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February 18, 2020Schuylerville’s First Brewery Opens on Valentine’s Day
The Chamber was delighted to take part in the official ribbon cutting for Bound by Fate Taproom on Friday, February 14th. Local elected officials, ambassadors, business owners, friends, family and patrons were all on hand to enjoy the festivities.
Over forty years ago when Randy and Maureen Demler built their first house on Burgoyne Road in Schuylerville, they never dreamed that their children would open the village’s first brewery. Brett, Evan Ryan and Pam have always dreamed of opening a brewery, and would talk about it over family dinners and on summer trips to the beach. Two years ago, the Demler Family found 9 Gables, a historic home built in 1844 that could accommodate three generations. It even had a carriage house that could be converted into a production brewery.
Ryan has more than 13 years of experience in the craft beer industry as an award winning brewer for CH Evans at the Albany Pump Station and now as the Director of Operations at Community Beer works in Buffalo.
Brett has been home brewing for 10 years and worked in brewery equipment supplier Morebeer in California and Evan has worked craft industry as a bartender, chef and manager.
Coupled with Pam’s experience in strategy consulting and operations, this family has made their dream come true in Schuylerville.
The family made the decision in December 2018 to open the business. Fate intervened in their favor when the space at 31 Ferry St. became available after the Revolution Café moved out. “It looked like a taproom — the exposed brick, the shape of it. We have a wraparound deck, which will be perfect for live music in the summer,” Pam said. The business is using mostly locally sourced ingredients and is a certified as a farm brewery.
The taproom is starting with three beers on tap — a Mexican-style dark lager called Bronz’r; a New England IPA, Lupulion and an English-style brown ale called Boat Bridge. They wanted to bring traditional beer styles from around the world to Schuylerville, she said. They’re starting slowly with a two-barrel system, but will gradually roll out new lines, with the goal of having 10 to 12 beers on tap. The business has already had success, as the Lupulion was named second most popular beer at the Great Nor’Easter Winter Beer Fest.
Bound by Fate Brewing also has wines on tap from the New York City-based Raphael Winery, including a cabernet franc, sauvignon blanc and pinot noir rose. Pam said the wines go straight from keg to a tap and can be served one glass at a time. Snacks are available too, or guests at the taproom are welcome to bring their own food.
Pradachith-Demler and the rest of the Bound by Fate crew aim to be involved in the Schuylerville community, with plans to participate in local events and efforts. The Demlers’ goal for the future of Bound by Fate Brewing is for the taproom to serve as “not just a brewery but a space for the community to come together, a space to build bridges over beer and remind us all that we’re interconnected,” Pradachith-Demler said. “We just want to make good beer and build a place that people love to come, where they’re talking to their neighbors, they’re building relationships and community around good beer.”
