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| Brewery Hand Sanitizer .When Leinenkugel Brewing, Wisconsin, heard that there was a shortage of hand sanitizer in the area, the plant reached out to Chippewa River Distillery to come up with a solution. The brewery donated one hundred and sixty five barrels of bulk beer to the distillery, that will distill it into pharmaceutical ethanol which will be made into hand sanitizer. The sanitizer will then be distributed to local first responders and healthcare workers. "This is the whole community coming together, with all different local businesses contributing to this," says Chippewa River Distillery manager Gary Vidlund. "We really want to get this hand sanitizer out because it's important to the community and making sure that people are safe." Buying Beer Online If you want a delivery in hour or two the two best apps for this are MiniBar and Drizly. If you want a special craft beer then your best bet is either Craftshack or Hopsy. Hopsy sends growlers of fresh draft beer in the mail to you, while Craftshack sends bottles and cans. Note that in Alabama, Oklahoma, or Utah it’s technically illegal to have any alcohol in your state delivered to a private person, |
| Adopt - Get Free Beer Busch and Midwest Animal Rescue & Services in Minnesota have teamed up to offer prospective dog owners: free beer. "Busch is bringing two of your favorite things, beer and dogs, together for a great cause," Busch said in a statement. "Anyone who fosters or adopts a dog through MARS will receive a fresh, 3-month supply of crisp, cold Busch beer." Busch won't hand out the cold beer itself, according to the fine print. But it'll give 500 recipients — who must be 21 or over — a $100 gift card they can use to buy it. Having a pet comes with mental and physical health benefits, which can be particularly helpful for people socially isolating. Coronavirus Unemployment There are more than 1 million restaurants in the U.S., employing an estimated 15.6 million people, according to the National Restaurant Association. The number of bars and drinking establishments, meanwhile, sits at over 60,000, with close to 350,000 working in the sector, per Statista data. Currently nearly half of that population had lost their jobs because of COVID-19 closures. |
April 2020
| Big tip - A local bartender was shocked when she received a $1,000 on a $47 bill. At the Belgian Cafe in Phildelphia. Lisa Sloat had just finished serving a semi- regular customer and brought him the bill. The generosity came at truly the perfect time and while she has a smile on her face she has been battling health issues. The restaurant is also was closing the next day per the Governor's orders. . Famous Czech Breweries Close Czech breweries -- including Pilsner Urquell and Budejovicky Budvar -- have stopped refilling kegs and started storing their beer in cooled cellars as they seek to limit damage from pub closures caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Breweries have also ramped up bottle and can production lines to offset a loss from keg sales both abroad and in the Czech Republic, which leads the world in per capita beer consumption. "Nobody knows when the pubs will reopen," said Petr Kofron, manager of the Pilsner brewery in Prague, owned by Japan's Asahi Senior Citizen Beer Rresidents of a Wesley (MA) senior living center batted around a few ideas for their beer club, and on Last Sip Brew Club. average craft beer fans, who, according to recent data from Nielsen, are typically males aged 21 to 44. Members of Last Sip, however, range from about 70 to 90, and a majority of regular attendees are women. You can tell the frequent attendees by their blue baseball caps, emblazoned with the club’s name across the front,. |