WHO WE ARE

 

PD WAPPLER

If you’ve ever been to our tasting room, you almost certainly spoke with PD—but even if you’ve only ever walked past our driveway, you may have unknowingly already heard his laugh!

PD is one of Hi-Fidelity’s two owners and primarily manages the tasting room and general business operations. He identifies most with being a lifelong musician and songwriter but has a long history in operating small businesses including another one of his own.

Using skills he acquired from a BA in Media Studies at the University of Southern Maine, his first business venture was a small production company comprised of a tight group of fellow graduates whose combined skills gave the start-up the ability to build & design websites, as well as produce video content for a wide range of businesses and organizations. Couple that with over 10 years of experience managing a local toy store, his customer service is bar-none.

PD’s brewing background stems primarily from over a decade of homebrewing, but his discerning palette and passion for beer makes him an approachable resource to discuss all things beer!

 

DANTE MADERAL

Dante is the other owner of Hi-Fidelity and serves as our resident mad-scientist, although he will also answer to Head Brewer, Chef, and “Hey, you!”

Dante got his start in the brewing world at Atlantic Brewing Company in 2014 not long after graduating from Kings College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In his time at Atlantic, he occupied just about every job description imaginable from the tasting room to the brewhouse and eventually founded their quality control program.

In 2020, with a dream in one hand and our business plan in the other, Dante moved back to Cumberland Country so we could begin launching our vision for Hi-Fidelity! And after a nasty bugger of a year (COVID was super fun, right?), Dante got right to work on our massive overhaul of the space we had leased on Anderson Street. He managed to do almost all of the framing and bar build-out on his own and even found time to design and build our own barstools!

Aside from doing-it-all, Dante enjoys a good Sci-Fi novel, cooking, and of course, listening to music.