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LOCAL Monday 3 July 2017

Shoco Beer Co. Donates $10,000 to Arikok National Park

for a fund that will go to- selections, Blood Orange the next few months, beer
wards more conservation Blondes and Long Legged lovers can look forward to
projects at the park. Lager, debuted at the Pineapple Wheat Wave,
Craft beer first hit the Aru- Craft Beer Festival held this TanLine Tangerine IPA, Sun
ban market in 2014, and past May at the Renais- of a Beach Prickly Pear
has been on the rise here sance Convention Center, Wheat, and One Hoppy Is-
since. Now, Aruba has its and were an instant hit land Toasted Coconut Pale
first craft beer. In May of this right out of the gate. Over Ale.q
year, the Shoco Beer Com-
pany launched its first two
beers in a series of six. “We
wanted a series of craft
beers that embody our is-
land lifestyle. We wanted
it to be authentic and rec-
ognized by the Brewers As-
sociation as craft beer, so
ORANJESTAD – On Thurs- breweries that are lauded we met with a few craft
day, June 29, the Shoco for their charity work and brewers in the U.S. to find
Beer Co. marked its dona- contributions to their local one that understood our
tion of US $10,000 to Arikok communities. vision and could capture
National Park during a The Shoco Beer Company the flavors and tastes that
check presentation at the is proud to honor this tradi- we wanted. After a few
Visitor’s Center. The beer tion here on Aruba, with the trials and errors, we found
is named after the shoco donation going towards a brewmaster in Kentucky,
owl, an endangered en- the shoco relocation proj- and together we formulat-
demic species of burrow- ect (moving the owls from ed six different craft beers
ing owl and one of Aruba’s their burrows in dangerous that would become part
national symbols. An impor- areas like construction sites of the Shoco Beer Co.,” in-
tant part of the craft beer to Arikok National Park). forms senior sales manager
culture is the social con- Additionally, a percentage Taylor Escobedo.
sciousness of these small of sales will be earmarked The first two Shoco Beer