A new porter from the Bedford brewery Beale’s has notes of pecan and is a little malty and a little sweet. It might even taste a little like pecan pie.
But what’s perhaps most novel about the new brew is what’s on its label: a picture of Beale’s manager Brittany Canterbury and beer’s name: “Your Manager is B——.”
“Your Manager is B——” — the last word, uncensored on the label, rhymes with “witch” — was born after a disgruntled customer emailed the brewery with that insult to Canterbury and said their beer tasted like “hot, old orange juice.”
Emily Sanfratella, Vice President of operations for Beale’s, said the email was traced back to a customer who had become abusive and confrontational after he was told to put a mask on.
“He just kind of flew into a rage and he started yelling at the host, the manager, Brittany, who told him to put a mask on or he would have to leave,” she said. “He yelled two more things, left, ended up phoning back that evening and yelled on the phone to the person who answered, and then they sent an email.”
So, the brewery, which opened in 2017 at 510 Grove St. in Bedford, took the negative situation and turned it into something positive.
Beale’s customer Scott Boiles, a resident of Smith Mountain Lake, said he had heard people complain about the mask policy for inside the brewery and felt the establishment has been following the rules Gov. Ralph Northam set last year.
He said staff members are working as hard as they can just to stay open and he doesn’t understand why customers are trying to hassle them.
“If people want to be idiots about it, so be it, but don’t be surprised to be called out on it,” he said. “You’re going there to have a beer; lighten up, dude.”
Could use that around here
Need a bigger can … women around here are fat