Angry Orchard Embroiled in Accusations of Racial Profiling after Weekend Incident

It was a rough weekend for the nation’s largest hard cider manufacturer, as Boston Beer Co.’s Angry Orchard found itself the center of focus in a social media firestorm. The popular cider producer from the makers of Samuel Adams beers was accused at length of racial profiling and discrimination by a guest, who alleged she and her group of friends were all accused of theft, solely because they were the only black guests at the establishment. Making everything about a thousand times worse? She was in the middle of being proposed to at the time. Yeah, not hard to see how she’d be a little peeved about THAT. You can read the full, initial story from the guest below. The photo you see? It’s the security staff of the Angry Orchard facility in Walden, NY, mocking the newly engaged couple and waving goodbye to them as they exited.
After Marie Cleone’s post on Facebook, it didn’t take long for the story to break big on Twitter. When a friend of the couple posted the following, the post took off to such a degree that it eventually forced a response from Angry Orchard.
A friend posted the following on FB about how they were racially profiled by security at @AngryOrchard during her marriage proposal.
Please share so Angry Orchard knows what happened. pic.twitter.com/3pwibjrIXI
— Magdalene Visaggio (@MagsVisaggs) July 22, 2019