USA, NY: Blue Point Brewing collaborates with other breweries on Sandy Relief IPA

One of the areas Hurricane Sandy had a particularly detrimental impact was on the nightlife and brewing world. Among the storm’s casualties on Long Island was Oceanside Brewery Barrier Brewing Company. To help their fellow makers of beer and support fellow Long Islanders, a number of local craft breweries have created the Sandy Relief Beer project, blackbookmag.com reported on January, 14.

Long Island’s Blue Point Brewing will release the collaborative beer, Surge Protector IPA, but they were just one group to have a hand in the process. Other participating brewers came from Barrier, Blind Bat Brewery, Great South Bay Brewery, Greenport Harbor Brewing Company, Long Ireland Beer Company, Port Jeff Brewing Company and Spider Bite Brewing Company. Each brewery donated ingredients, and the whole crew met on December, 4 to begin the process of creating Surge Protector. Now, the beer is about ready to roll out, and half of the proceeds from sales will go to Long Island Cares.

The beer will be released in bars and fine purveyors of brewed things around New York beginning January, 22.

16 January, 2013