Pouring more love: Saying goodbye to Crosstown Brewing’s Clark Ortkiese 

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 18, 2025 5:52 PM CT | Published: July 17, 2025 11:55 AM CT

A friendly competition over who could make the best homebrew turned into the city’s second-largest brewery. 

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Crosstown Brewing Co.
Ellen Chamberlain

Ellen Chamberlain

Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.


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