Prism Brewing Company

Prism Brewing Company was started in 2009 by Rob DeMaria, a Philadelphia native who found artistic expression in making beer. Having studied film in his early college years, he always had an eye for seeing things differently. In fact, that creative thinking enabled his career in technology, but his artistic expression was still missing. So one day he decided to try his hand in making his own beer. Of course, he couldn’t allow himself to follow the recipe verbatim, so he got creative. That first beer would later turn into one of his summer favorites; a Belgian White Ale brewed with Chives. Over the course of the next few years his creative outlet became quite popular with his friends. One day, his friend Tim Bitto asked him to brew some beer for his brothers going away party. Rob had been thinking about brewing an India Pale Ale (IPA) with a twist, naturally, and did so with honey. That beer was so popular at the party, he found more and more people asking him where they could buy his beer and Bitto Honey IPA was born. The wheels in his head started turning. Over the course of the next year, while finishing his MBA, he did every assignment with his business plan in mind.