We are absolutely delighted to have struck up a partnership with the Wiper and True brewery in Bristol. It is a business TGT is very closely linked to and we have had a lot of fun working up a collaboration to bring you a unique beer!
The beer, named ‘Great Adaptations’ in homage to our book, features coffee and cardamom grown in Nepal by farmers involved with the Deusa Agro Forestry Resource Centre that TGT has played a key role in establishing.
What has been extra special about this project is that the coffee was roasted in Kathmandu, therefore in country, something we think is incredibly important as our Coffee. Climate. Community. film points out.
Wiper and True’s Francesca Garton, daughter of Robin Garton, TGT’s founder, has written an excellent blog post, which we’d love you to read. Here’s an extract:
As someone who cares a lot about both beer and reversing the climate emergency, it is particularly exciting for me that Wiper and True is releasing a beer to mark COP26 – the 26th UN Climate Change Conference being hosted in Glasgow later this month.
Great Adaptations, a Cardamom & Coffee Stout, has been named in homage to one of COP26’s key goals: ‘adaptation - to urgently adapt to protect communities and natural habitats’. The beer has been developed in partnership with The Glacier Trust, a UK-based charity whose mission it is to help remote and vulnerable communities in Nepal do exactly that: adapt to the devastating impacts of climate change.
The work of The Glacier Trust and the story behind it is what makes this beer such a particularly special one for us at Wiper and True, and it is especially fitting that we are launching it at the beginning of our Company’s quest to build a state-of-the-art new brewery and taproom with sustainability at the heart of all it does.
Our partnership with The Glacier Trust is a very poignant one. The charity was founded in 2008 by my father Robin Garton, one of Wiper and True’s fondest supporters…
The beer is being sold in kegs to bars and pubs, and also in cans - you can order a 6 or 12 pack from Wiper and True’s online shop. We’ve tasted it and can confirm it is delicious. And what’s even better, Wiper and True are going donate 100% of the profit made to The Glacier Trust and we will direct all of it to the project work in Solukhumbu.
EVENT: Please join us at Waterstones Bristol Galleries on Tuesday November 9th for an event launching Great Adaptations, the book; and Great Adaptations the beer!