On Friday, April 17h we were joined by some of the best businesses the Pennsylvania craft beer industry has to offer in a virtual happy hour setting. During the two hours, we spoke with Jim Adams and Greg Harris of Levante Brewing, Jon Stemler and Nate Walter of Free Will Brewing, Matt Guyer of The Beer Yard, Andrew Witchey of Dancing Gnome and Mike LaRosa of New Trail.
A great conversation was had that covered a wide array of topics. If you’d like to watch the video in its entirety you can do so here.
However, we took some of the best clips from the happy hour and snipped them below. See for yourself on all of the excitement happening throughout Pennsylvania craft beer.
Expansion/ Growth
Many of the breweries on the call are planning expansions of their current operations. Learn about the ones that were discussed.
Free Will Perkasie Beer Garden
Dancing Gnome Adding Location
New Trail Distributing to Pittsburgh
New Trail Expanding Brewhouse
The Growth Of Mercury By Levante
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Event Updates
Due to the current pandemic, many events are being impacted. Below the guests gave us updates on some of their planned events.
Update on Levante’s HOP Party
New Trail’s Anniversary Party Update
Lustra Day 2020 Canceled
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New Concepts
Due to the current pandemic, some of the breweries are considering or planning new ideas regarding their production and distribution models.
Dancing Gnome Exploring Online Shipping
Free Will To Begin Hand Sanitizer Production
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Business Changes
Current events have forced businesses to change how they operate. Below are highlights of the potential to some of these changes becoming permanent
Dancing Gnome And Online Sales
The Group Discussing Any Changes To Occur
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Retail Operations
Matt From The Beer Yard Discusses Current State Of Retail Sales
Matt Discusses Distributor Beer Selection
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Words Of Encouragement
Sure, we are going through tough times right now. But that doesn’t mean everything has to be bad. The group offers positivity towards the future.
Levante On the Excitement Of The Return Of Their Staff
Free Will On Social Interactions
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Miscellaneous Clips
Advice For Getting Into The Industry
You Heard ‘Em….A Collab’s In The Works!
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Most importantly, is how appreciative the businesses are of their customers sticking around through all of this
