250 brewers from 22 different countries will be releasing unique beers for global campaign that aims to empower 100,000 people on clean water projects.
The Scottish craft beer brand on a mission to use craft beer to bring 1,000,000 people clean drinking water, Brewgooder has attracted more than 240 brewers from around the world to its biggest campaign to date. The Global Gathering is a collaborative brewing project on a mission to provide clean water for 100,000 people in developing countries. More breweries are expected to join the campaign before the 31st January deadline.
Launched in November, the campaign aims to partner with hundreds of breweries in the UK and around the world to brew unique, small-batch beers. A coordinated release of the beers will take place over the weekend of World Water Day – March 20-22nd 2020.
The campaign has gained the backing from brewers from California to Hong Kong, with the UK represented by over 145 brewers from Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, to Bodmin in Cornwall. There will be one-off beers from Northern Monk, Vocation, Harbour, Beavertown, Tiny Rebel, Curious Brewing – to mention just a few of the many fabulous contributors (full list below).
Each Global Gathering brew will raise upwards of £500 contributing to a fundraising target of £250,000 for the overall campaign. All proceeds will be donated to The Brewgooder Foundation and spent on its clean water projects in 2020/21.
Bars and drinks retailers across the UK are being encouraged to support the record-breaking collaboration by stocking Global Gathering beers. Licensees wanting to be part of this craft beer movement should ask suppliers for the Global Gathering Brews from their chosen participating brewers. A full list of participating breweries, bars and stockists will be available on Brewgooder’s website in the lead up to the event.
To date, Brewgooder has worked with BrewDog (who will also be releasing a special beer for World Water Day) on their flagship clean water lager, with 100% of profits going to support over 130 projects in Malawi. These projects include well rehabilitations, new borehole construction, sanitation systems and water mapping to ensure the long-term sustainability of well constructions. Through the Brewgooder Foundation, the projects have already positively impacted 65,000 lives and counting.
To support brewers of all sizes to get involved, Brewgooder has partnered with Crisp Malt who are kindly donating 20 bags of malt to each participating brewery for their unique brew.
In addition to this, breweries can receive a 10% discount on any keg used in the Global Gathering by speaking to their local Kegstar contact.
The packaging design for each collaborative beer will be inspired by the theme ‘water’ and designed by each individual brewery using two distinct colours – orange to represent beer and blue to represent water. Once brewed, every beer will be released simultaneously at participating venues on the weekend of 20-22nd March 2020, which coincides with World Water Day.
Brewers are also invited to contribute a song inspired by their local area to a Spotify playlist for the weekend, which will represent the diverse range of companies involved in the project and show the variety of communities involved in making a difference.
Alan Mahon, Founder of Brewgooder, commented:
“The Global Gathering aims to bring together one of the most vibrant and passionate communities in the world. It will show what a positive impact craft beer can have when brewers act together. The craft beer community is no stranger to collaboration, but this project takes that to a whole new level. It will help empower 100,000 people by giving them something the rest of us take for granted: clean water.
“Breweries of every size will be not only making people happy with their amazing beers but also having a very real impact on people’s lives around the world.
“Water is the basis of life, and there are far too many people around the world who have their ambitions, dreams and potential limited by lack of access to a safe source of it. With clean, accessible water, kids grow up healthier, girls stay in school longer and people build better lives for themselves. In Global Gathering, the craft beer community is coming together for World Water Day to help make a massive difference to the lives of fellow human beings.
“To have already received the support of almost 250 brewers in this campaign is incredible. Our whole team is humbled by the willingness of so many incredible brewers to adopt our mission as their own. We cannot thank them enough.”
To find out more and join the movement, visit www.brewgooder.com/gathering
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For more information please contact Abby Scott, abby@brewgooder.com or 07938 921181.
- Photography is HERE
- Logos are HERE
- Infographic is HERE
- Video is HERE
- Collab bible sent to participating brewers is HERE
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List of Brewers includes:
1881 Distillery
33 Acres Brewing Company
71 Brewing
Acid Brewing Cartel
Aether Brewing
All Inn Brewing Co
Alphabet Brewing Company
Alvarado Street Brewery
Amundsen
Anarchy Brew Co
Anderson Craft Ales
Attic Brew Co
Avery Brewing Company
Ballistic Beer Co
Balter
Barneys Beer
Barossa Valley Brewing
Bath Ales and Blackpit Brewery
Beartown Brewery
Beatnikz Republic
Beavertown Brewery
Beerbliotek
BeerRiff Brewing
Bellfield Brewery
Bell’s Brewery Inc
Ben Nevis Brewery Ltd.
BentSpoke Brewing Co
Big Smoke Brew Co
Birmingham Brewing Company
Black Hops Brewery
Black Isle Brewing Co
Black Lodge
Black Sheep Brewery
Black Storm Brewery
Blackedge Brewing Company Ltd
Bluestone Brewing Company
Bodega Bay Hard Seltzer
Boss Brewing Company
Brass Castle Brewery
BRAW
Brew By Numbers
Brewpoint
Brew Toon
Brew York
BrewBoard
BrewDog
BrewDog USA
Brick Brewery
Brighton Bier
Bristol Beer Factory
Brixton Brewery
Brooklyn Brewery
Brouhaha Brewery
Bullhouse Brew Co
Campervan Brewery
Castle Rock Brewery
Catawba Brewing Company
Chadlington Brewery
Chapter Brewing
Citizen Brewing Company
Cloudwater
Cold Town
Crafty Devil
Crate Brewery
Cromarty Brewing Co.
