Midlife. Mid-strength. Maximum cl...
Midlife. Mid-strength. Maximum clarity - with Ryan Kutscher, Dad Strength Brewing
Building the Brands of Tomorrow by Ruth Fittock
S4 · E6
Feb 18, 2026
34:10
Episode notes

​​"The best brands today don’t start with a category - they start with a person, a problem, and a solution that actually fits."

After a decade building campaigns for Fortune 500 brands like Coke and P&G, creative agency founder Ryan Kutscher traded the boardroom for the beer aisle - and co-founded Dad Strength, a mid-strength craft beer brand for a new generation of drinkers.

In this episode, we talk about:

  • The problem no one was solving in the beer aisle
  • Why mid-strength beer is more than a compromise
  • The shift from broadcast brands to community-led ones
  • Building a challenger brand from a very specific niche
  • Why AC/DC is Ryan’s favourite marketing case study
  • And what really happens when you go on Shark Tank

Whether you’re building in ...