A long overdue shout-out.
While I was at Sly Fox yesterday getting all the news about the Phoenixville pub re-location, I ran into Tom Kehoe of Yards, who stopped by because he was in the area picking up “some antique bar stools” from a old bar in Pottstown, he said, which augers well for the long-promised Tasting Room/Brewpub/Whatever at their new brewery, I’d guess.
Seeing Tom reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to post for a while: a shout-out to Tim Roberts and Frank Winslow, the Yards brewing team.
Tim never go the respect and acclaim he deserved while at the doomed Independence Brewpub downtown, so we owe him one. And he more than deserves our accolades now for the spot-on beers he’s turning out down on Delaware Avenue. Tim’s the production guy, while Frank, who came over from Flying Fish, is the quality control guy, and that’s an aspect of brewing we often overlook when throwing around the praise, a mistake I’m not going to make here.
Job well done, gentlemen. Thank you.
The other member of the Yards management/brewing team is Steve Mashington. I suppose we have to assume that he’s also doing whatever it is that he does very well, since we’ve never quite figured outs whatever it is that he does, however improbable such a leap of faith might seem to many of you. It’s only fair.
