A Lincoln brewery is brewing a special beer to benefit Ukrainian refugees.
Zipline Brewing Co. announced Thursday that it is partnering with Operation Safe Harbor Ukraine to produce a collaboration beer called Safe Harbor Pale Ale.
Zipline Brewing Company will be offering its Safe Harbor Pale Ale starting May 6. $1 of each pint sold will go to Operation Safe Harbor Ukraine.
The beer will be offered for sale exclusively at Zipline's four locations in Lincoln and Omaha starting May 6, and $1 of every pint sold will go to Operation Safe Harbor Ukraine to help pay for hotel rooms in Warsaw, Poland, for people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Steve Glenn, president of Executive Travel, started Operation Safe Harbor Ukraine last month, and has raised more than $250,000 to date and provided housing, medical supplies and other services to more than 250 people.
"We appreciate Zipline’s help in getting our message out and we ask all those who can to join us,” Glenn said in a news release.
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Tom Wilmoth, co-founder of Zipline, said he and many other people he knows have wondered what they can do to help people displaced by the invasion of Ukraine.
“We fully understand the simple act of brewing beer in the Midwestern U.S. will not change the course of destruction in Ukraine," Wilmoth said, "but if we can help one or two folks (or hopefully a thousand) find a way to participate in easing the pain for a couple hundred people, then maybe we’ve done our part.”
Photos: The latest scenes from Ukraine as Russian attacks continue
Azov battalion Kraken unit commander Konstantin Nemichev poses for photo inside the regional administration building, heavily damaged after a Russian attack last month, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Firefighters battle a fire at a warehouse after a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A civil defence volunteer stands guard at a checkpoint controlling the traffic near Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A man carrying his belongings leaves his house as he walks past buildings destroyed by artillery in Chernihiv on Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Women next to their belongings wait for transportation next to buildings destroyed by artillery in Chernihiv on Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A man rides his bicycle next to a destroyed Russian tank in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Ukrainian soldiers examine Russian multiple missiles abandoned by Russian troops, in the village of Berezivka, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Rostilav, 4, left, smiles to the camera as he arrives with his family and friend Yaroslav, from Mariupol, at a refugee center fleeing from the Russian attacks, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Internally displaced people from Mariupol and nearby towns arrive at a refugee center fleeing from the Russian attacks, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People from Mariupol and nearby towns step out a bus, with a sign on the window that reads in Russian: "Children", and arrive at a refugee center fleeing from the war, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
An internally displaced elderly woman from Mariupol looks out of a bus after window arriving at a refugee center fleeing from the Russian attacks, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Valentina Greenchuck, 73, holds a plastic bag containing an orthodox icon after arriving from Mariupol at a refugee center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022, after fleeing from the Russian attacks. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Valentina Greenchuck, 73, gestures after arriving from Mariupol at a refugee center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022, after fleeing from the Russian attacks. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Ulya, age 6, arrives with her family from Mariupol at a refugee center fleeing from the Russian attacks, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Helena stands next to her belongings after arriving from Mariupol at a refugee center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022, after fleeing from the Russian attacks. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Evgeniy, right, waves as he arrives with his wife and four children from Mariupol at a refugee center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022, after fleeing from the Russian attacks. Mariupol, which is part of the industrial region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, has been a key Russian objective since the Feb. 24 invasion began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A woman looks out of a building damaged by Russian shelling last month, in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Citizens of Irpin are still without electricity, water and gas after since the Russian invasion began. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A Ukrainian soldier stands as sappers search for mines left by the Russian troops in the fields at the village of Berezivka, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
People gather near candles in memory of Ukrainians killed during the Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory Thursday in the battle for Mariupol, even as he ordered his troops not to take the risk of storming the giant steel plant where the last Ukrainian defenders in the city were holed up in a maze of underground passages. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Worshippers wait in line on their knees during Easter Orthodox Christian celebrations at the Saints Peter and Garrison church in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. New satellite images show apparent mass graves near Mariupol, where local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians to conceal the slaughter taking place in the ruined port city that's almost entirely under Russian control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Worshippers wait in line to kiss what represents the coffin of Jesus Christ during Easter Orthodox Christian celebrations at the Saints Peter and Garrison church in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. New satellite images show apparent mass graves near Mariupol, where local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians to conceal the slaughter taking place in the ruined port city that's almost entirely under Russian control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Matt Olberding
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Matt Olberding is a Lincoln native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate who has been covering business for the Journal Star since 2005.
