Warren Fuller was the first person, along with Midge
Lagerstrum, to ever get a tour of Lazy Magnolia Brewing
Company.
Warren wasn't big on the internet, but he showed up one
morning at 10:00 AM on his way to Gordon Biersch in New
Orleans with a carefully folded printout of our webpage.
came prancing in like he owned the place. I pulled my head up and saw Warren and
Midge, and assumed that they had to be lost. I asked, "Can I help you?"
Warren replied, "Is this the Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company? If this isn't it, we have
another address for the guy who owns the place."
As it turns out, in addition to the brewery address, he also had my home address. Warren
was quite resourceful, even for someone not interested in the internet. For the next hour
or so I showed them the brewery and how we had things set up. He asked a lot of
questions, mostly I think to see if I knew my business or if we were just a couple of
homebrewers with no business sense.
I think when he left, that he left with a good vision of what we were and what we wanted to
accomplish. We saw Warren probably once a month after that as he would come by to
supervise the changes we made. He would tell us were he had the beer recently, and he
would ask where else he could get it as he liked to spread the business around.
Occasionally, he would bring with him other converts, and they would tour the building
with him.
He even wrote an article about the brewery, and I copy it here simply for prosperity.
Warren was special, he was our biggest fan, and its people like Warren that give a job
like this meaning. When we are at the brewery filling kegs till 2:00AM, its people like
Warren that give us the motivation to keep going.
We will miss Warren Fuller. He passed away as a result of his experiences during
hurricane Katrina. Our love to his family and Midge.
Drop us a line via email.
(Ben Franklin)
