Steel Bender goes all out with 5 special releases and more for 5th anniversary

Back in the days of yore, brewery anniversary parties were often a very big deal, with special events, multiple beer releases, and more. The pandemic muted all of that in 2020 and 2021, but now things are ramping up again, with Steel Bender Brewyard out in front with a five-day celebration to mark its fifth anniversary.

During the Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day on Tuesday, I was able to pull aside co-owner/marketing director Shelby Chant to get some more details on five days worth of special beer releases, food specials, on live music that begins this Sunday.

“We’re very grateful, very excited, very lucky, because a lot weren’t able to, and on some significant anniversaries,” she said. “We weren’t entirely sure we would be able to. The last couple years it’s been what’s going to happen next. We’re very excited.”

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