🎙️Welcome to episode twenty-five of Liquid Liner Notes! This weeks episode is with Doug Veliky - @BeerAficionado on Instagram/TikTok, creator of Beer Crunchers, and now partner of BrightBev.

Doug is one of the leading voices in the craft beverage industry focusing on economics and business strategy. He’s also one of the most prolific voices in the industry’s social media world. Recently he announced he was leaving his position as Chief Marketing Officer at Revolution Brewing to join BrightBev, a platform for emerging beverage brands that helps founders with route to market and distribution.

During the conversation we dive into Doug’s background and how he fell in love with craft beverage. We further discuss his professional experience and how it, and his persistence, prepared him for this role with BrightBev. Starting with his time at Reyes, one of the largest distributors in the country, Doug then made a switch to Revolution Brewing here in Chicago as Chief Financial Officer. During his time at Revolution Doug became involved in strategic planning outside of finances, and eventually switched into a full-time marketing role.

Moving to BrightBev along with Doug is his award winning data-driven blog - Beer Crunchers! You’ll have to listen in, but the result will be more content!

You can find Doug on Instagram & TikTok at @BeerAficionado, on his blog https://beercrunchers.substack.com, and through BrightBev at https://www.bright-bev.com.