Glasgow Businesses Rally Around Palestinian Brewery as First Batch Sells Out
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The first batch of Sun & Stone lager, a collaboration between Palestine’s Taybeh Brewing Co. and Glasgow-founded B Corp Brewgooder, sold out in under a week.
Venues across Glasgow including The Glad Café, Café Buena Vida, Ryan’s Bar, Mono, The 78, Dram and McChuill’s have already signed up to stock the beer, with a solidarity mural unveiled at Park Lane Market.
Taybeh brewmaster Madees Khoury, the only female brewer in the Middle East, appeared on Radio Buena Vida and joined more than 100 supporters at a Glasgow launch event.
Sun & Stone returns this week, available online and in 1,600 Co-op stores, with profits supporting Taybeh’s village and the DEC’s relief efforts in the Middle East.
GLASGOW venues have rallied around a beer brewed in solidarity with Palestine.
The first batch of Sun & Stone lager, a collaboration between Palestine’s Taybeh Brewing Co. and Glasgow-founded B Corp Brewgooder, has sold out in less than a week, with local community spaces and bars leading the charge.
Venues across Glasgow have already signed up to stock the beer, including The Glad Café, Café Buena Vida, Ryan’s Bar, Mono, The 78, Dram and McChuill's. A mural by SureSigns Glasgow has also been unveiled at Park Lane Market in the city’s Southside, showing solidarity with Taybeh and helping raise awareness of the brewery’s story.
Madees Khoury, Taybeh’s brewmaster and the only female brewer in the Middle East, appeared on community-run station Radio Buena Vida, broadcasting from Café Buena Vida on Victoria Road, and joined an event attended by more than 100 people to celebrate the launch and show solidarity.
Ahead of its nationwide launch in 1,600 Co-op stores from this week, Brewgooder is opening up stockist enquiries to pubs, bars, venues and shops across Scotland and beyond.
James Hughes, co-founder of Brewgooder said: “This collaboration has meant the world to us, and it’s been incredible to have Madees here in Glasgow to celebrate and see the support first-hand.
“The response from the city’s venues and communities has been a powerful reminder of why this partnership matters: and of the way great beer can bring good things to life.”
“We were delighted to welcome Taybeh’s brewer Madees on to the Radio Buena Vida airwaves to talk about the Sun & Stone beer project last week.
Suz O’Neill and David Fleming, co-founders, Cafe Buena Vida: “As a community organisation working to find practical ways to support the people of Palestine, and as fans of good quality beer and women making waves in the drinks industry, it’s an absolute no brainer to stock this new collab beer.
“We’ve loved working with Brewgooder in the past and selling their beers in Cafe Buena Vida so we are really excited about this new collaboration. Good beer. Good people. Good cause!”
The support marks a groundswell of solidarity from Glasgow’s independent businesses and communities, backing Taybeh as it continues to brew in the occupied West Bank despite severe restrictions, checkpoint delays and escalating violence.
Profits from Sun & Stone will provide Taybeh’s village with vital income and support the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), aiding conflict-affected communities across the Middle East, including Gaza.
After selling out its first batch in days, Sun & Stone is available again online at brewgooder.com and in 1,600 Co-op stores across the UK.
Pubs, bars, venues and shops looking to stock Sun & Stone can get in touch with Brewgooder via eebriatrade.com from Monday.
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