Our Team

Zach and Ian met while cooking at a craft beer-centric Irish pub in 2010 and began brewing beer in early 2012. After brewing a few batches and catching the ‘brewing bug’, they began looking into what it would take to open a brewery. A business plan was drawn up shortly after. Once the business plan was revised and polished with the help of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh SBDC (Small Business Development Center), the quest for a location and financing began. It was during this “blind-date” period that the two were united with Mo and a small group of passionate individuals that shared the dream of opening a brewery. With the team finally put together, they quickly got to work on procuring the building Fifth Ward Brewing Company now calls home. The financing came about a year later and the plan was put into motion. Building plans were drawn up, equipment was ordered, and permit applications were submitted. Fifth Ward Brewing brewed their first batch of beer, a porter, on October 20th, 2017. The rest is Oshkosh history in the making.