SOUTH KINGSTOWN â With a high vaccination rate and new cases of COVID-19 significantly decreasing, Rhode Island is preparing for life beyond the pandemic, and one local brewery has pledged assistance in letting the good times roll. As the summer begins and the state starts to lift most restrictions put in place since the beginning of lockdowns and quarantines â including mask wearing, capacity maximums and social gathering limits â Whalers Brewing Company of South Kingstown is jumpstarting the celebration by donating a free keg of award-winning beer to every Rhode Island restaurant and bar.
âBars and restaurants in our home state put us on the map, and with 2020 behind us, we figured what better way to say thank you and do our part than free beer,â said Whalers owners Josh Dunlap and Wes Staschke.