New Belgium Brewing (Ft. Collins, CO) has retired their spring seasonal – Skinny Dip to make way for a new beer “Somersault”. Skinny Dip is taking a leave of absence for a while. It’s replacement, Somersault is a Continue Reading →
If you anywhere that isn’t San Francisco you probably won’t see this beer, but it sounds fun. Sierra Nevada Brewing collaborated on a beer with the folks at San Francisco Beer Week (2/11-2/20).
No clue what it is, but sounds tasty.
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Have one of these? Or better yet, had an 2009 Abyss from Deschutes Brewing that didn’t seem to taste right? You’re tasting brett. An unintentional side-effect of the use of a wild yeast in the brewery. Dissident, an overwhelmingly popular Oud Bruin uses brett yeast for the sour flavor. The Abyss- and imperial stout doesn’t. Some of the 2009 batch of Abyss was found to have the unwelcome yeasty guest. Some of Mirror, Mirror an American Barleywine also is found to harbor brett. There is one thing I want to stress with this. As a biologist, this really isn’t a result of sloppy brewing techniques. Brettanomyces is by nature – wild. It’s a rebel. Uncontrolled. Deschutes attempts to be diverse in their brewing styles. Sometimes things just don’t go your way. Regardless of how you hard try.
The Georgia Senate will begin discussing a bill (Senate Bill 10) today that would allow for Sunday sales. Like the recent growler discussion, the ability for an off premise site to sell on Sunday would be decided by the local Continue Reading →
A few sources close to Brooklyn Brewing’s distributors are telling me that the brewery has promoted their recent Brewmaster’s Reserve Sorachi Ace to a year round offering.
Sorachi Ace is a farmhouse ale released early 2010 brewed with a rare unique hop Continue Reading →
Shipyard Brewing Company’s Brewer’s Brown Returns to Stay. Brewer’s Brown was released by the Portland, Maine based brewery as a spring seasonal in 2010. In 2011, it has been promoted to year round.
Description:
Shipyard Brewer’s Brown is a full-bodied dark Continue Reading →
National chain Walgreen’s has started selling beer after a dry 16 years. Interestingly enough, they will be selling their own “house beer”.
Most house named beers – are brewed by someone else as is the case for Walgreen’s. The beer – Continue Reading →
