Dear brewing industry professionals,
In these tough times for breweries and the brewing industry, the little bright spots of hope really matter. When we announced our Craft Beer & Brewing Cares grant program two weeks ago, we didn’t predict the response we would receive, but 399 brewing businesses submitted applications for grants from the $100,000 pool we initially established.
Over the past couple days, we worked through this long list—looking at the contributions these businesses have made to the broader world of brewing, the scope of benefit, the number of people that could potentially be helped by this, and more—and it became very apparent that we couldn’t narrow the awards down to just 20 applicants.