Each Good Brews for a Cause beer is brewed to benefit a nonprofit organization with a tie to the local community in our distribution territory.
Sean Lawson and our Brewing Team creates special collaboration beers to support causes that are important to us including conservation and sustainable recreation efforts in Vermont, economic vitality and social justice. A portion of the beer sales are donated directly to organizations. Here are a few examples:
Brave Little State Pale Ale
Brave Little State Pale Ale is a Vermont-grown beer brewed in collaboration with Vermont Public Radio to celebrate the Brave Little State podcast. The Vermont-grown ingredients inside each can embody the incredible spirit of the Green Mountain State and VPR.
Kingdom Trails IPA
Supports Kingdom Trails Association to help preserve trails in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.
Brave Noise Pale Ale
Brewed to help end sexism in the brewing industry and beyond by donating 100% of all sales to VT Network’s Uplift VT program, an organization working to eliminate sexual and domestic violence in Vermont.
Things We Don’t Say IPA
Working to end the stigma surrounding mental health by supporting Hope for a Day and Washington County Mental Health Services
Sisterhood Sour
Benefitted the Pink Boots Society, an organization advocating for women in the brewing industry.
Bit O’ Balsam IPA
Helped fund the Mountain Birdwatch, a citizen science program through the Vermont Center for Ecostudies that gathers data about the endangered Bicknell’s Thrush and supports conservation efforts.
Black is Beautiful
A collaborative effort among the brewing community and its customers launched by Weathered Souls Brewing Co. in an attempt to bring awareness to the injustices that people of color face daily. We stand with over 1,000 breweries in 20 countries working to affect change in our industry and beyond through the collaborative creation of this special beer. We donated 100% of the Black is Beautiful beer sale profits to the VT Peace & Justice Center Racial Justice program, Allied Vermont and The Root Social Justice Center for a total donation of $3,457.
Powdah Day IPA
Brewed exclusively for Sugarbush Resort to raise funds for Protect Our Winters, a nonprofit that focused on legislation regarding climate change.
Castlerock IPA
Brewed exclusively for Sugarbush Resort to raise funds for Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports to help them empower individuals with disabilities and Protect Our Winters – an organization working to end climate change.
Still Single IPA
Brewed exclusively for Mad River Glen to benefit the Stark Mountain Foundation, which preserves and protects the environment and ecosystem of General Stark Mountain.
Summit Sour & Bitter Boots
Beer collaborations by the female staff of Lawson’s Finest to raise money for The Pink Boots Society, which assists, inspires, and encourages female-identifying beer professionals through education.
98 Degrees in the Shade
A collaboration with our friends at Big Spruce Brewing to benefit Frontline Foods VT, an organization that works with area restaurants to provide free meals to frontline healthcare workers during the pandemic. Our donation of over $4,000 represented 100% of the profits.
Phirst Light IPA
The collaborative brainchild of Lawson’s Finest and Upper Pass Beer benefitted the VT Brewers Association, which serves to promote and strengthen the culture of craft brewing in Vermont through marketing, education and advocacy.
