The business is also paying its employees a wage of at least $12.44 per hour and rewarding employees with a percentage of revenues from the tap room each month. Tipping is not allowed but glasses of beer will be about a dollar more than most other tap rooms to fund the revenue sharing program.

The $2 million facility, that can seat 120 people and is designed to brew about 1,000 barrels of beer in its first 12 months, includes gender neutral bathrooms while the bar is the shape of delta, the triangular mathematical sign for change.

Piotrowski, 36, a Stevens Point native who goes by the nickname “Pio,” is a former Boy Scout, camp counselor and director and, in 2017, hiked all 2,189 miles of the Appalachian Trail. His commitment to nonprofits and social change are unwavering and are key ingredients to his operation as much as hops and barley are to the brewing process.