WELL IF YOU'RE IN THE
TOURISM BUSINESS AS MUCH OF
THE AREA IS YOU KNOW WHAT A
DEVASTATING IMPACT THE
CORONAVIRUS IS HAD ON
BUSINESS. BUT SOME OF TOURISM
DEPENDENT COMPANIES ARE
CHANGING THE WAY THEY DO
THINGS AND ADDING ONLINE
EXPERIENCES TO STAY AFLOAT
CITY BREW TOURS AS ONE
BUSINESS THAT'S MADE A BIG
CHANGE KOHR HARLAN IS HERE
THIS MORNING TO TELL US MORE
ABOUT A CORE.
GOOD MORNING. KEN GOOD
MORNING CITY BREW TOURS OFFERS
PULL PEOPLE LIVE IN THE AREA
AND VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE THIS
AREA SORT OF A BEHIND THE
SCENES LOOK AT HOW SOME OF THE
BEERS ARE MADE AT SOME OF THE
AREA'S MOST PROMINENT
BREWERIES BUT AS THE TIMES
HAVE CHANGED. SO TO HAVE THE
WAYS IN WHICH CITY BREW TOURS
IS SHARING THE EXPERIENCE A
BEER MAKING.
WITHIN PERSON TOURS OF
BREWERS NOW NOT POSSIBLE CITY
BREW TOURS HAS ROLLED OUT SOME
NEW ONLINE OFFERINGS ONE OF
WHICH INVOLVES BREWING YOUR
OWN BEER AT HOME WITH THE HELP
OF BEAR MAKING EXPERTS ONLINE
CITY BREW TOURS SHIPS YOU WHAT
YOU'LL NEED TO GET STARTED
RIGHT TO YOUR FRONT DOOR.
THAT INCLUDES INGREDIENTS
TO PER 2 AND A HALF GALLONS OF
BEER. AS WELL AS THAT LIVE
VIDEO CONFERENCING ZOOM
EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU ARE HAVE
AN EXPERT BEER GUIDE.
HOMEBREWING THIS WITH YOU
ALONG THE WAY IT'S CHAD
BRODSKY OF CITY BREW TOUR SAYS
THAT MANY EXPERT BEER MAKERS
NOW HAVE TIME TO TEACH
HOMEBREWING.
HE SAYS OF DUMB LIVE.
HOMEBREWING VIDEO CONFERENCING
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FOR
VIRTUAL CORPORATE TEAM
BUILDING EVENTS WHERE EVERY
MEMBER OF A TEAM GETS A KICK
AND WORKS AT FROM HOME. IT'S
AN IDEA BORN OUT OF
DESPERATION BUT CHAD SAYS
THEY'LL LIKELY KEEP OFFERING
LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCING HOME
BREWING CLASSES AFTER THE
PANDEMIC IS OVER BECAUSE HE
SAYS MORE PEOPLE WILL OF
LEARNING NEW SKILLS AT HOME
THAT THEY'LL WANT TO KEEP ARE
FRESH.
WE CAN NOW START RECIPE
CLUBS WHERE WE WILL SEND YOU A
RECIPE A NEW RECIPE BECAUSE
YOU NOW TO SLAM THIS NEW SKILL
AND THEY TEACH A MAN TO FISH
NEVER GO HUNGRY IF YOU TEACH A
MAN, THE BREW OR WOMAN.
THEY'LL NEVER NEVER GOT THEIR
STATE THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A
DAY OUT TOURING REAL PLACES A
BEER MAKING.
WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT
AS SOON AS THEY CAN BUT FOR
NOW BEER-MAKING AT HOME WITH
THE HELP OF VIDEO CONFERENCING
TECHNOLOGY IS WHAT COULD MAKE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE
AND DEATH FOR A TOURISM
DEPENDENT COMPANY. IT'S
LEARNING NOW TO ENGAGE BEER
LOVERS IN A NEW WAY. AND THAT
IS SO TYPICAL OF SO MANY SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN THE LAST COUPLE 3 OR 4
WEEKS THEIR ESTABLISHED
BUSINESS PLAN TO KIND OF.
THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW
BROUGHT ABOUT BY NECESSITY
REALLY AND THEY HAVE INVENTED
SOME VERY CURIOUS A VERY
INTRIGUING WAYS OF MAKING SOME
MONEY DURING THE DOWNTIME HERE
JENNY AND KEN WHEN OF THE
ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING ELSE
REOPENS AS I MENTIONED THE
STORY THAT THEY DO PLAN ON
KEEPING THIS SORT OF ONLINE. A
LIVE STREAMING BEER-MAKING
THING AS PART OF THEIR
REPERTOIRE AH SO IT'S A IT'S A
REALLY COOL. PIVOT FROM A
BUSINESS THAT HAS REALLY
NEEDED TO PIVOT. YES, SPEAKING
OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE STILL
WORKING DURING THIS PANDEMIC
YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY USE
ZOOM.
I MEAN HOW MANY TIMES HAVE
WE HEARD ABOUT THAT ABSENCES
PANDEMIC STARTED TO I HAVE I
NEVER REALLY USED UNTIL ABOUT
A MONTH AGO AND NOW I WOULD
SAY PROBABLY IS THAT EVERY DAY
ALMOST YEAH CASH TOTALING KIDS
TO DURING MEETINGS, JACK PIANO
LESSONS I'M RIGHT WITH ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
