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Avery Bottling Rumpkin! Putting the Imperial In Pumpkin Ales

Avery Brewing is going to be bottling it’s rum aged pumpkin beer, Rumpkin.   Rumpkin is an imperial pumpkin beer aged in Gosling Rum barrels.   Previously draft only.

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.

Arrival: Mid October, 2011

16% ABV

[DenverWestward]

Beers People Aren’t Drinking

I’m a firm believer in allowing people to drink what they like.  End of story.  BUT… in the ever emerging world of beer, some sales grow, while others decline.  247WallSt did a little research on what beers/brewers were on the Continue Reading →

Cranachan Imperial Stout To Be Abstrakt

Brewdog brews up a honey laden imperial stout, mentions it could become a future Abstrakt release.

The Cranachan Imperial Stout has been inspired by the famous Scottish desert, brewed with a mountain of dark malts, loads of oats, Scottish Heather Honey, local raspberries Continue Reading →

Troegs Gets Lucky, Stays Dry

The northeast has had some flooding issues.  Harrisburg current home of Troegs Brewing and their new site in Hershey, were threatened by flood waters.

John Trogner mentioned today that the brewery got lucky…

The brewery stayed dry and all is safe as of now. Continue Reading →

Posted in Beer News

Budweiser Truck Flips. Weed Truck Flips. California Has An Interesting Monday.

A tractor trailer carrying 40,000 cans of Bud Light & Bud Light Lime turned over yesterday in Sacramento.  The driver of the truck was attempting to use the offramp, but… failed.

Of course it happened during rush hour.  With the truck on it’s side, workers unloaded the beer that wasn’t harmed.

In another interesting traffic accident, a truck carrying another kind of “bud” crashed, sending weed into the streets.  The crash sent marijuana into the streets.  Onlookers quickly “aided” in the clean up.  No word on the the whereabouts of the missing snack truck.

[KCRA]

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Avery Bottling Rumpkin! Putting the Imperial In Pumpkin Ales

Avery Brewing is going to be bottling it’s rum aged pumpkin beer, Rumpkin.   Rumpkin is an imperial pumpkin beer aged in Gosling Rum barrels.   Previously draft only.

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.

Arrival: Mid October, 2011

16% ABV

[DenverWestward]

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Beers People Aren’t Drinking

I’m a firm believer in allowing people to drink what they like.  End of story.  BUT… in the ever emerging world of beer, some sales grow, while others decline.  247WallSt did a little research on what beers/brewers were on the losing end in the beer world.  You might beer surprised, but you might not.  Read the full article for descriptions of each. [247WallStreet via @CypressStreet ]

8. Budweiser
Sales loss (2006-2010): -30%
Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Barrels sold (2010): 18 million

7. Milwaukee’s Best Light
Sales loss (2006-2010): -34%
Brewer: MillerCoors Brewing
Barrels sold (2010): 1.3 million

6. Miller Genuine Draft
Sales loss (2006-2010): -51%
Brewer: MillerCoors Brewing
Barrels sold (2010): 1.8 million

5. Old Milwaukee
Sales loss (2006-2010): -52%
Brewer: MillerCoors Brewing
Barrels sold (2010): 525,000

4. Milwaukee’s Best
Sales loss (2006-2010): -53%
Brewer: MillerCoors Brewing
Barrels sold (2010): 925,000

3.  Bud Select 
Sales loss (2006-2010): -60%
Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Barrels sold (2010): 925,000

2. Michelob Light. 

Sales loss (2006-2010): -64%
Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Barrels sold (2010): 525,000

1. Michelob
Sales loss (2006-2010): -72%
Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Barrels sold (2010): 175,000

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Stillwater Artisanal Ales

Stillwater Barrel Aged Stateside Saison Available

Stillwater Artisanal Ales (Baltimore, MD) has just released a barrel aged edition of Stateside Saison.  Stateside features European malts, and hops from the United States & New Zealand.   Through in a farmhouse yeast and you have Stateside.

Next stop for this edition was Chardonnay barrels, then bottles.

Style: Saison (Wine barrel aged)

Availability: 11.2oz bottles. Limited to  Limited to 44 cases. Potential in areas: WA, OR, CA, AZ, MO, IL, WI, OH, GA, FL, SC, NC, VA, PA, DC, MD, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, ME

7.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Brewdog, Coming Soon

Cranachan Imperial Stout To Be Abstrakt

Brewdog brews up a honey laden imperial stout, mentions it could become a future Abstrakt release.

The Cranachan Imperial Stout has been inspired by the famous Scottish desert, brewed with a mountain of dark malts, loads of oats, Scottish Heather Honey, local raspberries and will be aged in whisky casks. It is destined to be an upcoming Abstrakt. The beer will be 13.5% ABVThe ingredients certainly tasted pretty spectacular. Raspberries dipped in honey, oats and cacao were a post lunch treat!

[Brewdog]

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Troegs Brewing

Troegs Gets Lucky, Stays Dry

The northeast has had some flooding issues.  Harrisburg current home of Troegs Brewing and their new site in Hershey, were threatened by flood waters.

John Trogner mentioned today that the brewery got lucky…

The brewery stayed dry and all is safe as of now.  we are still waiting for electricity.  Our building was an island… we got lucky.  Harrisburgians are looking at quite a clean up…

More on the flooding in Harrisburg via PennLive.com

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

PICS: Porter Beer Bar’s 3rd Anniversary

The Porter Beer Bar in Atlanta, GA is ranked 4th best beer bars in the world according to RateBeer.com.  Last Saturday, Nick & Molly (founders of The Porter) celebrated in true beer fashion with the drinkers of Atlanta & beyond.  The first 100 in received a special growler that The Porter had made as a thank you gift.  The beer list – amazing.  Below are some pictures from the day. (I admit, after a couple of beers we got distracted…) Cheers to 3 years!

by Reid Ramsay