Orgill marks 175th with custom brews

Orgill recently celebrated its 175th anniversary in Memphis with a tasting of two new house beers. Joe, a “smooth lager”, and Mike, a “strong ale”, bore the names of Joe Orgill and Mike McDonnell. The two members of the company’s founding family presided over a booming in its growth beginning in the 1980s. Orgill customer Ring’s End, based in Darien, Conn., suggested the idea.