A search and rescue team combs through debris for human remains after the Camp fire destroyed most of Paradise, Calif., on Tuesday, November 20, 2018.
A brewery near Pe Ell will donate 100 percent of its proceeds from its own version of Sierra Nevada Brewing’s Resilience Butte County Proud IPA, starting this Friday.
“Just come out and have a beer for a good cause and try our other beers, too,” said Tim Moriarty, one of the Jones Creek Brewing owners. “We’ll have seven other beers on tap, the Sierra and a cider.”
The Camp Fire, in Butte County, California, was the deadliest wildfire in modern California history. According to a press release from Jones Creek Brewing, the wildfire killed 86 people and displaced more than 14,000 families. Sierra Nevada Brewing announced days later that it would brew the Resilience IPA and donate 100 percent of its sales to the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund.
“Sierra Nevada kind of came up with the base recipe for the beer and sent it out to everybody,” Tim Moriarty said. “So there might be a few minor changes … depending on the different brewing systems and who is in the kitchen.”
Jones Creek Brewing brewed its own Resilience IPA. Mirinda Moriarty said if the whole batch of beer brewed for the Camp Fire Relief Fund sells out, Jones Creek Brewing will raise about $1,500.
“The brewing community has really come together in this large-scale fundraising effort,” said Sierra Nevada founder and owner Ken Grossman in the press release. “Now we’re asking drinkers to come together and help us raise funds by buying the beer.”
More than 1,400 breweries will participate in this fundraiser that is projected to raise as much as $15 million for direct Camp Fire relief, according to the press release.
“We are so grateful to the breweries, the suppliers, the wholesalers and retailers who have so graciously donated their time and resources to make this happen,” Grossman said in the press release. “With their help — and the help of the drinkers everywhere — we’ll be able to make a lasting and impactful difference in the lives of those impacted by this terrible tragedy.”
Jones Creek Brewing owners Tim and Mirinda Moriarty opened the brewery, located just outside of Pe Ell, in November 2017. They both attended high school in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and know many who have lost family members and homes due to the fires.
Tim Moriarty said his parents bought the property in 2011, and that same year bought him a home brewing kit.
“It spiraled out of control really fast,” he joked.
In 2014, the Moriartys moved to Lewis County.
“They said ‘we will fund the brewery if you build it,’” Tim Moriarty said. “So we decided we are taking this crazy adventure and will see how it goes.”
Jones Creek Brewing keeps eight of its own beers on tap, as well as a guest cider.
The Resilience IPA will be available all weekend at Jones Creek Brewing — Friday 4-9 p.m., Saturday 12-9 p.m. and Sunday 12-6 p.m. The brewery is located in the Willapa Hills, 1.5 miles north of Pe Ell at 173 Beam Road.
