RJ Tursi is the creator and owner of Exile Brewing Company in the historic Fitch shampoo factory. It is the largest brewery in Des Moines and the third largest in Iowa. Its restaurant has added a new Tursi Family Classics section to its menu. RJ’s father, Bobby Tursi, owned and operated Tursi’s Latin King for 38 years.
We asked RJ to lunch last month and met in Exile’s dining room. Over dunkels, lagers, ales and chicken spiedini, we talked about breweries, traditions and business timing.
Fifty percent of new breweries and brew pubs don’t live to be 10. Exile is now 13. Is this teenager rebellious?…