Anheuser-Busch may be best known for the production of American favorites like Bud Light, Shock Top and Michelob Ultra—but this week, the brewing company is halting the production of beer to help the flood victims of Hurricane Harvey.
As part of their emergency water program, the Cartersville, Georgia, location is trading hops to can 155,000 units of water that will be sent to Arlington, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Since it opened in 1993, the Cartersville location has shut down its beer production approximately twice per year to provide drinking water in times of crisis. In the past, they played a critical role in aiding communities ravaged by the California wildfires, Louisiana floods and Hurricane Matthew.
Now, the 250 trucks per day that are normally used to ship beer are acting as emergency vessels to transport clean water to victims affected by Harvey.
“Since 1988 we have donated an excess of 76 million cans of clean drinking water,” said Anheuser-Busch’s VP of Community Affairs, Bill Bradley. “The Cartersville location is our designated brewery for the emergency water program—it’s something we’re very proud of.”
