Brewing and bubblin’| Other Desi Beer Company offers a taste of India one sip at a time
For Ravi Patel, a passion for making beer has blossomed it a business and outlet to teach Indian culture. Author: Rick Lessard (FOX61) Updated: 7:47 AM EDT May 12, 2021
BRANFORD, Conn. Around 2019, Queens-born Wallingford-raised Ravi Patel met Thimble Island Brewing company owner Justin Gargano inquiring about brewing beer out of Gargano s brewery. We kinda hit it off, any good relationship requires a good partnership, said Gargano. We got along real well. I kind of got the idea where he wanted to go with his brand, what he was looking to accomplish, and the synergies were there.
An Indian American entrepreneur in Connecticut has gone from packing beers in a liquor store to packing cases of his own brews to send to dozens of liquor stores throughout