Revolver Brewing Co. (Molson Coors) has hooked up with Fire Grounds Coffeee Co., Dallas, to create Fire Grounds Vanilla Coffee Stout, which goes on sale across the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Veterans Day.
The 8% alcohol-by-volume stout features eight kinds of malt, in addition to Fire Grounds’ dark roasted Bury Up Black coffee beans. Lactose and vanilla beans sweeten the beer, which imparts notes of espresso, dark chocolate and caramel.
Fire Grounds was founded by Paul Clarke, a former Marine officer who couldn’t stand the coffee in Iraq, and Army veteran Kyle Lund. Both are now Dallas firefighters.
Proceeds from the limited-edition beer – only 1,000 cases are available – will benefit Next Rung, an organization that helps first responders attain mental health counseling.
Revolver is hosting a launch party for the beer on Veterans Day at Texas Live in Arlington, which also features a market of veteran-owned businesses. The brewery will also host an event at its brewery in Granbury, Texas, on Saturday, where veterans can enter for free with their CAC or military ID card.
Megan Mares, Revolver’s head brewer, whose husband is an Army veteran, first approached Fire Grounds about collaborating on a beer last year. Already big fans of Revolver, Clarke and Lund provided coffee beans for Revolver’s 8-Second Stout. When the pair paid visit to Revolver’s brewery to brainstorm a new collaboration, “They were immediately hands on,” Mares says.