Cross Borders Brewing Company
Curious Brewing
Dageraad Brewing
Dead End Brew Machine
Deschutes Brewery
Deviant and Dandy
Dorset Brewing Company
Dry & Bitter Brewing Company
Drygate Brewing Co
Dugges
Dust Off Brewing Co
ECLIPTIC Brewing
Edinburgh Beer Factory
Eight Arch Brewing Co.
Electric Bear Brewing Co.
Elusive Brewing Co
Evolution Beer Co
Faculty Brewing Co
Fallen
Farmageddon Brewing
Feral Brewing Company
Fierce Beer
FIRST Craft Beer
FITCH Brew Co
Fixation Brewing Co.
Flying Couch
Foghorn Brewery
Four Winds Brewing Co.
Fourpure Brewing Co.
Frasers Folly Brewing Co.
Frederic Robinson Ltd.
Freedom Brewery
Full Circle Brew Co
Gallus brewing
Galway Bay Brewery
Gamma Brewing Co
Good Things Brewing Co
Gritchie Brewing Company
Harbour Brewing Company
Hawkshead Brewery
Heroes Beer Co
Hidden Lane Brewery
Hilden Brewery
Hop Hooligans
Humber Doucy Brewing Company
Ilkley Brewery
Innis & Gunn
Islay Ales
Joseph Holt Ltd
KAIJU! Beer
Keg Creek Brewing Company
Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei
Kinnegar Brewing
La Debauche
Laine Brew Co
Left Handed Giant
Little Creatures
Little Ox Brew Co
Loch Leven Brewery
Loch Lomond Brewery
London Fields Brewery
Loomshed Hebridean Brewery
Lost Orchards
Lost Palms Brewing Co.
Love Lane Brewing
Mad Squirrel
Magic Rock Brewing
Malbygg
Marble Brewery
McLeods Brewery
Merchant City Brewing Co.
Misfit Brewing Co.
Modus Operandi Brewing
Moncada Brewery
Mondo Brewing Company
MONT BEER
Moo Brew
Moonzen
Moor Beer Company
Navigation Brewery
Newstead Brewing Co.
No Heroes
Northern Monk
One Drop Brewing Co
ORA Brewing
Overtone
Palmetto Brewing Company
Parrotdog
Partizan
Petrovich Craft Beer
Pillars Brewery
Pioneer Brewing Co.
Pirate Life Brewing
Polly’s Brew Co.
Powderkeg Beer
Prancing Pony Brewery
Pühaste
Purity Brewing Company
Redchurch Brewery
Redwell Brewing
RedWillow Brewery
Revel Brewing Company
Rhinegeist Brewery
Ride Brew Co.
Rocky Ridge Brewing Co
Rooster’s Brewing Co
Round Corner Brewing
SALT BEER FACTORY
Saltaire Brewery
Santa Fe Brewing Co.
Sea Legs Brewing Co
Semi-Pro Brewing Co
Seven Bro7hers Brewery
Sharp’s Brewery
Shilling Brewing Co
ShinDigger Brewing Co
Siren Craft Brew
Spartan Brewery
Spey Valley Brewery
Square Root Soda
St Andrews Brewing Company
Station 1-1-9
Stellenbosch Brewing Co
Stewart Brewing
Strathcona Beer Co.
Stroud Brewery
Sunset Brew
Tap Social Movement
Tapestry Brewery
Tartan Shark
Tempest Brewing Co
Tenby brewing Co
The Five Points Brewing Co
The Gipsy Hill Brewing Co.
The Good Beer Co.
The Sparkke Change Beverage Company
The Wild Beer Co.
Theodor Schiøtz Brewing Co.
Thistly Cross
Thornbridge Brewery
Tiny Rebel
Tomos Watkin Brewery
Tooth & Claw Brewing
Top Out Brewery
Top Rope Brewing
Tripping Animals Brewing
True Vine Brewing Company
Twisted Barrel Ale
UnBarred Brewery
Unity Brewing Co.
Vault City Brewing
Vitamin Sea Brewing
Vocation
Wander Beyond Brewing
Wayward Brewing Co.
West Berkshire Brewery
WEST Brewery
White Rock Brewing Co
Wicklow Wolf
Wilde Child Brewing Co.
Wilderness Brewery
Williams Bros. Brewing Co.
Windswept Brewing Co
Winton Brewery
Wishbone Brewery
Wolf’s Ridge Brewing
Woodman’s Wild Ale
WooHa Brewing Company
Wylam brewery
Yardley Brothers
Yeastie Boys
Yorkshire Dales Brewing Co.
Ziplinie Brewing Co