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Erin Murphy, left, Jim Murphy and Connor Neal are partners in Craft on Wheels, a mobile bartending service utilizing custom vintage vehicles to serve craft beverages.
Taylor Carota Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Andrea Harwood Palmer
\nBusiness partners Jim Murphy, Erin Murphy and Connor Neal have started a mobile craft beverage service based in Glens Falls, serving the Capital Region and North Country.
\nCraft on Wheels is a mobile bar company utilizing vintage vehicles to bring craft beers, ciders and wines to serve at special events like weddings, corporate functions, private parties, festivals, and the like.
\nJim Murphy has lived in Glens Falls for 14 years. In addition to partnering on the Craft on Wheels venture, Murphy is currently the director of marketing and corporate relations at Proctors Theater, and the publisher of regional arts magazine The Collaborative.
\n\u201cThe idea was from my daughter\u2019s boyfriend, Connor Neal, who had been exposed to other companies doing this in the Boston area,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cWe\u2019d done a little research, and there are actually quite a few markets in the country where people are doing something like this\u2014but not around here.\u201d
\nThe partners spent some time looking for just the right vehicle to start their fleet and found a 1957 For Ford F-100 in the Catskills. The vehicle is fitted with a six-tap cold beverage serving system. The venture quickly gained a local following, with over 1,000 Instagram followers organically derived by the end of 2019.
\nCraft on Wheels has a few niche areas.
\n\u201cFor weddings, it\u2019s become more popular and common to do them in a place other than the stereotypical banquet hall at a hotel. More and more people are looking for barn weddings, outdoor weddings and backyard weddings\u2014looking for something a little different,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cMost of the time, those venues need to be catered for food and beverage. It opens up the opportunity for a company like ours to go in and serve drinks.\u201d
\n\u201cThis kind of setting really adds something to the event. Everyone wants to have their photo taken with the truck when we show up. It adds an element of nostalgia and fun,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cWe can work with local distributors or local breweries to procure what people want. There\u2019s not really any limits on what someone wants, as long as it\u2019s available locally,\u201d said Murphy.
\nNew York state allows ventures such as Craft on Wheels to get their beer, wine and hard cider license for events. The company can be hired as a bartending service for hard liquors in partnership with venues that could provide the hard beverages and corresponding liquor licensing.
\n\u201cWe have three options. People can hire us to serve beer, wine and hard cider. Or they can hire us as a bartending service and provide the hard liquor themselves. We can also rent out our truck and the venue can use their own labor and beverages to serve their clientele,\u201d said Murphy.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s work for us, it\u2019s a business, but it\u2019s also a lot of fun,\u201d he said.
\nTo learn more, visit www.craftonwheels.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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