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Jim Thorpe Brewing Needs Your Support

B. Kline — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:59:14 +0000

Jim Thorpe Brewing Company is Looking for Your Help

A Brewery In Search of a Tap Room

Jim Thorpe Brewing Company is a brewery in search of a tap room. This is pretty essential for most breweries (some breweries choose to forego having a tap room, and just produce and distribute their beer – but most small micro breweries prefer having a taste room and producing and keeping their beer in house).

The Jim Thorpe Brewing Company is currently looking to get their tap room started and opened in (obviously) the town of Jim Thorpe. But they need the support of friends, family, customers, supporters, and the people of Jim Thorpe and the craft beer community to help them.

Support Jim Thorpe Brewing Company

Trattoria in Jim Thorpe, PA

Thats why they took to Facebook this morning, asking for support from their friends, families, customers, the people of Jim Thorpe, and the craft beer community.

You can read their call for support here:

We want to thank everyone who supports us and our brews. That being said we need your support. As everyone knows we’ve been searching for a taproom location so we can serve all of our patrons and we thought we had a perfect location. However, while we’ve had an agreement of sale on Trattoria 903, it’s been more than an easy sell to close. Barry Westington, from Community Bank NA , holds the notes and offered to sell them to us for principal value, waiving all legal and back interest. So, I was able to get an extension from the owner for the purchase which would close the real estate deal and pay the debts ( Including some liens). However, Barry’s thought is “I’ll sell you the notes so you can foreclose on them and, not pay other claims at all”. We can’t understand why they would agree for us to buy the notes and screw the others with liens but not waive the same fees so we can make the sale possible, pay those who performed the work, and not support other small businesses. That is not something morally the Jim Thorpe Brewing Company would ever do. We’d love for everyone to reach out to Community Bank, and Barry Westington, in particular to express your support for us and for them to support their verbal commitment to us. Barry.westington@cbna.com. 570-307-8600
Jim Thorpe Brewing Company – Facebook Post

If you wish to help and support Jim Thorpe Brewing Company, read the above post, and see what you can do or able to do to help.

For More Information on Jim Thorpe Brewing Company

The following comes from Untappd. Jim Thorpe Brewing Company is a micro brewery from the United States. They have 8 unique beers and 820 ratings with a global average rating of 3.8 (as of 6.30.23). Their Untappd description is blank.

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Stay tuned for them as they get their tap room and open up their brewery fully.

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Tortured Souls Brewing Company Kickstarter Campaign

B. Kline — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Tortured Souls Brewing Company Logo

Tortured Souls

Tortured Souls Brewing Company is starting a kickstarting campaign to try and raise funds to get their brewery off the ground. Its been a hot minute, but you might have read about them here on the blog from the COUCH BREWERY CLOSING article. They were announced (or originally planned) to be going into the old Couch Brewery location; but instead – that ended up being where Arboretum Trail Brewing Company started up their brewery.

Thus meaning – Tortured Souls Brewing Company needs a new location. From their Facebook page just a little bit ago:

“A picture is worth a thousand words……..get on board with our Kickstarter to be one of the very first people to have a pint with us here!!!!”
Tortured Souls Brewing Company (Facebook)

Possible future home of Tortured Souls Brewing Company

Kickstarter Campaign

You can find their Kickstarter Campaign here: Tortured Souls Brewing Company – Kickstarter. On it they have a video detailing their history and their story, as well as the story and reasons you should donate.

Their story reads:

