Far more than you might think.
Both mikeroweWORKS and Dirty Jobs are tributes to Mike’s granddad, Carl Knobel. So why did his name end up on a bottle of whiskey? The answer starts with the very first dirty job.
A man I called pop …
As a boy, it never occurred to me that I’d have a career in television or wind up hosting a show like Dirty Jobs. My plan was to follow in the footsteps of my grandfather, a tradesman named Carl Knobel. A man who worked with his hands, not his voice. A man who went out of his way to avoid the spotlight.
A man I called Pop ...
See the rest of the story on the Knobel Tennessee Whiskey website found here.
A portion of all online proceeds of Knobel Whiskey will benefit mikeroweWORKS Foundation.