E-Malt.com News article: USA, DE: Blue Earl Brewing to open in Smyrna, Delaware

Ron Price, owner of Smyrna's Blue Earl Brewing, has an 11,535-square-foot facility. The facility has 12 taps, 20 barrels, and vast space. His dream of opening his own brewery is finally complete. On May 16, the brewery will open its doors to the public for the first time, Salt Lake Tribune reported on May 15.

Just a year ago, Price, who was working a corporate gig upstate, was still skeptical whether or not his plans for a microbrew, then named Warlock Brewing, would ever get off the ground. The town of Smyrna, which now embraces the brewery, was skeptical at first and blocked his plan at a crucial planning juncture.

With that resolved, the way looks set for Delaware's seventh microbrewery. But then there was a name dispute, and then the inevitable name change from Warlock, to Blue Earl.

“The name now is a reflection of myself”, Price has said. Blue Earl Brewing is a throwback to a nickname of his, and the logo, a hop guitar, references one of his many loves: music.

"I think that music really supports and balances," he said. "Beer makes you feel good, and so does music, and when you put the two together you double your pleasure."

He said the brewery's slogan is, 'Brew for your soul.'

"I guess you could call me Dr. Feelgood," he said, joking.


15 May, 2015