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Delta Beer Lab

media release: Come join us for a heartwarming Thanksgiving celebration at Delta Beer Lab!

This Thanksgiving we are celebrating community, diversity, and good food. We'll be opening the taproom to all who choose to celebrate. You're welcome if you are on your own or your group needs a home. The taproom will be open from 1:00-7:00pm with food being served from 3:00-5:00pm. The first 150 people to call or register via Eventbrite will be first in line for food, everyone else will be admitted after they have gone through the line.

This event is free to attend, with donations encouraged. Proceeds will be donated to one of our many deserving local Nonprofit Partners. Any leftovers will also be donated to a local shelter.

In addition, we would be remiss to not mention the dark history surrounding this holiday and the fact that we live on stolen lands. Our brewery sits on the original homelands of the Ho-Chunk, Sauk-Meskwaki, Peoria, Miami, and Sioux Nations. We choose to acknowledge this history, the true past, and the cultural richness that these peoples have shown and continue to offer to our community.

In celebrating this holiday we do not choose to celebrate the dark and brutal history that has attempted to wipe these cultures from the narrative, but we are choosing to celebrate community, diversity, togetherness, and good food.

To quote the Sioux Chef Sean Sherman from his Time article [The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday]:

"The thing is, we do not need the poisonous “pilgrims and Indians” narrative. We do not need that illusion of past unity to actually unite people today. Instead, we can focus simply on values that apply to everybody: togetherness, generosity, and gratitude."

We are looking forward to celebrating with you

*This meal will be served cafeteria style to guests by Delta Beer Lab employees and friends.

*Traditional Thanksgiving style meal will be served; if you have questions about ingredients / allergies, please ask the server.

*NO TO-GO MEALS AVAILABLE*