Bad Martha Brewing Company Bad Martha Brewing Company Bad Martha Brewing Company is an American microbrewery based on Martha’s Vineyard and founded in 2013 by Jonathan Blum and Peter Rosbeck. Bad Martha Beer first appeared in stores on Martha’s Vineyard in June 2013 with two ales; Vineyard Summer Ale and Martha’s Vineyard Ale. Both craft beers are brewed with real Martha’s Vineyard grape leaves. The beer is sold on Martha’s Vineyard and in Boston, Massachusetts. Bad Martha Brewing Company is known for Bad Martha Beer which can be identified by a sensual dark haired woman on every bottle and “badism” saying under every cap.
Martha's Vineyard on the island, and it was also the setting for Robert Harris' 2007 novel "The Ghost". Martha's Vineyard was known as an "everyone signed" community for several hundred years, and many Deaf people view Martha's Vineyard as a utopia. A high rate of hereditary deafness was documented on Martha's Vineyard for almost two centuries. The island's deaf heritage cannot be traced to one common ancestor and is thought to have originated in the Weald, a region that overlaps the borders of the English counties of Kent and Sussex, prior to immigration. Researcher Nora Groce estimates that by the late 19th