On November 2, Stony Creek Brewery (SBC) hosted a fundraising "Kick the Keg to Feed Our Vets" event, joining with Willimantic Brewing Company in their efforts to raise money for non-profit "Feed Our Vets." 

To kick off Connecticut Beer month, two old school brewers, David Wollner from Willimantic Brewing Company and Stony Creek Brewery's brewmaster, Andy Schwartz, collaborated to create the perfect Malt Liquor. The breweries are also donating a $1 from every pint poured until the Malt Liquor runs out, said Schwartz.

Joining Wollner and Schwartz at the Nov. 2 fundraising event was Michael Beattie, a 67-year-old Navy Veteran who took a 12,000-mile bike ride, circumnavigating the United States to raise awareness for Feed Our Vets.

Since 2008, Feed Our Vets has provided free food assistance to more than 20,000 military veterans and their family members, distributing 445,000 lbs. of food.

Feed Our Vets mission is to help veterans in the United States, their spouses and children, whose circumstances have left them on the battlefield of hunger, and to involve the public in fighting Veteran hunger. Learn more at www.feedourvets.org

"When I heard about Michael Beattie's ride and brought the collaboration brew idea to Andy, the rest just fell in place," said Wollner. "It was friends doing what they do for a worthy cause."

Stony Creek Brewery, LLC, is a member of both the Brewers Association and the Connecticut Craft Beer Guild and is distributed in Connecticut through Dichello Distributors, Hartford Distributors, , Levine Distributing, in Massachusetts through Giardi Distributors, Horizon Beverage, Quality Beverage and Williams Distributing and in Rhode Island through Horizon Distributing. Find Stony Creek Brewery on FaceBook at http://www.facebook.com/StonyCreekBeer or visit the Stony Creek Brewery website at www.stonycreekbeer.com