"What we have attempted to do is, we did reach out to malt suppliers in the U.S. and from friends in the industry - in Japan and Germany and Italy and New Zealand - have agreed to brew a special batch of beer and donate all the proceeds to a relief fund that we started here in Chico right after the fire started." "e've had just an amazing response both in the U.S. On inviting other breweries to join in the relief effort Cascade was one of the hops that we popularized back in the 1980s in our pale ale." So, it's a sort of an older-school IPA using two classic craft hops called Centennial and Cascade. More than 1,400 have signed up.Įditor's Note: Sierra Nevada is an underwriter for NPR. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Sierra Nevada ( founder and CEO Ken Grossman, who says he hoped 200 breweries would participate in the fundraiser.
The company is inviting breweries across the country - and beyond - to join them. (Courtesy of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company) This article is more than 2 years old.Ĭhico, California, is just one town over from Paradise, where the Camp Fire devastated residents, destroyed more than 13,000 homes and killed at least 86 people.īut Chico is also home to Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, which is releasing a special beer, Resilience IPA, to raise money for the victims of the wildfire as the community attempts to rebuild their lives. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is releasing a special beer, Resilience IPA, to raise money for the victims of the Camp Fire.
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