Back Porch Brewing

Our personal desires for drinking great tasting craft beers has led us to this point. Our mission is to simply brew and sell great tasting craft beer. We want to join the amazing craft beer industry and bring more life and attraction to downtown Carlisle, PA. We want to be a part of Carlisle downtown becoming one of the greatest tourist attractions in Pennsylvania.

Consumers of today’s number one consumed beverage (Beer) are quickly converting to craft beers for new, different and better tasting beer.
The brewery is currently a small home-based operation, but the owners are looking to expand to a location in downtown Carlisle PA that would sell pints, growlers, kegs and food.

• Renovations : $47,000
• Mainvest Compensation: $3,000

Tim Wickard, Cofounder
My name is Tim Wickard and I have been in business management of some level for the past 24 years. Part of that time I owned and operated a small trucking company and upon ending that business I started a small home repair/remodeling company. Having the construction back ground give us a huge advantage with building out our new brewery. We do not have to rely on contractors to complete projects on time nor do we have that extra expense. I am no stranger to hard work.From my previous two business's and experience working in the corporate world, I have extensive knowledge of Management, Human Resources and accounting to help our new brewery succeed.

Rod Harman , Cofounder
Rod has been brewing beer for eight years and has extensive knowledge of the brewing process as well as the ingredients in each brew and what they do to the flavor of the beer. He is primarily self-taught but has taken a diploma class at Shippensburg University. Rod currently works a full-time job and has a few more years till he can retire from that position and then brew beer full time at the brewery.