American Craft Beer Week

Posted in Allagash Brewing, American Craft Beer Week, Bell's Brewing, Dogfish Head, Founders Brewing, Great Divide, Heavy Seas, New Belgium, Terrapin Beer Company

Cypress Street Celebrates American Craft Beer Week

Here is your exclusive look at Atlanta’s Cypress Street tap lineup for American Craft Beer Week 2011.  Each of these beers are a little hard to come by.  Each beer flows at opening each day.

Monday, May 16thDogfish Head Brewing’s Hellhound On My Ale, Namaste

Tuesday, May 17thBell’s Brewing’s Consecrator Dopplebock, Smoked Vienna Lager (Rare Taproom only offering)

Wednesday, May 18th – Allagash’s edition of “Vreinden” collaboration with New Belgium

Thursday, May 19thGreat Divide Brewing’s 17th Anniversary Wood Aged IPA

Friday, May 20th Terrapin Brewing’s Indiana Krunkles Wheat IPA

Saturday, May 21st – (CASK) Heavy Seas Peg Leg Stout aged in Buffalo Trace Bourbon Barrels

Sunday, May 22nd – Founder’s KBS (I won’t even link to it. You know what’s up)

Posted in American Craft Beer Week, Beer News, C.B. & Potts, CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing, Crooked Stave, Equinox Brewing Co, Fort Collins Brewing, Funkwerks, New Belgium, Odell Brewing, Pateros Creek

Fort Collins Super Collaboration 2011

American Craft Beer Week is May 16-22nd, 2011.  Special events are going on from coast to coast.  Something interesting coming out of Ft. Collins, Colorado – a collaboration.  Nine breweries local to the Ft. Collins area are coming together to create a “super” collaboration in honor of the week.

C.B. Potts, Coopersmith’s, Crooked Stave, Equinox, Fort Collins Brewing, Funkwerks, New Belgium, Odell Brewing, Pateros Creek are involved with the recipe creation.

“American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) is all about recognizing and celebrating craft brewers and craft beer culture,” said Doug Odell, founder of Odell Brewing Company. “This collaboration lets us do that and have fun making something special for the craft beer drinkers in our hometown community.”

There will be 2 simultaneous brews on April 22nd at Coopersmith & Equinox.  The beers will be blended together, and be poured at the breweries and throughout the city.

Full Press Release

Fort Collins Craft Brewers Unite
Local Breweries Collaborate for American Craft Beer Week

Fort Collins, CO — On April 22, 2011, the craft brewers of Fort Collins will join forces to brew a collaboration beer for the mother of all beer weeks. Nine local breweries (C.B. & Potts, Coopersmith’s, Crooked Stave, Equinox, Fort Collins Brewery, Funkwerks, New Belgium, Odell Brewing, and Pateros Creek) will work together to craft the unique brew in honor of American Craft Beer Week.

“American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) is all about recognizing and celebrating craft brewers and craft beer culture,” said Doug Odell, founder of Odell Brewing Company. “This collaboration lets us do that and have fun making something special for the craft beer drinkers in our hometown community.”

Brewers from each local brewery worked together to create the beer recipe and will participate in two simultaneous brews at Coopersmith’s and Equinox on Friday, April 22nd.  The finished blend will be poured at each brewery’s location, throughout the city, during American Craft Beer Week (May 16-22, 2011).

For more information on American Craft Beer Week, please visit www.craftbeer.com.