Local craft beverage producer puts adoptable pets on cans of mead to find furrever homes. Now with bunnies! 

LEHIGH VALLEY, PA— For a second time, the Colony Meadery is using mead to find homes foradorable animals.

The Colony Meadery- a Lehigh Valley producer of the gluten-free craft beverage, mead – is an incubation client in AEDC’s Bridgeworks Enterprise Center. The meadery has teamed up with local shelter Peaceable Kingdom by putting images of adoptable dogs and cats on their recent can release.

“There are very few good things about the last 18 months,” said Colony CEO and Co-Founder Greg Heller- LaBelle, “but one is that we all got more time with our pets. And people should go adopt more pets, because they are awesome.”

This year, the Colony partnered with local shelter Peaceable Kingdom, who is featuring cats, dogs and even, in a new twist, adoptable rabbits!

“Peaceable Kingdom would like to thank The Colony for giving our shelter this opportunity, to view some of our adoptable pets in this unique manner,” said Peaceable Kingdom Board Chair Kathy Tomecek. “We truly appreciate the time and talent that went into this endeavor.”

The Colony first stole the idea from breweries like Fargo Brewing Company and Motorworks Brewing in 2020. While the COVID-19 pandemic halted the first release (unfortunately scheduled for March 19, 2020), one of the dogs on the cans was adopted, which is 100% of what mattered about the effort, and so the meadery decided to bring back the cans this year.

The 2022 cans feature two cats (Cody and Daniel), a dog (Rosie), and a pair of rabbits (Jelly and Bean).

This year’s mead is a strawberry-rhubarb session mead, available at bit.ly/colonyship, and at the meadery’s two locations: 905 Harrison St Suite 115 Allentown, PA 18103 and 211 East Third St Bethlehem PA 18015.

Shelters looking to participate in future years can reach out at info@thecolonymeadery.com.

About the Colony Meadery: The Colony Meadery is an incubation client in AEDC’s Bridgeworks Enterprise Center. The Meadery’s mission is to produce the boldest and most innovative meads in the world. Since 2013, they have been making award-winning gluten-free honey-based beverages that burst with flavor. They have locations in Allentown and Bethlehem, are available on shelves in four states, and direct ship to most of the United States. For more information: www.colonymeadery.com.

About Peaceable Kingdom: Peaceable Kingdom is a no-kill shelter. We do not euthanize animals except in cases of unacceptable aggression or incurable illness. Our mission is:

• To provide care, protection, and assistance to animals who are mistreated, injured, abandoned, or otherwise in
• To offer low-cost veterinary services providing all pet owners a place to get care for their pets
• To minimize animal overpopulation through low-cost, spay/neuter
• To create community awareness and gain support of animal needs through educational
• Continue to expand our facility for cats and In order to do this, we must make some structural changes and repairs.

The best way to adopt is to go to www.peaceablekingdom.com.

• Kitten adoptions at Petsmart in Whitehall are every Saturday 10am-2pm, public can come in to view adoptable kittens
• Dogs adoptions at PK every Saturday 12-3pm, or by appointment
• Cat adoptions at PK Every Sunday, 11am-2pm or by
• Rabbit/guinea pig: hours by appointment or as stated on the website

Information Provided By:
Erin M. Hudson
Marketing & Communications Specialist
Allentown Economic Development Corp.
https://allentownedc.com/

 

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