Left to right, back row: Corey Brister & Cory Hughes of Palmer Alehouse
Left to tight, front row: Kelly Turney of Alaska Picker, Zack Lanphier and Stefan Marty with Bleeding Heart Brewery
The guys from Palmer Alehouse, Alaska Picker and Bleeding Heart Brewery worked together for Booze N Food: Bourbon Dinner
Contributed by Zack Lanphier
The relationship between Alaska Picker and Bleeding Heart Brewery has been around longer than the brewery itself.
What started off as a homebrew for a local business owner wanting to privately celebrate his birthday, has evolved to an annual barrel aged collab beer “Death’s Inheritance” in celebration of that original collab and, in turn, our ever-growing friendship.
Kelly and Becky Turney have been instrumental and integral to the birth, growth, and success of Bleeding Heart Brewery for the last 6 years, and as excited as we are for them to move on, we are saddened by the immense hole their absence will leave.
For the last 2 years it’s been a privilege to occupy the same building, providing our community a place to have a beer, a bite, and shop the coolest junk in Alaska.
We have partnered up for “Running of the Beers”, to put Christmas lights on the water tower, to raise money for countless charities locally, and to be an active member in the community of Palmer.
We have seen each other through sickness, health, loss, and triumph; we’ve been there for each other for years and quite literally partners in life. It is this cooperative spirit that is the legacy of Alaska Picker and our responsibility as not only business members, but also members of the community, to continue forward with the mantle.
With Picker packing up at the end of April, there are plans to go out with a bang! It’s simply the end of one chapter, but the beginning of the next.
Bleeding Heart Brewery is looking forward to expanding into the remainder of the building in order to provide more seating, more merch, more storage etc., as well as welcoming a new independent store for some “treat yo’self” home and décor needs (more info on that to come).
This year’s “Who Let the Girls Out” event coincides with the final weekend of Alaska Picker, and Bleeding Heart Brewery will have a self-service stamp pass station for all your “passport” needs.
Alaska Picker has been a pillar of Palmer and an advocate for our history for over 10 years. WLTGO weekend, April 29 & 30, will be a great opportunity to wish Becky and Kelly Godspeed and good luck with their future endeavors, and to snag that final piece of “Cool Junk” you need to tie your living room together - and it keeps your money local! Click here to view the Who Let the Girls Out event guide.
You might have noticed that I’ve recently thrown my hat into the ring as a real political pretender, with the Vote Local campaign. Like any fake politician, I’m going to use this opportunity to encourage you to Vote Local by voting with your dollars. Spend money during Who Let the Girls Out, at Alaska Picker, and Bleeding Heart Brewery, and elsewhere around Palmer. Voting with your dollars is the way to really make a difference.
Every dollar you spend in a local business impacts the lives of your friends, neighbors, and our economy as a whole.
Empower the people in your community who have actually built something, who have payroll to meet, who live in the real world, and who really, literally, serve the public every day. I'm asking you to vote today; someone you know could be counting on it.