Pliny the Younger, a rare triple IPA from Russian River Brewing in California, is produced once a year in limited quantity and only available from the brewery. The taste is intensely hopped with notes of orange, nectarine and dried apricot. The bitterness is assertive but malt does its job.
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A handful of local breweries are selling pints for a couple good causes. Working Draft Brewing Co., Young Blood Beer Co., Vintage Brewing Co., Karben4 Brewing and Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. have all partnered with initiatives dedicated to autism awareness, brain cancer research, suicide prevention and mental health education.
A portion of the proceeds from each brewery’s beer will be donated to nonprofits.
Things We Don’t Say: Craft Beer for Mental Health
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Hope for the Day, a nonprofit focused on mental health education and proactive suicide prevention, partnered with Milwaukee’s Eagle Park Brewing, Milwaukee’s Malteurop Malting Co. and Washington’s Hollingbery & Son Inc. to concoct Things We Don’t Say: Craft Beer for Mental Health. Eagle Park Brewing created a 6% ABV IPA base recipe that participating breweries of which there are over 150 from around the world are free to modify as they see fit.