We will do our best to find roles internally or externally for anyone whose job has been cut because of this situation. We have guaranteed that everyone on our production team will get paid through October 1, regardless of whether there’s work here or no work because we have no CO2.Īfter October 1, those employees who no longer have jobs here will be given a severance package that accounts for both their seniority and tenure with the business. Everett brewing will continue, but more as an R&D facility with a smaller crew. What we shared is that, come October 1, we won’t likely have jobs for many of this team. Yesterday, we met with our production team of twelve people and shared the news and the implications. On the flip side, what this all means is ultimately one of the most heartbreaking circumstances to ever face our business. We’re incredibly thankful for these relationships and the support these businesses are showing. Given both the immediate and long-term issues at Everett, we’ve made the decision to move the majority of our beer production to Jack’s Abby and IBG. we might not be able to finish canning today). Our plan had been to continue problem solving, but this latest CO2 issue has basically thrown a huge wrench into any of those plans – threatening even immediate production (e.g. Despite all the various ways we’ve tried to problem solve it, production in Everett has remained more inefficient than our business can sustain.
Since then, we made enormous investments in our Everett facility to try and make it more efficient.
Our plan was to build a larger facility in Philly, but then COVID-19 hit, and we had to abandon it. For a brewery of our size, the space poses many challenges and limitations, including limited storage capacity, short ceiling heights, awkward layouts, and lack of proper loading bays.
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However, there are some other factors at play, and we’ll zoom out for a second to explain the full situation we’re currently facing.Ī few years ago, it became clear to us that we’d outgrown our Everett production facility. Seems like this will be an issue that impacts a lot of local breweries, so we’re probably one of many breweries facing this new threat to our business.įortunately, we have contract brewing relationships with Jack’s Abby and Isle Brewers, who have both now offered to brew beer for us and help fill our immediate production gaps. Breweries depend on CO2 to make beer, so this was pretty awful news to get. Last week, we learned that our CO2 supply has been cut for the foreseeable future, possibly more than a year until we get more.
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