Ryan Richards is the Co-Founder and Production/Distribution Manager at Roy-Pitz Brewing Company, Chambersburg PA. Ryan studied Business Management at West Chester University near Philadelphia, PA earning a bachelor’s degree. During the time at school Ryan and Co-Founder Jesse Rotz honed and tweaked a business plan to start a craft brewery in their hometown of Chambersburg Pa. There’s much more to this story that our co-host Ryan will elude to. In the second segment, Improving head retention and body without tasting like grain, something carbonated mead makers are puzzled with at times, Ryan and Jeff explore the addition of grains to improve head retention, and finall, we wrap the show with the Social Club.
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