“Tortured Souls Brewing Company needs your help to create a unique entertainment experience for the City of Pittsburgh. Owners Angela and Scott Wyman are in the process of applying their 10+ years of home brewing experience and business acumen to converting a large church into a one-of-a-kind space. In the Sanctuary Tap Room patrons will enjoy spacious bar seating and an open floor plan for parties of all sizes. Guests who are looking for a quieter and more intimate experience can reserve time in the Red Room, a private space located beneath the Sanctuary for small parties and get-togethers. Patrons will also be able to enjoy their time seated in the outdoor patio area. The brewery will host local artists, musicians, and performers. The brewery is also proud to announce a partnership with Community Kitchen Pittsburgh, a local non-profit organization that will use our kitchen as an apprenticeship site for those who are looking to open their own locations and need a place to hone their craft. Backers are needed for this project in order to spread the word, help with startup costs, and fund additional upgrades to the space. Tortured Souls Brewing Company (TSBC) is ready to bring you an experience unlike any other in the Pittsburgh area.
Our vision is becoming a reality!! Tortured Souls will be making its home in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania!! You will soon be able to find us occupying the old First English Lutheran Church on North Main Street, right down the street from two other prestigious breweries and 4four6 Distillery, a women-owned craft distillery. The space is also right across the bridge from the trendy Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. We are proud to be partnering with Community Kitchen Pittsburgh to provide a full-menu eating experience like no other. The property will also serve as home to a concert and event venue.
Have you maybe heard about us already? Tortured Souls Brewing has already started to make its name and brand known through social media, a website with available merchandise (torturedsoulsbrewing.com) and making a debut at one of Pittsburgh’s original beer fests, Big Pour ’21, a fundraising event held at and for Construction Junction. TSBC has also poured at Botany & Booze 2022 in May at Beers of the Burgh Festival (Carrie Furnace) on 6/11/2022.
TSBC is an artisanal brewery (yes we know most of them are but it still sounds cool) that makes contemporary craft beers and seltzers. TSBC remembers the beer that brought us to today and will offer brews based on traditional styles that the foundation of Pittsburgh was built upon. TSBC will strive to bring a fresh experience every time you walk through the door. TSBC will be introducing and serving unique beer cocktails designed in collaboration with local Pennsylvania distillers and wineries to showcase their product and create synergy between businesses. Small businesses UNITE!!!!
We invite you to help us launch what will be a fun and unique space in one of Pittsburgh’s most beer friendly neighborhoods.”
Tortured Souls Brewing Company Kickstarter Campaign

(Edited: June 17th, 2022 – 4:00PM [6.17.22])
They are currently sitting at 7,336$ of their 10,000$ goal. They have 30 backers and still have 38 days to go.

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First Sip Brew Box Has Teamed Up With Kweza Craft Brewery

BKline — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:40:00 +0000

Kweza Craft Brewery from Rwanda

Kweza Craft Brewery

Today is Giving Tuesday, and theres no better time then to bring up on the blog about ‘Kweza Craft Brewery’ in Rwanda. Firstly, you can go directly to there IndieGoGo site and give a donation right here: Kweza Brewing on IndieGoGo. You can read about their story from IndieGoGo here:

We’re Rwanda’s first craft beer brewery. We’re women owned, led, brewed, and cheffed. We make beers that are delicious, and tell a story – from the roots of African women making sorghum beer, to using local crops and plants such as sorghum, ginger, mangoes, and jasmine to make a variety of light ales, IPAs, stouts, with more variety to come.
Women have traditionally made beer in most cultures around the world, but not been able to benefit from that creation and lineage at the commercial level. Kweza aims to have women running all aspects of the business. Our goal is that women have the profit from the product they’ve always made, and can build generational wealth on that history. Learn more about how we’re accomplishing this on our website and by watching this webinar we held on Women Brewing Beer in History, Africa, and Rwanda (with Kweza Craft Brewery) .
In 2016, Fina Uwineza, a Rwandan entrepreneur, and Steve Beauchesne, CEO of Beau’s Brewery, launched a Kickstarter to fund the purchase of a bottling line. We’ve grown the project, purchased a bottling line AND an entire brewery worth of equipment! Read and watch more of the original Kickstarter here!
Kweza on IndieGoGo

First Sip Brew Box

While on my trip through New Jersey (while actually being on the ferry) I reached out to Dennis Guy and he quickly responded, about how First Sip brew Box is helping Kweza Craft Brewery. They are working on distributing world wide merchandise for the brewery, as well as helping their crowd funding efforts. As per their marketing brochure on a Google Doc, they are “handling the fulfillment of brewery swag for Kweza brewery.” First Sip is also working with artists to help create merchandise for the project as well.

The Beer Thrillers Getting the Word Out, and How You Can Help

We will be doing more articles in the near future, including our donation, and what all goes into that donation, and what that donation does for the brewery and its upstart. We are looking to do several articles spaced out in the near future, and hopefully some interviews as well (with brewers, builders, and workers on the project). Please stay tuned.

To read more about Kweza Craft Brewery, you can follow them through these channels:

To learn more, and read more about First Sip Brew Box, and what they are doing for Kweza Craft Brewery, you can follow them here:

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Dennis’s Email: dennis@firstsipbrewbox.com
Google Doc

Please join us in making a donation and helping this wonderful cause, today on Giving Tuesday.

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Thank you everyone for reading, this closes out November, and our daily articles. Hopefully I can keep up the pace and maintain a good amount of articles for everyone to read. Also, hopefully you’ll all stay tuned and stay with us. Cheers!

