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Monday, January 31, 2011

Terry Hawbaker to leave the Bullfrog

Me and Terry in the barrel basement at Bullfrog.
The rumors are true: Terry Hawbaker is leaving the Bullfrog in Williamsport. The search for his replacement has begun. Terry is leaving for reasons of personal development; not a euphemism for anything else at all, he's just done all he can do in that arena. Williamsport, despite the Marcellus Shale boom and the galaxy of small breweries that have popped up in the area, is still Williamsport, and Terry's talents could get a better display, and perhaps more latitude for development, elsewhere.

What's he have lined up? Sworn to secrecy, I'm afraid, though I believe Uncle Jack has a piece to the puzzle (and I hope I get the nod to blab when it's time!). Should be good; trust me on that.
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12 comments:

  1. Rich IsaacsJanuary 31, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Do you know how long he has been at the Bullfrog?

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  2. Lew BrysonJanuary 31, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    A short six years, according to him.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    I'm going to guess this has something to do with a new Philly-based brewpub project.

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  4. Rich IsaacsJanuary 31, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    That would be so awesome if true.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Much success. Have been lucky enough to visit Bullfrog on a few occasions. The beer has been tremendous, especially so with the Belgian inspired "beers gone wild".

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  6. Rich IsaacsJanuary 31, 2011 at 7:50 PM

    Looks like you were possibly scooped Lew. I'll leave off the rumors unless you give the go ahead, but it's easy to find.

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  7. Rich IsaacsJanuary 31, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Actually Jack Curtain already spilled the beans. =)

    Here's a link for others: http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=3405

    And the original:
    http://mybeerbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/01/terry-hawbaker-leaving-bullfrog-brewing.html

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  8. Lew BrysonJanuary 31, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Yeah, Terry e-mailed me around 4:30 with the news, but I was taking my daughter to a dentist's app't. I can live with it!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    I called it earlier than everyone else, knew about this one a while back :)

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  10. Lew BrysonJanuary 31, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Yeah, that's nice...now that we're done waving our "I had it first" dongs around...

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  11. Bryan KolesarFebruary 5, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    Has there been a "badge" created for announcing/breaking news? sounds exciting ;-)

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  12. Lew BrysonFebruary 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Honest to God...

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