Have a beer, help a charity. More breweries participate this year, some in Rochester
CANANDAIGUA − The “Brews for Builds” second annual fundraiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity is off to a great start, with $10,000 raised so far during the first month of sales.
Again, here's how it works. Buy a $40 pass for this year’s “Brews for Builds” to benefit Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity. Passes can be purchased at www.GRHabitat.org/Brews for Builds.
Last year’s event was organized by Ontario County Habitat for Humanity, which recently merged with Monroe County Habitat for Humanity. The expanded coverage into Monroe County means more breweries, with 18 at last count.
Passholders can buy one draft beer and get the second free at each of the participating craft breweries through Sept. 30, 2024.
Participating Ontario County breweries include: Big aLICe Brewing, Birdhouse Brewing Co., Crafty Ales & Lagers, Irish Mafia Brewing Co., Naked Dove Brewing Co., Naples Brewing Co., Noble Shepherd Craft Brewery, NO BS Brew Co., ReInvention Brewing, Stumblin’ Monkey Brewing Co., Twin Elder Brewery, War Horse Brewing Co., and WeBe Brewing.
New this year are these Monroe County breweries: Heroes Brewing Co.; Knucklehead Craft Brewing; Nine Maidens Brewing Co., Nine Spot Brewing, and Three Heads Brewing.
Enjoy old-school craft beer
MUMFORD − It's that time of year to hop to it at Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford.
The museum's Hops Harvest Festival is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2.
Visitors are invited to tour a working 19th-century brewery, taste historical beers and local craft brews, learn about hop production and use in 19th-century New York, enjoy live music and a beer garden, and more. Hop Harvest Festival is sponsored by C.P. Ward Inc.
Visitors will explore the history of beer and brewing in the Genesee Valley region. Historian Jane Oakes will give a talk, “19th-Century Brewing in the Genesee Valley," that will cover New York’s 19th-century hop production (some of the largest in the United States at the time), as well as touch on the growing of hops, the social aspect of hops, hop harvesting, how hops were used for brewing and medicine and the boom and bust of the local hops industry.
The museum is one of the few in the United States with a working 19th-century brewery. Grieve's Brewery is a reconstruction of a circa 1803 brewery from Geneva with portions of Rochester's Enright Brewery (closed in 1907) and an early timber-framed structure from West Bloomfield.
Visitors can enjoy two craft beers on tap, both brewed referencing historical beer recipes by Rohrbach Brewing Co.: Stocking Hill Ale, an American wheat ale, and Fat Ox Ale, an American-style brown ale.
For more information about the Hop Harvest Festival and tickets, visit www.gcv.org/event/hop-harvest-festival-2/.. Advanced purchase tickets are $23 for adults; $20 for seniors (62 and up); $20 for students (13 –18); $17 for youths (3 – 12); and free for children 2 and under.
Mark your calendar
The Middlesex Hose Co. is again hosting its monthly roast beef dinner, from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the firehall, 5537 Water St., Middlesex. Cost is $15; $10 for school-age children up to 12 and free for preschoolers (takeouts excluded). The dinner menu includes tossed salad, rolls, relish dish, roast beef, gravy, potatoes, corn, and pie, and iced tea, milk, and coffee to drink.
Called to Care, Canandaigua is having a fundraising chicken barbecue, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at King’s Catering, 4031 state Routes 5 and 20 East, next to Hilltop Diner. The cost for half chicken, salt potatoes, macaroni salad and roll is $15 per person. Proceeds benefit the group’s efforts of resettling refugee families in the area.
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