Oskar Blues Brewing
Oskar Blue Pinner Throwback IPA Headed to 19.2oz Cans
Oskar Blues PINNER Throwback IPA hit the scene earlier this year, and is now in 44 states in 12oz cans. Seeing its hoppy success, the brewery is adding the “stovepipe” 19.2 ounce cans.
Dale’s Pale Ale was first in the big can, followed by Mama’s Little Yella Pils.
The single serve 19.2oz cans will debut first in Colorado and North Carolina, then California and Illinois.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. 19.2oz Cans. Year Round Offering.
4.9% ABV
Oskar Blues Expanding North Carolina Location
Oskar Blues Brewery opened their second location in Brevard, North Carolina in December of 2012. In June, 2015, Oskar Blues embarks on an expansion.
In the first two years of production, Oskar Blues Brevard produced 110,000 barrels (3.4 million gallons) of beer. In 2015, the location will do 85,000 barrels. Oskar Blues is breaking ground on a new expansion this week.
The expansion to Oskar Blues Brevard will include a 9,000 square foot expanded waste water treatment plant, and 17,000 square foot addition for fermentation space.
New brewing equipment includes a second 50-barrel mash tun, a spent grain silo, and more administrative offices.
Image via Oskar Blues
Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale, A House of Blues Collab
This bright can is Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale, a collaboration with the iconic, music influenced, House of Blues.
If you know Oskar Blues, you know the brewery loves music as much as they love the outdoors. The collaboration is a pale ale, that features Falconer’s Flight and Lemondrop hops.
A smooth, easy drinking American Pale Ale with lemon, pine, and citrus character.
The brewery tells Beer Street Journal that you can find Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale in cans at House of Blues locations.
Style: Pale Ale
Hops: Lemon Drop, Falconer’s Flight
Malts: Abbey
Availability: 16oz Cans
6.1% ABV, 40 IBU’s
Oskar Blues To Ship to Southern Louisiana in April
Oskar Blue Brewery (Longmont, CO & Brevard, NC) is launching the southern Louisiana market. The brewery has signed a distribution deal with Cresent Crown Distributing, who covers Lake Charles to New Orleans.
“The City That Care Forgot is about to get a big Mother FUH-CAN dose of OB. We are on a mission in 2015 and there is NO BETTA place in the world for that launch than NOLA. Whether you desire a can of Dale’s while stumbling around in the Quarter, sipping a Mama’s in the Garden District, or getting rolled in an alley behind AT2’s after one too many Deviant’s, OB is coming hard and correct to The Crescent City,” says Dale Katechis, CEO & Soul Founder of Oskar Blues Brewery.
The launch occurs throughout April, building up to the second week of the New Orleans Jazz Festival on April 27-May 1.
Residents can expect Dale’s Pale Ale, Pinner Throwback IPA, Mama’s Little Yella Pils, Old Chub Scotch Ale, Old Chub Nitro, G’Knight Imperial Red IPA, Deviant Dale’s IPA in cans and draft.
Oskar Blues & DC Brau “Smells Like Freedom” Smells Like Weed
Oskar Blues Brewery and DC Brau have definitely made a statement with their newest beer, Smells Like Freedom. What does it smell like? Weed.
Smells Like Freedom is a tribute to Initiative 71 that legalized marijuana in Washington D.C. in late February. It is now legal to possess and grow pot in the district, yet it cannot be bought or sold.
The two brewery team came up with IPA that contains a mix of hops that smells like fresh cannabis.
Both Oskar Blues and DC Brau brewed Smells Like Freedom at their breweries. A majority of the release is draft, the cans are exclusive to Washington D.C.
Smells Like Freedom debuted at a special party in the nation’s capital on March 17th.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. 120 Barrels (nearly 4,000 gallons)
7% ABV
Image via DC Brau
Oskar Blues GUBNA sports new hops, drops can distribution
Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA returns to the seasonal lineup for the sixth year. Cans won’t be easy to find this season.
The hoppiest beer in the brewery’s lineup gets a hop tweak with every release. The idea is to find and brew with the most sticky, dank hops Oskar Blues can find. The 2017 blend features Azacca, Sterling, and Crystal hops chosen from sensory panels at each of OB’s breweries.
“The traditional hops beat out some newer, experimental varietals this year, which surprised many of us here at OB, But the hops just spoke to the nearly 100 employees that participated in GUBNA hop selection and we must obey the rub.”Oskar Blues GUBNA is available in 12oz cans (4 packs) from March until July, seasonally. – Tim Matthews, Head of Brewing Operations.
The 10% alcohol by volume, 100+ IBU Oskar Blues Gubna will only be found on draft, unless you find yourself in one of the brewery’s taprooms.
Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Azacca, Sterling, Crystal
Malts: Rye, North American Pale, Munich
Availability: Draft. March-July, Seasonal. Cans in the tap room.
10% ABV, 100+ IBUs
Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Gets Hollywood Love in “Tammy” [PICS]
Recently released (on BluRay, digital download, RedBox or however you watch movies these days) is Tammy. The movie features a very awkward Melissa McCarthy and her grandmother played by Susan Sarandon.
Sarandon chugs her share of Oskar Blue’s Dale’s Pale Ale (along with Melissa) for a good bit of the film. There’s even a scene where Sarandon’s character is told she can’t drink beer (Dale’s), and she says”No, it’s my juice.”
The cans are from the brewery’s Brevard, North Carolina location. The placement makes sense too, as most of the principal photography was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina.
SweetWater, Terrapin and Jailhouse have seen a good bit of silver screen love in The Walking Dead over the past couple of seasons.
I bet she could drink me under the table.
