Resilience Beer: Where To Buy And What To Know

Resilience Beer is a charitable initiative by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company to raise money for survivors of the Camp Fire in California. Resilience Butte County Proud IPA is available on tap in bars and pubs across the country, with all proceeds going to the victims of the fire. The beer is also available in cans and can be purchased online from the Sierra Nevada Gift Shop, which ships to several states. Additionally, Resilience Brewing, a separate entity, offers a range of craft beers that can be found through BeerMenus.

Resilience Brewing in Littleton, New Hampshire

Resilience Brewing is a popular spot for beer enthusiasts and self-proclaimed "beer geeks", with a range of unique and experimental beers on offer. The brewery is committed to crafting expressive and eccentric ales, using a variety of hops and ingredients to create distinctive flavours and aromas. The beers are brewed in small batches, ensuring a focus on quality and allowing the brewers to experiment with different techniques and ingredients.

One of the signature beers from Resilience Brewing is the Double Dry-Hopped Hop Weave, which is a series of New England-style IPAs. These hazy, juicy IPAs are known for their strong hop flavours and aromas, with different iterations featuring hops such as Galaxy, Amarillo, Citra, Idaho Gem, and Cashmere. The result is a range of beers with diverse flavour profiles, from pomelo and orange pineapple juice to grapefruit and lemon rind.

In addition to their core range of beers, Resilience Brewing also offers seasonal and limited-edition releases. For example, the Resilience Coffee Geppetto is a milk stout with a beige head and flavours of chocolate, soft coffee roast, and marshmallow. The Resilience Sound & Silence is another unique offering, with an intensive aroma and flavour of gooseberry and passion fruit, balanced with resinous notes and a dank finish.

Resilience Brewing has gained recognition not only for its innovative beers but also for its collaboration with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. In response to the devastating Camp Fire in Northern California, Resilience Brewing allowed Sierra Nevada to use its "Resilience" trademark for a fundraising effort. This initiative involved breweries across the United States brewing the Resilience Butte County Proud IPA and donating the proceeds to relief efforts, raising a significant amount of money for the community affected by the fire.

Sierra Nevada's Resilience IPA

The response to Grossman's call for support was overwhelming. Initially expecting only a few hundred breweries to join, the campaign garnered the participation of more than 1,450 breweries worldwide. These breweries hosted their own Resilience IPA release parties and events, with some even creating unique variations of the beer. Missouri's Springfield Brewing Company, Track 7 Brewing in Sacramento, and Knee Deep Brewing in Auburn, California, were among the many breweries that contributed to the fundraising efforts.

The Chico, California-based brewery, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, played a central role in the relief campaign. Their brewery in Chico was the site of the Resilience IPA release party, with founder Ken Grossman personally pouring beers and expressing his gratitude to those who came to support the cause. The brewery also offered Resilience t-shirts and cans to-go in their gift shop, further promoting the fundraising initiative.

The Resilience IPA initiative showcased the power of the craft beer community to unite and support those affected by the Camp Fire. The campaign aimed to raise a significant amount of money, estimated at $15 million, for the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund. This fund was established to provide relief and support to the community impacted by the fire, including the approximately 50 brewery employees who lost their homes in the blaze.

Through the Resilience IPA campaign, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, with the support of breweries across the nation, demonstrated the impact that can be made when businesses unite for a common cause. The initiative not only raised funds but also helped raise awareness and shine a light on the devastation caused by the Camp Fire. Beer enthusiasts and breweries alike rallied together, showcasing the strength of community and the power of beer in bringing people together during challenging times.

Interactive map of breweries selling Resilience IPA

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. launched Resilience IPA, a beer to support the recovery and rebuilding of communities affected by the Camp Fire in Northern California in 2018. The fire was among California's deadliest natural disasters, killing 85 people, destroying over 13,000 homes, and burning 153,000 acres.

Sierra Nevada's founder, Ken Grossman, urged breweries across the U.S. to brew their own Resilience IPA using the company's recipe and donate the proceeds to relief efforts. The response was overwhelming, with over 1,400 breweries worldwide joining the effort.

An interactive map on the Sierra Nevada website shows each brewery participating in the fundraiser. Beer lovers can use this map to find local spots selling Resilience IPA on tap and in cans.

For example, Salt Lake City breweries Salt Flats Brewery and Uinta Brewing Co. joined the fundraiser, producing Resilience Butte County Proud IPA. All proceeds from sales were donated to the Camp Fire Relief Fund. Salt Flats Brewery's head brewer, Scott Parker, said he wanted to participate because the fires hit close to home, as he previously worked in California and has many friends in the area.

Resilience Beer trademark owned by Schilling Beer Co

Resilience Beer is a trademark owned by Schilling Beer Co. The Resilience Beer trademark was used in a fundraising campaign by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. to raise funds for the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund. The fire, which started in November 2018, destroyed over 13,000 homes and burned more than 153,000 acres, becoming one of California's deadliest and most destructive wildfires.

Sierra Nevada's founder, Ken Grossman, urged breweries across the U.S. to brew their own Resilience Butte County Proud IPA using his company's recipe and donate the proceeds to relief efforts. Over 1,500 breweries worldwide joined the campaign, including Schilling Beer Co., which allowed Sierra Nevada to use its Resilience trademark for the fundraising effort.

Schilling Beer Co. is a modern European-inspired craft brewery located in Littleton, New Hampshire, in the heart of the White Mountains. The company was co-founded by brothers Jeff and Stuart Cozzens and their friend John Lenzini, and opened its doors in 2013. Schilling Beer Co. brews progressive, European-inspired beers, while Resilience is their American ale project, focusing mainly on hoppy ales such as Pale Ales, IPAs, and Double IPAs. Both brands are brewed by the same crew at the same brewery.

Schilling Beer Co. distributes its beers in limited quantities to carefully selected craft beer retailers in several states, including Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Their website provides contact information for the distributors they work with beyond Littleton, NH.

Resilience Beer on BeerMenus

BeerMenus offers a wide variety of Resilience Beer, including:

Resilience Coffee Geppetto

A milk stout with 6.3% ABV, this beer is characterised by the flavours of chocolate, soft coffee roast and marshmallow, all derived from the grain bill, lactose and late addition of whole beans. It has a very dark colour with a beige head.

Resilience Sound & Silence

This double IPA has an 8.5% ABV. It has an intensive aroma and flavour of gooseberry and passionfruit balanced with aspects of resin and a pervasively dank finish. It is hopped with Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin and Cashmere.

Resilience Bondcliff

The Resilience Bondcliff is a hazy double IPA with an 8.5% ABV. Named for the local mountain, this beer pours a pale yellow with a soft white head. The aroma is bursting with apricots, tangerine pith and pineapple.

Resilience Renaissance

An easy-drinking, light-bodied New England IPA, the Resilience Renaissance is defined by a combination of HBC 586, HBC 630 and Citra hops.

Kenai River KRBC Resilience IPA

This IPA has a 7.5% ABV and approximately 220 calories. It is a classic "Sierra Nevada Style" IPA brewed to benefit the victims of the Campfire in California.

Schilling Resilience Combover

An English IPA with a 7.0% ABV and approximately 210 calories. Citrus, strawberry and spruce notes fill the palate, and Galaxy hops dominate in this American IPA.

Please note that BeerMenus may not have all of these beers available at all locations, and availability may vary by region.

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