Champions Ice Beer Made With Ice From Stanley Cup Final Game

TAMPA, FL — Starting Monday, Tampa Bay Lightning fans can celebrate the team's Stanley Cup championship win with a limited-edition brew made with ice from a Stanley Cup Final game at Amalie Arena rink.

Coors Light used ice collected from the rink at Amalie Arena during the Stanley Cup Final to brew Champions Ice. The beer will be available on tap in Tampa area bars and in 32-ounce collectable crowlers.

During the Game 1 of the Final at Amalie Arena, Coors Light quietly scraped and collected the actual ice from the rink and transported it to its hometown brewery in Golden, Colorado, to craft the game-winning Champions Ice brew. Coors Light filtered the ice during the brewing process, ensuring a refreshing, fully purified drinking experience for those lucky enough to get their hands on the special-edition brew.

The championship ice from the arena was purified using reverse osmosis membrane ultra-filtration technology, a purification process that meets the high Coors Light standards. The ice was blended into the Coors Light brew to make the only beer to ever be brewed with championship ice.

“As an official beer partner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, we’re proud to celebrate the team’s second-straight championship win by giving Bolts fans a literal taste of the action,” said Marcelo Pascoa, vice president of marketing for the Coors Family of Brands. “We’re no strangers to the magic of the ice, both in the arena and outside it. And now, we’ve taken that ice and have brewed it into a refreshing beer.”

The brewery produced a run of 55 half-barrels of beer that will be distributed to Coors Light's accounts in Tampa. Steele said he hopes the unique brew brings Lightning fans to bars and other establishments that are still recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.