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Deschutes Brewery announced the release of two new beers to support the hospitality industry and local brewers guild in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: Virtual Beer Hug and All Together IPA. Portions of the sales of each beer will be donated to World Central Kitchen and the Central Oregon … Continue reading
Harpoon Brewery in Massachusetts is releasing a special “community ale” for COVID-19 pandemic relief this month, a revisiting of the brewery’s first beer from 1986 with proceeds from the sales benefiting several local organizations. Good stuff happening, on top of Harpoon also producing hand sanitizer since last month. Here is … Continue reading
Bale Breaker Brewing is bringing some COVID-19 relief to Yakima, Washington, in teaming up with non-profit I Heart Yakima to release You Are Not Alone Hazy IPA, with all profits donated to the We Are Yakima fund. This will support the local food and beverage industry impacted by the coronavirus … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis recently received approval to start producing hand sanitizer for the COVID-19 crisis, and began large-scale production at the end of April. The cidery joins the growing list of others pivoting into manufacturing sanitizer, a crucial necessity especially for health and other front line workers during … Continue reading
I’m a week behind posting this bit of brewery pandemic support news, but that’s okay—it’s good news for the Columbia Gorge area around Hood River. Double Mountain Brewery established the Double Mountain Foundation to help support employees impacted by COVID-19, and seeks to expand to cover other hospitality workers in … Continue reading
Here’s kind of an amazing story on COVID-19 pandemic support with an angle I wouldn’t have foreseen: California’s Sierra Nevada Brewing is able to help a local hospital with coronavirus testing by producing viral transport medium in its lab. Here’s the press release the company issued yesterday: Sierra Nevada Brewing … Continue reading
Newport, Oregon’s Rogue Ales & Spirits pivoted its distillery into producing hand sanitizer late last month, making it available for first responders and other essentials during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rogue’s “Helping Hand Hand Sanitizer” has been donated to fire departments from Newport, Toledo, Waldport, Yachats, Depoe Bay, and Lincoln City, … Continue reading
I’ve never received PR from Lone Star Beer before, but the Texas-based company is launching a new seasonal beer, a Mexican-style lager named Rio Jade. In conjunction with that launch, the company is also kicking off its “Keep The Lights On Y’all” initiative to help support the Texas bar and … Continue reading
From the Tampa Bay area, Florida: 3 Daughters Brewing (which we got a chance to visit back in 2016 for that year’s Beer Bloggers Conference) has been giving back to the community with free hand sanitizer to the public, and free beer for Florida’s frontline heroes in the face of … Continue reading
Hopworks Urban Brewery in Portland is collaborating with the Looptworks Foundation to raise money to produce face masks by selling a special case of beer they’re calling the “Homebound Hero 24 Pack.” $5 from the sale of every case will go to Looptworks, crafting the masks for Central City Concern—details … Continue reading