(Torrance, CA) For the seventh yr in a row, Smog Metropolis Brewing Co. and Meals Ahead are releasing their award-winning Kumquat Saison, on Friday, July 1 to lift funds for Meals Forwards’ efforts to finish meals insecurity and to assist improve consciousness of Meals Forwards’ mission round Southern Southern California, neighboring states and tribal lands.
A part of Smog Metropolis’s 1% for the Planet Neighborhood Influence collection of beers, every batch of Kumquat Saison is made utilizing over 500 kilos of kumquats hand-harvested from fruit bushes in Los Angeles County backyards that may in any other case go to waste. The ensuing effort is a refreshing and fruity 6% ABV beer with notes of vibrant citrus
and white pepper. “We’re so grateful to Smog Metropolis for his or her ongoing help of Meals Ahead’s work and for sharing the abundance whereas increasing Meals Ahead’s mission of maintaining surplus produce from going to waste,” mentioned Rick Nahmais, CEO and Founding father of Meals Ahead.
Since 2015, Meals Ahead volunteers and Smog Metropolis workers have hand-harvested over 6,000 kilos of yard kumquats for Smog Metropolis Brewing Co., and everybody is happy to see the beer again for a seventh yr. “Kumquat Saison is the results of a really significant partnership between Smog Metropolis and Meals Ahead. We’re in a position to assist forestall meals waste by taking undesirable fruit and turning it right into a scrumptious beer whereas serving to unfold the phrase concerning the necessary work Meals Ahead is doing,” mentioned Laurie Porter, co-owner of Smog Metropolis Brewing Co.
Kumquat Saison will probably be accessible in 4-pack cans and on draft beginning Friday, July 1 in any respect 4 of the Smog Metropolis Brewing Co. taprooms, in addition to on-line for supply and delivery to anyplace within the state of California and at choose retailers round SoCal. A portion of the proceeds from every 4-pack of Kumquat Saison will probably be donated to Meals Ahead as a part of Smog Metropolis’s 1% for the Planet Neighborhood Influence Sequence.
About Smog Metropolis Brewing Co. smogcitybrewing.com
Smog Metropolis Brewing Co. is a family-owned and operated craft brewery in Torrance, CA dedicated to producing all kinds of creatively impressed and exceptionally balanced beers. They satisfaction themselves on making beer everybody will love and like to share and have 4 taprooms to select from round Los Angeles County and distribution all through central and southern California. Smog Metropolis Brewing Co. can also be a proud 1% for the Planet member. Go to smogcitybrewing.com or contact [email protected].
About Meals Ahead: foodforward.org
Meals Ahead fights starvation and prevents meals waste by rescuing recent surplus produce, connecting this abundance with folks experiencing meals insecurity, and galvanizing others to do the identical. For extra particulars about Meals Ahead’s well being fairness, environmental impression, and the communities served, go to foodforward.org or contact [email protected]
