American Craft Beer Week

Craft Beer Unites Us All

American Craft Beer Week runs May 13-19 2013 and CraftBeer.com wants you to literally see how craft beer unites us all. According to them, “there are no red states or blue states, only brew states.” Every single state in our glorious Continue Reading →

American Craft Beer Week 2013: May 13-19 [VIDEO]

American Craft Beer Week 2013 has been officially announced. May 13-19, 2013 offers small and independent craft brewers a chance to celebrate the amazing beer culture we have here in America.

Motivate your local bars, retailers and distributors to get involved this year. America Continue Reading →

Your Devil’s Milk Fix Returns This Month

It’s getting cooler. You need a beer with a boozy backbone to it. Duclaw Brewing Co’s barleywine returns this month.  It is brewed in July, aggressively dry hopped, and aged until the November release.  On sale starting 11/14/12.

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2 Years Later, Stone Lukcy Basartd Ale Is Back

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA)  released Lukcy Basartd in 2010 to mark the 13th year of Stone’s Arrogant Bastard strong ale.  This  “cuvee de Bastard.”  is a blend of Arrogant Bastard, Oaked Arrogant Bastard, and Double Bastard into one bold beer.

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Posted in American Craft Beer Week, Don't Miss This, Modern Times Beer, New Releases

Modern Times Barrel Aged Monster’s Park Tickets on Sale 3/19

Modern Times Bourbon Barrel Aged Monster’s Park tickets go on sale this Thursday. The brewery’s 13% ABV imperial stout has been aged 5+ months in bourbon barrels.

There are three versions of Modern Times Bourbon Barrel Aged Monster’s Park: The “classic” edition, one featuring Black House Blend coffee, and one with toasted coconut & cocoa nibs.

600 bottles of each will be available. Prices range from $24 to 28 a piece.

Modern Times Bourbon Barrel Aged Monster’s Park and variants on March 19th at 10am via Brown Paper Tickets; all bottles must be picked up at the Lomaland Fermentorium tasting room during the two month pick-up window.

A tap room party will be on March 25th. [TICKETS]

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.) Variants have Cocoa Nibs, Coconut, Coffee.
Availability: 22oz Bottles. 600 of each
Release: 3/25/15

13% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in American Craft Beer Week

Craft Beer Unites Us All

American Craft Beer Week runs May 13-19 2013 and CraftBeer.com wants you to literally see how craft beer unites us all. According to them, “there are no red states or blue states, only brew states.” Every single state in our glorious union has at least one craft brewery making it incredibly easy to buy local and drink local. Support your community and celebrate American Craft Beer Week next week by grabbing a pint of your local favorite.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in American Craft Beer Week, Beer News, Videos

American Craft Beer Week 2013: May 13-19 [VIDEO]

American Craft Beer Week 2013 has been officially announced. May 13-19, 2013 offers small and independent craft brewers a chance to celebrate the amazing beer culture we have here in America.

Motivate your local bars, retailers and distributors to get involved this year. America makes some of the best beer in the galaxy. Don’t you want to celebrate it?

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in American Craft Beer Week, Sam Adams, Videos

Sam Adams on Grumpy Monk Belgian IPA [VIDEO]

Samuel Adams Grumpy Monk, a Belgian Style IPA, is now available in the Hopology Mixed Pack.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in American Craft Beer Week, Duclaw Brewing, Seasonal Return

Your Devil’s Milk Fix Returns This Month

It’s getting cooler. You need a beer with a boozy backbone to it. Duclaw Brewing Co’s barleywine returns this month.  It is brewed in July, aggressively dry hopped, and aged until the November release.  On sale starting 11/14/12.

Devil’s Milk is an American-style Barley Wine. This beer exhibits a wealth of fruit flavors, from pears to plums to raisins. Devil’s Milk is dry hopped (hops added after fermentation) for a strong bite that balances its big malt backbone. Served in a snifter glass because of the high abv, barley wines are perfect as a relaxing “after-dinner” drink or nitecap.

Style: Barleywine
Hops: Changes each year
Malts: Pale malt, Wheat malt, Aromatic malt, Crystal malt, Special malt

10.5% ABV, 66 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in American Craft Beer Week, New Releases, Stone Brewing Co.

2 Years Later, Stone Lukcy Basartd Ale Is Back

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA)  released Lukcy Basartd in 2010 to mark the 13th year of Stone’s Arrogant Bastard strong ale.  This  “cuvee de Bastard.”  is a blend of Arrogant Bastard, Oaked Arrogant Bastard, and Double Bastard into one bold beer.

Style: American Strong Ale (blended)
Availability: 22oz Bombers. Draft.  All markets where Stone is sold.

Release #2: October 29, 2012

8.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in American Craft Beer Week, Beer News, New Belgium

New Belgium Fears Wildfire Taste In Local Water [Video]

New Belgium Brewing is facing a new issue in the brewing process. Water contamination. Runoff from the Colorado wildfires has seeped into the Poudre River that the Fort Collins based brewery uses. In the meantime, New Belgium has been using water from Larimer County.

The brewery was recently informed that they might have to go back to using the tainted river water. Obviously, that water would be unusable for brewing. New Belgium is currently working on a solution. There’s a rauch beer joke in this story somewhere. [Thanks @RhizomePro]

by Reid Ramsay