ABOUT BevFluence

What We Do

BevFluence® provides a unique ecosystem where products are tasted, shared, and fully experienced. BevFluence® provides adult beverage brands with a unique bundle of feedback, award placement, digital marketing, brand awareness, and reporting by tasting, sharing, and fully experiencing drinks from around the world. 

Justin Koury, CEO
justin@bevfluence.com
Has spent more than 25 years in the culinary, wine, whiskey, hospitality, and consulting world. He has an MBA with a focus in Hospitality Tourism. His website, Wizard Of Whiskey, has covered the wine and spirits industry with a podcast since 2012. Justin is completing his American Whiskey Book with over 1000 whiskies tasted blind and hundreds of interviews. He spends his time writing, cooking, and reading when he is not on the road visiting wineries or distilleries or working with clients.

Certifications:

  • Certified Cider Guide (American Cider Association)

Who We Are

BevFluence® is an organization created by beverage content creators, for content creators. A place to share ideas, enrich current relationships & forge new connections that will increase professional opportunities. 

Our team and community travels extensively, We taste wine, beer, spirits, cider and everything else you can think of all over the world.

Todd Godbout, CTO
todd@bevfluence.com
Has more than 20 years as an Application developer, software tech and analyst, content creator, web designer, and data writer. He has worked extensively with Microsoft and Google application and database technologies to develop a wide range of web and mobile applications for commercial, DoD, and local government clients. He has developed applications that changed the beverage industry and collected data that has given clients and regions a deeper look into the future. In 2003, Todd created WineCompass.com, a tasting room compendium that now includes information on almost 20,000 wineries, breweries, distillery, and cider tasting rooms. He has leveraged his contacts to create the Virginia Wine TV and MyJoogTV video series, the latter pairing musicians with local craft beverage producers. Finally, he developed the Android compass Craft Beverage Finder mobile application and its equivalent on Amazon Fire and Alexa.

Certifications:

  • Certified Cider Guide (American Cider Association)
  • Wines of Georgia (Napa Valley Wine Academy)
  • Côtes du Rhône (Napa Valley Wine Academy)
  • Vini Portugal (Wines of Portugal)

Work With Us

We work with hundreds of the best BevFluencers to create the most engaging campaigns. Get real-time results without having to waste time and money.  The BevFluence® Experience enriches the community through networking and collaborating done with local influencers. When we show up, that place is changed forever.

Chandler Tomayko, Director of Bartending Lab
chandler@bevfluence.com

Chandler Tomayko is a trained chef and bartender who throughout her 21-year-long career has travelled, studied and worked in places such as Costa Rica, Abu Dhabi, Hawaii, Italy, Austria, England and Spain.

Chandler has spent time in all types of establishments from dive bars to Michelin star restaurants. She constantly thinks about the kitchen and the bar in her approach to mixology. Lover of puns and avid photographer, Chandler also has ample experience in developing programs both for educational purposes and for venues. She has worked as an event planner, magazine contributor, and project consultant.

When our potions professional is not focused on R&D she strives to curate experiences that add value to the careers of other hospitality individuals, keeping at the forefront personal growth, mental wellbeing, and curiosity.

Certifications:

  • Canadian Whisky (Hiram Walker & Sons)
  • Executive American Whiskey Steward (Moonshine University)
  • Science & Cooking (Harvard)
  • Single Malt Whisky (Edinburgh Whisky Academy)

Value Proposition

BevFluence® has extensive recent and relevant experience helping craft beverage clients solve specific challenges by utilizing our influencer community and proprietary platforms. We are ideally suited to expand consumer exposure to craft beverage establishments by creating campaigns, experiences, and videos that generate measurable content using our BevFluence® Collaborations platform. BevFluence® can also increase knowledge of specific industries and regions through video content.

Aaron Knoll, Director of the BevFluence Gin-stitute
Aaron@BevFluence.com
Aaron Knoll is an author, researcher, and consultant with gin and botanical spirits expertise. His website, The GIN is IN, was started in 2009 and covers gin internationally. Aaron’s book Gin: The Art and Craft of the Artisan Revival was named one of The Guardian’s best spirits books of the year and has since been published in 7 languages. Aaron also co-wrote The Crafted of Gin and contributed to The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails. Aaron also designed the first gin flavor visualization tool for communicating and describing gin flavor in 2012, based on research with gin consumers. He publishes research reports for distillers, including insights on changing preferences among gin consumers, and consults with brands and producers in their flavor development.
Additionally, Aaron is a software and product designer with over twenty years of experience designing successful software products across various industries, including education, banking, real estate, and more. Outside of gin, Aaron is a runner and loves to travel. Highlights include the beautiful train ride from Oslo to Bergen, Gannet Colonies on black sand beaches in New Zealand, and trying to order a Negroni in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Our Services

Bevfluence specializes in influencer marketing for the beverage industry. They create custom campaigns and connect clients with the right influencers. From strategy to execution, Bevfluence is dedicated to delivering exceptional results.

Regional Experiences

The BevFluence® Experience enriches the community by networking and collaboration done with local influencers. When we show up, that place is changed forever. Past experiences including Denver 2019 and the Livermore Valley 2022.

Content Campaigns

We work with hundreds of the best BevFluencers to create the most engaging campaigns. BevFluence® curates the talent and you sit back and enjoy the results -- reading the posts in real-time. Past campaigns include the Ryland Peters & Small Cocktail Book Program 2021 Book Club and the Rendezvous: An In-depth Look at RTD Cocktails.

Blind Judging Competition

This platform allows you to submit your products to a Competition where the entries are blind tasted by consumers and\or industry professionals. The scores and tasting notes are available in the competition dashboard. A Taste of BevFluence is currently live.

Consulting

Our team has dedicated years to understanding every aspect of the hospitality world. From fine dining to hot dog stands and world class wines to beer made in a garage. How can we serve you?