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eLease Founder Starts “St. Pete Brew” in St. Petersburg, FL
The founder of eLease, Tom Williams, one of the first aggregate leasing companies on the internet, changed the concept and moved from San Francisco to Florida in 2003. He grew the company, and along the way followed his favorite hobby of making beer. He also discovered a niche and wound up helping to finance over 50 craft breweries.
In the course of crafting beer at home, he developed what he calls the Orange Wheat ale, as well as some other recipes, that his friends and neighbors wanted more than the gifts of brew he was able to provide.
His wife Michele thought it would be a good idea to be able to make more beer available for friends and neighbors, perhaps even others in their hometown.
Tom and Michele Williams
"We started talking about how it would be great to have a local beer here in St. Petersburg," she said. "So we started a Facebook page." St. Pete Brew was born from it, with the inaugural beer St. Pete Orange Wheat, which Tom describes as ale made with orange peel and coriander seeds (4.7 a.b.v.) Right now, the beer is being brewed by one of Tom's clients, Dog Beverage in New Windsor, Maryland.
Michele Williams is the president and CEO, while Tom says he is still active in leasing, but is the brew master. The beer will be distributed in the Tampa Bay area.
Website: http://www.stpetebrew.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Petersburg-Brewing-Company/236770369710