Eater reported late yesterday…
Paul Calvert is stepping down from his role as beverage director at Victory Brands and partner at Decatur’s Paper Plane. Calvert said in an email to Eater Atlanta that “the separation is friendly, beneficial to all parties involved, and exciting for everyone.”
“I am excited for the growth of my friends’ company, and I am very proud of all the managers and staff who came up under me while I was fortunate to work with them,” Calvert said. “The crew at Victory Brands will continue to do great things. As for me, I plan to run, garden, read, and generally be a lay-about.”
As evidenced by the poster above, Paper Plane is hosting a farewell party for Calvert on April 2nd.
There aren’t a lot of details in the Eater article on what Calvert may do next, but it mentions a collaboration beer he’s working on with Wild Heaven – which will launch at Victory in Decatur on April 9th – that sounds pretty interesting.
Beer Street Journal reports that “Emergency Drinking Beer” be Wild Heaven’s first beer released in cans and will be “reminiscent of a great pilsner”.
Poster courtesy of Eater, Emergency Drinking Beer label courtesy of Beer Street Journal
Bummer.
Agreed, bummer. But almost worth it to see that totally awesome poster.
+1
(Almost.)
NOOOOOOOOOOOetc