Reddit - The Beer Thrillers https://thebeerthrillers.com Central PA beer enthusiasts and beer bloggers. Homebrewers, brewery workers, and all around beer lovers. Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:21:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/thebeerthrillers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-The-Beer-Thrillers-December-2022-Logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Reddit - The Beer Thrillers https://thebeerthrillers.com 32 32 187558884 Little Mutants Brewing Equipment Up for Auction https://thebeerthrillers.com/2024/12/29/little-mutants-brewing-equipment-up-for-auction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=little-mutants-brewing-equipment-up-for-auction Sun, 29 Dec 2024 08:11:11 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=15827 Little Mutants Brewing Equipment Up for Auction

Little Mutants brewing equipment will be up for auction on January 6th by H.K. Keller. As we previously posted – Little Mutants Brewery Has Closed – and with that closure, it seems the equipment will be sold. H.K. Keller will be in charge of the auction, and has posted a Facebook video detailing the equipment. Little Mutants Brewery was located at 841 N Prince Street, Lancaster PA, 17603.

Little Mutants

 

Little Mutants Brewing Equipment Up for Auction

H.K. Keller has a Facebook post and video detailing the auction and showcasing the equipment. You can click here for the video: Little Mutants Brewery Auction.

The post reads:

BREWERY EQUIPMENT AUCTION: This auction features an extensive selection of brewery, bar, and restaurant equipment, ideal for craft brewers, beverage producers, hospitality businesses and restaurants.
The brewery lineup includes professional-grade stainless steel fermenters, a mash tun with mixing paddles, and tanks from trusted brands like Albrigi Tecnologie and Stout Tanks.
An external glycol chiller, nitrogen draft system, and large storage tanks are also available, along with more of what you need for your business or hobby brewing setup.
🕖 Bidding Ends: Monday, January 6 at 7:00pm
📅 Preview Time: Friday, January 3 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm
📍 Preview and Pickup Location: 841 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
🚚 Pickup Time: Wednesday, January 8 from 9:00am to 3:00pm and Thursday, January 9 from 9:00am to 3:00pm
The video and post was announced and posted on December 26th at 5:36 PM.

Little Mutants Brewery Closing

For more information on their closing, you can see our article here: Little Mutants Brewing Has Closed.

The long and short of it though, is that Little Mutants Brewery was being quite shady near the end, underpaying (or not even paying bartenders at all), failing to provide the things they guaranteed for performers at their venue, ghosting performers on upcoming events, and much more. The above article goes into detail a bit more.

More Information on Little Mutants

The following comes via Untappd.

Little Mutants is listed as a cidery from Lancaster, PA. They have 51 unique beers, and just 813 ratings, with a global average rating of 3.72 (as of 12.27.24). Their Untappd description reads: “World class fermented offerings. Specializing in local apples and fruits along with traditional and experimental beer varieties. Based in Lancaster, PA”

You can follow them at these social media platforms:

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Little Mutants Has Closed https://thebeerthrillers.com/2024/12/27/little-mutants-has-closed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=little-mutants-has-closed Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:26:26 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=15824 Little Mutants Has Closed

It appears that Little Mutants, from Lancaster PA, has gone the (newly popular route) of ‘silent closing’. Or ‘ghost closing’. Which basically just means they’ve closed, but without a big to-do about it, or a big announcement, or even any announcement at all. If you look at their Facebook and Instagram accounts, and even their website, they all just show recent events being that of their ‘upcoming’ Oktoberfest, and all posts end around September 21st-28th. Located at 841 N Prince Street, Lancaster PA, 17603 Little Mutants considered itself a brewery, but listed as a ‘cidery’ on Untappd, and viewed as a venue and entertainment location by most in Lancaster.

Little Mutants

Little Mutants is Closed

Add Little Mutants to the list of breweries that have closed in 2024. (An ever increasingly growing number.) By all appearances they had closed before the end of October; though they did so silently, and without alerting anyone. Their Facebook, Instagram, and Website, still had events listed past October, but no posts past September 28th.

Digging into things, all I’ve really been able to locate about reasons for closing is this thread on Lancaster’s sub-reddit:

In it they discuss multiple reasons for the the venue and brewery closing. Some things, like bartenders not being paid, people who were running shows at the venue not getting the guarantees that they had asked for, and even more salacious rumors of the ownership and employees. (Note some of these are rumors, but some have also been verified as true.)

