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Troeg’s Reviving Rugged Trail

Those fans of Troegs Brewing’s Rugged Trail beer can rejoice. The brewery is reviving it on their Scratch system. The Scratch brewhouse is just adjacent to the main brewing platform. It’s used for the Scratch Beer Series and other side Continue Reading →

What Is O’Fallon Brewing Up To?

Evan Benn, beer journalist for STL Today, spent some time with O’Fallon Brewing recently.  O’Fallon is based in O’Fallon Missouri and was  purchased about 8 months ago by former Anheuser-Busch executive Jim Gorcyca.  Here’s a few things the brewery has Continue Reading →

Posted in Beer News, Release Schedule, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin’s 2012 Lineup Looks Pretty Badass

Fresh out of a meeting with the Terrapin Brewing folk, here’s a look at your 2012 lineup.   You have a lot to look forward to.  Note – Schedule is Tentative!

Year Round

Hopsecutioner, Rye Pale Ale, Golden Ale

Monster Beer Tour

Hopzilla: Imperial IPA back in 12oz/4 pks! (March)

Monks Revenge: Belgian Tripel

Big Hoppy Monster: Imperial Red Ale

W-n-B: Coffee, Oatmeal Imperial Porter

Seasonal Sessions

NEW! Easy Rider: Hopped Up Session Ale. Dry hopped with galaxy hops.  (May)

Pumpkinfest: Fest-style beer with pumpkin & spices (August)

Moo-Hoo: Chocolate Milk Stout (Nuff said) – November)

All American Pilsner: (July)

Side Projects

Side Project 16: Phlux Capacitor – Strong Ale, 12.1% (1.21 Gigawatts!!) 88.8 IBUs (Miles Per Hour!) Oak aged for plenty of “Biff” Tannins (March)

Side Project 17: Samurai Krunkles – IPA brewed with jasmine rice, Sorachi Ace hops, Green Tea, Ginger (June)

Side Project 18: Peanut Butter Chocolate Porter – 2 names in the works, Liquid Bliss, and Ode To Reese. (September)

10th Anniverary Ale – Not going to be called 10th Anniversary. Look for some complex math equation adding up to 10 though.  You can glean the beer style from this: Chouffe yeast, coriander, 2 types of orange peel, chamomile, nelson sauvin hops.

Reunion Beer 2012:  Brewed again with Shmaltz.  Each brewery will do a new take on the brew – together and apart.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Golden Road Brewing

Golden Road Get Up Offa That Brown


by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Lost Abbey, New Releases

Lost Abbey’s “Runnin’ With The Devil” Arrives Saturday

20120119-165855.jpgLost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Track #1 “Runnin with the Devil” arrives Saturday.  An ode to Van Halen’s 1978 track.

This Saturday, January 21, 2012 will mark the release of the first track in our ultimate Box Set, kicking off a year-long series of super-limited beer releases inspired by those great anthem rock tunes of our youth. (Feel free to wave your lighters in the air… for you younger kids that’s what we waved at the concert before cell phones with big screens.)

Track #1 – From the Fresh Track series, this is a brown beer base aged in three red wine barrels, spiked with 30 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and house-raised Brettanomyces cultures.

There will be 3 collections, 4 titles each. Representing the full lineup of Lost Abbey’s brews.

  • Re-Masters — Barrel-aged spins of The Lost Abbey mainstays
  • Re-Mixes — New blends created from The Lost Abbey archives
  • Fresh Tracks — All new beers brewed specifically for Box Set

Availability: 375ml corked/caged.  45o bottles each. Tasting Room Only.  $15.  To be opened and drank ON PREMISE!

Subsequent tracks will release on the 3rd Saturday of each month throughout the year.

