Small Brewery Sunday - The Beer Thrillers

Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway Winner (2021)

BKline — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:52:44 +0000

Small Brewery Sunday – November 28th, 2021

Small Brewery Sunday

Hopefully you all went out shopping today at your local brewery and helped support ‘small breweries’ and ‘small businesses’. Today was a day to celebrate all of the small, local, craft breweries. The ones whose owners live in our communities, who sponsor our son’s t-ball teams, the ones who have kids who go to our kids school, the ones who maybe go to our town halls, etc.

Especially in light of how earlier – Couch Brewery – announced their closure. It’s horrible to see small breweries go under and go bankrupt or close up shop and get forgotten about.

So we decided we would do a Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway here on The Beer Thrillers. (Our first giveaway.) We posted the rules here: Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway (2021).

Choosing Our Winner

We had several people enter on our Facebook page for a chance to win the Fall Hippo four pack by Boneshire Brew Works. So I used a random number generator (you can easily Google Search ‘random number generator’, and numerous ones will pop up). (Google has one built into their search engine as well.)

So I assigned everyone a number, and then hit the random generator, and it popped out number 3. (See attached screenshot to see.)

Give away randomizer

And thus…. the winner is:

David Scott Raimist

Congratulations David! We have contacted Dave through Facebook messenger, and if he doesn’t get back to us, we’ll move onto the next randomly selected person.

Stay tuned in the future for more giveaways! Because, who doesn’t love free beer?

Thanks For Reading

As always, thanks for reading everyone. Be sure to follow us on our social media pages to stay ontop of giveaways, polls, news articles, beer reviews, book reviews, and more!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

Couch Brewery Announces Upcoming Closure

BKline — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:46:22 +0000

Couch Brewery (Facebook)

Couch Brewery’s Announcement

It is with complete sadness today to announce – and especially today, with it being Small Brewery Sunday – that at 6PM today (just 3 hours ago, while I was at work) – that Couch Brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, announced they will be closing.

They posted on their Facebook page today at 6PM that they will be shuttering their doors, with their last day being scheduled for Sunday December 19th, 2021.

You can read their post here:

They say all good things must come to an end and boy have we had a beautiful run. With a tear in our eye and a beer in our hand we are sad to announce our last day will be on Sunday, December 19th. It has been a pleasure to serve you all over the last few years. Having you all in our “living room” has been like sitting on a couch and chatting with family. The stories, laughs and friendships we have created are extraordinarily precious to us and we will treasure them forever. With that said, we invite you to join us for our “12 days of Christmas” to help kick our kegs. Be sure to check our hours for the next couple weeks as we do have a few private parties already booked. Soon, another fantastic brewery will be occupying our space. Tortured Souls Brewing will introduce their awesome beers as well as some of your Couch favorites. Check them out at https://torturedsoulsbrewing.comFrom the bottom of our hearts, we sincerely thank you for your patronage and friendship these past few years. It has been our privilege to serve you.
Facebook – Couch Brewery

This is very sad news to hear, and certainly reinforces the belief of ‘shopping small’ on today, and every day.

Couch Brewery

I got to visit Couch Brewery last year on my trip out to Indianapolis. Bobby Nacho took me around on a little tour of the brewery and gave me samples of all of their beers on tap. Was a wonderful experience, and I enjoyed the time spent with him talking beer, and enjoyed the beers as well. So this is very sad to see happen.

On Untappd, Couch Brewery is listed as a Micro Brewery from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With 136 unique beers and 14,245 ratings (as of today – 11.28.21). They have a global average rating of 3.61. They have their description section left as blank.

The Importance of Small Breweries and Shopping at Small Breweries

Today is “Small Brewery Sunday” (#SmallBrewerySunday), and this shows how vital it is to shop at the small local breweries. Helping those who give back to their communities. Those you live with as neighbors, those you see on a regular basis. Shopping at the small breweries helps your neighbors, your friends, your community; rather than helping some corporate conglomerate who is actively trying to hurt small breweries.

Bobby Nacho summed up his thoughts as a comment on the closing page:

“I really enjoyed my 11 months working there. Darren, Beth and Mel are three of the best people I’ve ever worked with with, and I’m so happy to call them my friends.”
Bobby Nacho

This shows just how much these small breweries mean to their communities. How impactful and needful they are, and how much we need to reinforce and help them. Especially in this troubling times. With COVID-19 still very much a real and present danger to communities, businesses, and the like. With economic hardships as a cause of all of this. With the rise in aluminum and grain on the horizon. We need to be shopping closer, local, and near us more and more.

Tortured Soul Brewing

There isn’t a lot of information yet on Tortured Soul Brewing, but you can visit their website here:

Tortured Soul Brewing

Their site has a load up video talking about a “craft brewery with a unique style” and “coming soon”. We will keep everyone updated on this.

