The Power of Buying Local Beer

Now I don't like to sit here and bash corporate beer giants or the people that support and drink the beer. However, I will say that I go out of my way to support local and small companies as opposed to these corporations that are all the money. When you buy local, you are supporting local jobs and people that make a high quality product with passion and not a low quality product with a serious ad campaign to get the most profits possible. A few years ago I discovered a local brewery called Thomas Hooker. Every saturday you can pay $5 to hang out at the brewery and sample as much beer as you'd like. There are also guided tours and a kick-ass staff to help out. I almost forgot to mention their funny t-shirts (with the name hooker in the title they couldnt help themselves apparenty). You can get fresh growlers from the brewery for only $7 a refill! So I have been quite a few times and also purchased a lot of their beer from the local packy. For such a small brewery they sure brew a well rounded line of beer. My favorites are the munich lager, noreaster, oktoberfest, and irish red. They also brew american pale ale, ipa, porter, dopplebock, watermelon ale, and blonde ales. I am a huge fan and supporter of this local company and can't wait until my next trip (hopefully soon) . I was recently reading a newspaper article that was talking about how Thomas Hooker is planning on doing a $400,000 expansion! I was very excited to hear this. Apparently business has been so good that they are able to expand. This means more tanks, more beer, an expanded visitor area, and homebrewing classes. So you see enough people like myself turned to local beer and we all saw first hand how it can grow and expand a business just like that! So get out there, wherever you are and enjoy a local brew!

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