User:Slopolito/sandbox

History
Pouring its first beer for public sale on July 27, 2019, Lops Brewing is a nano-brewery located at 122 North Main Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Its 3.5 barrel system produces a wide variety of beers for consumption in its tasting room, in howlers, crowlers and four-packs to go, and through limited distribution made available in local restaurants. One of its flagship beers, Espresso Peanut Butter Porter, has a consistently above 4.0 rating on Untapped.com.

One of the things that makes Lops Brewing unique is its tasting room environment. It is very community-minded and has made it a priority to make everyone feel welcome. One of the ways it accomplishes this is through targeted events such as Lops’ Books and Brews Book Club, Lops Home Brewing Club, and Trick or Treat BINGO, where BINGO winners get to select a prize that may be a treat (Lops Merch and gift certificates) or a trick (gag gifts). Oftentimes patrons are seen chatting with the owners and brewers in what can only be described as a modern day local pub atmosphere.

Lops Brewing is family owned and looks to locally source whenever possible. Examples of locally sourced ingredients include espresso coffee from New Harvest Coffee Roasters from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, apple cider from Jaswell’s Farm in Smithfield, Rhode Island, hops from Happy Hops Farm, Swansea MA, and HuntingHouse Hop Yard, Scituate, Rhode Island. Lops Brewing has also partnered with local food trucks, musicians and Rhode Island artist, Beth Braganca Bell, from Embee Studios for artwork for labels. Also, Lops Brewing is part of the Rhode Island Brewers Guild and participates in its Passport promotion, which encourages people to explore Rhode Island brewing scene by offering rewards for visiting a set number of breweries listed on the passport. Lops also uses Rhode Island as inspiration for naming its brews. Examples include Block Island IPA, Try Again IPA,  Villa Novan Coffee Porter (named after the mascot of Woonsocket High School), and Mountie Red Ale (named after mascot of Mount Saint Charles Academy, a local high school in Woonsocket).