Schlafly Beer announces Side Work (4% ABV), a hazy IPA beer available in four-packs of 16-ounce cans to support the hospitality industry during these uncertain times. Schlafly will donate proceeds from the Side Work sales to the Gateway Resilience Fund.
Led by the St. Louis Community Foundation, the fund was recently established to provide short term monetary relief to employees and owners of independent bars, restaurants, and shops in the St. Louis area affected by closures and other circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Side Work will be available for purchase on Friday, April 10 at the Schlafly brewpubs Schlafly Tap and Schlafly Bottleworks for $8.99 at curbside pick-up and carry-out.
Side Work is a Hazy Session IPA featuring Strata and Enigma hops, with notes of strawberry jam meets passion fruit. Schlafly’s Lead Brewer Jared Williamson selected the ingredients to reflect two grains (barley and oats) and two hops coming together in a union of one, and brewed the beer as a labor of love for his wedding guests.
It is a Schlafly tradition for long-standing employees to brew a special beer for their wedding. Williamson and his fiancé recently made the inevitable, but tough decision to postpone plans for their April nuptials due to COVID-19. He didn’t want the beer to sit idly by as it was meant to be enjoyed and consumed fresh in early April.