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Dogfish Survives Hurricane, Loses Power

Dogfish Head (and Evolution Brewing) fall right into the path of Hurricane Irene’s path as she heads northeast.  The brewery tweeted early this AM that the brewery is fine, but there was a loss of power .

@DogfishBeer

Bye, bye #Irene ! Brewery looks Continue Reading →

Heineken Launching Noche Buena In States

Heineken USA has announced that Noche Buena will launch in the United States.  Noche is a bock beer brewed by Cerveceria Moctezuma.

Starting in October, the late fall/winter seasonal will start hitting shelves.  Noche Buena is Mexico’s #1 selling Continue Reading →

What’s The #1 Selling Beer On Earth?

If you’re thinking it’s something brewed in the United States, you’re dead wrong.  It’s China Snow Beer, the result of a joint venture between SABMiller and China Resources International.

In 2010, Snow Beer (a lager) sold 16.5 BILLION pints, more than Continue Reading →

Kim Jong Wants A Brewery In Russia

North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il apparently proposed building a brewery in Russia on a trip this week.  He has said this before on a trip in 2001, when he visited Baltika.

Viktor Ishayev, a Russian representative travelling with Kim Jong had this Continue Reading →

Dogfish Head Preps For Hurricane

The Dogfish Head brewpub is boarded up.  Irene is on the way.   Dogfish is located in the path of the storm in Rehobeth Beach/Milton, Delaware.   Barring any damage to the brewery, sounds like an Irene Ale needs to Continue Reading →

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Dogfish Survives Hurricane, Loses Power

Dogfish Head (and Evolution Brewing) fall right into the path of Hurricane Irene’s path as she heads northeast.  The brewery tweeted early this AM that the brewery is fine, but there was a loss of power .

@DogfishBeer

Bye, bye #Irene ! Brewery looks good externally. We did lose power for a few hours (which means temp controls for the tanks). Won’t know for a bit if any beer was affected. Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in downtown Rehoboth Beach will remain closed today. Thanks to all who’ve been asking – cheers!

Highly unlikely that a few hours of power loss & temperature control would affect fermenting beer to the point it couldn’t be sold.  Time will tell.

No word on the state of Evolution Brewing.  Breweries up through Delaware and Philadelphia including Iron Hill Brewing (Media & Wilmington, DE power outages), Nodding Head (Opens at 12pm), Yards, Philadelphia Brewing weathered the storm just fine (according to Philly twitter friends.)

Brewery founder Sam Calagione appeared VIA Skype on MSNBC, chatting about hurricane preps.  Currently searching for a line.

UPDATE: Victory Brewing loses power, closes the pub/ brewing operations until power returns. (hopefully by dinner)  Harpoon Brewing is closed, as a state of emergency is declared in Massachusetts.  I’m sure the same goes for Boston Beer Company.

UPDATE: Dogfish Brewpub opens at 12 noon on Monday, 8/29

by Reid Ramsay
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He’Brew Genesis 15:15 Is Barrel Aged Grape, Pomegranate, Date, Fig Celebration

The 5th release in Shmaltz Brewing’s Barrel Release will be bottled in September.  Genesis 15:15 celebrates 15 years of Shmaltz Brewing with a Barrel Aged Harvest  Barleywine aged in Sazerac Rye Barrels.  The beer will have grape, fig and pomegranate juice & dates added to the brew.  In true Shmaltz form, Jeremy Cowan toasts 15 years. (I took the time to type it out, give it a read would ya? )

Label:
15 Years and the bombastic beers blossom bolder than ever.  The shtick ages so beautifully as well – some favorites from the Shmaltz vault: GRAPES: “No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.” – Epiclitus.  FIGS:  “And their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked; they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.”- Genesis 3:7.  POMEGRANATES: In Medieval images of a unicorn hung, the capture beast bleeds from the wounds of pomegranate seeds dripping blood red juices on his milk white body.  Wile and uncontrollable by nature, unicorns could be tamed only by virgins.  Once tamed, the unicorn was chained to a pomegranate tree.  DATES:  Song of Solomon 7:6: “How beautiful and how delightful you are, my Love, with all your charms!  Your stature is like a date palm tree, I will climb the tree and take hold of its stalks.” Psalm 92:12: “The righteous shall flourish like the Date plan.” Arab proverb: It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of pam trees. Genesis Chapter 15 promises many battles but also scared covenants. Verse 15: “You, Abrahams shall be gathered into the arms of your people at a ripe old age.”  To the torrents and the trials, the punchlines and the pleasures. To 15 Years of Shmaltz Life – and beyond – L’Chaim!