The first track, an ode to Van Halen’s 1978 anthem, “Runnin’ With The Devil”, is scheduled for release January 21, 2012. Details will be available on The Lost Abbey website in mid January.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Troegs Brewing

Troeg’s Reviving Rugged Trail

Those fans of Troegs Brewing’s Rugged Trail beer can rejoice. The brewery is reviving it on their Scratch system. The Scratch brewhouse is just adjacent to the main brewing platform. It’s used for the Scratch Beer Series and other side projects. Rugged Trail was put on hiatus a little over 2 years ago.

Rugged Trail is a nutty brown ale, weighing in at 4.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Distribution Expansion, O'Fallon Brewing

What Is O’Fallon Brewing Up To?

Evan Benn, beer journalist for STL Today, spent some time with O’Fallon Brewing recently.  O’Fallon is based in O’Fallon Missouri and was  purchased about 8 months ago by former Anheuser-Busch executive Jim Gorcyca.  Here’s a few things the brewery has on the horizon:

B.D.S. (Belgian Style Dark) will be released in February.  Belgian ale aged for a year in port barrels

Summer Ale – Name TBA, arriving in May.  (Seasonal used to be Wheach before it went year round.)

Hopefully in 2012, O’Fallon will go from 6,500 barrels a year, to over 10,000.  The brewery recently increased distribution to Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Be sure to check on the whole article by @EvanBenn, he spends a brew day over at O’Fallon.  Good Stuff. Cheers Evan! [STLToday]

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

SweetWater Founder Named Among Georgia Most Influential

A special congratulations is in order for SweetWater’s Big Kahuna himself Freddy Bensch.  Today he was named one of Georgia’s most influential people.  That puts the brewery founder among some of Georgia’s elite people – like Arthur Blank (Owner, Atlanta Falcons) US Senator Saxby Chambliss, Frank Blake (CEO/Chairman of Home Depot), John Brock (CEO, Coca-Cola) & more.  It’s quite an honor.

Steve Farace of SweetWater writes on the brewery’s blog – [Freddy] joins….The owner of the Falcons — Arthur Blank, US Senator Saxby Chambliss, Chief Justice of Georgia’s Supreme Court — Carol Hunstein, Chuck Leavell of the Rolling Stones and Allman Brothersand a plethora of other movers and shakers in the great state of Georgia!  We can’t wait to share the news with his mom, she’ll be thrilled at what a fine young man her son has turned into. 15 year’s of heady beers for sure, and (allegedly) influencing folks all along the way!! Wait till they get a load of us at the official party next week!

Side note, the solar array as mentioned is still in the works by the brewery.  Just Google Solyndra and you can see how THAT turned out.  SweetWater turns 15 next month, and will be celebrating in style of course. [SweetWater]

Pic: Freddy Bensch(Left), @AleSharpton (right)

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, SweetWater Brewing

SweetWater’s Freddy Bensch Named Georgia’s Most Influential

A special congratulations is in order for SweetWater’s Big Kahuna himself Freddy Bensch.  Today he was named one of Georgia’s most influential people.  That puts the brewery founder among some of Georgia’s elite people – like Arthur Blank (Owner, Atlanta Falcons) US Senator Saxby Chambliss, Frank Blake (CEO/Chairman of Home Depot), John Brock (CEO, Coca-Cola) & more.  It’s quite an honor.

Steve Farace of SweetWater writes on the brewery’s blog – [Freddy] joins….The owner of the Falcons — Arthur Blank, US Senator Saxby Chambliss, Chief Justice of Georgia’s Supreme Court — Carol Hunstein, Chuck Leavell of the Rolling Stones and Allman Brothers and a plethora of other movers and shakers in the great state of Georgia!  We can’t wait to share the news with his mom, she’ll be thrilled at what a fine young man her son has turned into. 15 year’s of heady beers for sure, and (allegedly) influencing folks all along the way!! Wait till they get a load of us at the official party next week!

Side note, the solar array as mentioned is still in the works by the brewery.  Just Google Solyndra and you can see how THAT turned out.  SweetWater turns 15 next month, and will be celebrating in style of course. [SweetWater]

Pic:via CLATL.com & @AustinLouisRay

by Reid Ramsay