Before the Guild and Murphy's office collaborated on the Shot and a Beer program, he was frustrated with the state's Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control not allowing breweries to offer beer at a discount in order to incentivize vaccinations.
“I was annoyed we couldn’t do anything to help promote vaccinations," said Wells, "since we are literally across the street from a mega-site.”
"It’s great that the Brewers Guild of New Jersey and the State were able to get together on this initiative," said Gretchen Schmidhausler, owner and brewmaster of Little Dog Brewing Company. "Little Dog looks forward to pouring some beers for a good cause!"