Terrapin Brewing & Left Hand Brewing are about to embark on their 4th brew in the Midnight Project Collaboration Series. Each year, the location of the brew switch from brewery to brewery. Continue Reading →
Labatt Brewing (Ontario, Canada – headquartered in Rochester, NY) will be releasing a new “Brewmasters Collection” in 2011. The series is currently up to 4 styles: Red Lager, Brown, Marzen, Porter. Labels feature the image of John Kinder Labatt, who founded Continue Reading →
Stone Brewing urges you to drink fresh beer. As evidenced by a new flow chart that will be on the bottles of beer that need to be drank as fresh as possible. Simply, you’ll see a drink Continue Reading →
Atlanta has a brewery you probably don’t know about. It’s not sold here. Actually it’s only headquartered here. Jesse James Dupree, vocalist and guitarist for the band Jackyl has a new beer.
Dupree’s beer: America’s Outlaw Beer. Brewed by Big Balls Continue Reading →
Tonight the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup. When the champagne ran out, they were actually drinking these Bud Light Stanley Cup Champions aluminum bottles. I even saw bud being poured into Lord Stanley’s Cup. You’ll see these Continue Reading →
CORRECTION: Yazoo Has NOT pulled out of Mississipi. Just not hitting any new markets there.
Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) is potentially expanding. The current 10 man brewing operation has seen 50% growth in the past year. Riding high on Continue Reading →
Full Sail Brewing is releasing “Jimvar Bohemian Pilsner” into their Brewer’s Share lineup this summer. Brewer’s Share is a series of draft only offerings employees get the opportunity to brew a small batch recipe for the brewery tap room & Continue Reading →
Preliminary Details: Terrapin/Left Hand Midnight Project 2011
NOTE: These details are subject to change.
Terrapin Brewing & Left Hand Brewing are about to embark on their 4th brew in the Midnight Project Collaboration Series. Each year, the location of the brew switch from brewery to brewery. Year 1: Longmont. Beer: Terra-Rye’Zd Year 2: Athens. Beer: Depth Charge. Year 3: Longmont. Beer: Oxymoron.
This year’s edition will be brewed in July sometime in Athens, Georgia. Here are some tentative details. Peaches. A mixture of both Colorado & Georgia peaches. Style, other ingredients and such have yet to be decided. That’s what getting together over beers is for. (Hey, that’s where the series started right??)
The name they are working on is awesome. Pea-och. (That’s my spelling, but sound it out. That’s what they are going for.)
Again, brew day is in July sometime. Also in July is this year’s Reunion release with Shmaltz Brewing & Alan Shapiro.
Other Terrapin News, the brewery is currently installing more conditioning tanks. (Image below). Saturday June 18th is the brewery’s “Brewau,” 5:30-7:30pm
Labatt Brewing (Ontario, Canada – headquartered in Rochester, NY) will be releasing a new “Brewmasters Collection” in 2011. The series is currently up to 4 styles: Red Lager, Brown, Marzen, Porter. Labels feature the image of John Kinder Labatt, who founded the brewing company in 1847.
The Labatt Porter and the Red Lager have been intermittently released over the past few years, while the Marzen & Brwon look to be a new brews. Interesting to note: The bottles are 11.5 ounces. Raises the question, does this change the bottle price?
North American Breweries will be releasing a formal press release soon in regard to these beers…
Stone Brewing urges you to drink fresh beer. As evidenced by a new flow chart that will be on the bottles of beer that need to be drank as fresh as possible. Simply, you’ll see a drink by date on the bottle. If the beer is past it’s prime, the brewery wants to know about it by going to Stonebrew.com/Fresh (Link not active yet.)
Also, a quick look at what will be Stone’s 15th Anniversary Ale. Looks to be a black IPA, bearing the name Escondidian Imperial Black IPA. 10.5% ABV. Stone celebrates 15 years the weekend of August 19th, 2011. Typically, the Anniversary ale arrives in bombers and draft.
Atlanta has a brewery you probably don’t know about. It’s not sold here. Actually it’s only headquartered here. Jesse James Dupree, vocalist and guitarist for the band Jackyl has a new beer.
Dupree’s beer: America’s Outlaw Beer. Brewed by Big Balls Brewing, incorporated in Kennesaw, Georgia. It’s an unfiltered wheat beer, just now hitting shelves in Kansas City, Missouri. The beer was also featured on Tru Tv’s show Full Throttle.
Our beer is an unfiltered wheat beer. American wheat beer is a style
invented by specialty brewers in the United States in the 1980’s. It may
even stretch the definition of “style,” for nowhere is the creativity and
diversity of America’s craft brewers better displayed than in wheat beers.
Our beer is crisp and refreshing with an extremely soft finish.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale Hops: Willamette, Fuggles, Cascade Malts: Malted Wheat, Pale, Caramel, Munich Yeast: Nottingham
Tonight the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup. When the champagne ran out, they were actually drinking these Bud Light Stanley Cup Champions aluminum bottles. I even saw bud being poured into Lord Stanley’s Cup. You’ll see these on shelves soon. Especially around Boston.
CORRECTION: Yazoo Has NOT pulled out of Mississipi. Just not hitting any new markets there.
Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) is potentially expanding. The current 10 man brewing operation has seen 50% growth in the past year. Riding high on this growth, is expansion possible? Linus Hall says maybe. Apparently the brewery had to slow distribution expansion in Mississipi (an unfortunately dry desert for good beer already) to keep up with demand in the southeast.
Yazoo brewmaster Linus Hall said on Nashville Public Radio:
“We want to see if this growth is sustainable. We’re contemplating putting a lot of money into expansion and more capacity and if all the sudden the market falls off our cools off, we’ll be stuck with a lot of equipment we can’t use.”
Atlanta is a big and expanding beer market. It’s save to say that a brewery expansion would be needed to not only keep up with demand, but reach new markets. Stay postive. <NashvillePublicRadio>
Full Sail Brewing is releasing “Jimvar Bohemian Pilsner” into their Brewer’s Share lineup this summer. Brewer’s Share is a series of draft only offerings employees get the opportunity to brew a small batch recipe for the brewery tap room & brewery. This pilsner, – a great beer for summer drinking, is brewed by Jim Kelter of Full Sail. Proceeds from the sale of these kegs goes support FISH Food Bank, a group helping alleviate hunger.
Hops: Czech Saaz Malts: 2-Row Pale 5.6% ABV
Full Press Release
Hood River, Oregon —Sunny days, warm winds and refreshing beers to enjoy with friends, summer has finally arrived! To welcome the season and Oregon Craft Beer Month, Full Sail will release a new beer in theirBrewer’s Share line up: Jimvar Bohemian Pilsner brewed by Brewmaster Jim Kelter. Brewed with 2-row pale malt, and Czech Saaz hops, this well rounded lager, with its clean palate and spicy hop character, is the perfect brew for summertime. Jimvar is crisp, refreshing, and invites pure contentment with every sip. (ABV 5.6% IBU 34)
“Given the opportunity to contribute to Full Sail’s line of Brewer’s Share beers this summer (and my family’s Bohemian roots) my decision to brew a Bohemian Pilsner was a natural choice. Bohemians, have a long, proud brewing heritage dating back to the 13th century; ample time to perfect their craft. This is evident in their signature beer style, Pilsner, first rolled out in the mid 1800s and widely emulated since then. I’ve joined the fray with Jimvar. Included in your summertime pursuits, may this beer provide as much enjoyment to you as I had brewing it,” said Kelter.
Full Sail has scheduled two “Meet the Brewmaster and the Beer” events to showcase this new beer. The first Meet Brewmaster and the Beer event will be at Full Sail at Riverplace in Portland, Tuesday, June 21 from 5:00 — 6:30PM. The second is at the Full Sail Tasting Room and Pub in Hood River, on Wednesday, June 22nd from 5:00 to 6:30PM. Join the Full Sail crew to celebrate and toast a pint of this new brew.
With each Brewer’s Share series beer, Full Sail picks a local charity to receive a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the beer. Jim has chosen to support the FISH Food Bank, and every keg of Jimvar benefits this volunteer organization. Their mission is to help alleviate hunger by distributing food regularly and on an emergency basis, regardless of gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation and in a friendly, instant, sympathetic, helpful, nonjudgmental and confidential manner.
The Brewer’s Share series is a line-up of small batch draft beers where each Full Sailor takes a turn hand-crafting their own single batch recipe and a portion of the proceeds benefit a local charity of their choosing. Full Sail’s Brewer’s Share beers will only be available on tap at Full Sail’s Tasting Room and Pub in Hood River, Oregon, and at Full Sail’s Brewery at Riverplace, in Portland, Oregon. Growlers to go are available. Jimvar will also be featured at the Oregon Craft Beer Month Kick Off Dinner and Beer Tasting on July 1 at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Oregon and at the Oregon Brewer’s Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park July 27 — 30th. The next Brewer’s Share will be brewed by Brewer Dan Peterson and is expected in late Mid September.
In recognition of the positive impact that Oregon craft brewers have made to our communities, the entire month of July has been designated by the Governor as Oregon Craft Beer Month. “It is an honor to brew a beer forOregon Craft Beer Month with one of my own recipes,” added Kelter.
About Full Sail Brewing Company:
The independent and employee-owned Full Sail Brewery is perched on a bluff in Hood River, Oregon, overlooking the most epic wind and kite surfing spot in the world. At this very moment 47 specialists in the liquid refreshment arts are crafting barley and hops into your next beer. Among the company’s most popular brews are Full Sail Amber, IPA, Pale, LTD, Session and Session Black Premium lager. Founded in 1987, the Full Sail crew has been fermenting godlike nectar for 24 years. Committed to brewing great beer andsustainable practices their award winning brews are now available in 27 states. The Full Sail Tasting Room and Pub is open seven days a week. Swing by for a pint, grab a bite, tour the brewery, or just soak up the view.http://www.fullsailbrewing.com
The breweries of Oregon and the products they produce are known around the world for quality and innovation. More importantly, beer culture is an ingrained piece of the social fabric of our great state. Beer means more here, welcome to Beervana.
For more information about Oregon Craft Beer Month and a list of brewery celebrations throughout the state please visit: http://www.oregoncraftbeermonth.com
