and restaurant scene and founder of the Sun Prairie-based Plain Spoke Cocktail Company. Especially considering the ambition involved in Young Blood.
To accomplish this, Dufek joined with a super team of Wisconsin brewing professionals. Young Blood’s brewmaster Kyle Gregorash has done time with both Hacienda and Door County Brewing. Craft Beer Partners owner Billy DuPlanty rounds out the management crew. Unlike many indie breweries, who apply a laser-like focus to beer creation with hospitality often playing second fiddle, Young Blood wants the dine-in experience at the forefront.
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