If you missed it or don’t remember, Beau’s All-Natural Brewing Co. started a really cool idea last year, of a subscription beer service, where they send you crazy cool special beers, and use the money raised to add solar panels to their brewery. So easy. If you were lucky (and smart) enough to take part, then this is great news for you. If not, this will make you jelous, but mindful the next time they offer up the program, because, let’s be honest, it’s a killer idea. Here is the press release just in from Beau’s this morning.
Local Brewery’s “Beer for Solar Power” Program Continues with New Beer Release
Beau’s fall beer Dunkelbuck, now aged in bourbon barrels, available tomorrow in limited quantities
OTTAWA — (Jan. 11, 2011) Members in Beau’s All Natural’s Greener Futures Program will be issued the newest beer in the series Thursday January 12, a dunkelweizen bock brewed last fall and aged since then in bourbon barrels. Only 400L of this beer has been produced, and is available first and foremost to members of Beau’s Greener Futures Program, which began in 2011.The program is a beer club/co-operative. Club members are entitled to 30 bourbon/rye barrel aged beers (10 x 600ml bottles per year) over 3 years, at a membership fee of $300. The fees will be used to install solar panels on the 30,000 sq. ft roof of the brewery. Greener Futures releases are slated approximately every 6-8 weeks. Currently overflow amounts are being sold to the public, but once membership fills in to the full 600, these beers will only be available through the club.
In recognition of the innovation the program represents, Beau’s Greener Futures Beer for Solar Power was chosen by the Globe and Mail as one of the “10 Ideas that Changed Food in 2011.”
Bourbon aged Dunkelbuck will be available while quantities last through BYBO, the Ottawa-based home beer delivery service, as well as direct from the brewery in Vankleek Hill. The 600 ml bottles retail for $12 including tax and deposit. For information on membership in the Greener Futures Program go to www.beaus.ca, or call 1-866-585-BEER.
BEAU’S All Natural Brewing is a small, family-run company founded in 2006. BEAU’S brews interesting, tasty beers using the highest-quality all natural ingredients such as certified organic malts and hops, and local spring water. A member of the Ontario Craft Brewers, BEAU’S is a recipient of numerous international awards for brewing excellence, including a GOLD medal at Mondial de la Biere in Strasbourg, France, two GOLD medals at the Canadian Brewing Awards, as well as “Best Craft Brewery in Ontario” and “Best Craft Beer in Ontario” at the 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007 Golden Tap Awards. BEAU’S was also chosen by CAFE as the 2010 Canadian Family Enterprise of the Year. BEAU’S signature fundraising event, Oktoberfest, was selected as a 2011 finalist for Best Ontario Culinary Tourism Experience. BEAU’S flagship and seasonal beers are available at LCBO locations throughout Eastern Ontario, as well as Kingston, GTA and Hamilton. BEAU’s entire line of beer is certified organic by Pro-Cert Organic.
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For more information, please contact:
Steve Beauchesne, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co.
10 Terry Fox Drive, Vankleek Hill, ON K0B 1R0
Toll-free at 866-585-BEER, (613) 678-2799 regular business hours
(613) 676-2337 for deadlines/ beer-mergencies
Yeah. That’s right. Barrel-aged Dunkel Buck. Why oh why oh why don’t I live closer to Vankleek Hill? Cheers, Beau’s, keep up the great work!
