Last night topped off another successful documentary premiere for NCTV17. Two Brothers, One Beer, and The American Dream was shown to the public last night at NCTV17’s headquarters. The premiere topped off a night that began with a Naperville Chamber of Commerce After Hours event that NCTV17 was proud to host this month.

Moving around in a crowd of 100-150 people, NCTV17 and Chamber staff greeted guests as they arrived, guided them through various stations that displayed the day-to-day operations of the station, and handed out information about NCTV17’s business memberships.

Ron Stenger, a 6^th generation descendent of John Stenger, one of the brothers that began the Stenger Brewery was present with his father, Jack Stenger.

Darlene Sanger, a current Naperville city council member who will be running for Illin
ois State Representative in 2008, was out for the evening as well as various other Chamber members and Naperville business owners.

The food was catered by Two Kitchens who did a fantastic job of serving up tasty

hors d’oeuvres and refreshments.

Chamber members and Naperville business owners had a great time conversing and eating at the After Hours, and at 7pm, NCTV17 began its p ublic premiere of Two Brothers, One Beer, and the American Dream . A large crowd stayed to watch the documentary which was a huge hit. Beer connoisseurs and ordinary beer drinkers alike immensely enjoyed the documentary that further cemented the important role the Ste nger Brewery played in Naperville's history.

Goodies such a s D VDs of NCTV17's various documentaries as well as two signed copies of Ambitious Brew donated by the author, Maureen Ogle, who was interviewed in Two Brothers, One Beer, and the American Dream.





Other guests included:

If you would like to read more about the making of the Stenger Brewery documentary, just scroll down to the bottom of the blog. You can read about voodoo doughnuts, interesting interviews, and how many hours we’ve logged and reenactments we’ve taped during documentary production.

Two Brothers, One Beer and the American Dream is set to debut on Channel 17 in the next few weeks. Please check the NCTV17 website for days and time.