Alpine Beer Company
New Belgium & Alpine’s Super India Pale Ale Arrives This Month
Coming this month – New Belgium & Alpine Beer Company team up to bring you Super India Pale Ale. This two part collaboration finds one brewed at Alpine in San Diego, and another that is brewed at New Belgium. In February, Peter Bouckaert from NB travelled to San Diego County to create installment #1, that will arrive first. (And only where you can find Alpine, which is very close to the brewery.) For most of you, this is the first time an Alpine Beer Company brew has been in your market.
Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Amarillo, Columbus, Simcoe, Centennial
Malts: Pale, C-80, Carapils
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
9% ABV
New Belgium & Alpine Beer Create A Double Collaboration
New Belgium & Alpine Beer Company team up to bring you Super India Pale Ale. This collaboration is actually in two parts. One brewed at Alpine in San Diego, and another that is brewed at New Belgium. In February, Peter Bouckaert from NB travelled to San Diego County to create installment #1, that will arrive first. (And only where you can find Alpine, which is very close to the brewery.)
The above is the edition to be brewed in Fort Collins. As hinted to by New Belgium – it’s s going to be an IPA of the real San Diego variety: bold, hoppy, delicious. But this summer is a long time from now and things could change, especially in brain’s of wonderful and creative (and a little crazy).
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Alpine might be small, but their brewing chops are mighty. We teamed up to create this triple dry-hopped imperial IPA bursting with Columbus, Amarillo, centennial and simcoe hops. Consider yourself a hero for getting an Alpine beer outside of San Diego.
Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA
9% ABV
note: The above is tentative. Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel
Alpine: More Barrel Aged Black Odin’s Raven, Good, Great & More
Alpine Beer Co announced today that more Barrel Agd Black Odin’s Raven is available at the brewery.
From out of a black hole, miraculously escaping and arriving in exquisite condition, we are pleased to announce the re-release of “Barrel Aged Odin’s Raven” in 22 oz. bottles. This batch is 100% barrel aged, not blended, and has a more pronounced bourbon influence. Bottle limits of 4 in the brewery and no samples available there. As soon as we run out of “Token” in the pub we will put some “Barrel Aged Odin’s Raven” on for samples and tulips. We will run out of “Token” today, sometime.
Some other beers to be aware of –
Friday June 1st – “Bad Boy” will be available for growlers and pints at the pub.
Another newbie: “New Millenium.” Pale ale, 5% ABV. We dry hop this light pale ale with Millennium and Galaxy hops for an out of this world flavor and aroma experience.
On deck – “Good” barleywine. Some “Good” is going into bourbon barrels. Next year, you’ll see it as – “Great.”
Alpine Beer Company Takes Stand Over Ebay Sales
Alpine Beer Company took a stand against those selling their beer on Ebay today. The fact that bottles of Alpine’s Exponential Hoppiness on Ebay annoying owner Pat Mcilhenney enough, but when a growler popped up on the popular auction site, that was the last straw. He’s now threatening to not only ban growlers, but to potentially never bottle the beer again. The incident lead him to this in a recent newsletter.
You have seen your very last growler of “Exponential Hoppiness” ever to be dispensed.
Since I previously stated if I ever saw a growler of “Exponential Hoppiness” for sale on ebay there would never be another growler sold again. Don’t blame me, but you can see who to blame HERE. As for bottles of “Expo” on ebay, I’m seriously considering never bottling it again. This is not just a personal issue, it’s illegal. The fact that people drove down from LA to make a quick buck and denying the locals the chance to buy some is also just plain wrong.
So, you can see the timing of the releases listed above. The first two beers were released last week, the next comes out today and the last one comes out tomorrow. That is the most advanced notice you ever receive. Our little operation is focused on supplying the local market with fine beer. If you live in the area you can now get first crack at our releases before they can drive in from points unknown. That’s the best I can do for you, my loyal locals.
Obviously this raises a few questions. First and foremost, once something is purchased from you, how do you control it? Do you control it? Isn’t that Ebay’s job? Agree or disagree Mcilhenny is one of the first to take a stand when it comes to this common occurrence. Will this be the start of a new trend amongst brewers?
