Taking on "Taming of the Brew"
Yesterday Purple Healer Brewing Co. made its first public appearance at BTE's Taming of the Brew in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The event had around 27 Beer vendors and 27 Food vendors and was sold out of its 500 tickets to the public making for a nice, crowded, toasty, good time for all. Among other breweries at the event, Purple Healer was in a competition for best brewery between other larges scale breweries including: Sly Fox Brewery, Ottos Pb and Brewery, Bullfrog Brewery, Weyerbacher, Marleys Brewery and Grille, Old Forge Brewing Co., and Troegs Brewing co..
Preparation for the event involved bottling around 10 cases of our crowd pleasing, "Ripinator" Dopple Bock, getting signage made, and rounding out an incredible staff including Larry, Marianne, Adam, and Pete all dressed perfectly and smiling ear to ear.
Larry was one of the first to set-up and arrive to the event and after much ado over finding magical tape to hang our banner and searching for scissors to lay plastic down to preserve the floor from any "spillage," we were set and ready to pour.
The beers were cold and the crowds began pouring in as Purple Healer made many new friends. In fact many came back for seconds and thirds hoping they could gain a good beer buzz from our very good beer.
The only problem we ran into was telling folks that we didn't yet have a place to purchase more of our fine crafted brews. Folks understood the nature of the business and took cards and promised to follow our updates online. Pete made a few friends who worked the event including the person in charge of cleaning out the dump buckets. We wont say which beers got dumped but the glasses stayed full of Ripinator and the smiles stayed plenty.
Here comes the Purple Healer Train and we certainly are taking on the town one finely crafted brew at a time. We look forward and are open to joining any other food festivals, events, and competitions with our hops a shining! Thank you again to the BTE for hosting such an incredible event and thank YOU for all your continued support. Keep spreading the word and checking back....it wont be long now until our beers can be purchased and be a part of YOUR family event.
Preparation for the event involved bottling around 10 cases of our crowd pleasing, "Ripinator" Dopple Bock, getting signage made, and rounding out an incredible staff including Larry, Marianne, Adam, and Pete all dressed perfectly and smiling ear to ear.
Larry was one of the first to set-up and arrive to the event and after much ado over finding magical tape to hang our banner and searching for scissors to lay plastic down to preserve the floor from any "spillage," we were set and ready to pour.
The beers were cold and the crowds began pouring in as Purple Healer made many new friends. In fact many came back for seconds and thirds hoping they could gain a good beer buzz from our very good beer.
The only problem we ran into was telling folks that we didn't yet have a place to purchase more of our fine crafted brews. Folks understood the nature of the business and took cards and promised to follow our updates online. Pete made a few friends who worked the event including the person in charge of cleaning out the dump buckets. We wont say which beers got dumped but the glasses stayed full of Ripinator and the smiles stayed plenty.
I think the crew was just as please with the response as folks filled out their voting cards and surprisingly to all of us many chose us.
In fact Purple Healer tied for Best in Show with Ottos Brewery with both breweries taking over 80% of the total votes. Not too shabby for a brewery that started in a second kitchen of an old home on Center Street, huh? Needless to say Larry was surprised, excited, and thoroughly pleased with the results as he accepted his Medal of honor.
Here comes the Purple Healer Train and we certainly are taking on the town one finely crafted brew at a time. We look forward and are open to joining any other food festivals, events, and competitions with our hops a shining! Thank you again to the BTE for hosting such an incredible event and thank YOU for all your continued support. Keep spreading the word and checking back....it wont be long now until our beers can be purchased and be a part of YOUR family event.
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