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Where you find beer in our region, chances are you’ll also find Beer Guy Mike Pound as well. Mike’s passion for the industry – and its delicious products – has taken him to the region’s beer bars, its breweries, its festivals and its distributors. Every other week, join Mike for a new episode of Beer Guy and a new look at a beer style, a brewery or one of the personalities that make the industry the colorful one it is.
05/13/2025
Many of you have likely heard about Matt already, but this Erie Times-News story does a nice job summarizing Matt's HUGE influence in the craft beer business, as well as his tragic loss. He was a friend to me when I was just starting to cover the industry; he didn't have to be, but he was -- and that's just the kind of person we all knew in Matt Allyn.
'Big loss to the brewing world': Erie's craft beer pioneer Matt Allyn dies in car crash Matt Allyn spent 33 years making craft beer, and he grew the Erie's brewing industry from the ground up. He helped everyone he met brew better beer.
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