Photos: Employee perk at PerBlue? Free craft beer in the beer fridge
PerBlue, a Madison mobile gaming startup, has a small beer fridge in its kitchen. The kitchen also has plenty of bottles of "Apollo Ale," their custom craft beer, for employees to enjoy during the work day.
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"Apollo Ale," named after the hero of PerBlue's latest game, Titan Empires, is a sweet brown ale. PerBlue is considering ordering another game-themed beer from Mobcraft. They're thinking about crowdsourcing the beer type and name from their users.
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One barrel of "Apollo Ale" was brewed for PerBlue. That's about two kegs.
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Forrest Woolworth, PerBlue's COO, says employees drink during the day and sometimes stay after-hours to hang out and play board games or foosball in the office.
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PerBlue's small beer fridge is stocked with mostly local brews. The company buys the beers; they're free for employees.
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PerBlue, which has about 20 employees, recently relocated from the west side to Willy Street.
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