Hilliard's Beer
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| Location | Seattle, Washington, US | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 7, 2011 | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 24, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Key people | Ryan Hilliard, Adam Merkl | ||||||||||
| Website | hilliardsbeer | ||||||||||
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Hilliard's Beer was a brewery in Seattle, Washington, US. It opened on October 7, 2011 in a building constructed in 1947 within the Ballard neighborhood. The company is the namesake of Ryan Hilliard, a self-described home brewer gone pro. To open the brewery, Hilliard stepped away from a career as a flight instructor. Hilliard's was one of the first craft breweries in Washington to focus on producing beer in aluminum cans.[1] Packaging beer in cans was an important part of the original Hilliard's Beer business plan: better for the beer's longevity, better for business operation sustainability and better for the environment. The brewing philosophy of Hilliard's Beer is 'keep it simple' with a focus on quality ingredients. This philosophy is displayed in their cans' design, created by Seattle's own design company, Mint.[2] Hilliard's Beer is described as a "retro cool beer brand that embraces good design".[3]
Products
Hilliard's brews various styles of beer[4] in 16 ounce tall boy cans. Typically, Hilliard's serves several beers on draft such as, Hilliard's Nautical Reference Pale Ale (Pale Ale), Chrome Satan (California Common 'Style' Beer), Murdered Out Stout (Dry Irish Stout) and E.xtra S.pecial B.elgian (E.S.B. for short, a Dark Saison).
The Hilliard's taproom serves people beer seven days a week.[5] Hilliard's beer production in 2012 (its first calendar year) was 1600 barrels; or 384,000 cans. Hilliard's Beer cans beer with a machine that produces 24 cans per minute.
Community
Hilliard's frequently supports local non-profits in the visual arts, theater, youth media, film, and sports. The non-profits that have partnered with Hilliard's Beer include'Northwest Film Forum, Seattle Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Tilted Thunder Rail Birds Roller Derby, Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Frye Art Museum, Uganda Village Project and others.[citation needed]
Hilliard's Beer is also active in collaborations within the brewing community. Hilliard's Beer is the first small craft brewery to jointly brew a beer with craft beer veteran, Redhook Ale Brewery. Together, they turned out a product in July 2013 called, "Joint Effort".[6] "Joint Effort," is a hemp beer brewed in response to the legalization of marijuana in Washington State.[7] Joint Effort is a session-ale brewed with hemp seeds and dry-hopped with Zeus, Cascade, Summit hops.
See also
References
- ^ Bay, Cody. "Hilliard's in Ballard Has Great Beer in the Can". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Hilliard's Beer | Mint Design". Mint-usa.com. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ^ Banks, Melinda. "A Retro-Cool Beer Brand". FastCoDesign. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Err on the side of awesome". Hilliardsbeer.com. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ^ "Taproom". Hilliardsbeer.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ^ Bauman, Valerie. "Seattle breweries Redhook and Hilliard's introduce hemp-infused beer". Business Journal. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Olsen, Hannah Brooks. "Redhook, Hilliard's team up with weed-themed beer". KOMO News. Retrieved July 7, 2013.