Old Planters Brewing co-founder Matt Sullivan grew up across the street from Pete and Andrew Frates in Beverly. Brewery co-founder Ben Garry, friends with Sullivan since high school, grew up in Beverly, too
“We’re townies,” Sullivan told me in 2017, in a story about Old Planters’ first beer release.
When Old Planters opened a tap room in 2019, the Frates brothers were on hand to celebrate.
congrats to my friends @oldplanters !#bevtown pic.twitter.com/GNmN3Lbq5Y
— Pete Frates (@PeteFrates3) June 23, 2019
“Pete was there opening night,” Andrew Frates wrote in a blog post on Old Planters’ website this week.