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Motorworks and Girl Scouts Put a Creative Spin on Cookies

Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida and Motorworks Brewing are offering a special event pairing Girl Scout Cookies with Local Craft Beers

Cookies & Crafts event pairs Girl Scout Cookies® with Local Brews

Bradenton, FL – Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Motorworks Brewing, and the Herald-Tribune Media Group are teaming up to present a unique event that will delight craft beer and cookie connoisseurs alike.

The Cookies & Crafts showcase will take place Thursday, March 2 from 4-10 p.m. at the Motorworks Brewing taproom, 1014 9th Street West in Bradenton. For only $10, guests can enjoy a carefully curated beer flight featuring four distinct Motorworks Brewing beers and four popular Girl Scout Cookie® varieties. Planned pairings include Savannah Smiles® and Hudson Hefeweizen, Thin Mints® and French-Style Saison, Trefoils® and English-Style Barleywine, and Samoas® and Chocolate Datil Pepper Imperial Porter.

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Motorworks Brewing will also be offering for one night only a unique Girl Scout Cookie-themed cocktail, and tapping a special firkin of their Midnight Espresso Coffee Porter infused with Girl Scout S’mores™ Cookies. The new Girl Scout S’mores Cookie was introduced this year in honor of the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts selling cookies.

A portion of the event proceeds will benefit Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc. For more information on the event, contact Barry Elwonger, Motorworks Brewing Marketing Director, at 407-446-8391.

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About Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc.: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida is chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA and serves nearly 6,500 girls in ten counties including Manatee, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota, DeSoto, Charlotte, Glades, Lee, Hendry, and Collier. For more information about Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida visit www.gsgcf.org.

About Motorworks Brewing: Motorworks Brewing boasts the largest beer garden in Florida, offering exclusive small-batch brews and an award-winning core beer lineup. Located at 1014 9th Street West in Bradenton, Florida, the 27,000 square-foot facility houses Motorworks’ full-production brewery and taproom.

The taproom opens daily at 11 a.m., closing at midnight from Sunday-Thursday and at 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. In addition to award-winning beers, Motorworks offers an expansive wine list and full liquor bar. For more information about Motorworks Brewing, visit www.motorworksbrewing.com.

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