One quote from the post reads:

This is a pattern for them. And a big reason why everything is imploding so quickly. It has gotten really messy but here’s what I know –

Apparently one of the day-1 bartenders/creative partners who really put a lot of effort into elevating the experiences there and invested personal money (nearly 10k) into it with the promise of reimbursement (not ideal, but apparently finances are a disaster over there), eventually left after trying to get paid not just for the business expenses, but his actual wages too. The bartender had to screenshot the very avoidant and blamey text conversation they had with the owner and post it on their IG story before he was paid back, but not before being blamed for causing emotional distress and a bunch of other weaponized therapy-speak.

There have been long-standing concerns about harm reduction, given the culture there (and Stygian, the Shadowlands DJ/organizer, posted a very well-articulated response to everything going on on their IG story on Friday or Saturday). The “creative director” there has been having a long-standing affair with the owner and that whole situation has resulted in some rather poor choices being made both internally and some downright absurdly disrespectful treatment of artists who worked with them, and its just all blowing up in pretty spectacular fashion.

Little Mutants (Lancaster /r/) mstoltzfus97

Another quote from the post reads:

Hi, I was a main bartender there. It’s all a huge mess and I am owed thousands of dollars from my credit card tips being stolen without my knowledge. The only other bartender noticed and did the math, and I eventually did too to figure out how large the difference was. It’s like it all crumbled within a matter of weeks, and the stress of it all has been making me sick. I received a text from the one owner (who is in the spotlight) on 10/4 saying I was no longer able to work there due to lack of funds. It was really devastating for me financially to be cut off like that.

I always tried to be neutral, positive, and do well at my job but in the end I was too trusting and was burned badly. I loved that venue for hosting alternative electronic music, metal shows, and of course Shadowland but I am left really hurt by it all. I even feel embarrassed for believing in the cause and being associated with it. I am thankful for the people I met there and fun I had… but that place truly was set on fire, pissed on, and suplexed in a matter of weeks and unfortunately me, the other bartender, DJs, and (incredible) queens have suffered greatly over the terrible ownership decisions that were made by one particular owner.

I still haven’t been paid what I’m owed. The other bartender thankfully has, though. I will say the other owners and investors are fighting for me and have been absolutely amazing supporting me through this.

Edit to add: I’ve been quiet about this on my socials because I want to actually get paid what I’m owed, and it’s truly such a dumpster fire that I feel like I just want to move on with my life… I have so much other shit going on.

Little Mutants (Lancaster /r/) – User Post was listed as [deleted]

There is also an Instagram post on the situation (from the Reddit thread): InstagramDJ Stygian.

One person on the thread even commenting that they had an upcoming show and just suddenly stopped receiving e-mails and replies from Little Mutants ownership. So it seems like it was a full ghosting on all people and to everyone involved. This speaks much more to the ownership, those running the business, than it does about the business in general; and sadly gives the craft beer industry and the brewing industry as a whole a bad name.While there has been several poor owners and bad managers and companies in the craft brewing industry (looks at Imprint) – generally speaking, the craft brewing industry is filled with hard working, dedicated, community forward individuals.

As we find out more on the story and about Little Mutants and their closing and whats in store for the business, we will be sure to post here, so stay tuned and keep checking back with us.

More Information on Little Mutants

The following comes via Untappd.

Little Mutants is listed as a cidery from Lancaster, PA. They have 51 unique beers, and just 813 ratings, with a global average rating of 3.72 (as of 12.27.24). Their Untappd description reads: “World class fermented offerings. Specializing in local apples and fruits along with traditional and experimental beer varieties. Based in Lancaster, PA”

You can follow them at these social media platforms:

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SingleCut Beer Makes a Controversial Social Media Post (and Takes it Down) https://thebeerthrillers.com/2024/09/11/singlecut-beer-makes-a-controversial-social-media-post-and-takes-it-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=singlecut-beer-makes-a-controversial-social-media-post-and-takes-it-down Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:15:19 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=15522

SingleCut Beer’s Social Media Post

SingleCut Beer Posts A Controversial Picture on Social Media

SingleCut Beer social media decided to make a controversial post today in honor of 9/11. Today most accounts, be it craft beer, major industries (like Coke or Pepsi or Kellogg or your local sports team), political groups, your friends and family; everyone is posting respect and honor tributes for those we’ve lost twenty-three years ago.

I first saw it around 9 AM – 10 AM ish this morning when checking social media accounts.

I can understand the idea of the post, to honor those who lost their lives… but it just seems to be in a bit of poor taste. There is time and place for respectable posts honoring those we lost, or those who serve (for example on Veterans Day), and other such things, this post unfortunately misses the mark quite a bit.

