BLOOMFIELD, Conn. — For the Hartford Yard Goats, it’s all about local flavor.
As the 2024 baseball season approaches, the newest edition to the lineup comes courtesy of the Bloomfield-based Thomas Hooker Brewery. As is tradition, the Yard Goats and Hooker Brewery have teamed up on a new beer that will be on sale at Dunkin’ Park; this year it’s called “Los Chivos Lager”.
Curt Cameron, the longtime owner of Thomas Hooker Brewery said, “It’s light in style, a little lighter in calories, lighter in alcohol and it is going to be great on a hot summer day at the ballpark.”
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This season, the Yard Goats will play as “Los Chivos” five different times, and Mullaney Castro will serve as the stadium host. Castro will be charged with amping up the crowd in between innings and taking the house mic for various in-game promotions.
Castro, who is from Puerto Rico, said, “Hartford, in particular, just has such a huge Hispanic population, so just having a beer just means so much to the community and to everyone coming to enjoy a game.” She added, “Everywhere I go – I go to the gym and I see a Los Chivos hats and I feel so proud, and just to hear that we have a Chivos Beer, it’s amazing.”
Tim Restall, the Yard Goats president said, “These are some of the things that we are doing leading up to opening day on April 9 so it’s something that we are excited about.”
The new Los Chivos Lager will be on sale at Dunkin' Park throughout the season, and Cameron added, “I think there are a lot of people proud of not only this branding of the team as Los Chivos but also the beer.”
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