It’s Tuesday, and that means a new release in NoDa Brewing’s “NoDable Release Series” – HefeRyezen. A traditional hefeweizen, with wheat, rye, and pilsner malt and traditional German noble hops. 4.7 % ABV
Move over Coors Light, you aren’t the only beer with a resealable cap. This month, Sun King and Oskar Blues release a collaboration – Chaka, a limited release Belgian-style ale. Chaka will be the first small brewery to release Continue Reading →
Terrapin Beer Co’s “Spike” Buckowski heads to New Zealand next month. He will brew with Boundary Road Brewery. He was selected out of a pool of 80 brewers for this opportunity. From Terrapin:
Next month Brian “Spike” Buckowski, Terrapin Beer Co. Continue Reading →
Sierra Nevada’s first release in the Ovila Abbey Ale lineup- Dubbel is back in Atlanta. This year, Dubbel returns in a smaller 375 ml format. It’s a series of abbey style collaborations with the monks of New Clairvaux in California.
Ovila Abbey Dubbel is brewed in Continue Reading →
The brewmaster of Brouwerij de Musketiers will be in town from Belgium for a meet & greet around Atlanta. One of his first stops will be on Tuesday, May 1st. Head over to Brick Store Pub at 5 Continue Reading →
It’s the Monday after 3 Floyds Dark Lord Day 2012. On Saturday the Indiana brewery released the highly rated Russian imperial stout. In a matter of hours, bottles of both the regular Dark Lord and its barrel aged variants were Continue Reading →
MLive dropped a bit of a rumor bomb this morning. Bell’s Brewery could be sold. What? Well the sale depends on the outcome minority shareholder negotiations.
About $22 million has been spent on the brewhouse and renovating the Eccentric Cafe in Continue Reading →
It’s Tuesday, and that means a new release in NoDa Brewing’s “NoDable Release Series” – HefeRyezen. A traditional hefeweizen, with wheat, rye, and pilsner malt and traditional German noble hops. 4.7 % ABV
Move over Coors Light, you aren’t the only beer with a resealable cap. This month, Sun King and Oskar Blues release a collaboration – Chaka, a limited release Belgian-style ale. Chaka will be the first small brewery to release beers in the Alumi-Tek® re-sealable pint bottle from Ball Corporation.
“Until we undertook this project, only large breweries and beverage companies had access to this type of packaging,” said Clay Robinson, Sun King co-founder. “Sun King and Oskar Blues worked closely with Ball Corporation and Cask Brewing Systems to design and build a simple, functional small scale system that will allow craft brewers to take advantage of this unique packaging option.”
Chaka is a Belgian-style ale with ingredients from each brewery’s home state. Shagbark hickory syrup is Sun King’s addition, which comes from Hickoryworks in Trafalgar, Indiana. From Colorado, grain from the Colorado Malting Company and a special year from the Brewing Science Institute. The beer is a collaboration that will be brewed at both breweries.
The use of the Alumi-Tek® re-sealable pint bottle from Ball Corporation is the first time a small brewery in the United States has used it. Sun King is the first brewery in Indiana to can, the first to use a customizable can for the seasonal and special releases. Oskar Blues is the first small/craft brewery in the United States to can their beer, on top of being one of the largest craft breweries to can their beer lineup. [PressRelease]
Terrapin Beer Co’s “Spike” Buckowski heads to New Zealand next month. He will brew with Boundary Road Brewery. He was selected out of a pool of 80 brewers for this opportunity. From Terrapin:
Next month Brian “Spike” Buckowski, Terrapin Beer Co. co-founder and brewmaster, will head down under to New Zealand to create three beers for New Zealand’s craft beer fans. Spike was selected from a pool of 80 brewers to the position of ‘The Resident’ by Boundary Road Brewery to represent the American Craft beer community in New Zealand.
