January 13th, 2021
Story by C. Richard Campbell
In 2017, Rotary International, Ontario based Rotary Clubs and Wellington Brewery in Guelph, Ontario developed and produced Rotary Beer. The beer is described as a "crisp, blonde lager beer" which was sold in selected "Beer Stores" in Ontario. It has a brief but fulfilling 3 year life.
This is the link to the original story announcing the sale of Rotary Beer https://simcoerotaryclub.com/stories/rotary-beer-is-here
Rotary International received a certain amount of the sale price for it's clean water projects. It seems fitting since most of the beverage is water. Rotary Clubs such as The Rotary Club of Simcoe and Norfolk-Sunrise also received cash from every sale which was applied to internal projects and programs. While it never was a great money maker, it was a fundraiser with little effort other than promotion and perhaps drinking the occasional glass of beer.
2017 -2020
Front and Back of beer can with the Rotary Four-Way Test
A Glass of Cold Rotary Beer