OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A local beer company is brewing up support for the people of Ukraine.
Bare Bones Brewery in Oshkosh is joining other breweries worldwide, making Ukrainian style beer.
“Breweries like to help each other!” said Bare Bones Brewery Owner, Dan Dringoli. “I didn’t even know if there was a Ukrainian-style beer. The only thing I know is that they grow a lot of wheat over there, so I’m assuming they have a lot of wheat beers.”
The recipes are from one of Ukraine’s only microbreweries, Pravda in Lviv, which is offering five different beer recipes for brewers to make.
Bare Bones Brewery says it’s making Pravda’s Putin Huylo, a dry-hopped strong ale.
“So they came up with this idea of – ‘if we put our recipes out there and you guys brew our beer for us, because we’re making molotov cocktails instead to fight this war, and if you could donate that money that would help us out,’” Dringoli told WTAQ News. “We decided to pick one of those brands that we don’t typically brew, which is a golden strong ale. That was the Putin Huylo. And we’re going to send proceeds from that over to Ukraine.”
All the profits from the beer will go to the people of Ukraine as Russia continues to wreak havoc on the country.
Bare Bones head brewer, Jody Cleveland, says when war broke out, Pravda Brewery switched from brewing beer to making Molotov cocktails.
He says he’s happy to help the people of Ukraine.
“Well the tricky part was translating the Ukrainian on the recipe sheet but once I got that done, luckily I had most of the ingredients so I was able to pull it together real quick and get it made. The process really is universal,” he explained.
Cleveland says he’s had a similar beer in the past, but Dringoli points out – you can’t typically find Pravda beer in the states.
“We couldn’t get our hands on this beer if we wanted to, but you certainly can get it at Bare Bones,” Dringoli said. “Our promise is to do a $12 six pack, and $6 of that is going to be donated. That’s basically our cost, is $6, and the profits are all going over to Ukraine.”
The beer will be available on draught and in cans March 25th.
You can find it at the brewery in Oshkosh, their Menasha taproom, Dublin’s Irish Pub in Oshkosh, or Wagner Market.