The Boundary Road Brewery was established in 1987 and is located in the foothills of the Hunua ranges of Auckland on the North Island of New Zealand. Boundary Road scoured the globe in search of a skilled brewer to travel there on a month-long sabbatical to create an all new craft beer range. Spike’s wealth of craft beer experience, outsider knowledge and credentials were cited as reasons for his selection to the post.
Spike says he can’t wait to arrive in New Zealand and get dive right into the craft beer scene. “Craft beer is massive in the US – we brew any style of craft beer imaginable and have more breweries than any other country in the world. Craft beer is my passion, and I’m excited to bring some American flair to the Kiwi brewing scene, as well as experimenting with New Zealand hops which are world-renowned.
“I’ve never travelled down under before and I hear it’s a spectacular place, so as well as trying some of the craft beer available, I’m looking forward to travelling around to check out what New Zealand has to offer.”
Ben Shaw, Boundary Road Brewery marketing manager says Spike is a brewing genius with experience and qualifications to match, ensuring he’ll create a revolutionary range of brews for Kiwis to get stuck in to.
“Kiwi’s love good craft beer and this is reflected in the ever increasing market here. Spike’s been tasked to provide New Zealanders with ‘The Resident’ range of brews to take the nation by storm – we can’t wait to taste what he creates.
Spike will arrives in New Zealand on May 8, 2012 and fans can keep track of what Spike is up to through the Terrapin web site which has links to his blog and Twitter account.
Sierra Nevada’s first release in the Ovila Abbey Ale lineup- Dubbel is back in Atlanta. This year, Dubbel returns in a smaller 375 ml format. It’s a series of abbey style collaborations with the monks of New Clairvaux in California.
Ovila Abbey Dubbel is brewed in the abbey tradition, and prefect for the rebirth of spring. Clear and deep copper in color and perfect for the rebirth of spring. Clear and deep copper in color, this Abbey Dubbel has a complex and rich malty sweetness with hints of caramelized sugar. The aroma is a heady and layered mix of fruit and spice with hints of clove, raisin, and black pepper from the use of abbey —style yeast.
Style: Dubbel
Availability: 375 ml bottles. 4 packs.
7.5% ABV
The brewmaster of Brouwerij de Musketiers will be in town from Belgium for a meet & greet around Atlanta. One of his first stops will be on Tuesday, May 1st. Head over to Brick Store Pub at 5 pm for some Troubadour beers and a chat with the brewmaster.
Brick Store Pub — 5/1/12, 5 pm
125 East Court Square
Decatur, Georgia 30030
It’s the Monday after 3 Floyds Dark Lord Day 2012. On Saturday the Indiana brewery released the highly rated Russian imperial stout. In a matter of hours, bottles of both the regular Dark Lord and its barrel aged variants were found on EBay. (I’m pretty sure I saw one post pop up while someone was still AT the Dark Lord Day event.)
So how much will a bottle cost you now? Currently, the average cost of a regular Dark Lord is in the neighborhood of $60 dollars. Up from $15 at the event. (300%+ increase.) The price of barrel aged editions of Dark Lord are running even higher. If the bottle numbers are any indication, there were somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 or more bottles produced across 4 different barrel treated editions.
If you got the chance to purchase a bottle of the BA Dark Lord, it was $50 dollars. Average cost per bottle is near $250 on the auction site (in some cases higher). That’s a 500% market up over “retail” price. But hey, free shipping!
MLive dropped a bit of a rumor bomb this morning. Bell’s Brewery could be sold. What? Well the sale depends on the outcome minority shareholder negotiations.
About $22 million has been spent on the brewhouse and renovating the Eccentric Cafe in downtown Kalamazoo, but the rest of the project is on hold as the company tries to save money in an attempt to buy out 11 of the 14 shareholders, Bell said.
The decision could come as early as this fall, as negotiations continue. Larry Bell of course owns majority stake in the brewery, along with his two children.
“If it was just a family business, there would be legal maneuvers we could make that would facilitate that kind of transfer across generations. With its current structure, I’m not able to do those sorts of things. It would basically leave us in the position of selling the company upon my death.”
