Podcast appearances and mentions of tom halaska

You and your employees' social, mental and physical wellbeing matter. The craft beer industry is in a time of reckoning with an all-time record of people leaving their jobs, and employers struggling to fill vacant roles. 1 in 5 employees left a job at some point in their career because of its toxic organizational culture. By one estimate, employee turnover triggered by a toxic culture cost U.S. employers nearly $50 billion per year pre-pandemic. What makes a brewery's culture toxic is often the elevated levels of stress, burnout, mental health issues and pain experienced at work or as a result of their work. While these types of experiences are often common, they are not talked about by and among peers in craft beer. The consequences of the endured pain and silence lead to disengagement in many forms. Two leaders in craft beer share their honest stories of quitting - leaving toxic behaviours, routines, and craft brewery cultures and finding their way to a balanced way of life working inside and living outside of craft beer. Where their identities are more than what they drink or the brewery they work for. Dana Kaluzny (she/her) is a Facilitator, bringing people together for projects that matter and the Co-Owner and Founder of Endswell Beer, a small-batch brewery for people who love beer with people in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. Tom Halaska has almost 30 years of Food & Beverage experience, and community has always been at the heart of his programming. Currently the National Sales Director for Ritual Zero Proof Spirits, Tom's focus is now on helping bar and restaurant owners to create a more inclusive beverage program for the modern drinker. Prior to his current role, as Global Brand Manager, Tom not only lifted WellBeing Brewing Company to the top of the Craft NA Beer category, but also helped create the national category itself. Join us in-person for CBP Connects in 2023 Half workshop, half networking Milwaukee, WI | June 19-21, 2023 Grab your spot now https://cbpconnects-milwaukee.eventbrite.com/

CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: A little bit of technical difficulties changed the way we did this interview as it was a much casual format where Tom sat down and opened up with his professional and personal history around alcohol.  After two years sober Tom took over as the Brand Alchemist of WellBeing where he's showing that you don't need to drink to have fun, the social pressure we put on ourselves, and the future of NA in the craft world.  This is an episode that will make you think, and an episode that will help you understand how to be the best friend to someone who may be quitting drinking, or where to start for you to quit.  Sobriety is defined only by you.   Sponsors: North Center Brewing - https://northcenterbrewing.com/ Zetouna Liquor - https://www.facebook.com/Zetouna-Liquor-Fine-Wine-Cigars-146021445420374/ PCI BrandCraft - https://www.facebook.com/PCIBrandCraft Join The Michigan Beer Discord - https://discord.gg/vEEDyzwdjT Download the MI Beer Map - http://www.mibeermap.com Subscribe to Better on Draft - https://plnk.to/BOD Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AlzP1BH0iykayF856bGRc?si=xXZzdd3CTPqgUq_KYTnBKg iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-on-draft-a-craft-beer-podcast/id1091124740 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/betterondraft Untappd - https://www.untappd.com/bodpodcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/betterondraft Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/betterondraft Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/betterondraft

Tom Halaska is the Brand Manager at WellBeing Brewing, a brewery dedicated to making non-alcoholic craft brews. Tom has been in the restaurant and beverage industry since he was fifteen, and has done marketing for international liquor brands. Tom is also collaborating with Hope for The Day, a nonprofit focused on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education, on a project called Things We Don't Say: Craft Beer for Mental Health. With the nonprofit, Tom is making an IPA to raise awareness about mental health. In this episode… Who are non-alcoholic beverages targeting? How is one company revolutionizing the craft brewing space with its IPAs and sparkling waters? How can craft beer help create a conversation around mental health? Tom Halaska is here to tell you. Tom is the Brand Manager for WellBeing Brewing, a brewery dedicated to producing non-alcoholic craft beers and waters. Being sober for over three years, Tom knows a thing or two about enjoying non-alcoholic beverages. It's easy for anyone to enjoy them, and with WellBeing's recent collaboration with Hope for the Day, craft beer is doing more than just tasting good.  On this episode of Pitcher This!, Darren Fox talks with Brand Manager at WellBeing Brewing, Tom Halaska. Tom discusses the growing popularity of non-alcoholic craft beverages, selling online versus in retail locations, how craft beer can benefit mental health conversations, and much more. Stay tuned!

