With canned cold-brew coffee being all the rage these days, two popular St. Louis companies are teaming up to create a new product.
Sump Coffee and 4 Hands Brewing Co. will create a new line of canned cold-brew coffees. The idea is the brainchild of Sump owner Scott Carey, who contacted 4 Hands Brewing founder Kevin Lemp to create seasonal single-origin coffees and coffee-inspired canned cocktails and mocktails.
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The pair will release their first cold-brewed coffee next week in the local retail market (it’s available now at both Sump and 4 Hands). Future plans are still in the works, but potential projects include nitrogenated coffee, coffee-inspired cocktails and mocktails under 4 Hands’ 1220 Artisan Spirits brand, and a stand-alone microbrewery and tap room exclusively for cold-brew coffee.
“The possibilities are endless, but we hope to extend our single-origin, seasonal coffee sourcing model we’ve employed at Sump over the last eight years to brewing these same coffees as cold-brewed, ready-to-serve, canned coffees,” Carey said in a statement.
This isn’t the first time that Sump and 4 Hands have collaborated. Earlier this year, the two joined forces for an event at 4 Hands for its limited-release Madagascar Imperial Milk Stout, which is aged between nine and 12 months in bourbon barrels with whole vanilla beans. Sump also contributed its single-origin coffee from El Savador for a new variety of beer aged in barrels.
“I think it’s the time and patience and dedication to the ingredients that makes this a premier beer in our portfolio,” Lemp said of the Madagascar stout, noting the brewery’s attention to detail and commitment to sourcing premium ingredients.
