Beer News

Left Hand Getting New Fermenters

Left Hand Brewing is laying concrete today in anticipation of  3 new 480 barrel fermenters coming soon.  Rumor has it just to cover my yearly Milk Stout intake.

There are some more changes too:

We plan on expanding out from the Malt Continue Reading →

VID: Inside SweetWater’s Expansion

On Monday, BSJ got to walk through the new expansion at SweetWater Brewing.  Currently the brewery is completing a massive expansion that will take their capacity from 100,000 barrels to 400,000 barrels.  Some exciting new additions include – bottle conditioning, Continue Reading →

Lost Abbey Cuvee De Tomme 2011, 12/24

UPDATE 12/14:  Cuvee de Tomme 2011 releases on 12/24. It’s Lost Abbey’s bourbon barrel-aged aged strong ale with sour cherries.

Release Details:

Style: Cuvee de Tomme 2011
Format: 375ml cork-stoppered bottles
Price: $15 per bottle
Limits: 6 bottles per person

Supplies of this beer are extremely limited. Bottle sales will Continue Reading →

Hydrofracking A Hot Button Issue For Ommegang

A fight is breaking out in New York.  Ommegang is taking issue with a natural gas drilling method called “hydrofracking.”  Ommegang says it could cost them the brewery.

Hydrofracking  aka hydraulic fracturing, is a method of horizontally fracturing rock Continue Reading →