Hope for the Day is a nonprofit organization working to promote mental health education and proactive suicide prevention. Breweries worldwide are partnering with them to participate in their “Things We Don't Say: Craft Beer for Mental Health” project. Together, they aim to help smash the stigma surrounding mental health and encourage people to have open discussions.  Joel Frieders, Nicole Henzel, and Tom Halaska are all part of the “Things We Don't Say” project, hailing from various backgrounds and breweries. Joel is the Director of Public Policy at Hope for the Day, Nicole is the Regional Craft Sales Manager at Malteurop Malting Company, and Tom is the Brand Alchemist at WellBeing Brewing Company. In this episode… Is there a correlation between mental health and craft beer? How can for-profit companies partner with nonprofit organizations to make a difference? Why are breweries the perfect place to start talking about mental health? And why is the nonprofit organization Hope for the Day serving up an IPA recipe on their website? To find out, the Pitcher This! podcast has invited today's three guests to give us the scoop. Joel Frieders, Nicole Henzel, and Tom Halaska all come from different companies and backgrounds. They have banded together to create a beer, an ongoing conversation, and a collaboration with their project “Things We Don't Say: Craft Beer for Mental Health.” You might be wondering how craft beer and mental health go together, and they're here to tell you everything you need to know. On this episode of the Pitcher This! podcast, host Darren Fox sits down with Joel Frieders, Nicole Henzel, and Tom Halaska from Hope for the Day, a nonprofit aiming to remove the stigma around mental illness and promote proactive suicide prevention. Joel, Nicole, and Tom discuss their project “Things We Don't Say: Craft Beer for Mental Health,” how they came together and got the project on its feet, the breweries that are involved, and much more. Stay tuned!

Dry January Series #1A month of exploring the most innovative non-alcoholic craft brands in the world & the sober curious movement.“Alcohol is one of the very few drugs that you have to defend yourself for not using."On this week's episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast, I sit down with the awesome Tom Halaska.  Tom is the Head of Branding for the non-alcoholic craft beer pioneer WellBeing Brewing.  We talk about Tom's journey to sobriety and how he ended up at WellBeing, how he defines his own sobriety, what dropping alcohol has done for Tom's life, why he tries not to beat up his previous self, how difficult it is to brew a non-alcoholic craft beer, where WellBeing fits into the beverage market, the explosion of non-alcoholic craft beer over the past 5 years, why general awareness about alcohol consumption and Gen Z is driving the growth of the category, the importance of normalizing conversations about alcohol and mental health, and his advice for quitting drinking or drinking less. What a great way to kick off the Dry January Series!Show NotesWellBeing Brewing WebsiteWellBeing InstagramTom's Instagram

Virtual Happy Hour Week 4 Welcome to back to another week of the most fun happy hour happening at home, our Virtual Happy Hour! This week, we once again have some awesome guests and music along with in addition to some tasty quarantine cocktails from our friends at STL Barkeep. For our first cocktail, a (sleeveless) Pat Gioia makes a Till vodka infusion using a French press and common violets that you can find in your own backyard, making this a perfect recipe if your quarantine resources are dwindling. Next, we chat with Tom Halaska of Well Being Brewing about their great selection of delicious and non-alcoholic brews and his process of building a brand. Don’t let a pandemic stop you from trying them as you can have them delivered from your local grocery store! Matt Longueville brings us our next quarantine cocktail made with bourbon, fresh blueberries, and honey. Matt recommends enjoying this cocktail while sitting on your porch (6 feet away from others, of course). For our musical guest, we are joined by The River Kittens. The talented duo talks with us about how they’re staying practiced during these times, and how they keep engaged with their audience via online livestream concerts. The River Kittens then preform a couple of songs for us. Thank you for joining us! We hope you are staying safe, healthy, and entertained during these times. We hope you can join us again this Thursday! Facebook.com/weareliveradio each week for the show! Support our pals at Barkeep! https://www.stlbarkeep.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-are-live-with-chris-denman/message

'Tis the season for holiday traditions, and we wanted to know what some of Meet St. Louis' most popular guests do to celebrate. So we picked up the phone and started calling our friends to find out what their traditions are. Everyone has their thing where it just doesn't feel like the holidays until THIS happens, and our guests were no exception. We talked to Andy from Crown Candy (1:15), Qui Tran of Nudo House and Mai Lee (8:54), Jackie Huebbe from SugarBot Sweet Shop (14:32), Alex and Amanda Donley of Gioia's (19:42), Alisha Blackwell-Calvert of Olio and Elaia (26:22), and Tom Halaska from WellBeing (37:51). From champagne, to a particular steak, to dry-ass fudge, to a non-negotiable Christmas Eve wardrobe, they all had their own holiday rules. So join us on a trip around St. Louis and find out what the people who make YOUR holiday traditions do for their own. Oh- and happy holidays from us here at Meet St. Louis! Thanks for listening!

