Tired Hands (2022)

Is there an announcement for this? Is there a scheduled date for the re-opening?

Cheers!

 

June 4th per their IG.

 

Agreed, and I still think it's weird that no one cares/asks about a follow-up to everything that went down last year. Like we're all just supposed to pretend it never happened?

 

Plenty of people have asked in forums like this one, there just haven't been any answers (that I've seen). If anyone has ideas on how to get a response I'd be interested... my impression is that the brewery is not at all responsive on social media and is pretty accustomed to just deleting the comments they don't like.

 

same as it ever was.

 

I don't think (and this is just me speculating) Jean fully stepped away from TH. Possibly from daily operations & the social media posts, but he was still running things. Which wouldn't be a huge surprise, as it's his company.

I did see some IG posts from a month ago that hinted that he was using burner accounts to make comments on some Fishtown IG page that was surveying what to do with the space that used to be the beer garden. People quickly picked up on it, called him out, and sent screenshots to various beer influencers who reposted things.

 

various beer influencers?

Is this why we have hazy beers and pastry stouts?

 

If the "beer influencers" genuinely have the ability to influence which sorts of beer the craft beer consumers purchase than the answer to your second question is "yes".

Frequently on BA posts there are folks who 'complain' that there are too many Juicy/Hazy IPAs on tap (or the beer retailers' shelves) but the situation here is that much of the craft beer market is demanding those sorts of beers.

Cheers!

 

Anyone making it into the anniversary release tomorrow?

 

I always assumed their game plan was to make a statement about change, then lay low until people forget. Did anyone ever really expect an ownership change?

From the PLCB public database:

OFFICERS

ALEX PELTZ (MEMBER 1% )
CHRISTOPHER CLAIR (MEMBER 1% )
DAVID EVANS (MEMBER 1% )
ELIZABETH REED (MEMBER 1% )
ERIC NORQUIST (MEMBER 2% )
GALE FOSTER (MEMBER 3% )
HOWARD FOSTER (MEMBER 3% )
HOWARD T JOHNSTON JR (MEMBER 2% )
JEAN BROILLET IV (MANAGING MEMBER 40% )
JIM MILLER (MEMBER 1% )
JOSEPH TRENDLER (MEMBER 2% )
JULIE FOSTER (MEMBER 40% )
MATTHEW OAKES (MEMBER 1% )
MEGHAN A MCGETTIGAN (MEMBER 1% )
MICHAEL INGRASSIA (MEMBER 1% )
PAUL COPPOLA (MEMBER 1% )
PAUL W ROACH (MEMBER 1% )
RICHARD B RUCH (MEMBER 1% )
RICHARD GUYER (MEMBER 1% )
SHAUN HILL (MEMBER 1% )
STEVE LANDER (MEMBER 2% )

 

Not to mention Julie and family, which make up (at least) another 43%.

Perhaps it was naïveté, but I was really hoping the rumblings about an employee-led buyout were possible.

 

https://www.inquirer.com/food/workplace-harassment-restaurants-brewing-tired-hands-20210527.html

"Until Tired Hands brought on a full-time HR director in 2018, Broillet’s wife and co-founder, Julie Foster, who is also an attorney, acted as the brewery’s HR officer. While it’s not uncommon for small breweries and startups to skip or skimp on human resources, Tired Hands employees often felt uncomfortable coming to Foster with problems."

Yea, that seems like a problem.

"Going forward, Broillet “is not going to be present or involved in any aspect of the business,” he wrote. Berliner indicated there have been conversations about Broillet and Foster divesting their stake in the company. Foster left the company in March 2021. She “also made it clear that she stands in solidarity with the staff. Julie also made a commitment to not pursue legal action against Brienne Allan or any staff for their actions in this matter,” he wrote."

Guess that didn't happen

 

Wait for the next news cycle right? Omnipollo is back in with them as the milkshakes came back. So it goes I guess.

 

I was raised in Michigan so forgive my math ability but that seems like 107%?!

 

I also get 107%. Hipster math.

An interesting list.

 

Ha, I didnt even notice. Maybe some half percents got rounded up?

 

Most conspicuous on that list is Shaun Hill at 1%.