{"id":3312,"date":"2010-08-12T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2010-08-04T22:49:28","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T02:49:28","slug":"blue-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/12\/blue-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Point Brews \u201cToxic Sludge\u201d to Help Feathered Friends Flying South\u200f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Blue Point Brews \u201cToxic Sludge\u201d to Help Feathered Friends Flying South\u200f<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/forblog\/bluepoint_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Point Brewery\" width=\"263\" height=\"146\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Long Island, NY (August 2010)<\/strong> \u2013 As American\u2019s attention spans for the Deep Water Horizon oil spill begin to wane, Blue Point Brewing Company today announced a batch of charity brew created specifically to help birds hurt by oil spills, both now and in the future. The Black IPA (India Pale Ale) called Toxic Sludge will be available for distribution in draft and 22 oz bottles just in time for fall migration.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Point will donate 100% of net proceeds from Toxic Sludge to Delaware-based Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research to fund their Spreading Our Wings Campaign and long term efforts to build a Wildlife Response Annex.<\/p>\n<p>To help jumpstart fundraising efforts, starting today \u201cSave the Buffleheads\u201d T-shirts will be sold online for $25 at <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.bptoxicsludge.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.bptoxicsludge.com\">www.bptoxicsludge.com<\/a>.  The smallest diving duck in North America, the Bufflehead breeds in Canada and winters off the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/forblog\/blue_point_toxic_sludge.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Point Toxic Sludge\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\nTri-State Bird Rescue &amp; Research is an internationally recognized, licensed, nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation organization that cares for nearly 3,000 injured, orphaned, and oiled native wild birds each year ranging from hummingbirds to eagles. Tri-State is currently leading the wildlife rehabilitation response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  For more information, visit <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.tristatebird.org');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.tristatebird.org\">www.tristatebird.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1998, Long Island, NY-based Blue Point Brewing is best known for its flagship brand, Toasted Lager that won Gold at the World Beer Cup in 2006. Blue Point brands are currently distributed in 12 states including MA, RI, NH, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, NC and FL as well as the District of Columbia. To learn more, visit <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.bluepointbrewing.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.bluepointbrewing.com\">www.bluepointbrewing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Point Brews \u201cToxic Sludge\u201d to Help Feathered Friends Flying South\u200f Long Island, NY (August 2010) \u2013 As American\u2019s attention spans for the Deep Water Horizon oil spill begin to wane, Blue Point Brewing Company today announced a batch of charity brew created specifically to help birds hurt by oil spills, both now and in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1259,478],"tags":[1271,1261,1260],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bluepoint_logo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3312"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3335,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312\/revisions\/3335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}