Joe: One time a crazy storm came through and the electricity went out for an hour leading right up to show time. We keep all the comics on the show a secret, so when someone of his caliber drops in the audience freaks out. Joe: Each and every one gets better and better! But from an audience perspective, probably the last time Ron White dropped it. Me: What’s the best show memory you have? The brewery is normally closed on Mondays, so they basically let us come and turn it into a comedy club for the night. Joe: Every other Monday, we bring in some of the best comics from all over the country.
Joe: Don’t Float the Mainstream (sorry that is four words) Me: What are three words that describe the vibe of SweetWater?
#ROCKETSHIP COMEDY FULL#
Full Disclosure: Joe downplays the significance of his show, but I’ve done it three times and it is simply and objectively one of the best shows in the country. for seven years and is among the first people to run a comedy show in a brewery. Joe has been running his show “Beer and Comedy” at SweetWater Brewing Co. When it comes to comedy in a brewery, the first person I had to talk to is Joe Pettis out of Atlanta. Joe Pettis and Jeremy Mesi host Beer and Comedy Night at SweetWater Brewing in Atlanta. ( READ: 2018 SAVOR Breweries Announced) Atlanta I interviewed comics and show producers behind some of the best brewery comedy shows around the country to get an inside look as to why this pairing works so well. She also produces “Funny as Ale” in Huntsville, sponsored by Straight to Ale Brewing where the comics are also treated like rock stars. Beer is also provided for the comics by Yazoo - something you see at independent shows but is a bit of a rarity at major comedy clubs. Her show in Nashville, “Comedy out the Yazoo,” is sponsored by Yazoo Brewing and the comic who puts on the best set of the night walks away with an entire case of Yazoo’s finest brews. Lucy Sinsheimer produces shows at major comedy clubs in Nashville and Huntsville that are sponsored by local breweries. Over the past few years, more and more opportunities to see quality local comedy talent have popped up, and craft breweries have played a huge role.Ĭomedian Monty Mitchell outside of Zanies in Nashville with his case of Yazoo brews.Īll over the country, breweries are getting involved in their local comedy scenes by putting on, promoting or sponsoring D.I.Y comedy shows. ( READ: A Common Thread Binds Brewing and Comedy)įor decades, seeing a quality stand-up comedy show meant getting fancied up, going to a local comedy club, seeing a nationally touring headliner and buying at least two menu items. Once again, these people were seeing a great comedy show paired with fantastic beer - and it was simply wonderful. At the time, On Tour was less than a year old so it was no surprise that when a comic asked, “Who’s been here before?” nearly three-fourths of the audience raised their hands.
Once again, a palpable energy filled the taproom as nearly 100 people came out to support a show comprised of local talent. It was a night of pure joy, all made easier with great comedy and amazing beer.Ī few months later, I found myself in Chicago at On Tour Brewing for another first-time comedy show. Comics riffed on beer names like “Spy Dolphin” and “Lustra” as audience members sampled beer and ordered pint after pint. A city had come out in mass to support its local creatives in both local beer and in comedy. Even as someone who has been performing for nearly a decade, I have trouble describing the energy in the room that night. Dancing Gnome Beer, a small independently owned brewery just outside of Pittsburgh, was having its first comedy night featuring mostly local comedians. Last February, over 75 people filled a small taproom in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania.
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