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International News
demic hit, and the whole country went into a months- Advertisers Index
long lockdown, and Common Crown was no exception.
ABM Equipment .................................... IFC
Co-founder Damon Moreau told Global News that
being able to quickly pivot to home delivery when Allied Boiler & Supply ............................33
the pandemic hit helped “keep the lights on” when
on-premise sales at the brewery and local restaurants Argent Tape and Label Inc .....................13
and bars plummeted during confinement.
B.D.I. Screen Manufacturer ....................13
B.C. Brewery’s Popular Charity Program
Returns After Pan-Demic Pause Bishamon Industries Corp. ....................31
In September, British Columbia’s Fernie Brewing BrewBilt ....................................................1
announced the return of its popular fundraising pro-
gram for local charities. CODI Manufacturing ...............................19
The brewery’s established Cheers for Charity pro- Colonial Redirecord ................................11
gram, in which a portion of sales from flights in the
tasting room is given to a different local charity each Craft Master Growlers ............................24
month, was put on ice during the spring quarantine.
Ferm-Solutions .......................................28
Although the taproom has now reopened, tasting
flights are still not permitted by local health order. Industrial Indexing ................................ BC
Cheers for Charity will return in a slightly different for-
mat. One of the brewery’s 12 beers will now be select- Kuriyama of America Inc. ........................9
ed as a “featured beer,” and proceeds of all sales of
that brew will be given to the charity of the month. MGP Ingredients Inc .................................4
Since it launched in December 2013, Cheers for Microbrewery Handbook ........................11
Charity has raised more than $150,000 for local chari-
ties, groups and clubs. The program is designed to sup- Oktober Design .......................................17
port Fernie-based community groups.
Onevision Corporation ............................22
Past beneficiaries have included the Old Type Music
Society bluegrass appreciation group, Fernie Friends Oronoko Iron Work ...............................IBC
of Refugees, WildSafe B.C., wildfire relief efforts and
more. Sep-tember sales will contribute to a fundraising R & S Supply ...........................................15
effort for a new ultrasound service at the local hospi-
tal. Shelco Filters ..........................................14
SKA Fabricating ......................................21
The Crafty Cask ......................................13
The Porcelain Standard ..........................48
Vacuum Barrier ......................................18
Vitok Engineering ...................................29
WSET .......................................................37
Xpressfill Systems LLC.............................3
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