This Redding brewery will carry 'Resilience IPA' to benefit Camp Fire victims

Nate Chute | Redding

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People and organizations across the country have responded to the Camp Fire devastation by doing something simple but meaningful: helping. Donations have flooded into evacuation zones and financial donations have bolstered relief organizations.

Among those providing aid has been Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

Founded in Chico in 1979, the beer maker has offered free meals for displaced people and opened up a retail shop for those in need of clothes. Last week, it also launched a relief fund backed by an initial $100,000 from the company.

Now, the nationally known craft brewery is going a step further by doing what it does best: brewing beer.

Resilience Butte County Proud IPA will be brewed and 100 percent of sales will be donated to Camp Fire relief, according to a Facebook post signed by owner and founder Ken Grossman.

Sierra Nevada isn't going into this endeavor alone.

They're asking for breweries big and small to join them in making the beer, and donating the proceeds, on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

California's deadliest fire

Redding's own Final Draft Brewing is participating in the fundraiser. And it's not the first time the brewer has worked to help fire victims.

After the Carr Fire, Final Draft joined four other local breweries to create Shasta Strong IPA. Sales from the first batch of that beer raised $30,000 for the Shasta Regional Community Foundation’s Carr Fire relief fund.

Final Draft Brewing co-owner Adam Ward said he is in communication with Sierra Nevada, and hopes to get the beer recipe soon to be ready for the collaborative brewing day.

"In the brewing community, especially in our community, it's never a competition," Ward said. "We generally feel like we are stewards of one another's businesses."

Several other breweries from Sacramento to Torrance, and even some in Ohio, have shared Sierra Nevada's original post, saying they'll join the company in brewing the IPA next week.

The beer is expected to be ready for purchase in January.

Nate Chute is a producer with the USA Today Network. Follow him on Twitter at @nchute