Your Morning Coffee Talks Just Got a Serious Upgrade | Brootlegg x AMA Columbus Partnership

We have been waiting to share this one!

BrootLegg Extracts is now the official coffee sponsor of our morning Coffee Talks. That means every time you show up to swap marketing war stories before 9 AM, you are drinking some of the best cold brew in Columbus. Not gas station drip. Not the leftover pot from whoever opened the coworking space. Real, high-quality, locally made cold brew from a team that literally invented their own way to make it.

A quick Brootlegg origin story

If you have not heard of BrootLegg yet, buckle up. Willy Kramer and his co-founders Colin and Chadwick started this thing in a basement about seven years ago. They had no manufacturing background, no beverage industry connections, and apparently no regard for how long a good idea is supposed to take.

They wanted to make cold brew faster, better, and with fewer wasted beans. So they built their own high-pressure extraction machine from scratch. We are talking welded pressure vessels, cut water lines, 240-volt outlets, and a family intervention when the homemade blast shield got mentioned at Thanksgiving. After hundreds of pressurization tests and enough cold brew to stop a heart twice, they figured it out.

Their system produces cold brew in minutes instead of 24 hours and uses 20 to 40 percent fewer beans than traditional methods. That caught the attention of The Ohio State University, Brioso Coffee Roastery, and now a growing list of shops and restaurants across Columbus. They moved into their own building on South Front Street in late 2023 and have been scaling ever since.

Why this partnership makes sense for us

At AMA Columbus, we talk a lot about supporting the local marketing community. But community is bigger than just marketers talking to marketers. It is about connecting with the people building things here in Columbus and showing up for each other.

BrootLegg fits because they are doing what we respect most: taking a bold idea, putting in the unglamorous work, and creating something that actually delivers. No hype. No shortcuts. Just a better product built by people who refused to quit. Sound like anyone you know from our events?

They are also a small, scrappy Columbus company figuring out their growth story in real time. That is exactly the kind of energy we want at our morning meetups. You might end up giving Willy your take on brand positioning between sips. He would probably appreciate it.

Come grab a cup

Coffee Talks are free, open to anyone in marketing and communications, and membership is not required. You just have to show up. Now the coffee is going to be worth showing up for on its own.

Register for our next Coffee Talk here.

We will see you there. Bring a friend. Tell them the coffee is on BrootLegg!

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