Celebrate St. Patty’s Day with an Eye Towards Coastal Conservation
Available starting Saturday March 1st at the brewery and in selected package stores from Plymouth to Wellfleet
$1 from each new growler sold goes to support
Click on their logo to learn more about Stellwagen ALIVE!
Or click here to visit the Stellwagen Bank website
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE,
February 26, 2008
Celebrate
St. Patty’s Day with an Eye Towards Coastal Conservation
Cape
Cod Beer releases “Stellwagen” Stout in support of local marine
sanctuary
Hyannis,
MA – Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Cape Cod Beer has handcrafted
a traditional Irish stout, which they are calling “Stellwagen Stout”
– where a dollar from the sale of each new growler will go to support
the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, an 842-square-mile
marine protected area at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay. Stellwagen
Bank stretches from three miles
north of Cape Cod to three miles southeast of Cape Ann, and is home to
more than 17 species of whales and countless other types of sea life. Stellwagen Stout, a traditional dark brew, with a pleasant
roasty-flavor and a rich, creamy head, will be available for a limited
time starting March 1st, in 64 oz refillable “Growlers” to
go, directly from the brewery and in package stores throughout Cape Cod
& Plymouth.
In
an effort to bring to light and to support conservation efforts on
Stellwagen Bank, Cape Cod Beer is donating a portion of the proceeds to
the “Stellwagen Alive! - Friends of Our National Marine Sanctuary”
group. Stellwagen Alive! is a
Massachusetts nonprofit public benefit corporation whose mission is to
raise public awareness of sanctuary resources and management issues
through programs of scientific research, monitoring, exploration,
education, and outreach.
"We
are delighted that Cape Cod Beer is supporting Stellwagen Alive! through
the sale of their Stellwagen Stout” said
Jennifer Bender Ferre, Executive Director of Stellwagen Alive!. “We’re a relatively new organization and love the fact
that Cape Cod Beer sought us out to help spread the word about our
conservation efforts on Stellwagen Bank.
It’s great when local businesses make an effort to work together
with local organizations to do good work – and by bringing attention to
our organization through their product they are helping us get the word
out about our mission and goals.
So this St Patty’s Day, raise a pint of Cape Cod Beer’s
Stellwagen Stout in honor of one
of the richest and most productive marine ecosystems in the nation!”
“We
feel strongly about taking care of the places that make this place we call
home so special, and a whale watch on Stellwagen Bank last summer inspired
us to learn more about protecting this precious resource.” explains
Brewmaster Todd Marcus. “We’re
environmentally focused in most everything we do and make every effort to
be as “green” as possible – with the exception of “green beer”. Cape
Cod Beer has always made every effort possible to maintain a “green
footprint” in terms of our manufacturing process, whether through
recycling water in the brewing process, recycling spent grains as feed and
compost or recycling all the cardboard packaging, paper waste, glass
bottles, metal caps and plastic cups used at events and at the brewery. In the development of our new system we added extra
insulation and modified systems to reduce our power and fuel requirements
as much as possible – not just to save money in the long run – but to
conserve energy throughout our manufacturing process.”
"We
are delighted that Cape Cod Beer is sponsoring Stellwagen Alive!
Cape Cod Beer is a neighborhood brewery -- it's quality beers add
richness to life. Similarly, the richness of sea life in the
Stellwagen Marine Sanctuary is part of the quality of where we live.
So hoist a mug to the fishes and thank you Cape Cod Beer!"
John Williamson, President Stellwagen Alive!
Stellwagen
Stout will be sold in growlers in package stores across Cape Cod and
throughout Plymouth. $1 from
the sale of each new growler sold will go directly to support Stellwagen
Alive! programs.
Cape
Cod Beer is Cape Cod’s only distributing microbrewery located at
1336 Phinney’s Lane in Hyannis with beer on tap in over 150 locations
and in 80+ package stores throughout Cape Cod and Plymouth. Brewery hours are Monday thru Friday Noon to 6pm, as well as
Saturday 11am to 2pm. To find out more about Cape Cod Beer, please contact
us at 508-790-4200 or see our website at www.CapeCodBeer.com.
Stellwagen
Alive! is a 501(c)3
non profit public benefit corporation. Stellwagen Alive! hopes to create a
new paradigm of what it means to be a sanctuary in New England.
Our programs will contribute to a constituency-building dialogue
that will assist in defining emerging management goals, address the need
for collaborative research and coordinated education/outreach efforts, and
discuss the importance of the involvement of communities and the
development of an essential stewardship ethic -- vitally important to the
protection of sanctuary resources. Stellwagen
Alive accepts tax-deductible donations and gifts from individuals, private
foundations and corporations. For
more information, go online to www.StellwagenAlive.org
For
detailed information about Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
visit: Stellwagen.NOAA.gov
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Photos
and electronic version of this press release and corresponding high res
color artwork can be found at www.capecodbeer.com/stellwagenstout.htm