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Kona Brewing Company, Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cisco Brewers to Debut Collaboration Beer at Kona Brewers Festival
Kona Brewing Company, Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cisco Brewers to Debut Collaboration Beer at Kona Brewers Festival.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii and BOONE, N.C. and NANTUCKET, Mass., March 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A first-time collaboration beer between three pioneering American craft breweries that are part of Craft Brew Alliance (“CBA”) (NASDAQ:BREW) will be tapped at the 21st Annual Kona Brewers Festival on March 12, 2016. New England cranberries, North Carolina honey and Hawaiian cacao come together in Konambisco Amber Ale, which was inspired when the craft brewers behind Kona Brewing Co. of Kailua-Kona, HI, Appalachian Mountain Brewery of Boone, NC, and Cisco Brewers of Nantucket, MA. came up with the idea to collaborate on a beer that celebrates the extraordinary places each brewery calls home.\n As Hawaii’s largest and longest-running craft brewery, Kona Brewing joined CBA in 2010 and has flourished in today’s competitive craft beer industry, becoming a top 10 national craft beer brand. Appalachian Mountain Brewery, the first craft brewery in Boone, and Cisco Brewers, the first and only craft brewery on Nantucket Island, both entered strategic partnerships with CBA in 2015 to help them build stronger brands in their home markets. As part of CBA, the three breweries had the opportunity to meet, and after discovering how much they shared in common, they set out to brew a beer together.   “This is Kona’s first-ever collaboration, and it’s pretty special to work with two breweries from the east coast, not to mention another island brewery. While we’re literally from opposite sides of the U.S., our deep connection to our homes and our local communities is something we share,” said Sandi Shriver, Brewery Operations Manager, Kona Brewing Co. “At AMB, the Appalachian Mountains are more than just the backdrop to our brewery, they are part of who we are,” said Nate Kelischek, Brewmaster and Director of Brewery Operations, Appalachian Mountain Brewery. “What makes this collaboration special is that each of our breweries is part of an amazing and beautiful place, and we have drawn inspiration from those very different places to create something that connects us together.” “We first met the crew from Appalachian Mountain Brewery last year, and we both knew we wanted to do a collaboration together,” said Jay Harman, chief executive officer, Cisco Brewers. ...