
By the way, this smarty is called Somabar. Smart as in smart ‘tap the phone screen and get the cocktail’ kinda smart. Smart Cocktail maker which makes unique cocktails? Where do I get this being? Well, this is not a being, this is a body made of …….plastic. So, the descent of a smart Cocktail maker would much be appreciated by the DIYers. We are the DIYers and therefore, each has a recipe of their own. This is an era of ‘I can do it, as well’. And I understand, cocktail business to be a fancy and complicated one (therefore, good cocktail makers draw in a throng. But then, everybody is not like me, there are people who prefer (rather, love) their alcohol and love it to an extent of adding them into their fruit juices, as well. So, you’ll basically find me ordering ‘Virgin Mojito without alcohol’ (stupid as it may sound, I make it clear I do not want alcohol in my drink) at every restaurant I grace with my presence. When it was all said and done, 446 people donated $54,000 and Burley Oak received the capital required to make its canning dream a reality.I am a Mocktail girl as I do not drink. Slated to last 36 days, over half of the ‘AmeriCANmade’ campaign was funded during the first week. In exchange for their hard-earned cash, donors were enticed with everything from hand-written ‘Thank You’ poems to customized beer mugs to the chance to personalize a future beer, depending on how much they pledged.

In an effort to increase exposure and revenue, Burley Oak launched a Kickstarter campaign in September to raise $45,000 for a Wild Goose Canning System. Just ask the group of four from New Hampshire that heard about Burley on social media, stopped by while vacationing nearby at Assateague Island National Seashore this fall, noticed a poster about an ongoing fundraiser while sipping pints, and donated $500 on the spot.


So good that it’s now attracting craft beer fans from all across America. Since opening in 2011, the Burley Oak Brewing Company has been making some of America’s best beers in ‘America’s Coolest Small Town’ of Berlin, Maryland.