Couch Brewery and The Beer Thrillers

We would like to wish our condolences to the closing of Couch Brewery and wish the best for all who helped make it, worked there, and who is affected by this closing. We hope for the best for everyone involved.

Couch Brewery’s social media links:

Our Couch Brewery related links:

Brewery Closing News:

Other Brewery News, Openings, Merges, and Other News:

Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway

We are just about to finish and finalize our Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway for #FreeBeer. You still have time to enter and win, check that out here:

Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway (2021)

Couch Brewery’s Closure Announcement

Thanks For Reading

Despite the bad news, thanks everyone for reading. Hopefully we’ll have much better news in the near future.

Cheers!

-B. Kline

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway (2021)

BKline — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 01:52:50 +0000

Small Brewery Sunday

This Sunday – November 28th 2021 – is Small Brewery Sunday. Its the perfect day to give back to your favorite local small brewery and buy up all the beer you can! Obviously Thursday is Thanksgiving, followed by Black Friday, and Small Business Saturday, and then on Monday is Cyber Monday. So what better then making Sunday – Small Brewery Sunday!

As per Brewers Association:

Pop quiz: What sits between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and is three or four times better (at least!) than both of those holidays put together?
That’s right: Small Brewery Sunday!
Brewers Association: Small Brewery Sunday

Small Brewery Sunday was devised and created as a way to get small breweries business and to raise awareness of shopping through them for the Holiday Season. Instead of flooding Wal-Mart or Amazon for gifts this year, why not go to your local brewery, like Boneshire Brew Works, or Tattered Flag, or Rubber Soul, or Moo-Duck Brewery, or ZeroDay Brewing, or Ever Grain Brewing, or Wolf Brewing, or one of a billion other small local breweries?

Give Away

So with that in mind we are hosting a give-away!

We will be giving away one *FREE* four pack of ‘Fall Hippo’ by Boneshire Brew Works. It’s a 4pk of 16oz cans, brewed and canned at Boneshire Brew Works in Harrisburg (Rutherford) PA.

So, how can you get in on this sweet deal and action? Its pretty simple really!

Go to our Facebook page: Facebook – The Beer Thrillers. Then check out the post (it will be pinned) saying “SMALL BREWERY SUNDAY GIVEAWAY”. And follow the simple instructions which will be:

1) Be a United States Citizen (sorry, but its the easiest way to do this logically, and since we’re doing free S&H)
2) Like and Share the Post.
3) Tag one friend (or more!)
4) Like and follow our page – The Beer Thrillers
5) Comment on the post itself saying what your favorite local brewery is (and preferably why)

Its that simple! (Check disclaimer at the bottom of this post for ‘small print details’).

Fall Hippo

Be sure to check out our review of Fall Hippo here — Beer Review: Fall Hippo (Boneshire Brew Works).

Fall Hippo by Boneshire Brew Works

Beer: Fall Hippo
Brewery: Boneshire Brew Works
Style: Fruit Beer
ABV: 4.5%
Untappd Description: Next up in our Hippo Series, Fall Hippo. Brewed with Cranberry, Pie Spices, and Lactose. Fall desert in a glass.

Small Print Disclaimer

Ok, let’s break down the small print disclaimer:

The winner will be announced on November 28th, roughly around 10:00PM (EST).
The winner will be selected by a random number generator.
This contest and giveaway is in no way associated with Brewers Association, Boneshire Brew Works, Facebook, or any one other than The Beer Thrillers themselves.
The cost of the 4pk is free and so is the Shipping and Handling.
All contestants must obey the rules above.
Must be 21+ (21 or older and be able to prove as such)
Must have a US Residence
No PO Boxes
Must respond to being contacted within 48Hours of the contest’s end and announcement.
The package will be sent out no later than Thursday the 2nd (if winner contacts within 48 Hours)
If the winner does not respond to messages within 48 Hours, we will re-draw and do another random number generator.
We will only repeat this up to 4 times. After that, we will find another way to give away the four pack.
Good luck and thanks for playing!

Shop Small Breweries

Remember everyone, please, this Sunday (and all days really) shop your local small breweries. They are a crucial part of our economies and our local communities. Patronize them in the ways you would your favorite local restaurants and other businesses! Be sure to use our Facebook group to promote how you are helping your local brewery and shopping your local breweries!

Facebook Group: The Beer Thrillers

Additional links:

Thanks for reading everyone! And cheers and good luck in the giveaway!

-B. Kline

(Edit (8:30AM 11.23.21) – edited to correct the name of the article. In a ditz moment, I titled it ‘Small Business Saturday Giveaway’ instead of ‘Small Brewery Sunday Giveaway’. Also added the year on to the end of it.)