Westmere Beverage to host raffle drawing and benefit to honor Jeremy Hosier
Albany beverage store teams up with local businesses to benefit family of late owner
ALBANY, N.Y. (Feb. 20, 2020) — Westmere Beverage will be holding a raffle drawing this Sunday, February 23 at Indian Ladder Farms to benefit the family of Jeremy Hosier, owner of Westmere Beverage who passed late last week.
The event begins at 2 p.m. and will feature live music from Graham Tichy Band, food from the Indian Ladder Farms kitchen, Slidin’ Dirty, and City Beer Hall, draft beers for $5, bonfires, and a raffle for prizes including a variety of rare beers and other donated goods. All the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Hosier Family.
Raffle tickets are available for $10 and can be purchased at Westmere Beverage, Oliver’s Beverage, Delaware Supply, Albany Ale & Oyster, and Indian Ladder Farms. The drawing will be held at 4:30 p.m. and tickets will remain available for purchase day of, up until the time of the drawing.
Raffle prizes are to include: snowboards, coolers, fire pits, brewery tours, mini fridges, and a Sam Adams Utopia Bottle in addition to an incredible number of beers from breweries including; Treehouse, Cantillon beer, Three Floyds, Bourbon County, Sloop, Brooklyn Ghost Bottles, The Bruery, The Alchemist, Equilibrium, and Hill Farmstead.
Jeremy Hosier was well known and truly loved within the craft beer community. As owner and operator of Westmere Beverage in Guilderland he offered his deep knowledge of beer to those looking to educate themselves further and provided the highest quality of beer to those who were already well informed. In addition to being a resource to the community as a purveyor of unique and exceptional beers, Hosier was also the founder of Steadfast Brewing Company; a brewery focused on providing easy access to thoughtfully crafted gluten-free beers by offering delivery directly to the doors of those intolerant of or unable to consume gluten.
Hosier passed away Feb. 6, leaving behind his loving wife of 8 and a half years, Allison M. Hosier, and son, Julian.
For those unable to attend but wishing to still donate, a page has been set up via Ugift to allow direct contributions to Hosier’s son, Julian’s, college fund (ugift529.com, Ugift code C2A-E1P).
Additional event information can be found on Facebook (fb.com/westmerebeverage), and on Instagram (@westmerebeverage).
