HOUSTON, June 16, 2014 – Saint Arnold Brewing Company (www.saintarnold.com), the oldest craft brewery in Texas, completed its 20th anniversary celebration Friday evening with the donation of $41,400 to Operation Homefront. The San Antonio-based charity provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of U.S. service members and wounded warriors.
Brock Wagner, Founder and Owner of Saint Arnold Brewing Company, presented a check to Liza Watts, Director of Corporate Relations for Operation Homefront Texas and Tim Farrell, COO, of the organization. The money was raised through the sale of Saint Arnold Homefront IPA, which was a special single-batch beer released in conjunction with Memorial Day weekend.
Saint Arnold Homefront IPA was part of the collaborative brewing effort known as ‘Hops for Heroes.’ Saint Arnold was one of 11 craft breweries across the country participating in 2014. Others include 21st Amendment Brewery, Center of the Universe Brewing Company, Cigar City Brewing, Fremont Brewing Company, Left Hand Brewing Company, Maui Brewing Co., Palmetto Brewing Company, Perennial Artisan Ales, Sly Fox Brewing Company and Stone Brewing Co.
Saint Arnold produced approximately 40,000 22-ounce bottles of Homefront IPA and was overwhelmed by offers from suppliers to donate their goods and services, including malt, hops, labels, bottles and boxes. In addition to Saint Arnold Brewing Company, the following organizations participated:
- Action Box – Case box manufacturer
- Brewers Supply Group – Malt supplier
- Hops Direct, LLC – Hop supplier
- Inland Label – Label supplier
- Louisville Slugger – Baseball bat manufacturer (six bats are used in the aging of Homefront IPA)
- Mark Trece, Inc. – Printing plate supplier for the case boxes
- Primer Grey – Graphic designer
- Rahr Malting Group – Malt supplier
- The Bottle Shop – Bottle supplier
Several distributors also agreed to donate their profits from the sale of Homefront IPA., including:
- Ben E. Keith Company
- Capitol Beverage Co.
- Del Papa Distributing
- L&F Distributors
- Mike Hopkins Distributing
- Silver Eagle Distributors
For information about Operation Homefront, visit http://www.operationhomefront.net.
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About Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Saint Arnold Brewing Co.’s 17 brews are made and sold by the company’s staff of 56 dedicated employees. Ranked 45th on the Brewers Association list of top craft breweries, Saint Arnold was listed by USA Today as one of the “10 great places to see what’s brewing in beer,” and Smart Meetings magazine named it among the “Top 5 breweries to host an event.” Saint Arnold is located at 2000 Lyons Avenue and its brewery tour and tasting is offered every weekday at 3:00 P.M. and Saturdays starting at 11 A.M. For more information on Saint Arnold’s seven year-round and five seasonal beers as well as root beer, log on to www.saintarnold.com.
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