BACK TO YOU...
(MAGGIE)
THE CRAFT BREWING
BUSINESS IS
BOOMING RIGHT NOW
IN CENTRAL PA...
(KC)
AND ALL THIS WEEK
WE'RE TAKING YOU
AROUND OUR AREA--
INTRODUCING YOU
TO THE PEOPLE AND
PLACES THAT MAKE
UP THE LOCAL
INDUSTRY.
OUR NEXT STOP...
CAMBRIA COUNTY!
7:20:41;26 "our local
craft beer week has
brought us to johnstown
and Stonebridge
Brewing Co. opened in
2018 and a really unique
story has surfaced here,
during this pandemic.
Lets head inside and
take a look and find out
what they're all about."
Jeremy Shearer - Co-
Owner, Founder and
head brew master
6:51:51;26 "we are
actually able to increase
our sales, dramatically...
"
THAT'S STONEBRIDGE
CO OWNER AND HEAD
BREW MASTER
JEREMY SHEARER
AND YES, YOU HEARD
CORRECTLY. SINCE
MARCH, THANKS TO A
SLIGHT TWEAK OF
THEIR BUSINESS
MODEL BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC,
BUSINESS HAS BEEN
BOOMING!
6:51:04;24 "Once March
hit, we knew the tap
room model wasn't going
to be viable, at least in
the short term and who
knew...
and still who knows how
long that's going to be.
So we knew we had to
jump over to a
distribution model as
quickly as possible."
THAT MEANT
TRANSITIONING FROM
BREWING BEER THAT
WAS MOSTLY PUT
INTO KEGS AND SOLD
IN GROWLERS AND
PINT GLASSES IN THE
TAPROOM, TO
CANNING BEER AND
SENDING IT OUT TO
BE DISTRIBUTED.
AND WITH THOSE
SALES -
STONEBRIDGE IS
MOVING TO A MUCH
LARGER SYSTEM.
GOING FROM
BREWING 150
GALLONS OF BEER AT
A TIME TO OVER 600
GALLONS AT A TIME.
6:55:25;25 "this 3-vessel
system allows us to step
process. As we get one
batch of beer moving in
through the system..we
can start a second batch
, that allows us to brew
multiple beers...
"
IN FACT JEREMY
SAYS BECAUSE
BEERS HAVE BEEN
FLYING OFF THE
SHELVES, THEY'VE
ACTUALLY BEEN
PRODUCING A NEW
BEER EVERY WEEK!
THE RELEASE WHEN
WE VISITED, A
DELICIOUS
BLUEBERRY, HONEY
WHEAT ALE.
7:03:41;03 "50% wheat,
50% barley beer...
fermented to 4.6 percent
and then we finished it
with local honey sourced
it from a farm north of
Pittsburgh and
blueberries."
"great smell, great
color...
cheers to you.....
great taste too...
thank you.!"
(KC)
THEIR BEERS PAIR
WITH THEIR MENU
ITEMS TOO.
THEY'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF
TRANSITIONING FROM
A TEMPORARY FOOD
TRUCK TO A BRAND
NEW KITCHEN AND
DINING AREA.
GO VISIT THEM ON
FRANKLIN STREET IN
JOHNSTOWN!
(KC)
TO SEE ALL OF OUR
LOCAL CRAFT BEER
WEEK FEATURES--
HEAD ON OVER TO
WE-ARE-CENTRAL-PA
DOT COM...
(KC)
