Left Hand Brewing
Left Hand’s Operation Homefront Back For Year 2
Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) is shipping Homefront IPA for a second time. The collaborative American IPA raises money and awareness for Operation Homefront. Operation Homefront is a non-profit organization that provides emergency assistance to military families, and wounded warriors. America’s heroes.
[Operation Homefront] is aged on Louisville Slugger maple bats and infused with orange zest. Biscuit, honey, and grapefruit pith notes will play on your tongue, followed by a memorable dry, bitter finish.
In 2013, Left Hand raised $18,148 towards the cause. Donors to the beer brewing include Hops Direct, Cargill, Ol and Tricor Braun, DWS, and Moxie Sozo (Label design) help make this possible.
Style: American IPA (Orange Zest. Aged on Baseball Bats)
Hops: Chinook, Cascade
Malts: 2 Row Pale, Aromatic, Light Crystal
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. May Release
Distribution: AZ, NM, CO, WA, TX, OK, KS, MO, KY, IN, OH, WI, MI, IL, MN, NC, SC, TN, NJ, PA, VA, MA, NY, AL, FL, GA, MD, DC
6.6% ABV
Left Hand Taps in Western PA
Left Hand Brewing Company is officially entering Western Pennsylvania. Starting today, May 5, the greater Pittsburgh area will get Milk Stout alongside the rest of Left Hand’s lineup.
The brewery has partnered with Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co to extend their distribution presence. Left Hand’s perennial line and Nitro series featuring: Milk Stout & Milk Stout Nitro, Sawtooth Ale & Sawtooth Nitro, as well as 400 Pound Monkey IPA, Black Jack Porter, Polestar Pilsner, Stranger Pale Ale, and Left Hand’s variety pack, Mountain Mixer.
Left Hand has recently entered upstate New York, Maryland, and Washington D.C. Iowa is in planning this fall, and California is on the radar. The brewery is on pace for 85,000 barrels in 2014.
If you go:
– 5pm: Industry Happy Hour @ D’s Sixpax and Dogz
Tuesday 5/13
– 4pm: Left Hand Tasting @ Market District Shadyside
– 5pm: Left Hand Lawrenceville Bar Crawl @ Industry
Wednesday 5/14
– 4pm: Happy Hour @ OTB Bicycle Café –South Side
– 6pm:Go “Over the Bus” | Shuttle to OTB at the Boathouse
– 10pm: Smokejumper Tapping @ OTB Bicycle Café – South Side
Thursday 5/15
– 5pm: Save the Last Glass: First Cask @ Fat Head’s Saloon
– 8pm: Left Hand Comes to Hough’s @ Hough’s Taproom
Anheuser Busch & Left Hand Could Soon Tangle
Another craft brewer is in Anheuser-Busch’s legal sights. The largest brewery in the United States may soon challenge a trademark attempt by Left Hand Brewing.
Left Hand was the first U.S. based brewery to launch a nitrogen based, bottled beer. (You’ve seen Guinness cans and bottles before.) It took brewery founder Eric Wallace a good chunk of change to develop the technology. Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout debuted at the Great American Beer Festival in 2011.
Left Hand has applied for a trademark for NITRO as it pertains to a beer name. This trademark of course doesn’t prevent any brewery from creating nitro beers, just using similar name branding.
AB InBev has received an extension in regards to the trademark, and have until June, 2014 to decide to challenge.
Left Hand Enters Maryland, D.C.
Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) will be officially available in Maryland and Washington D.C. starting in March, 2014. The brewery has partnered with Legends Limited Disributing.
“We have had our eye on the Old Line State for many years and with continual production expansion efforts, we will be able to bring Left Hand’s portfolio of award winning balanced beers to our nation’s capital.”comments Jason Ingram, East Coast Regional Sales Manager.
Launch beers include: Milk Stout & Milk Stout Nitro, Sawtooth Ale & Sawtooth Nitro, as well as 400 Pound Monkey IPA, Black Jack Porter, Polestar Pilsner, Stranger Pale Ale, and Left Hand’s variety pack, Mountain Mixer.
These new territories bring Left Hand’s footprint to 27 states. 2013 saw an output increase of 32%, a part of a 15 year expansion not only to the brewery, but across America.
If you go:
Wednesday 3/5 – 7pm: Left Hand Launch @ Churchkey | D.C.
Thursday 3/6 – 7pm: Left Hand Launch @ Frisco Tap House | Columbia
Friday 3/7 – 5pm: Left Hand Launch @ Max’s | Baltimore
It’s a Nitro Pour 3-Way [VIDEO]
Now there are three beers in Left Hand Brewing’s Nitro lineup. All offerings depicted here are available in Colorado only until 2014.
Left Hand Sawtooth is Field Assistant
Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) celebrates 125 years of The Geological Society of America. The GSA is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
This year, the 125 anniversary meeting is being held in Denver, Colorado. Thus, the inspiration for the Field Assistant Ale. FA is actually Sawtooth Ale rebranded as a celebratory label. Most likely a one off change.
Style: ESB
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
5.3% ABV
All of Left Hand’s Fade to Blacks Will Return
As we go into year five of Left Hand Brewing’s Fade to Black releases, you’ll see a curveball this year. Not only will you see new Black Rye Ale (Edition #5), you’ll get all five volumes when it’s released in October. If you missed a year, you won’t again. The lineup includes:
Volume 1 – Foreign Export Stout
Volume 2 – Smoked Baltic Porter
Volume 3 – Pepper Porter
Volume 4 – Rocky Mountain Black Ale
Volume 5 – Black Rye Ale (New release)
Fade to Black ships again in October.