Update – Post Removal

(Edit: This article was updated at 5:15 PM EST.)

The following all comes via the edit to the article. A reddit article – /r/Craft Beer – This is So Disgraceful and in Terrible Taste – posted about the SingleCut Beer social media post. Calling it (obviously by the title) disgraceful and in terrible taste.

The original post’s comment:

This brewery completely missed the mark on their latest social media post. In my opinion is disrespectful, offensive and down right disgusting to think that this was on okay thing to post. Like what social media manager was like “👍🏾hell yeah this goes so hard!!!”

Really terrible behavior

They have since removed the post but it does not excuse the fact this was thought appropriate

/r/Craft Beer – This is So Disgraceful and in Terrible Taste

Later, as the topic ballooned to over 80 comments, SingleCut Beer itself commented on the thread, stating:

I truly apologize.

The intention wasn’t to commercialize the tragedy. As a lifelong NY’er born in NYC, 9/11 was traumatic for me. I’m fortunate to say no one close to me was involved, but I did have a long history with the WTC, certainly my favorite NYC landmark. I enjoyed many meals with my family at Windows On the World, our favorite restaurant and some of my most cherished memories. The events further rattled me as I was in Manhattan at the time of the attacks on a job interview of all things. I visited the site two nights after the attacks (at 14th St, you couldn’t travel lower) to support the workers hauling the wreckage away. I’ll never forget it.

I created the image posted today. I purposely left the image without branding, and as a brewer, proud NY’er and someone who feels the weight of this day each year it was my tribute. Admittedly, and in hindsight, it did not read well with those who don’t understand my background or intent. Nonetheless, it was a mistake and I’m sorry for the poor emotions it may have brought on.

I deleted all postings shortly after they were posted. – Rich / Owner

 

So it would seem it was just an error of judgment, and the post has been removed. Hopefully a bit more thought is put forward in their social media marketing in the future.

For More Information on SingleCut BeerSmiths

The following comes via Untappd. SingleCut BeerSmiths is a regional brewery from Astoria, NY. They have 355 unique beers, and over 1 million ratings, with a global average rating of 4.01 (as of 9.11.24). Their Untappd description reads: “Cranking out music obsessed award winning Lagers and IPAs since 2012. To all demanding a steadfast meticulousness towards everything that can fit into a pint glass – Welcome. Always Drink Loud.

You can follow them at these social media platforms:

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BrewDog’s James Watt Stepping Down as CEO https://thebeerthrillers.com/2024/05/08/brewdogs-james-watt-stepping-down-as-ceo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brewdogs-james-watt-stepping-down-as-ceo Wed, 08 May 2024 14:16:07 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=14990

BrewDog CEO James Watt. Photo Courtesy of: BrewDog

BrewDog’s James Watt Stepping Down as CEO

The embattled BrewDog CEO and co-founder James Watt is stepping down from the helm of the brewery he started in a garage after 17 years leading the UK business. After numerous tumultuous years, the CEO of BrewDog – James Watt, is officially stepping down as CEO of the company he co-founded and created.

James Arrow will be stepping up and replacing James Watt. He took over the COO position in September of 2023.

I have decided to transition into a new role in the business, one of ‘captain and co-founder’ – and James Arrow will pick up the reins as CEO as our business pushes forward into our next phase of growth. In my new role, I will remain as a board member, a director and I will also be part-time strategic advisor to the business and to our leadership team.

-soon to be former CEO James Watt

Arrow joined BrewDog from Boots Opticians, where he was managing director. He joined BrewDog in September as COO.

James Watt spoke to me last year about continuing to play a role with the business while freeing up time to concentrate on his other projects and interests. We subsequently put in place a succession plan by recruiting James Arrow as COO and strengthening the wider senior leadership team.

-BrewDog chair Allan Leighton

The latest figures from Companies House show that BrewDog, a major UK beer brand and pub operator, reported revenues of £321.2 million ($401 million) in 2022, an increase from £285.6 million the previous year. However, the company incurred a loss of £24.8 million, a significant rise from the £10.6 million loss in 2021.

Under the leadership of CEO Watt, BrewDog has expanded internationally, exporting to 60 markets and establishing retail locations across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.

Despite its expansion, BrewDog has faced challenges, particularly in 2021 when it was criticized for fostering a “toxic” work environment. An open letter from a group named ‘Punks With Purpose,’ signed by 76 ex-employees, criticized the company culture as a “cult of personality” centered around Watt and co-founder Martin Dickie.

