BrewedInJerseyCity

BrewedInJerseyCity t1_jdeoup3 wrote

Reply to comment by aji04 in Irony - a visual definition. by EyesOnImprovement

Yes, as we have with countless others. Space is free, customers pay per beer like any other day. Any meetup hosted by an outside company, where we remain open to the general public, is essentially a large group meeting up at the brewery. We had a real estate meetup Tuesday, and Sustainable JC meetup yesterday. Both were open to the general public. Beers are the same price they would be to any person any other day. If you'd like to host one at our facility, you're welcome to. Email taproom@902brewing.com.

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BrewedInJerseyCity t1_jddjfhc wrote

Reply to 902 Brewing to host Paul Fireman backed event by el_tigrox

Actual final statement:

We are genuinely sorry for the outrage this has caused. We mean it when we say that we had no idea of the controversy we signed up for. It's too late to cancel it, but we will be much more proactive of knowing what we're getting into in the future. Between trying to run a small business and trying to balance family life, we sometimes overlook details. That's on us. For what it's worth, we have been paid $0 to host this. It is a public event open to the community. Our only financial ties are transactions from attendees, which is business as usual for us. We encourage you to come and communicate your frustrations with their plans directly. We want what's best for the community. We're sorry for the commotion.

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BrewedInJerseyCity t1_jddiivv wrote

Reply to Irony - a visual definition. by EyesOnImprovement

We've exhaustively addressed this elsewhere, but here goes:

We are genuinely sorry for the outrage this has caused. We had no idea of the controversy we signed up for. It's too late to cancel it, but we will be much more proactive of knowing what we're getting into in the future. For what it's worth, we have been paid $0 to host this. It is a public event open to the community. Our only financial tie are transactions from attendees. We encourage you to come and communicate your frustrations with their plans directly. We want what's best for the community. We're sorry for the commotion.

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BrewedInJerseyCity t1_jdd5jlu wrote

Reply to comment by el_tigrox in 902 Brewing to host Paul Fireman backed event by el_tigrox

Intentionally misleading headline is cyber bullying. It reads like we are a proxy for something that we're not.

If you are referring to this, we we're discouraging the boycott of small bars and restaurants. Intention was to fight back against the large scale distributors which is ironically aligned with your LSP views. Again, you're intentionally misleading.

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BrewedInJerseyCity t1_jdczxbc wrote

Reply to 902 Brewing to host Paul Fireman backed event by el_tigrox

Final comments here.

  1. We aren't members, donors, or in any way affiliated with this event itself. We're a venue that has no skin in the game.
  2. Here are some of the events we have actually HOSTED: Veterans Fundraiser's, Toy Drives for Children, Brain Cancer 5K Fundraiser, Breast Cancer 5K Fundraiser, Food Drives, Right to Counsel for Rent in JC (hosted 2 weeks ago), Adopt A Pup, the list goes on. Those are events we WORKED hand in hand with the organizer. We had skin in the game. Hold those against us, too.
  3. Some of you mentioned we should 'host' Friends of LSP. They are more than welcome to use the space in the exact same manner as those tonight are. Have them email taproom@902brewing.com.
  4. We woke up today having zero idea any of this was controversial. No master plan to profit from a billionaire takeover of the park. No strategic plotting to capitalize off of the community. No sinister plotting behind closed doors. NOTHING. So, thanks for the morning assault
  5. We're not going to cancel a public event over internet bullying. That being said, as actual humans that reside right here in Jersey City alongside of you, we hope that all of you attacking us will leave your computer screens tonight, come out alongside your community, and have your voice heard. It's not a private event. The doors are open to YOU. Give YOUR feedback. Holding it against us will do absolutely nothing to them.

We've unfortunately spent out morning reading up on why any of this is controversial instead of brewing beer. So, you got us there. Back to producing local liquids.

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BrewedInJerseyCity t1_jdcd2w8 wrote

Reply to 902 Brewing to host Paul Fireman backed event by el_tigrox

Hi, 902 Brewing here. Here’s brutal honesty: we are over worked small business owners that put insane hours in to run an honest business. If someone inquires to host an event, we do a 10 second skim to make sure it’s nothing hateful. In this instance, “people park” sounded harmless enough so we said sure. Plus we respect Coach Hurley. We’re not into politics and quite honestly have no idea if they are/what they’re doing. We had a sustainable JC Meet-Up last night, and a real estate meet up the night before. It’s not an endorsement of anything. Want to host a Disney themed bday party for yourself? Happy to oblige.

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