Best Beverage, Craft Beer Guild Distributing Host Trade Tasting

Trade professionals gathered for the Best Beverage and Craft Beer Guild Distributing collaborative tasting at Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket.

Best Beverage and Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Rhode Island hosted a collaborative tasting on March 27 at Hope Artiste Village “Events on Main” in Pawtucket. The tasting featured more than 40 wine selections from Best Beverage next to craft beer, cider and spirit selections from the Craft Beer Guild Distributing portfolio. Guests spoke with brand managers and sales representatives while sampling and learning about featured selections. After the trade tasting, the two distributors invited guests and vendors upstairs for an after party at Breaktime Bowl and Bar.

: Fatima Pereira, Owner, Best Beverage.

: Rute Goncalves, Portuguese Wine Specialist, Broadbent Selections.

: Casey Wright and Chris Leach, New England Sales Manager, Doc’s Draft Hard Cider and Black Dirt Distillery.

: Brenton Mackechnie, Brewer and Distiller, Dirty Water Distillery and Stefan Cyr, Sales, Dirty Water Distillery.

: Taylor Goodyear and Austin Gaquin, Downeast Cider House.

: Baxter Brewing Company’s Rob Costa, Territory Sales Manager and Luke Livingston, Founder.

: Taylor Jacobson and Tyler Guilmette, Founder, Brewmaster Jack.

: Heather Rogers, National Cider Sales Representative, Wolffer Estate Vineyard.

: Erin Marley, Woodstock Inn Brewery.

: Dan Tanner of Craft Beer Guild Distributing pouring selections from Austin Eastciders.

: Paul Flynn, Evaton Imports.

: Camilo Ceballos, Wine Director, Omni Wines.

: Trade professionals gathered for the Best Beverage and Craft Beer Guild Distributing collaborative tasting at Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket.

: Jackie Duhamel and Paul Kubiski, Owner, Bootblack Brand.

: Van Potts, President, Preston-Layne and Kurt Reming, New England Regional Sales Manager, Premium Port Wines, Inc.

: Rick Pignataro, National Sales Director, Angelini Wines.

: Left Hand Brewing Company’s David Aresty, New England Advanced Draft Specialist and Brian Sweeney, Northeast Regional Sales Manager.

: Cassey Nickerson, Brand Ambassador, Flag Hill Distillery.

: Justin Keating, Sales Representative, Craft Beer Guild Distributing.

: Pat and Bradford Selland, Owners of Bradford Distillery.

: Leah Winship, Best Beverage.

: John Ryan, Eastern Region Sales Manager, Knee Deep Brewing Co.

: Kristen Demergian, Territory Sales Manager Northeast, Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Jason Hulse, Market Manager CT and RI, Firestone Brewing Company.