The letter highlighted widespread concerns across various departments, stating: “It doesn’t matter which part of the business we worked in; production, bartending, sales, operations, packaging, quality, marketing or HR, we all felt that in our day-to-day working lives, there were at best hurdles and, at worst, genuine safety concerns. In the wake of your success are people left burnt out, afraid and miserable. The true culture of BrewDog is, and seemingly always has been, fear.”

In response to these allegations, Watt expressed his distress and acknowledged the importance of the feedback, stating that BrewDog was apologetic, would not challenge the claims but would “listen, learn and act” to address the issues raised.

In January, it emerged the company was to stop paying some of its hospitality staff the UK’s so-called real living wage to tackle increased costs of company overhead. Watt had been overheard saying things like “we shouldn’t be relied on to let people make a living wage, that should be on them”, as well as several other comments indicating he didn’t feel like his workers should be able to fully live off what they make being employed by BrewDog.

In July of 2023 they had announced that they were wanting to set up a huge hospitality expansion, with up towards 300 bars, hotels, and other franchises worldwide, concluding them all by 2030. This would include locations in the UK, Netherlands, India, Thailand, Australia, Italy, and the United States.

Internal Memo

Dear Equity Punk,

You may have seen the big news. Seventeen years after he co-founded the business, James Watt has decided to step down as chief executive of BrewDog.

He will stay on the BrewDog PLC board in the role of ‘captain & co-founder’ and remains a major shareholder. I am honoured to have been asked by Allan Leighton, our chair, and the Board to step into the role of chief executive. Please find below the company announcement which gives more detail and context.

I am looking forward to building on James’s and Martin’s achievements and leading this business through the next phase of its development.

I hope to meet as many of you as possible at the AGM next month, where I’ll share more about my vision and the journey ahead.

James Arrow BREWDOG ANNOUNCES THAT JAMES ARROW WILL SUCCEED JAMES WATT AS CEO JAMES WATT TO MOVE INTO NON-EXECUTIVE ROLE

8 May 10.00, Ellon: BrewDog has today announced that James Arrow, currently COO, will succeed James Watt as CEO of the company, as part of a succession plan put in place last year.

Seventeen years after he co-founded the business, James Watt has decided to step down as chief executive. He will stay on the BrewDog PLC board in the role of ‘captain & co-founder’ and remains a major shareholder.

Allan Leighton, BrewDog chair, said: “James Watt spoke to me last year about continuing to play a role with the business while freeing up time to concentrate on his other projects and interests. We subsequently put in place a succession plan by recruiting James Arrow as COO and strengthening the wider senior leadership team.”

James Arrow joined BrewDog from Boots Opticians, where he was managing director, in September 2023. Prior to that he spent a decade at Dixons Carphone in a variety of senior roles including e-commerce, trading, operations, sales and transformation.

“James Arrow is a proven leader,” said Allan Leighton. “His eight months as COO have given him a great insight into the business. The Board is delighted to have him as CEO, to lead the Company into its next phase of growth.” Allan Leighton continued: “James Watt, alongside Martin Dickie, created this great business from a garage in Fraserburgh. Few have accomplished what he has. From very humble beginnings under his leadership BrewDog has grown to become the world’s leading craft brewer, employing 2530 people across its head office, four breweries and over 120 bars. I am especially pleased he will continue to offer his insight, creative genius and energy to the Board. We all wish him every success in his new ventures and in his NED role on the Board.”

James Arrow said: “James and Martin have created a fantastic business. I am looking forward to building on their achievements and leading this business through the next phase of its development.”

James Watt said: “I want to thank all the incredible people who have helped Martin and me create this unique business. I have loved co-founding this amazing business and leading it for the last 17 years. I am excited to take a bit of time off, to travel, to spend more time with my family and friends. I am also looking forward to being able to dedicate some more time to my other business interests.’

For more information contact brewdog@powerscourt-group.com

See Previous Article on Closure of BrewDog Pittsburgh

BrewDog Controversies

BrewDog is certainly not new to controversies, most of which have been well catalogued. From the recent Reddit post discussing the BrewDog Pittsburgh closure, you can even find a listing of some of their recent scandals:

Some examples:

BrewDog Pittsburgh is Closed Closed (/r/Beer)

From that same Reddit page, it also seems that BrewDog Pittsburgh employees were given no notice of the closure until heads up. A Twitter thread follows it here: It appears they also gave their employees no notice whatsoever, in typical BrewDog fashion.

