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Left Hand Launches New Nitro Bottles

Two years ago, Left Hand Brewing became the first craft brewery in the United States with a widget-less nitro milk stout in a bottle. Today they just upped the ante. Alongside Nitro Milk Stout, Left Hand Sawtooth Ale and Wake Continue Reading →

Cigar City & Alesmith Team Up

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) and Alesmith Brewing (Cali) are creating a cross-country collaboration Belgian-style Dubbel.

The beer is called Dubbel Dare, brewed with Mission figs, and Neglet Noor dates.

Bottles of this will hit Florida sometime in October, 2013.

Abita Brewing Goes Solar

Abita Brewing Company is getting greener. The brewery announced today the completion of an installation of 340 solar panels on the warehouse of the main facility.

All in all, the panels will offset 2,737,202 kilowatt hours of electrical usage. That is an offset Continue Reading →

Hockey Heritage & Labatt

Hockey season draws close. If
Ever there was a beer company that celebrates the sport, it’s Canada’s Labatt.

These original 6 bottles are apparently circa 1990’s.

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Left Hand Launches New Nitro Bottles

Two years ago, Left Hand Brewing became the first craft brewery in the United States with a widget-less nitro milk stout in a bottle. Today they just upped the ante. Alongside Nitro Milk Stout, Left Hand Sawtooth Ale and Wake Up Dead join the fleet.

Chris Lennert, VP of Operations:

The MSN six pack has been a solid success – we had every reason to create a similar offering for Sawtooth Nitro and Wake Up Dead Nitro.” Similar to the classic CO2 originals, Sawtooth Nitro portrays nutty malt flavors balanced by herbal hops while Wake Up Dead Nitro reveals a trifecta of cocoa, dried fruit, & licorice flavors. Pouring hard out of a bottle, all 3 Nitro beers begin with a beautiful cascade and finish with a thick creamy head, crafting a super smooth experience.

Milk Stout and Sawtooth Ale will be available year round in nitro bottles. Wake Up Dead will be a release 3x a year. Colorado will see these bottles first, then rest of Left Hand’s markets will see them in 2014.

Tonight at the Great American Beer Festival, the new nitro bottles debut alongside the Milk Stout bottles. Also, the first round of Left Hand’s “Throwback” series of Jackman’s Pale Ale, Deep Cover Brown Ale, Munich Dark Lager, Dunkelweiss, and Motherlode Golden Ale. Look for these, plus five Fade to Black styles to hit all of Left Hand’s markets for a limited time.

 

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Cigar City & Alesmith Team Up

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) and Alesmith Brewing (Cali) are creating a cross-country collaboration Belgian-style Dubbel.

The beer is called Dubbel Dare, brewed with Mission figs, and Neglet Noor dates.

Bottles of this will hit Florida sometime in October, 2013.

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Posted in Abita Brewing, Beer News

Abita Brewing Goes Solar

Abita Brewing Company is getting greener. The brewery announced today the completion of an installation of 340 solar panels on the warehouse of the main facility.

All in all, the panels will offset 2,737,202 kilowatt hours of electrical usage. That is an offset approximately 2,054 tons of carbon or 10,264 trees.

The project was made possible through the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).  The grant provided a 25% supplement the cost of the project.  It is one of the largest commercial solar systems in Louisiana.

South Coast Solar was granted the project, based in New Orleans. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held tomorrow, September 20th commemorating the event.

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You Can Assist Left Hand’s Flood Relief [VIDEO]

Even if you aren’t at the festival this Saturday, there are still ways to help Colorado.

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Beer Street Journal Collaborates with Jailhouse Brewing

After six years of running Beer Street Journal, and doing A LOT of beer drinking, sometimes a brewery just stands out. A brewery that makes you love craft beer that much more. For me, that’s Jailhouse Brewing in Hampton, Georgia.

This small, hot, town south of Atlanta could almost be missed if you weren’t looking for it. Main street consists of a single stop sign. Rush hour consists of about 7 cars. It’s quiet and peaceful when compared to neighboring Atlanta.

The brewery is built in a circa 1900 old jail/courthouse that still has bars on most of the windows. It’s almost as if you would see Andy Griffith and Barney sitting at the front desk.

I’m sitting here on the stoop in this small, crowded brewhouse, sipping a Reprieve Saison taking in the brew day. It’s hot for 10 am. Over 90 degrees already. The doors are open but that’s not helping. You sweat. You have no choice. There’s a mix of bluegrass and southern rock booming through the speakers while the smell of soaking grain is in the air. Everyone has a beard here except me. This is southern brewing. This is the south.

Ale Sharpton, Jailhouse founder Glen Golden, and I are brewing a special collaboration today. Something we’ve never really seen brewed in Atlanta. Personally when I think of the south I think about sweet tea. Why can’t that be a beer? No one has tried it before. Why not us?

So that’s what we did. We created an amber ale heavy on caramel malt. While the base was boiling, we made separate whirlpools of orange pekoe tea (that’s sweet tea if you’re wondering), orange peel and coriander. Those flavor additions went in near the end of the boil.  Later we will add a little more tea to the brite tank. A team of brewers and reps from various craft breweries are here to help taste test it.

If you are in or around Atlanta, join me for the first ever Beer Street Journal party at Cypress Street. We are going to celebrate southern craft brewing, food, art, music and more. I promise you there’s no better way to spend a Saturday.

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Hockey Heritage & Labatt

Hockey season draws close. If
Ever there was a beer company that celebrates the sport, it’s Canada’s Labatt.

These original 6 bottles are apparently circa 1990’s.

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Quick Look at Stone’s Airport Spot

Fans of Stone Brewing Co (Escondido, CA),  the next time you fly into San Diego’s airport you have this bar to look forward to.

The brewery now has two spots (Terminal 2 East, and Terminal 2 West) in the airport that will feature some of Stone’s year round offerings, seasonals, and potentially even an “airport only” release.

The food menu will be designed with great care by founders Steve Wagner and Greg Koch, with dishes mimicking those from the Stone World Bistro and Gardens in Escondido. Plane delays don’t seem so bad now do they? The pic below comes courtesy of Mitch Steele.

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