Your Story Matters: Preserve It, Share It, Use It

Think about your brewery’s story — not the polished version on your website, but the real one. The batch that went sideways at 2 AM. The regular who talked you off a ledge during COVID. The moment you knew this crazy idea might actually work. Those stories? They’re probably still just living in someone’s head.

And here’s the thing: memories fade. People move on. If we don’t capture these moments, they disappear — and with them, pieces of what makes your brewery special.

I want to show you how to preserve your story in ways that actually feel doable. We’ll talk about sitting down with your founder or longtime bartender and just listening. Digging through old photos and tap lists. Figuring out which moments matter most before they slip away. And then — this is the important part — how to organize it all so it’s not just shoved in a box somewhere.

Because your history isn’t just sentimental. Breweries that know their story build stronger brands. Staff who understand where you came from stick around longer. Customers feel the difference when there’s real depth behind what you’re pouring.

Whether you’ve been open six months or sixteen years, you have a story worth telling. This session will give you the prompts, the simple tools, and the encouragement to start capturing it now — then actually use it to strengthen your team, your brand, and your connection to the people who keep coming back.

Let’s make sure your story doesn’t get lost.

Tim is a career storyteller: first as a broadcast journalist and news anchor in Seattle and Portland, then as founder of Coin Toss Brewing in Oregon City. After nearly a decade of building a brewery rooted deeply in local history, Tim sold the business in 2024. Today, through The Narrative Studio, he helps breweries, nonprofits, & businesses preserve their origin stories through oral histories, narrative documentation, and creative storytelling. He is also a contributor to the Oregon Hops & Brewing Archives at Oregon State University.

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