BrewDog vs. Guinness

BrewDog marketing has been actively attempting to ‘sway’ drinkers away from Guinness using social media, ads, and other forms and attempts. Social media ads were designated to discourage drinkers from Guinness through means of discounts, and offering free beer if they didn’t drink Guinness. Their social media posts showed their workers and friends drinking BrewDog in front of Guinness locations and showing their displeasure for Guinness. They started the ad campaign around February of 2023.

This all comes on the heels of weeks after weeks of social media posts and advertisements of BrewDog branding all but calling out Guinness Brewing. With posts showing them drinking their own beer – Black Heart Stout – in front of Guinness locations and stating how much better theirs is. This ‘advertisement tactic’ has drawn much ire in the online community and there was much blow back on social media pages.

BrewDog Pittsburgh Has Closed (March, 2023)

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Top Popular Beer Brands https://thebeerthrillers.com/2024/03/22/top-popular-beer-brands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-popular-beer-brands Sat, 23 Mar 2024 03:01:47 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=15053

Some of the Popular Beer Brands

Top Popular Beer Brands

Decided to try out the new Chat GPT 4.0, and see what it said The Top Popular Beer Brands are currently. And here’s what it had to say:

Here are the top beer brands based on the search results:

Most Popular Beers in the U.S.

  1. Guinness
  2. Heineken
  3. Corona
  4. Modelo
  5. Samuel Adams
  6. Stella Artois
  7. Blue Moon
  8. Coors Light
  9. Miller Lite
  10. Budweiser

Some key points:

  • Guinness, an Irish stout, is consistently ranked as the most popular beer brand across different generations in the U.S.
  • Mexican beer brands like Modelo, Corona, and Dos Equis are very popular, especially among younger generations like Millennials and Gen X.
  • Classic American brands like Budweiser, Coors, Miller, and Samuel Adams remain popular choices, particularly for older generations like Baby Boomers.
  • Craft beers like Blue Moon and newer brands like White Claw hard seltzer are gaining popularity among Millennials.

Top Beers on Reddit

Based on the Reddit comments, some highly rated beers mentioned include:

  • Local/regional craft beers like Fulton, Castle Danger, Summit (Minnesota)
  • Belgian beers like Chimay, Duvel, La Chouffe, Westmalle
  • German beers like Paulaner, Franziskaner
  • Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
  • Voodoo Ranger, Founders Dirty Bastard (craft IPAs)

Overall, while major brands remain popular, craft beers and imports from Mexico, Belgium, and Germany are increasingly favored, especially among younger drinkers and beer enthusiasts.

Resources and sources: 45 Most Popular Beers Ranked from Best to Worst, 25 Most Popular Beers in America According to YouGov, Men of Reddit – What are Your Top Beers?. Chat GPT 4.0, and Perplexity AI.

 

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We are also working on a project of creating printable and downloadable PDFs and resources to be able to check and keep track of all of the breweries you’ve been to. So stay tuned for that project once we are finished with the Brewery Maps of the US States.

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Necromancer Brewing is Closing Permanently https://thebeerthrillers.com/2024/02/19/necromancer-brewing-is-closing-permanently/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=necromancer-brewing-is-closing-permanently Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:30:32 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=14410

Necromancer Brewing is Closing Permanently

Necromancer Brewing is Closing Permanently

We reported on February 13th that Necromancer Brewing was Temporarily Closing…. well, it is now officially permanently closing. There was talks of their “ongoing issues” with their liquor license, and how they were having issues with getting it renewed, and they made their Facebook post stating that they would be temporarily closed due to that. It seems there was more issues than just a liquor license behind the scenes, and they are permanently closing. So a funeral is to be held at the Necromancer Brewery – 2257 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, and free beer will be given away – on Thursday and Friday of this week (2.22.24 and 2.23.24).

Come to Our Funeral

Necromancer Brewing posted to Instagram (not Facebook) about their announcement of permanent closure, and told everyone to come to their brewery on Thursday (2.22.24) and Friday (2.23.24) to “celebrate” and to come to their funeral.

Their announcement reads:

Our time has come.

After taking time to pause this past week and evaluate our future, we’ve come to the difficult decision to close our doors.

We’re so proud of our team and all they’ve accomplished these past nearly 3 years. Our closure is no reflection of the quality of their work, their dedication, or the blood, sweat, and tears put into Necromancer. It’s an unfortunate financial decision, and one we do not make lightly. Between operating costs that continue to rise, and the overall state of the industry – there isn’t much room for error.

