BELIEVE IN FAMILY”

world-renowned Budweiser Clydesdales came to Baton Rouge first in 2016 and again in 2022, and it’s no easy feat getting them here.

But the cornerstone has always been The Family float loaded with members of the Mockler staff.

Having loosely been around Mockler Beverage most of my adult life (I actually worked there lifting kegs far too early in the morning in the summer of 2004… yeesh), nothing ever seems like a mandatory or forced work event. The camaraderie and passion speaks directly to the core values developed by Gary in the 1980s and sustained and grown by Tim and Patrick ever since: Culture. People. Family.

Gary died in 2020 at the age of 82, and there’s no doubt he’s pleased with how his boys have grown the company. Mockler Beverage acquired Buquet Distributing Company of Houma in March 2022 and with that a much larger geographic footprint of distribution superiority in Louisiana.

If you’re buying a beer in the following parishes, there’s a good chance, The Family got it there: East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Iberville, Ascension, Assumption, St. Mary, St. James, St. John, St. Charles, Lafourche, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard and Plaquemines.

Right after the parade in 2022, I spent some time with Tim over a couple of beers while watching Nelly perform at Uncle Earls and the Baton Rouge celebration of St. Patrick’s Day that Todd Graves and the Shingletons put together. You could see the wheels turning. It was like a movie watching Tim imagine what that experience is like. Now he’s going to live it.

Think of life without family. It’s the bedrock of the core values we all hold so dear.

“WE BELIEVE IN FAMILY”

WE do too.

So, raise a Bud to our 38th Annual Wearin’ of the Green St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal Tim Mockler, raise a Bud to The Family, raise a Bud to the continued relationship with the Shingletons in the decades to come.