Full Tilt Brewery Halts Operation After Employee Tests Positive

BALTIMORE, MD – A popular Baltimore craft brewery has been forced to temporarily shut down its taproom and suspend curbside pickup and delivery immediately after it announced Tuesday that one of its employees has tested positive for the coronavirus.

In a social media post, Full Tilt Brewery announced that it has suspended operations due to the positive test in an effort to protect the safety and health of its employees and patrons. The brewery has already contracted with a cleaning company to provide a hospital-grade cleaning and disinfecting service that may allow the brewery to reopen to the public as soon as Thursday, the owners of the brewery’s management wrote in the social media post.

The two-day shutdown will allow the facility to be cleaned and for the staff to be cleared as far as a possible spread of the virus.

In an online interview with Full Tilt owner Dan Baumiller posted to the Towson University website on Tuesday, the 2006 Towson graduate called having to shut down earlier this year due to the pandemic “terrifying”.

“We had no clue how we would stay afloat and pay our bills,” Baumiller said in the question and answer formatted story. “Our business model is predicated on serving customers in the taproom and with that gone, we saw a serious hit in revenue.

He said that while the brewery was forced to close its taproom, delivery and to-go ordering has “seemingly saved our business” and kept a dozen people employed.