This closure unfortunately also means that our plans for Greenfield’s Midnight Whistler Pub will not come to fruition. We’d like to thank the Greenfield community for their support and excitement, and we truly hope that the neighborhood gets the watering hole it deserves in the very near future.

We respect the hell out of the breweries in our community who will continue the legacy of beer making in this city. It’s an immense feat to bring beer to your glass. We encourage you to continue to support others in Pittsburgh’s brewing community. It’s a tough industry.

This week we’ll be open Thursday and Friday from 4-10pm for one last go.
– All beer will be free to consume or take. Limit 1 case per person.
– Any on-site consumption must be done responsibly.
– We’ll have a virtual tip jar. 100% of all proceeds will go to our staff. If you grab a 4-pack, or pint, please contribute.
– And all merch and glassware will be for sale. Inner Circle and Founder’s Club members will be able to reserve up to (2) cases of beer and 2 free items while supplies last.

Please come and say goodbye.

Thank you for your support over the years. We are honored to have been a part of your lives – however big or small.

Necromancer Brewing – Instagram Post

News of Their Closing and Reactions

Their Facebook account still doesn’t have a permanent closure post, and their last post is dated February 13th, announcing the temporary closure.

Necromancer Brewing was open for a little under three years and Midnight Whistler, a second location, which was planned to open in the former Hough’s Taproom in Greenfield are both closing.

A beer blog for the state discussed in “detail” with the ownership about their reasons for closing. Which for most people reading, only raised more questions, concerns, and even outright red flags. The owners stated the costs of liquor license, fees, and other things, as well as putting emphasis and blame on the government and state…. rather than possibly where its due. (More like financial decisions, regarding the opening of the second taproom, the remodeling of their current location, and much more.)

Two Reddit posts; one in the Pittsburgh subreddit and one in the Pittsburgh beers subreddit posit more information, albeit mostly hearsay, but there is more to glean from this than the obviously one sided blog post. The reddit posts can be read here:

A news article by TribLive also provides more information: Necromancer Brewing Co. closing, 2nd location won’t open.

Butler said not being able to afford renewing the license, which is $3,000, is only part of the scenario for closing. There are several taxes and the cost of yeast and grain has gone up by 500% over the past 18 months, he said.

As for the Hough’s location, he said the building presented unforeseen issues that they could not get over and it became too much.

“We ran out of money,” Butler said. “And we couldn’t continue operating this way. We had some missteps that we couldn’t recover from. This is not a high-margin business. It is difficult to make ends meet.”

Necromancer Brewing Co. closing, 2nd location won’t open

There is a lot to pack through the comments section on those two reddit posts, as well as the news article. There seems to be a lot of varying thoughts on the brewery, and the owner – in particular Ben Butler. One commenter stating that Butler and the other owner (Butler had 75% shared interest, and the other owner had 25%) didn’t talk for the past year, and only communicated via lawyers.

Much talk on their Facebook, Instagram, as well as craft beer groups (and those reddit posts) is about the mug club memberships, which was paid just a bit ago. People paid 75-200$ for varying levels of memberships, and just under two months ago, for this upcoming year. Many of these customers feel blindsided and upset about the way the closing has been handled.

Liquor License

PA Liquor License – Necromancer Brewing

Anyone can use the PLCB website to view and look at liquor license records, as well as violations and other things by breweries. The search on the site lets you do it by county, city, license, name of operation, or owner(s). The results on the Necromancer Brewing shows that their license expired Dec. 31st 2023, though they have an active brewery storage license good for 2024.

He said he was told he could be put in jail if he tried to sell beer without a renewed liquor license and that the inventory can’t be transferred to another business owner.

He said there is a lot of beer.

Shawn Kelly, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in Harrisburg, confirmed that without a valid liquor license, beer can be given away.

However, he added that it “can be complicated.”

Necromancer Brewing Co. closing, 2nd location won’t open

So it appears they are able to host their free beer give away on Thursday and Friday, as long as it remains completely free. They also need to be careful of where patrons go with the beer and how they consume it on property.

Necromancer Brewing

Necromancer Brewing was a safe space and very positive for the LGBTQ+ community. They received national news attention with the release of their “Gayer” beer. Some in the Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh beer reddit communities have stated that Ben Butler used this as a means to an end, rather than true support and altruistic motives for the community. Either way, they were a positive force for good in the LGBTQ+ community, and it is disappointing to see the brewery lost and the community to lose this support, safe space, and inclusive environment.