-B. Kline

New Mandates and Urge to Support Local

BKline — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:47:40 +0000

It is now 6:30PM, and just a few hours ago, Governor Wolfe issued new mandates for the state of Pennsylvania. Starting Friday night into Saturday at midnight there will be no more indoor dining, casinos, gyms, etc, are closed; bars, restaurants, and breweries can only do outdoor dining and to-go or takeout.

(There is more restrictions / mandates, but that’s what is relevant to this blog.)

What I want to do here and now is to urge everyone to shop local. Don’t go to McDonalds for your food, or buy Coors Lite or Miller or In-Bev. Buy from your local restaurant, your local brewery, your local drinking hole, and tip, help those who will be hurting. This is a big time of the year for restaurants (up til New Years Day). They need all the support they can get right now.

Support local craft beer. Drink and help your local favorite brewery. We are all in this together, as cliche as that sounds, but we all need to do everything we can to help our local and small breweries survive these tough and troubling times.

Please mask up when you go in for your take out and to-go. Be respectful and kind to the service and staff and the help. Tip as much as you can. Buy as much as you can. Share their posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. Review them highly if they deserve it and are doing the right procedures. Support as best and as much as you are able.

Support. Support. Support. Help. Help. Help. I can’t stress these things enough. Be kind to everyone. Be helpful to everyone. Lets get through this together!

Cheers all. And best wishes and hopes for all those in industry jobs. I know how it is working at a casino, that will be shutting down til January 4th as well. This is a scary and troubling time. Let’s all pitch in and help each other!

-B. Kline

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Pilger Ruh Brewing Needs Your Help

BKline — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:00:00 +0000

The new home of Pilger Ruh Brewing

Pilger Ruh Brewing is currently looking for your help. They have finally found the location for their future home, in Pottsville Pennsylvania, they just need your help to get this dream up off the ground and get those taps flowing.

As with any older building, its going to need a lot of renovations, innovations, changes, and modifications to get it turned into a thriving business… let alone a bustling brewery. Which is one of the great thing about craft breweries – turning old buildings into brand new beautiful rustic but modern restaurants and breweries. Look at how Rubber Soul has turned the old police station (borough office building) in Hummelstown into their brewery. Or how Tattered Flag renovated their old building in Middletown. Its a common theme for many breweries; take an old building in a town they like, and renovate and modify it to meet their needs. It preserves the building, gives the brewery a unique look, helps the town, and helps the brewery. Seems like a win all around right?

Right.

So let’s help out Pilger Ruh Brewing get the money they need so they can do the same in Pottsville!

How can you help? Well, its really simple. Similar to a GoFundMe page, they have a indigogo page. You go there, donate what you can, and it all adds up. Want to help Pilger Ruh Brewing out and help them hit their goals and meet their dreams? Click here to donate: Pilger Ruh Brewing IndieGoGo Page.

Pilger Ruh Brewing

Why should you help out?

Well…. firstly, you would be helping a brand new brewery start up. You would be helping brewers, community members, friends, and family meet their dreams and achieve their goals. And secondly… you’ll get some perks out of it too!

Some perks include: free t-shirts, hoodies, limited edition glasswear, tickets to conventions, discounts on mug club memberships, getting to name some of their fermenters and tanks, brewing with them, hats, and getting to name some of their beers.

Thats a lot of incentive just right there to help them out.

Want to read their story? (You can go to their IndieGoGo page to read it) or read the following:

