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Has this semi-colon been used correctly? If not, how should this sentence read? Thank you.

This brew is a result of passion, hard work, and commitment; connecting family, friendships and good times.

Curious
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    I'd use a dash rather than a semicolon in your context, because I normally expect what follows the semicolon to be a syntactically complete sentence (which yours isn't). – FumbleFingers Mar 19 '18 at 15:18
  • Welcome to EL&U. Personally, I would use 'which connect' rather than a semi-colon and 'connecting' but I am interested to see what others think. Welcome to EL&U. – Nigel J Mar 19 '18 at 15:18
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    Thank you. I agree that it would feel better if the semi-colon were connecting two independent clauses and suggested: "..and commitment; it connects family..."

    The sentence is being used on a product label and has been a point of contention.

     – Curious Mar 19 '18 at 15:27
  • The temptation to use the semicolon here is doubtless to avoid further comma overload; FF's suggestion is the ideal solution. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 19 '18 at 15:51
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    I suggest that semi-colon isn't at all wrong but neither is it in any way necessary.

    Depending on choice of style, not rules, why would you not as easily either use a simple comma, or drop any punctuation mark, please?

     – Robbie Goodwin Mar 19 '18 at 22:02

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