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Ice from the Tampa Bay Lightning’s
Amalie Arena used during Game 1 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Final against
the Montreal Canadiens was collected and brewed into “Champions
Ice,” a limited-edition beer from Coors Light to commemorate the
team’s second straight championship.
“We thought it’d be awesome to
celebrate with the people in Tampa by creating a special batch of
Coors Light for them to enjoy, created from the ice where the
Lightning put all of their blood, sweat and tears into winning the
championship,” Coors Light marketing director Chris Steele told
ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski.
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Coors Light, an official beer of the Lightning, is making the first beer made with the actual ice the Stanley Cup Final was played on. Coors Light has scraped ice from rink & has been brewing beer in Colorado. “Champions Ice” will be in Tampa bars & 32 oz. growlers starting 7/12. <a href=”https://t.co/yKsFLFoCTU”>pic.twitter.com/yKsFLFoCTU</a>
Tampa won the first three games of the NHL’s championship series before Montreal took Game 4 to send the series back to Amalie
Arena, where the Bolts closed out another title with a 1-0 win
Wednesday night.
Steele explained to Wyshynski the ice
was shipped overnight to the company’s brewery in Colorado after Game 5 to allow for a quick turnaround, with sales set to begin July 12.
“We did an official
de-ick-ifying,” he said. “But in all seriousness, what is
being shipped to Tampa Bay has gone through all our food and safety
requirements. We took the ice, passed it through several different,
incredibly effective filters. We filtered out the unhealthy stuff.
But the magic and the spirit of the Tampa Bay Lightning are still in
it.”
Along with helping the Lightning
celebrate their back-to-back championships, Steele added the beer is
also aimed to help local restaurants and bars trying to recover
from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We really wanted to help support
the businesses in Tampa Bay as they bounce back, and they’ll also
have Coors Light available for those who aren’t quite up to consuming
hockey rink ice,” he said.
Tampa Bay’s latest triumph marked the third
title in franchise history with the other coming in 2004.
Bolts goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Conn
Smythe Trophy as the NHL’s playoff MVP.
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