Ska Brewing
Ska Brewing’s 18th Birthday Party [VIDEO]
Happy 18th birthday to Ska Brewing (Durango, CO). The brewery turned 18 on September 7th.
Ska Brewing Creates Swedish Beer
Ska Brewing has collaborated with Sweden’s Nynäshamns Ã…ngbryggeri. The result was an Imperial Pilsner brewed with caraway seeds and dubbed Skatkobben. As you see the label above completely in Swedish, the beer will only be available overseas – at least this round.
Style: Imperial Pilsner
Availability: Sweden Only
8.2% ABV
Ska Brewing and Brash Collab on Skankin Dirty
Brash Brewing and Ska Brewing have come together and created Skankin Dirty an Imperial IPA. Brash’s recommended pairings include: Skatalites, Goldfinger, The Specials, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Operation Ivy, Ernest Ranglin, and The Rockers. Skankin Dirty just shipped last week and will be available in Brash’s distribution area.
Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 22oz bottles
Arrival: Coming Soon
9% ABV
If You Can, Mexican Logger Can [VIDEO]
Grab your can of Ska Brewing Mexican Logger, their summer seasonal, and get out there and do something awesome!
Style: American Light Lager
Availability: 12oz cans
Arrival: April 2013
4.2% ABV
Ska Seasonal Stout #4: Estival Cream Stout
We here at Beer Street Journal were just informed that the 4th edition in Ska Brewing’s Seasonal Stout Series will be Estival Cream Stout. Brewed with dried orange peel, orange blossom honey, with oak. Vernal Minthe Stout, the third release in the series, arrives tomorrow (March 20th) for the Spring crossover.
Update: Ska Vernal Minthe Cans Hit 3/20
Ska Brewing will release the third edition in their Seasonal Stout series: Vernal Minthe Stout on Wednesday. The stout brewed with peppermint, spearmint, cocoa and vanilla beans. The beer will hit shelves on March 20th, the date of the spring equinox.
“Spring is a good time to brew up a reward for making it through winter, said Ska Overlord of Brewing Operations Bill Graham. “The Vernal Minthe Stout is a treat: sweet, but with great roasted and chocolate notes for balance–and a peppermint note that reminds me of spring. I bet I’m not the only one who could use a reward about now.”
Look for the next announcement in June, corresponding with the Summer Equinox.
Style: Stout (w/ Cocoa Nibs, Peppermint, Spearmint, Vanilla Beans, Milk Sugar)
Availability: 12oz cans
Arrival: 3/20/13
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Ska Vernal Minthe Stout Release (PR)
Durango, CO) — Ska Brewing is announcing the third release in its Seasonal Stout series: Vernal Minthe Stout, a stout brewed with peppermint, spearmint, cocoa and vanilla beans. The beer will hit shelves on March 20th, the date of the spring equinox. The debut also occurs during Colorado Craft Beer Week, a week of events and tappings celebrating Colorado craft breweries and beers.
“Spring is a good time to brew up a reward for making it through winter, said Ska Overlord of Brewing Operations Bill Graham. “The Vernal Minthe Stout is a treat: sweet, but with great roasted and chocolate notes for balance–and a peppermint note that reminds me of spring. I bet I’m not the only one who could use a reward about now.”
As the saying goes, there’s no reward without risk. “Stout is a beer lover’s beer. It’s one of our favorite styles, but it’s not everyone’s favorite,” said Ska President and co-founder Dave Thibodeau. “There were other styles that probably would have appealed to a broader market, but then I wouldn’t have all these stouts to drink.”
Craft beer drinkers in all of Ska’s U.S. markets will be able to start rewarding themselves around the spring equinox–March 20th –in keeping with the Seasonal Stout Series’ solstice and equinox release dates. The packaging for the Vernal Minthe Stout (artwork below) features a black, 12-oz. can, with Ska’s True Blonde character as the Greek goddess Persephone, who, according to Greek mythology, turned the naiad Minthe into a mint plant in a jealous rage.
Ska will unveil the Seasonal Stout Series’ fourth brand new beer in June, for release on the summer solstice.
About Ska Brewing
Based in Durango, Colorado, Ska Brewing was founded in 1995 and now produces over a dozen medal-winning beers including the Pinstripe Red Ale, True Blonde Ale and Steel Toe Stout. Four Ska beers are now widely available in cans: ESB Special Ale, True Blonde, Modus Hoperandi IPA and the winter seasonal Euphoria Pale Ale. For information, music and a good time, visit www.skabrewing.com. Chat us up and get the latest news at facebook.com/skabrew and twitter.com/skabrewing.
