Bob Kenney to Lead Upland Sales Team

Upland Brewing Company is pleased to announce Bob Kenney as our Vice President of Sales. Most recently Bob was the Senior Director of  Anheuser-Busch INBEV’s sales team responsible for selling Goose Island’s specialty, Belgian-inspired beers, such as Sophie, Matilda and Lolita, on a  national basis. Previously, Bob served as Vice President of Sales at Goose Island Brewing Company, where he built and led a sales team that doubled  sales to 150,000 BBLs in a short number of years.

Doug Dayhoff, Upland’s President, said, “Bob’s experience and acumen are a perfect pairing with  Upland. We aim to build strong distributor relationships throughout the Midwest to capitalize on the momentum of our core beers like Dragonfly,   Champagne Velvet, Campside and Teddy Bear Kisses. We have a terrific sales team, and Bob’s leadership and training will make us even better.”

Jon Leetz, President of Indiana Beverage, remarked, “Our Upland sales have doubled in two years, and this hire demonstrates their on-going investment in  great leadership to support their great beers. We’ve worked with Bob for a long time, and think the world of him.”

Upland recently completed an   expansion to its production brewery cellar, which doubled its capacity to 75,000 BBLs. The company is also finalizing plans to expand its original brewery, which now focuses exclusively on artisan Belgian-style sour ales. In the last year alone, Upland has introduced 16 new beers, including new canned and bottled beers. In the coming year fans can expect more innovation and artisanship from the brewing team and a fifth Tap House featuring locally sourced foods and their signature beers.

Bob begins work effective immediately, and he can be reached at Bob@uplandbeer.com.

About Upland

Upland Brewing Co has brewed award-winning ales and lagers in Bloomington, Indiana since 1998. Our brewery name reflects the term geologists gave the area around Bloomington, which was never overrun by the glaciers that flattened much of Indiana’s landscape. The adversity of the land bred  independent thinkers who had strong wills, a connection to the land, and a wry sense of humor about life. Upland’s approach to brewing beer honors  the spirit of these people and this place. Annually Upland’s brewers release over 30 different beers, which are distributed in Indiana, Illinois,  Wisconsin, Ohio and Kentucky. Its nationally recognized sour ales are fermented in wood barrels and tanks for 1-3 years, and blended in different  combinations and with whole fruits to achieve unique, multi-dimensional beers. Brewery tours are available every weekend, and special limited edition  beers are released via on-line public lotteries several times each year.

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