The following information comes via Untappd.

Necromancer Brewing is a nano brewery from Pittsburgh, PA. They have 167 unique beers and over 20,000 ratings, with a global average rating of 3.89 (as of 2.13.24). Their Untappd description reads: “trends + familiars + resurrections ”

You can follow Necromancer Brewing at these social media pages:

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(This article updated on 2.20.24 at 1:00 PM)

 

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Highway Manor Brewing Temporarily Closed For Remainder of 2023 https://thebeerthrillers.com/2023/11/01/highway-manor-brewing-temporarily-closed-for-remainder-of-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=highway-manor-brewing-temporarily-closed-for-remainder-of-2023 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:48:00 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=12840 Highway Manor Only Temporarily Closed

Closed? Permanently Closed? or Temporarily Closed? I guess it all just depends on who you ask. If you ask the owner of the brewery the answer would be “Temporarily Closed”; if you ask Google the answer is “Permanently Closed” and if you ask Facebook it would be “Complicated”.

After our piece – Highway Manor Brewing Has Seemingly Been Closed – was published on October 26th, 2023, PennLive’s writer Sue Gleiter followed up and released her article on October 30th: Brewery in Cumberland County is closed for now.

Unable to get a response myself from Johnnie Compton III (who had previously reached out to me about the opening of Highway Manor – Highway Manor Opening in Camp Hill – as well as to do beer reviews for them); Compton did respond to Gleiter, giving her quotes for her article.

Despite no public announcement of any kind on any social media platform, despite the Google page listings and searches showing a “Permanently Closed” section for the brewery, and despite some really odd and troubling comments by people online, Johnnie Compton III tells Gleiter that Highway Manor Brewing is only temporarily closed, and that he is planning on re – opening in 2024.

Their liquor license as per PLCB ended in December 2022, and Compton is saying that he will be renewing it start of January 2024 and plans to reopen the brewery starting 2024.

Controversy

Firstly, let’s go over again the controversy during COVID. As stated in the previous article – Highway Manor Brewing Has Seemingly Been Closed – Highway Manor Brewing had some “controversy” over signs they had on their door.

On December 27th, 2020; PennLive ran an article discussing how Johnnie Compton III took the sign down; primarily at the urging of his daughter.

In the most recent of pandemic-related controversies, a West Shore brewery owner has taken down a sign that brought allegations of racism to his door.

Johnnie Compton III, owner of Highway Manor Brewery in Camp Hill, said once the COVID-19 regulations hit his business, he and his staff put up “funny signs” to alert customers to their new methods of operation.Controversial sign on central Pa. brewery gone after owner says joke was ‘misconstrued’

The second shut down for restaurants, businesses of the social sort, casinos, etc; was done as a way to curtail problems with COVID – 19 that might arrive during the holiday seasons of Christmas and New Years Eve after Thanksgiving.

Johnnie had stated that he and his staff enjoyed putting up signs on their door, as well as internally during the tumultuous 2020 as a way to bring levity to the time. And with the second shut down, he was ‘agonizing’ over what to put up next when he thought of his “TO GO ONLY – BLAME CHINA” sign; thinking it was funny.

I’m sick of hearing about COVID.Johnnie Compton III – Owner and Head Brewmaster for Highway Manor Brewing

The sign was originally posted on Wednesday, which was the 23rd. Compton stated that only the day of the PennLive article did the sign go viral on social media. (But it seems the sign was both up longer than Wednesday, despite the article and Comtpon saying so, and that it made the rounds of social media sooner than had been stated as well.)

While talking about it with his staff, someone made a joke about the coronavirus coming from China, which Compton said is a simple fact. With that, came their latest sign:

“TO GO ONLY BLAME CHINA” with the taproom’s hours and Compton’s phone number listed alongside it.

While the sign went up on Wednesday, Compton said it was only in the last day or so that the sign began making its rounds on social media and people began complaining about it, with some calling him a racist.

One post viewed by PennLive said the person was trying to support local businesses when they saw the sign. “So ignorant and xenophobic,” the person wrote, adding they would not be returning.

Compton said people have been messaging and calling him, including a woman who called him at 9:30 p.m. Saturday to call him a racist.

In the end, he said he decided to take the sign down.

“People are misinterpreting it, clearly,” Compton said.Controversial sign on central Pa. brewery gone after owner says joke was ‘misconstrued’

Writing controversial signs certainly isn’t new for Compton at the brewery; previously he had written one sign saying: “Wear a mask by order of the Big Bad Wolf.”