From its early Lemp Brewery days to the Schlafly era and beyond, St. Louis has earned its reputation as a drinking town. But lately the city is also seeing a nightlife trend that doesn’t involve alcohol at all. Among other beverage and restaurant industry professionals, the people behind WellBeing Brewing, a locally based company that exclusively makes non-alcoholic craft beer, have helped to catalyze the movement. So has the Wellness Council of St. Louis, which is affiliated with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and oversees Sans Bar STL. The inaugural Sans Bar STL event early this year drew about 300 people to Third Degree Glass Factory for a night of music, glass-blowing, tarot card readings and handcrafted alcohol-free drinks. Host Sarah Fenske discusses St. Louis’ growing sobriety scene with Genevieve Barlow, co-founder of WellBeing Brewing; restaurant industry veteran Tom Halaska; and Nichole Dawsey, executive director of NCADA.

Everyone knows I don't poison my body with that stuff. But what if somebody made a stuff that didn't have any poison? That's the quandary and conundrum presented to me by Tom Halaska from WellBeing Brewing. He's got three flavors of stuff, and zero pots of poison. Also, he started a movement like last week or something that is basically what I've been doing with my life forever and I guess I'm just not as handsome and charismatic enough to start a movement oh well that's the breaks congrats Tom... Here's WellBeing Brewing's Facebook page! Here's mine.

"We do something no one else in the country does." WellBeing Brewing Company has, by any measure, the most success in their first year of any St. Louis brewery ever. They're in 26 states, part of dozens of festivals around the country, and are adding customers by the minute. They've created some of the most unique beers in their industry, including ones you can drink at work, at home, or on the road. That's because there's more alcohol in a banana than there is in a WellBeing beer. The first non-alcoholic craft brewery, WellBeing is becoming well-known thanks to Dry January, but they've been growing for more than a year now. Drinkers and non-drinkers alike are picking up WellBeing across the country, and the care they put into making the best beer you've ever tasted. Brand manager Tom Halaska sat down with Meet St. Louis to tell the story of what makes WellBeing so different, why he quit drinking, and why more people than ever are reaching for non-alcoholic beer. Sit back, plug in, and enjoy!

For this episode Colt and James headed to our beloved Emerald Room to meet up with our good friend, Tom Halaska.  You may see Tom serving and mixing drinks at The Monocle, or you may see him practicing yoga amongst a heard of baby goats.  During our discussion we talk about The Monocle and Baby Goat Yoga, as well as Tom's mission to bring non-alcoholic craft beer into every corner of the St. Louis area, and beyond.  During the episode, Colt and James were afforded the opportunity to sample some WellBeing Brew, specifically the Hellraiser Dark Amber, and I gotta tell ya, it was pretty freaking good.  Tom has a magnificent story to tell about why WellBeing is a great idea for any consumer of craft beer, on any given night of drinking.  It was great to have the extremely hard working and very humorous Tom Halaska on this episode of the CEP.  Be sure to follow him and Wellbeing on social media and show Tom some of that CEP love when you see him out around the St. Louis area. Track featured on this episode: No Good by Ashland

Episode 93 of We Eat Stuff and Talk About Things features Tom Halaska and Laura Coppinger of many places! Find them at The Monocle, Byrd and Barrel, WellBeing Brewing, and other various haunts in St. Louis. https://www.facebook.com/thalaska https://www.facebook.com/mimi.leyu https://www.instagram.com/halaska_32 https://www.instagram.com/mimileuke https://www.themonoclestl.com https://www.instagram.com/monoclestl https://wellbeingbrewing.com https://www.instagram.com/wellbeingbrewing http://www.byrdandbarrel.com As a favor to We Eat Stuff, would you consider giving our podcast a rating and review? It would mean the world to us! That helps get the word out about what we're doing, and help even more people learn about the great stuff going on in St. Louis! We'd also appreciate your support on our Patreon site! Please visit www.patreon.com/weeatstuff to make a financial contribution. Thanks.