Great Cause
Support A Great Cause and Win The Entire Founders Backstage Series
You want a Founders CBS, Blushing Monk, Better Half or Frangelic Mountain? Screw all that eBay crap. Here’s a shot at these beers for a great cause. My buddy Ashley aka @BurgerandBrew is holding a beer raffle for his marathon run to fight Leukemia and Lymphoma with Team in Training. All you have to do is drop $10 (or more, capped at $50) to enter the raffle for these beers. 2nd & 3rd place don’t suck either. New Glarus Raspberry Tart anyone? Check out the rundown from Ashley:
THE PRIZES:
1st Place will receive:
The Entire Founders Backstage Series — CBS, Blushing Monk, Better Half and Frangelic Mountain.
2nd Place & 3rd Place will receive:
1 New Glarus Raspberry Tart & 1 New Glarus Belgian Red each
THE RULES:
Raffle Begins: Aug 14
Raffle Ends: August 24 at 8pm
- $10 minimum donation per entry — Make Donation Here
*in an effort to keep this competitive we are putting a 5 entry cap on the competition. We HIGHLY encourage you to donate more if you can as this is for a good cause, but only $50 max will count toward raffle entries* - Only people who enter during the raffle period and mark their donation are eligible to win.
- Winners will be chosen by random selection by drawing from a hat on video.
- You can only win once.
- The winners will be announced here, on twitter (by @Brewdega), on ratebeer (AtlCarl) and facebook, and contacted via Twitter DM or email within 24 hours of contest completion.
- Boxes will be shipped out within one week of contest completion
When entering/donating, MAKE SURE to display your name on the donation list by using your BA handle — BA (Ex. AtlCarl — BA) or RateBeer handle — (Ex. AtlCarl — RB) or Twitter handle — T (Ex. Brewdega — T) or Name/BeerRaffle (Ashley — BR) for everything else.
Good luck! Great cause!
Jolly Pumpkin Founder on Dexter Tornado & Benefit Beer [Video]
Jolly Pumpkin founder chats with Shelton Brothers about the Dexter, Michigan tornado and de Vienta, the benefit beer.
Artwork: Redhook Ben Harris Beer
Attempting to create something good from an unfortunate tragedy is Redhook’s Ben Harris Beer. Ben died from wounds received from an exploding keg. To honor Ben’s life, Redhook has created a beer in his honor. Ben Harris Beer is a cream ale, one Redhook thought Ben would enjoy the most. It has already debuted on draft this past weekend.
Draft will make it’s way to tap handles nationally, with bottles hitting New England markets of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts, including his home state of Pennsylvania. (August)
Style: Cream Ale
Hops: Sterling, Saaz, Hallertau
Malts: Two Row Barley, Carapils
Adjuncts: Corn
4.7% ABV, 19 IBUs
“Ben Harris was an incredible man. He was a longtime member of the Redhook family, a friend to all of us and a beer lover through and through,” said Alex Kopf, Redhook senior brewer.
Redhook Ben Harris Tribute Launching Nationally
Tragedy struck Redhook Brewery earlier this year when a keg exploded killing worker Ben Harris. A memorial beer has been brewed for Ben, to help benefit the family he left behind. On Friday July 20th, the first kegs the tribute beer tap at Redhook, with all proceeds donated to the Ben Harris Fund. To best honor Ben, the brewery chose a cream ale
The beer will hit draft nationally over the rest of the summer, with bottles coming to the New England markets of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts, including his home state of Pennsylvania.
About the beer:
Style: Cream Ale
Hops: Sterling, Saaz, Hallertau
Malts: Two Row Barley, Carapils
Adjuncts: Corn
4.7% ABV, 19 IBUs
“Ben Harris was an incredible man. He was a longtime member of the Redhook family, a friend to all of us and a beer lover through and through,” said Alex Kopf, Redhook senior brewer.
Terrapin Reunion ’12 Bottled [PIC]
Terrapin Beer Co (Athens, GA) is spending Monday bottling Reunion Beer 2012. A collaboration with Shmaltz Brewing, benefitting The Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer research (www.imbcr.org). This year’s edition drops the chilis for cinnamon.
Style: Brown Ale(w/ Vanilla, Cocoa Nibs, Cinnamon)
Availability: 220z bombers, draft. Released annually, style changes each year.
ETA: August, 2012
7.6% ABV
Green Flash’s Treasure For Breast Cancer
Green Flash Brewing will again release a special beer for a great cause. Treasure Chest Belgian Pale Ale will benefit breast cancer charities. Last year, only about 200 cases of the beer was produced, bottles only. Last year’s release was in June, 2011.
Style: Belgian Pale Ale
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA
6% ABV
White Birch’s Unforgettable Benefits Alzheimers
This weekend, White Birch Brewing (Hooksett, NH) releases Unforgettable to benefit Memory Ride. The ride benefits Alzheimer’s Research. Unforgettable is a warrior hopped IPA, limited to 175 bottles.
To commemorate the night, we’ve had a special nonic style pint glass made that features both the White Birch Brewing logo as well as the Memory Ride logo. We are asking for a donation at the door of $5 for a flight of beer samples or $10 for a flight of beer samples and the commemorative nonic pint glass. Don’t miss this great time as we raise money for a great cause with a great beer.
Friday, June 15th from 6-8 p.m.
