We're teaming up with brewers to tackle food insecurity, waterway cleanup, and to promote sustainable agriculture…
Hellping Hops 412 Food Rescue Brew
Back by popular demand, this year’s Hellping Hops collaboration with Helltown Brewing and 412 Food Rescue in PA hit full distribution in the greater Pittsburgh region.
412 Food Rescue fights food insecurity and fights waste in the Pittsburgh restaurant supply chain.
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Hellping Hops with Helltown Brewing
Don’t let the name fool you. Helltown Brewing in Export, PA didn’t need to think twice about giving back to the community. When we looked at creative ways to help out during these times and some of the limitations the pandemic has imposed on everyone, Helltown stepped up. Helping Hops is helping to offset some base ingredient costs and Helltown is taking care of the rest; providing their passion, expertise, and resources to brew a special limited run of a New England IPA to benefit the Westmoreland and Greater Washington County Food Banks for our neighbors across the border in Pennsylvania. These organizations are battling food insecurity daily through a wide range of programs in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Please join us in raising a beer to all their good work.
Every minute, more than 1,000 gallons of water polluted by heavy metals pours into Sunday Creek at the site of Ohio’s largest mine discharge. That’s a lot of potential beer! A persistent legacy of historical coal mining, this tainted water called acid mine drainage, seeps out of long-abandoned mines and prevents life from flourishing. After more than a decade in development, Rural Action and Ohio University have created a technology to treat this water. Their first project will restore seven miles of critically impacted stream. Iron oxide will be removed and sold as a zero waste product that will pay for the treatment. Learn more at ruralaction.org/truepigments
Brewed by Pretentious Barrel House in collaboration with Helping Hops, 100% of the profits from this exclusive bottle will go to fund Rural Action’s watershed programs. A special thanks to Ben Siegel courtesy of Ohio University for capturing the image of the acid mine drainage in the aerial footage and allowing us to raise awareness of the issue with the label. This is an extremely limited release.
In Appalachian Ohio, the nonprofit Rural Action is promoting sustainable agriculture and getting healthy food to families who have few options when they shop locally. Working in areas designated as food deserts, the group is increasing access to fresh foods by connecting local growers to schools, hospitals, restaurants, food banks, and social service agencies working with low-income households. Rural Action’s projects such as the Chesterhill Produce Auction in Morgan County, a regional food distribution hub, serve as large economic drivers in some of Ohio’s most distressed communities. Learn more at ruralaction.org
Brewed by Pretentious Barrel House in collaboration with Helping Hops, 100% of the profits from this exclusive bottle will go to fund Rural Action’s sustainable agriculture programs. A special thanks to John Sabraw for the use of the artwork for the label. John’s artwork and his activism first drew our attention to Rural Action and we couldn’t be more excited to support their critical efforts. This is an extremely limited release.