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Flying Dog Oyster Stout Now Year Round

Flying Dog invites you to drink drink beer and restore the Chesapeake Bay all year long.  Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout will officially be a year round beer, distributed across the country.

The beer is a dry stout brewed with oysters from Continue Reading →

Mother Earth Launches In Atlanta Today

Mother Earth Brewing (Kingston, NC) officially launches in Atlanta today.

The brewery was founding in 2008 by Trent Mooring and Stephen Hill.  They are joined by their head brewer Josh Brewer. (His real name!)  Mother Earth is known for brews like Weeping Continue Reading →

The NHL Beer Wars

Labatt (Who brews Budweiser in Canada) Vs. Molson, are locked in a different playoff situation.  Last fall, Molson inked a deal with the National Hockey League making it the official beer of the league.  That’s makes it difficult for Labatt Continue Reading →

World Beer Cup 2012 Winners Announced

The World Beer Cup winners were just announced in San Diego, California at the Craft Brewers Conference.  Attached below is a PDF with the full list of winners.

https://beerstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/WBC12-Winners-List.pdf

 

Anderson Valley Georgia Launch Lineup

Anderson Valley Brewing will expand distribution to Georgia by the end of May.  The California based brewery recently inked a deal with Savannah Distributing.

The brewery was founded in 1997 in a 10 barrel brewhouse underneath their Buckhorn Saloon in Boonville, Continue Reading →

Saint Somewhere Adds Draft To ATL

Saint Somewhere has only been available in 750 ml bottles until now. The Tarpon Springs, Florida based brewery has expanded draft offerings into Atlanta.   Available now:

Lectio Divina – Saison, 8%

Saison Athene – Saison, with rosemary & black pepper. 7.5% Continue Reading →

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Flying Dog Oyster Stout Now Year Round

Flying Dog invites you to drink drink beer and restore the Chesapeake Bay all year long.  Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout will officially be a year round beer, distributed across the country.

The beer is a dry stout brewed with oysters from the Rappahannok River in Virginia.  Proceeds from the beer benefit the Oyster Recovery Partnership.

“Our initial work with the ORP was just the beginning,” Ben Savage, Flying Dog’s VP of marketing, said. “Sales of Pearl Necklace will continue to benefit the ORP and also raise awareness nationwide of how critical oyster restoration is to the Chesapeake Bay.” The goal is to enable ORP to plant at least 1 million baby oysters back into the Chesapeake Bay through proceeds from Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout. “A healthy oyster reef not only filters the Chesapeake Bay’s waters, but also provides habitat for other important marine life such as blue crabs and striped bass,” Stephan Abel, Executive Director of the ORP, said. “Every oyster we plant back into the Bay will have an immediate, positive impact.”

Style: Dry Stout (w/ Oysters)
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft. Year round offering

5.5% ABV

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Mother Earth Launches In Atlanta Today


Mother Earth Brewing (Kingston, NC) officially launches in Atlanta today.

The brewery was founding in 2008 by Trent Mooring and Stephen Hill.  They are joined by their head brewer Josh Brewer. (His real name!)  Mother Earth is known for brews like Weeping Willow Wit, and Tripel Over Head .  They have 2 cans in their arsenal: Second Wind & Sunny Haze.  Easily one of their most sought after is Silent Night, a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout with coffee.

Launch beers include (Click for more info):

Draft & Bottles – Weeping Willow WitEndless River Kolsch, Limited kegs of Dark Cloud Dunkel

12 oz cans – Second WindSunny Haze

Special “Meet The Brewer” events around the city include:

Taco Mac Kennesaw
5/7 6:30 PM

Taco Mac Perimeter
5/7 6:30 PM

Young Augustines
5/8 7:30 PM

The Midway
5/8 7:30 PM

Georgia is only 2nd state for Mother Earth Brewing to enter… (After its home of NC)

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The NHL Beer Wars

Labatt (Who brews Budweiser in Canada) Vs. Molson, are locked in a different playoff situation.  Last fall, Molson inked a deal with the National Hockey League making it the official beer of the league.  That’s makes it difficult for Labatt to market to the NHL fans in Canada.  So the brewery has been finding other ways to do so, without using the NHL name.  Remember the “Flash Fans” video that Labatt/Bud did earlier in the year?  From most people’s perspective, it was pretty cool commercial highlighting the sport.  In real life, they were accused of exploiting people, because they used non union labor for the crowd people.  (Seriously???)

Enter new promotion: The “Playoff Payoff.”  The winner receives hockey tickets for life.  The winner chooses tickets to the Canadian team of their choice.  Pretty cool right? Wrong.  Apparently by running such a promotion, Labatt is either explicitly or implicitly tying themselves to the NHL.  Lawyers say no, not yet.  The winner COULD choose minor league teams too.  No where does it say it has to be NHL.   Until they do, there is no legal tie.

The NHL had to issue this statement is response:

You may have heard about a contest that is currently being run in Canada promoting the chance to win “hockey tickets for life” to a Canadian hockey team’s games. We want our fans to know that the NHL has no affiliation with that promotion, and we can offer no assurances to our fans that the desired tickets will be available to the winner.

To sum it up.  Labatt takes Molson & the NHL to court over the sponsorship deal.  Labatt/Bud make fan commercial.  Canadian labor union sues Labatt/Bud.  Labatt runs ticket con Molson objects.  NHL is confused.  Hockey playoffs roll on.

[NHL]

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Anderson Valley Georgia Launch Lineup

Anderson Valley Brewing will expand distribution to Georgia by the end of May.  The California based brewery recently inked a deal with Savannah Distributing.

The brewery was founded in 1997 in a 10 barrel brewhouse underneath their Buckhorn Saloon in Boonville, California.  They have grown steadily ever since.   In addition to bottles & draft offerings, Anderson Valley also cans some of their brews.

Launch beer to include (click for more info): 

Boont Amber, Hop Ottin’ IPA, Imperial IPA, Summer Solstice, & Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout

In the past few weeks, Georgia has received Blue PointClown Shoes and next week, Mother Earth Brewing (Kingston, NC)

pic: Untapped Badge

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Brick Store’s Tacos & Bells For Cinco

Perfect For Cinco De Mayo: Tacos & Bell’s at Brick Store Pub.

Please join us on saturday May 5th at high noon for some very rare Bell’s beers and House made tacos from Chef Rian Tittle. 10+ Different Bell’s beers with a few rarities including Hop harvest ale,Black Note,Two Hearted on Cask, and many others you wont want to add lime to. Please join us for a Cinco De Mayo celebration that will Rock! Plus there’s a concert in the square and Leon’s is having A Cinco De Derby Day

Brick Store Pub — 5/5/12, Noon
125 East Court Square
Decatur, Georgia 30030 

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Saint Somewhere Adds Draft To ATL

Saint Somewhere has only been available in 750 ml bottles until now. The Tarpon Springs, Florida based brewery has expanded draft offerings into Atlanta.   Available now:

Lectio Divina – Saison, 8%

Saison Athene – Saison, with rosemary & black pepper. 7.5% ABV.