Other releases in the Barrel Aged collection include Barrel Aged Blockhead, Jewbelation Vertical, Barrel Aged Origins.

Style: Barleywine (barrel aged)
9 malts, 7 hops. Sazerac Rye 6 year barrels
Dates, Figs, Pomegranates & Grape additions

Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
Arrival: Early Fall, 2011 (To be bottled on 9/7/11)

13.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Iron Hill/Flying Fish “IronFish” Collab Tomorrow, Hurricane Or Not

Iron Hill Brewing & Flying Fish Brewing are teaming up to make a new (Jersey) collaboration.  The beer is called Iron Fish, obviously a mashup of the 2 breweries names.  Iron Fish will be a Belgian style Black IPA, released to the public on Saturday August 27th.

IronFish was brewed on site at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in New Jersey on July 27th.  Tomorrow the beer goes on sale at Iron Hill (124 East Kings Highway, Maple Shade, NJ)

Hurricane, or now Hurricane. Now that’s beer dedication.

 

Maple Shade, NJ) — On Wednesday, July 27 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., two of the top brewers in New Jersey, Chris LaPierre of Iron Hill and Casey Hughes of Flying Fish, will join forces at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant (124 East Kings Highway, 856-273-0300) to create Iron Fish, a Belgian black IPA sure to be known as one of the Garden State’s finest ales. This special collaborative beer will be released to the public on Saturday, August 27, and is a major brewing event that brings two renowned brewers together for a common goal: creating a flagship beer for the state they’re proud to call hom

by Reid Ramsay
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Heineken Launching Noche Buena In States

Heineken USA has announced that Noche Buena will launch in the United States.  Noche is a bock beer brewed by Cerveceria Moctezuma.

Starting in October, the late fall/winter seasonal will start hitting shelves.  Noche Buena is Mexico’s #1 selling seasonal beer.

Flavor profile per Heineken:

Noche Buena features a fairly dry up-front characteristic followed with a thick mouth feel and subtle sweetness, combining fine malts with spicy Styrian hops grown in Slovenia.  Beer enthusiasts will notice berry notes at the finish and a nice caramel toasted malt aroma at the nose.

Availability: Select markets, specifically but not limted to – Texas and Chicago, October 2011.

“We are very excited to be slowly expanding the availability Noche Buena, Mexico’s highest regarded seasonal beer,” said Paul Smailes, Senior Brand Director for Dos Equis, Heineken USA. “We’re confident this fantastic beer, brewed in limited quantities, will be savored by those consumers looking for an exclusive winter seasonal.”

Cerveceria Moctezuma was founded in Monterrey, Mexico in 1890.  Their portfolio includes Tecate, Sol, Bohemia, and Dos Equis.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

What’s The #1 Selling Beer On Earth?

If you’re thinking it’s something brewed in the United States, you’re dead wrong.  It’s China Snow Beer, the result of a joint venture between SABMiller and China Resources International.

In 2010, Snow Beer (a lager) sold 16.5 BILLION pints, more than doubling that of Bud Light.  That’s 2 billion, 62 million gallons of Snow Beer consumed in a single year!  Get this, China is it’s ONLY market.  China Resources got started 15 years ago with just 3 breweries.  Today, they own 80 of China’s 500 breweries.  While Bud Light is second in sales to Snow Beer, BL is still America’s #1 selling beer with a 19.1% market share.  [Time, Telegraph]

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Kim Jong Wants A Brewery In Russia

North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il apparently proposed building a brewery in Russia on a trip this week.  He has said this before on a trip in 2001, when he visited Baltika.

Viktor Ishayev, a Russian representative travelling with Kim Jong had this to say :

“We already have Baltika (a Russian brewery), we have Chinese and Japanese and German beer. Who would be opposed to adding Korean beer?” 

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by Reid Ramsay
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Dogfish Head Preps For Hurricane

The Dogfish Head brewpub is boarded up.  Irene is on the way.   Dogfish is located in the path of the storm in Rehobeth Beach/Milton, Delaware.   Barring any damage to the brewery, sounds like an Irene Ale needs to be brewed. [@DogfishBeer]

by Reid Ramsay