“Pilger Ruh Brewing is a new craft brewery coming to Schuylkill County PA! The whole dream started three years ago in the summer of 2017 when owners Tyler Budwash, Anthony Deppen, Conlan Budwash, along with friends Matt and Alex started brewing together. We quickly joined the beer festival circuit and received great reviews from consumers all over the state. Our brewery has over 14 years of combined brewing experience and we plan to bring great local beers of all styles to Pottsville PA in 2021! Co-Owner Tyler has been homebrewing since 2013, started the Schuylkill County Brew Fest, and has been to over 250 different breweries in the US, a graduate of Kutztown University where he has a BA in Political Science. He currently lives in Schuylkill County with his 2 children and girlfriend Corine. Co-Owner Anthony Deppen has been homebrewing since 2017, world traveled professional wrestler, currently lives in New Cumberland PA with his wife Cassidy where they are expecting their first child in November 2020. Head Brewer Conlan Budwash has been the assistant brewer at Snitz Creek the last 4 years, worked at Troegs Brewing Company the last 5 years, lives in Pine Grove, and graduated from the Brew Science course through HACC.
We started this campaign to help raise some money to cover additional renovations to complete our taproom and gain some extra working capital upon opening. (we aren’t asking for a lot). Getting this brewery off the ground has been financially challenging for us, but we have faith that we can make this work no matter what the situation is. Instead of asking for money outright, we want to offer you a number of different options where you gain something as well. No matter what you decide to give we are very appreciative of you for that and each and every person that has supported us on this journey.
Our goal is to raise at least $25,000 to complete our renovations (floors, walls, bathrooms, reinforcing the basement etc). As we said earlier, we want to offer you something for helping us. Some of the perks we have lined up are limited edition glasses, shirts, deals on mug club memberships, naming tanks, brewing with us, exclusive beers, hoodies, hats, free tickets to events ran by us and more! We set our goal a bit higher than we wanted to, so no matter what amount we reach, ALL proceeds will be going into getting the taproom ready for early next year.
The brewery plans to be very community oriented, which is why we chose to move our operations to Pottsville PA. We want to bring something new to the area and help it gain more traction and give back to the community as much as we could. Five years ago there weren’t any actual craft breweries in Schuylkill County, now after we open there will be technically six. Anyone that has had our beers over the last 3.5 years knows what to expect when we open, and that’s quality beers. Our beers have been speaking for themselves at each and every event and we plan to continue that quality when we open next year.
We are aware that starting a new business comes with a ton of risks, especially when it comes to beer. I mean we could fail in a year and be gone, but we will not let that happen because we cannot fail and we will not fail. We chose the not so expensive route for all of our equipment, we bought things that made sense with our budget, not dropping thousands of dollars to look good or buy huge name brands. This project has been trying to get off the ground for 2 years now, we were unable to obtain funding from quite some time before we were able to save up a lot of our own money and gain a small SBA loan for our equipment. Unfortunately COVID19 set up back a few months with getting our plans and permits ready, but we are now ready to go. We’re very happy to be in the situation we are in now and want to finish up renovations so we can open and start paying back all of our debts. Every last penny will be going towards the brewery, whether it be our glassware or something as small as a floor mat.
If our perks aren’t something you’re interested in you can still help. We would greatly appreciate you sharing our Facebook page and inviting all of your friends to like it. Give us a Like on Instagram, tell all your friends and family about us, and when we open come say hi!
Thank you!
-Tyler, Tony, and Conlan”

The building’s location is 213 N. Centre Street in Pottsville, PA. They have quite a few renovations they need to do to make the building into a brewery. Namely flooring, walls, reinforcing the basement, drainage, ditches, new bathrooms, etc.

Their current goal is 25,000$. As of posting time (9.23.20 – 10PM) they are up to 3,468$. So there is a ways to go, and every penny will help add up!

You most likely have met, known, or heard of Pilger Ruh Brewing, or the Budwash brothers from the various events and brewfests. They are typically a staple at the Litiz, Mount Hope, Lancaster, and Schukyll Brewfests (they actually run the Schukyll Brewfest). They are also usually seen at Ffej of July, at the Kegs and Eggs at Rotunda, and many other events, brewfests, and charity events. They have been working at Troegs Brewing and Snitz Creek Brewery, behind the scenes things, and as of now, brewing for Snitz Creek. You can also find their own Pilger Ruh beers on tap at the Snitz Creek Annville (the old Funck’s – right next to the Fort Indiantown Gap Cemetery) location.

I’ve gotten to know all three quite well over the years, from different events, from the Central PA Whalerz, from Tyler’s love of the civil war, all three’s love for professional wrestling (Anthony Deppen is actually a professional wrestler – Tony Deppen – who wrestles for promotions such as Ring of Honor [ROH], amongst many others), and their collaborations with Tattered Flag.

They are all a bunch of great dudes, so let’s help them make this happen. The world needs more great beers and more great breweries and brewers. So lets band together and help them out!

You can follow them on their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

You can read our interview with Tyler Budwash here. Brewer Interview Series: Tyler Budwash.

Some beer reviews of their collaborations:

So let’s get this done guys! Donate now!

Donation Link: Pilger Ruh Brewing IndieGoGo

The future home of Pilger Ruh Brewing

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Lots more stuff happening here with the blog. Look for an interview with Scott Smith (of East End Brewing) soon. An interview with a Cape May brewing scientist. More beer reviews. A Poconos trip soon. (Finally!) The YouTube Video. Highway Manor’s Opening. And lots more. So be sure to stay here and check it all out. So be sure to follow, like, subscribe, and follow us on our social media pages – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Thanks!

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-B. Kline