Trails to Ales Brewery will be featured in an upcoming episode of America’s Best Restaurants on November 10. ABR is a national media and marketing company traveling the country focusing on independently owned restaurants.

Dave Ballard, one of the owners of Trails to Ales, said he was contacted by the company in early January about a nomination and initially did not pay any attention to it. “I really thought it was just spam and deleted it” Ballard said. It wasn’t until the 3rd contact, he felt maybe he should investigate it closer.

ABR filmed the episode in early September and will air on the Brewery’s Facebook page as well as America’s Best Restaurants pages at americasbestrestaurants.com or youtube.com/@AmericasBestRestaurants.

“When the company arrived, they were extremely professional and gave great attention to detail. Our goal in filming was not only to showcase our two Brewery locations but promote Franklin and the Sip & Shop program as well. We are very excited about the episode and looking forward to the premiere,” Ballard said.

Several of the Brewery’s staff were involved in the filming including Michelle Anderson, General Manager; Peyton Miller, Assistant Manager; Tori Thompson, Kitchen Manager and Justin Dudek, Brewer.

Pictured: Dave Ballard and Bernie Nerlich with host Jacqueline Mains

This article was published in the Venango Chamber’s November 2023 VenangoWorks! Newsletter.