Laguna Niguel Breweries Pour Suds To Benefit Fire Victims

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA — Laguna Niguel area breweries are among hundreds across the country offering a craft brew created to benefit victims affected by the devastating Camp Fire. Over 1,400 craft breweries and restaurants will serve Resilience Butte County Proud IPA as part of the nationwide fundraiser.

In Orange County, the following brewers and microbrewers will be making, pouring and sharing the good will for those they have never met, one pilsner at a time:

• Dunbar Brewing in Rancho Santa Margarita
• Artifex Brewing in San Clemente
• The Bruery/Offshoot Beer Co. in Placentia
• Chapman Crafted Beer in Orange
• Gamecraft Brewing of Laguna Hills
• Lost Winds Brewing Company of San Clemente
• Stereo Brewing in Placentia
• Bottle Logic in Anaheim
• Cismontane Brewing in Santa Ana
• Docent Brewing in San Juan Capistrano
• Backstreet Brewery in Anaheim
• Towne Park Brewery in Anaheim
• Barley Forge Brewing Company in Costa Mesa
• Green Cheek Beer Company in Orange

All of the monies raised from the sales of the suds will be donated to the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund, they said.

The “fundraiser beer” was created by those at the Chico-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

Many of the employees at the family-owned brewery were affected by the deadly fire and the beer represents their heartache as well as their ability to bounce back while helping their neighbors.

Across the country, breweries have asked to brew and sell Resilience to help give back to the Northern California community struggling to recover. A canned version will also be available in stores nationwide. Click here to find locations near you.

The Camp Fire began in Butte County on Nov. 8 and quickly spread across 240 square miles killing at least 85 people and displaced thousands more. Most of Paradise was charred within 24 hours. Nearly 19,000 buildings, mostly homes, were destroyed. It was the nation's deadliest and most destructive wildfire in a century.

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