2019 Craft Brewers Conference

Bill Butcher
Founder
Port City Brewing Company


Bill Butcher has spent his entire adult life in the drinks business. After graduating from James Madison University, he built a successful 18 year career in the fine wine business. He spent many years working with Robert Mondavi Wine Company building world-class fine wine brands in the Mid-Atlantic market. As a longtime craft beer aficionado, Bill has watched the craft beer business evolve and become more like the fine wine business. It was this evolution that convinced him to start Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria in 2011, when there were no other packaging breweries in the D.C. area. Bill’s expertise in fine wine sales and brand building helped him quickly establish Port City Brewing as a quality leader in the D.C. and Mid-Atlantic craft beer market. The brewery has garnered national acclaim for its beer quality, including 10 medals at the Great American Beer Festival, and being named Small Brewing Company of the Year in 2015. Port City Brewing now distributes in eight Mid-Atlantic states, the United Kingdom, France, and Canada. Bill has shared his story of starting his brewery with several national audiences, including speaking at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, on CBS This Morning, and at the 2013 Craft Brewers Conference.

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