This video has been hanging around for a while, but I had never seen it until Stone pointed me to it. Greg Koch is out on site in January, 2005 … Read the rest
Hopefully it gives you some hoppy comfort that Troeg’s is hard at work in Hershey, PA today making 3 batches Nugget Nectar. It’s a hoppy mother of an red … Read the rest
So by the looks of it, this guy bought a case of Bell’sHopslam, marked the price up, and is selling it on Craig’s List. Case price is $125 dollars. Thats … Read the rest
This is release #1 in Anchor Brewing’s new Zymaster Series debuting this year. The series allows an Anchor brewer to follow the brew process from start to finish from researching styles, selecting ingredients, a brewing, fermentation, cellaring, and finishing.
Anchor Steam Beer’s roots date back to the sundry and mysterious adaptations and improvisations of brewers to the primitive conditions they faced during the California gold rush, long before icehouses and modern refrigeration made traditional lager beer a viable California option. Early attempts notwithstanding, it wasn’t until the winter of 1875/76… Read the rest
Cantillion, one of the most sought after lambic brewers in the world might be changing things up a bit in the near future. Their lambics (sour wheat beer endemic to Brussels) have been aged in wooden barrels for years. Soon, you may partake in a Cantillion lambic from a new style of barrel – an amphora.
John-Pierre Van Roy writes:
Until recently I would have never even imagined myself putting my beer into anything besides a barrel, and yet… … Read the rest
A quick look at events and releases at Stone Brewing this year. Beer releases are marked in bold:
Calm Before The Storm/Stone Winter Storm – 2/5
Old Guardian Vintage Celebration, Bottle Release – 2/12-2/13
March Madness Hombrew Competition, AHA Rally – 3/10
Imperial Russian Stout – 4/16
Oakquinox – 4/22
Late Night Movies – 6/6 – August… Read the rest
SweetWater Brewing debuts 15th Anniversary Ale in February. You’ll see Kevin McKearney, one of the founders of the brewery (now brewing at 5 Seasons Prado) in the video.… Read the rest
Dogfish Head’s Noble Rot is just about to start shipping. Don’t let the name throw you. This beer melds biology, anthropology, geography, and grapes. Check out the video above for a cool introduction to this creation. Press Release below.
Clay is the perfect material for capturing time in a bottle. As molecular biologists have discovered by unearthing ancient tombs, organic residue trapped in porous chards of pottery reveals quite a bit about what our ancestors drank on the special occasions of burial feasts.… Read the rest
Flying Dog Brewing is planning to release cans this spring. This is the 2nd offering that has surfaced, and ironically purported to be the first canned offering to be released. … Read the rest
Port Brewing releases Hop 15 twice a year. (February & August.) As it closes in on February, the brewery has to make a decision. Mongo, another double IPA is doing … Read the rest
Uinta Brewing will be celebrating 19 years with Birthday Suit Sour Cherry Ale. The brewery was founded in the winter of 1993 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Uinta has been 100% solar powered since 2001.
In the beginning, cherry tress shaded the beer garden. Resisting temptation no longer, we picked the fruit and let it ferment into a pleasantly sour an subtlety sweet ale to mark Unita’s 19th Birthday. A sinful pleasure for the experienced and adventurous palate.
Style: Fruit beer (Cherries)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: TBA… Read the rest
A potential new addition from Redhook- No Equal Amber Lager.
Style: Amber Lager
Availability: Draft only, as of 1/16/12… Read the rest
Anchor Brewing announced a new series this week. The Zymaster Series will debut in February, with more coming throughout the year. Don’t go looking up the word Zymaster, it’s made up.
Zymaster n [Gk zyme leaven + master – more at ZYMURGY]
1: a new word coined by Anchor Brewing to describe a brewmaster with hands-on experience throughout the a-to-z process of creating a new beer, from the research and selection of the raw materials and development of a recipe to brewing, fermentation, cellaring, and finishing
2: a unique series of beers from Anchor Brewing, rooted in its exceptional respect for the ancient art … Read the rest
Brooklyn Brewing’s President Steve Hnidy & Harpoon Brewing’s Dan Kenary have placed a have placed a friendly beer bet on the Super Bowl. If the New York Giants win, Harpoon … Read the rest
Ken Grossman, Founder of Sierra Nevada has a press release of his own in regard to the new site build in North Carolina…
After a long and comprehensive search, I’m … Read the rest
(Chico, CA) – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is pleased to announce that it has chosen a site in western North Carolina for the future home of an East Coast brewery. The site, approximately 90 acres in the Henderson County Town of Mills River— along the French Broad River, 12 miles south of Asheville — will be home to the new production facility, as well as a proposed restaurant and gift shop. “We are thrilled to have found an ideal location in western North Carolina for our second brewery,” says Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada. “The beer culture, water quality and quality of life are excellent. We feel lucky to be a part of this community.”… Read the rest
Pulled from a local news report:
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Sierra Nevada brewing company is setting up shop in the Carolinas. North Carolina State Rep. Chuck McGrady told News 4 the Sierra Nevada brewing company will move next to the Asheville Airport in Mills River along Old Fanning Bridge Road. McGrady said the plant will bring 200 to 300 jobs.
Official announcement coming this afternoon from the site. Developing…… Read the rest
