Devils Backbone mourns death of founder Steve Crandall
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and last updated 2021-05-05 14:36:25-04
NELSON COUNTY, Va. Devils Backbone Brewing Company founder Steve Crandall has died, the brewery he founded posted on social media.
He was 64 years old. Steve was a loving husband, father, grandfather, community business leader, scout master, entrepreneur, custom home and commercial builder, and founder of Devils Backbone Brewing Company. But this is just a tiny part of who Steve was, Heidi Crandall, Steve s wife and co-founder of Devils Backbone Brewing Company, said in a statement. When Steve was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, he chose treatment and surgeries, and the struggles that came with it, but always maintained hope. Steve did not let the cancer define him, and his resilience and strength continues to inspire all of us.
Through longstanding grant program, A-B and KAB will put $60,000 toward local environmental programs in six craft brewery home markets
New York, NY – In celebration of Earth Day, Anheuser-Busch is announcing a series of community restoration and clean-up initiatives being led by craft breweries across the country in partnership with Keep America Beautiful®. The events are being funded by six individual $10,000 grants from the Anheuser-Busch Foundation, which has been working with Keep America Beautiful since its founding as part of its commitment to supporting organizations that help individuals and communities thrive.
“We are excited to build on the amazing work our craft breweries are already doing to support their communities through this long-standing partnership with Keep America Beautiful,” said Marcelo “Mika” Michaelis, President, A-B’s Brewers Collective. “These local clean-up events and restoration efforts represent just some of the ways that we’re committ