Placer County brewery apologizes for anti-Asian phrase in Facebook post
Hillenbrand Farmhaus Brewery deleted its social media pages after using the phrase Chinese Virus to advertise holiday sales. Author: Staff (ABC10) Updated: 8:27 AM PST December 17, 2020
NEWCASTLE, Calif. A Placer County brewery deleted its Facebook page, deactivated comments on its Instagram page and apologized to its customers after a post using anti-Asian rhetoric caused some controversy.
Hillenbrand Farmhaus Brewery advertised a “Chinese Virus” special, which was later edited it to the “Donald Trump” special for gift cards and growler sales. But as soon as the initial post was published, backlash was swift among the Asian American community.