It brews multiple other year-round beers including the award-winning Dark, UFO Hefeweizen, UFO Raspberry Hefeweizen, UFO White, and Boston Irish Stout. Harpoon has seasonal beers, including an Octoberfest Marzen style Ale and Harpoon Camp Wannamango Another line of beers from Harpoon is its '100 Barrel Series', which consists of a number of one of a kind batches. The deal involved Harpoon assuming possession of the Long Trail, Otter Creek and Shed brands. In June 2022, Harpoon acquired the Long Trail Brewery of Bridgewater, Vermont. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brewery ran a campaign to fight food insecurity, donating money from beer purchases to the Vermont Foodbank and Greater Boston Food Bank. In 2015, for the first time since its founding, Harpoon Brewery suspended production of its beer citing an imminent blizzard. Harpoon's cofounder, Rich Doyle, along with other key investors, sold most of their shares in Harpoon and transferred them into an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. In July 2014, while then the twelfth-largest craft brewery in the United States, the company became employee-owned via the creation of the Harpoon Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Harpoon purchased the former Catamount Brewery plant in Windsor, Vermont, in 2000, expanding its brewing operations beyond Massachusetts. In 2002, Harpoon launched the Harpoon Point-to-Point, a cycling race that raises money for the Vermont Foodbank. The race has reportedly raised more than $2.2 million for ALS research via The Angel Fund. In 2001, Harpoon started a five-mile road race known as the Harpoon 5-Miler. Patrick's Day festival in early March and Harpoonfest in May. Recent Harpoon Octoberfests have drawn more than 15,000 attendees. In 1990, Harpoon threw the first Harpoon Octoberfest, which drew 2,000 people. Locally, Harpoon is known for annual festivals that they hold at the brewery. Harpoon IPA quickly became a staple of the American India pale ale style and was found on tap at bars and restaurants in Greater Boston. The beer was originally designed by Head Brewer (at the time) Tod Mott, in 1992 and first sold as a summer seasonal in 1993 and quickly became the brewery's flagship beer. Harpoon was the first brewery in New England to brew an India Pale Ale. Harpoon originally struggled to break even the company reportedly first made a profit in 1992. The brewery was the first company to obtain a permit to manufacture and sell alcohol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in more than 15 years, and as a result laid claim to Massachusetts Brewing permit #001. Bay Brewing Company, Inc., was originally founded in 1986. Once the Series victors have been crowned, the brewery that has won the wager will ship a tap handle and a keg of their flagship beer to the losing brewery for tapping on their draft system.Harpoon Brewery is an employee owned American brewery, with locations in Boston, Massachusetts, and Windsor, Vermont. The beer will remain on tap until the keg is empty. The Harpoon Brewery was founded by beers lovers, Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary. In 1986 Harpoon was issued Brewing Permit #001 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, since it was the first brewery to brew commercially in Boston after a dormant period of about 25 years. Harpoon’s line of craft beer features its award winning IPA and UFO Hefeweizen beers, along with four special seasonal selections. In 2000 Harpoon purchased a second brewery in Windsor, VT, making Harpoon the 9 th largest craft brewer in the US. Harpoon has since introduced the limited batch 100 Barrel Series and the as well as the all-natural Harpoon Cider made from freshly pressed, local apples. Twenty-one years on, The Saint Louis Brewery (also known as Schlafly Beer), is set to become the largest locally owned brewery in Missouri.įor more information about Harpoon beers and visiting the breweries, visit Founded in 1991 by Tom Schlafly and Dan Kopman, The Saint Louis Brewery’s Tap Room was the first new brewery to open its doors in St. Currently the 44 th largest craft brewer in the US, the Schlafly Tap Room and Schlafly Bottleworks restaurants and breweries in St. Louis combine to brew roughly 50,000 barrels of beer each year. This Harpoon UFO Pumpkin tap handle has been taken and converted into a custom umbrella. Schlafly brews over 50 unique styles of beer throughout the year on draft and in bottles and cans, from year round favorites like Pale Ale and K├Âlsch, to unique seasonal releases like Coffee Stout, Pumpkin Ale, and Tasmanian IPA. The tap handle was used by its previous owner before the conversion. For more information on Schlafly Beer, visit.
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