Score one for the little guy. Our video for Topspin Media just brought home the gold from the 2011 W³  awards in the Branded Content: Business to Business category. In a competition “accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between”¹ it’s quite an honor to see our name in the winner’s circle. A big thanks to Parker and the rest of the guys in the LA based band Les Blanks for letting us point a camera in your faces for two days. And thanks to Ian, Andrew and Bob of Topspin for helping us make software look cool. We much enjoyed the collaboration. View the now award-winning video on our website, here.

Hawkins (left) and Burke at Hirschgarten: the World's Largest Beer Garden

Following Churchkey co-founder Justin Hawkins and his master brewer Sean Burke around Germany for a few days was an educational experience. I mean, I always knew enzymes were important, but wow. The first stop in our shooting schedule was the Doemens Academy brewing school in Munich where Burke will complete his master brewing curriculum later this year. We also traveled via autobaun to Auburg's Riegele Brewery, founded in 1386. (No, that's not a typo. Riegele is over six centuries running, putting it firmly in the top one hundred oldest companies in the world.) Through Doemens, Burke had the opportunity to try out a recipe on Riegele's one hectoliter pilot system.