For more information on the controversy, you can read the full news article here: Controversial sign on central Pa. brewery gone after owner says joke was ‘misconstrued’ by PennLive.

Comments, Reactions, etc.

After our story was posted and went onto social media, there were numerous remarks, replies, and comments from several people about the brewery. Most of them pretty troubling or at least interesting to say the least. Here is some snippets of some of the comments.

I stopped in a few months ago and the doors were locked and the lights were off.. no mention on FB that they were closed that day. Kinda figured this was coming.

Redditer – Mustang46L

I remember when they were only selling their beers in Philly and NYC. When we asked him why we can’t get it in Harrisburg, he said “Harrisburg isn’t ready for my beer”. Then he proceeded to show his ass during COVID times.

So I am not taking this as a huge loss.

Redditer – Ed5275

Guy has very questionable hygiene with his beer production. Also that manor was more of a crackhouse.

Redditer – clownus

This is my shocked face😐. Johnny has not exactly built up goodwill with anybody, always looks for shortcuts and has gone out of his way to piss off customers. Pretty talented brewer but just a terrible person and businessman.

Redditer – Live_Podcast_Junkie

I went there once last year and actually had a pretty good time with a few good beers and I tried going there earlier this year once and all the lights were off like they were closed at like 8 pm on a Saturday night which I thought was weird but the door was open.. I yelled in asking if they were open but got no response and left. It was definitely interesting.

Redditer

Google says open….. sign on door says open!!!! But closed!! UPDATE YOUR HOURS!!!!!! May actually have good beers ….. but I will never know!!!!! 5pm on a Monday!!!!!

Google Reviewer – Josh Elkins (3 months ago)

I’m confused why a brewery would put themselves in a position to only target a certain percentage of consumers in the area. We do not drink sours so will never visit and that could be the thought of other beer lovers. Just my opinion but it cuts revenue a good bit and that’s bad business. I’m sure the place is creative but as of posting this, the place looks abandoned and there are tons of others around.

Google Reviewer – Amanda McBride (5 months ago)

I really debated putting this review up, but I feel like people need to know about the owners of this establishment. An incident occurred while I was there that they drove their forklift into my unoccupied, legally parked car. They then tried to buy me off (at a discounted price of repairs, of course) and threatened my safety when I reported it to the police and insurance company. This establishment is shady at best. If you want to worry about damage to your vehicles and being threatened by the owners- then this is your place.

Google Reviewer – Lisa Rose (1 year ago)

I went there last Saturday around 1:00 PM and it was a confusing experience. The hours on the building said they were open, the door was unlocked, but no lights were one. There was a Futon mattress on the floor in a side room and no one was around. It looked abandoned, or closed for a while at the least. Not sure if this is closed permanently or what.

Google Reviewer – Matt Hendrick (8 months ago)

Stating its a Temporary Closure

In the PennLive article, Johnnie Compton III tells Sue Gleiter that its just a temporary closure. That he’s currently helping his family’s business – Miracle Steel, Mechanicsburg PA.

Highway Manor Brewing Co. at 2238 Gettysburg Road in Lower Allen Township appears to no longer be in business and is listed on Google as closed, but owner Johnnie Compton III said he decided to take a year off and will reopen in January.

“I was too busy,” Compton said, noting he’s noticed a rash of other breweries closing and many struggling to find enough employees.

Brewery in Cumberland County is closed for now – PennLive

The PennLive article doesn’t give much more information than that quote – which was added in the update to the article (original publish time was October 30th, 11:35 AM, and the updated time was October 30th, 5:53 PM). The updated edit byline states that the article was updated to include his quotes.

The remainder of the article goes on to discuss the start of Highway Manor Brewing, how it got its name, and how Johnnie Compton III got involved in sour beers and brewing.

Currently the business has made no public announcements of any kind about the business itself. Be it closed, temporary closed, or permanently closed. Their social media is still quiet, and their last Facebook post still remains the April 16th one. Their official website is still active, even including their “hours of operation”, with no word on any sort of closure.

For More Articles on Highway Manor Brewing

For More Information on Highway Manor Brewing

The following comes from Untappd. Highway Manor Brewing is listed as a micro brewery from Camp Hill, PA. They have 54 unique beers and over 27,000 ratings, with a global average rating of 3.69 as of 10.26.23. Their Untappd description is blank.

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The brewery’s location was: 2238 Gettysburg Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011.

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