North Country Brewing Company Teams Up with Melinda & The Night Sky For A Special Edition Beer

PITTSBURGH, PA (PittsburghNewsWire.com) — North Country Brewing Company has partnered with Pittsburgh-based band Melinda and The Night Sky, for a limited edition Helles Bock Style Lager craft beer.

 

A twist on a German Maibock, this beer was brewed with the traditional German malts, but was hopped with the Pink Boots Society hop blend to 23 IBU’s. It was also brewed with a touch of Hibiscus to give it a subtle pink hue.

North Country Brewing Company, based in Slippery Rock, PA, opened their doors in 2005. Owners Jodi and Bob could not have expected the local demand for good craft beer, nor the overwhelming support they received from the community. Over the years, their brewpub has featured over 100 different types of beers, ranging from traditional reds and stouts to more outlandish and experimental brews.

 

“When the opportunity presented itself for us to brew a specialty beer with Melinda and the Night Sky, we jumped at the chance to partner together. We like to buy local, and support local musicians. This collaboration gives us the chance to showcase our beer to music fans, and the chance to highlight the talents of PA’s amazing local artists. This was a fun and challenging beer to brew. We couldn’t be happier with the finished product and our new partner Melinda and the Night Sky.” – ?Pat Morris North Country Brewing

 

Melinda & The Night Sky are a blues-infused rock band based in Pittsburgh, PA, that blends their reverence for traditional blues and heavy rock with their love for modern hip-hop and soul. The Night Sky’s depth is evident in a single downbeat from guitarist Kristian Habenicht’s playing which immediately conjures images of Prince and Jimi Hendrix, and lead singer Melinda Colaizzi’s indomitable voice, thunderous presence, redolent of past greats like Janis Joplin and Tina Turner.

 

Melinda Colaizzi is also the Founder of Women Who Rock™, which hosts a stellar annual benefit concert uniting some of the biggest women in music to raise funds for women’s health research.

 

“We’re so excited to team up with North Country Brewing for our Melinda & The Night Sky Helles Bock lager. We view this collaboration as a celebration of artists of all kinds – the craftsmanshi?p of their head brewer Jon Barnes on d?isplay in this excellently brewed beer, the aesthetic beauty of the intricately drawn label by artist ?Nina Zivkovic?, and, humbly, our band, which is releasing new a new single “Say What You Mean” on September 4th. Accordingly, we’ve decided to also celebrate our fellow musicians by supporting them, so a portion of the proceeds of this beer will support working musicians who, like so many others, have had their livelihoods impacted by COVID-19. If there’s ever been a good time to have a drink, it’s 2020. We hope you enjoy this beer as much as we did creating it!” ?- Melinda Colaizzi

 

Melinda & The Night Sky will also be holding a special Facebook live stream happy hour concert streamed in partnership with North Country Brewing on Friday, September 4.

 

A portion of the proceeds from the beer will be supporting musicians affected by COVID-19.

 

For more information visit:
https://northcountrybrewing.com/  or  http://melindaandthenightsky.com/