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Flying Dog’s Media Misstep Starts Fight

Flying Dog Brewery (Frederick, MD) may have made a misstep in their social media campaign kickoff yesterday. The brewery kicked off a new campaign called “Swallow the Truth” coinciding with their new “The Truth” imperial IPA. It all started with Continue Reading →

New Belgium Radar: Ole Man’s Gold

One for your New Belgium radar – Ole Man’s Gold. A spicy ale with cocoa powder. Currently draft only.

More info to come…

 

 

 

 

Shipyard Pumpkinhead 2013 Arrives

Pumpkin beer season is in full effect. Just give in. One of the most popular – Shipyard Pumpkinhead is hitting shelves now. Pumpkinhead was first brewed by Shipyard in 2002. Pumpkinhead is actually spiced liked a pumpkin beer, Continue Reading →

First Look: Surly Darkness 2013 Artwork

Surly Darkness 2013 looms. One of the most sought after Russian Imperial Stouts arrives in October. Release day, dubbed “Darkness Day” sees somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 bottles released. Surly Darkness ranks among the top rated beers on planet earth.

Brewcifer, Lord of Darkness
From Continue Reading →

Posted in Beer News

Go Kickball Summer Party with Red Brick, Go Kickball, JCI & Beer Street Journal

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BeerStreetJournal.com has teamed up with Go Kickball, JCI Atlanta, and Red Brick Brewery for the Go Kickball Summer Concert Party. The throwdown is a fundraiser benefitting Camp Dream for special needs children in the state of Georgia. If you’re in Atlanta, come out to Red Brick for a fun evening of beer tastings, brewery tours, cornhole, live music from Vincent the Dog, and more! Get your tickets in advance and we’ll see you at the party tonight, August 9th! Come drink craft beer for a great cause!

Tickets are $8 in advance and $12 at the door.

Website link: http://www.jciatlanta.org/clubportal/EventDetailPublic2.cfm?clubID=664&EventID=190644

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/GOkickball.atlanta#!/events/216516845169801/

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Flying Dog’s Media Misstep Starts Fight

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Flying Dog Brewery (Frederick, MD) may have made a misstep in their social media campaign kickoff yesterday. The brewery kicked off a new campaign called “Swallow the Truth” coinciding with their new “The Truth” imperial IPA. It all started with this image posted above – “Not brewed at our Asheville brewery…because we don’t have one.”

That’s the problem with digital sarcasm. It can be easily overlooked. We’re pretty sure it was a simple joke about the fact that so many breweries are building in Asheville/North Carolina. Within seconds of posting this art, the pushback started. Forcing a tongue-in-check reply on their Facebook page. Seems like even beer drinkers get offended fairly easily.

We are releasing a new Imperial IPA called The Truth. 

What appealed to us about this concept of the truth is that as a society, we are constantly blasted with hype, lies, and exaggerations. And we’re expected to swallow it as the truth. 
What we learned today is that an inarguable truth was reacted to in very subjective ways.

In one simple statement, we managed to offend the following:
A. North Carolina beer
B. Breweries already in, moving to, or expanding to North Carolina 
C. The entire state of North Carolina
D. And probably people who live in South Carolina, but work in North Carolina 

If you were offended by Flying Dog today and are not included in the list above, please let us know.

Then this –

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, The Lost Abbey

People Want Beer! Duck Duck Gooze Sales Crash Server

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Today, tickets to purchase Lost Abbey’s Duck Duck Goose were supposed to go on sale. That didn’t go so well. The instant the link went live, the server crashed. Hard. Of course, that annoyed the fans clamoring for the brew. As you can see, they are working on a solution, and no tickets have been sold yet.

Nexternal eCommerce, the online sales solution, was unable to handle the traffic. Both Lost Abbey and Nexternal are working on a fix.

In the meantime, do you see this happening more and more in the craft beer industry? Ticket sales not going well, servers crashing? What do you see as a viable tech solution?

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

New Belgium Radar: Ole Man’s Gold

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One for your New Belgium radar – Ole Man’s Gold. A spicy ale with cocoa powder. Currently draft only.

More info to come…

 

 

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Shipyard Pumpkinhead 2013 Arrives

Shipyard Pumpkin 2013

Pumpkin beer season is in full effect. Just give in. One of the most popular – Shipyard Pumpkinhead is hitting shelves now. Pumpkinhead was first brewed by Shipyard in 2002. Pumpkinhead is actually spiced liked a pumpkin beer, with no real pumpkin in the brew. Look for in now

Style: Pumpkin Beer (w/ Nutmeg, Cinnamon)
Hops: Hallertau, Willamette
Malts: 2 Row British Pale, Malted Wheat, Light Munich.
Yeast: English Ale

Taste Expectations: Hints of pumpkin, nutmeg, and cinnamon.  Wheat malt brings this beer full circle.  Crisp and light.

Availability: 12oz/6 pks, Draft.  September- October seasonally.

5.1% ABV

Pic via @redstoneliquors

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Ipswich Brewing, The Alchemist Pub & Brewery

Award Winning Gluten Free Recipe Sold

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The Alchemist (Woodbury, VT) may be one of the few breweries in the U.S. to have gained so much fame with one beer. Every since severe flooding destroyed John Kimmich’s brewpub, highly touted Heady Topper is the only and only beer produced at the the Alchemist canning facility.

Heady Topper isn’t The Alchemist’s only beer though of course. Kimmich’s wife and brewing partner Jen, was diagnosed with celiac disease a few years ago. (Makes gluten the enemy of your digestive system.) There’s a way around that in brewing, that’s using grain without evil gluten. That’s the inspiration for Celia Saison, brewed with sorghum. A gold medal winning gluten free saison.

Ipswich Brewery recently created a commercial batch of Celia Saison on John’s behalf. Now, he has sold the recipe to Ipswich, and will now officially be an Ipswich product.

The artwork will be the same, but now with the Ipswich logo. Look for 4 packs of this brew in Ipswich markets. Gluten free drinkers, this is great news.

Style: Saison (w/ Orange Peels, Gluten Free)
Availability: 12oz bottles

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

First Look: Surly Darkness 2013 Artwork

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Surly Darkness 2013 looms. One of the most sought after Russian Imperial Stouts arrives in October. Release day, dubbed “Darkness Day” sees somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 bottles released. Surly Darkness ranks among the top rated beers on planet earth.

Brewcifer, Lord of Darkness
From the depths of the Brewhouse he arises! Enveloped in raging flames, his shadowy visage commands submission to the dark nectar in his goblet. Brewcifer holds before you a massively opaque black brew with notes of chocolate, coffee, dried tart cherries and raisins.The thick body of this Russian Imperial Stout finishes sweet, with a piney resinous hop character. Brewcifer commands that you enjoy this creation in a tulip glass, to capture the complex aromas and flavors. Brewcifer would suggest that you share with a friend, Brewcifer doesn’t want you to be a jerk. Each year, we select a different artist to create a Darkness-inspired monstrosity. This year’s fiery creature is from the dark imagination of local artist Josh “Jawsh” Lemke. .

Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Hops: Columbus, Amarillo, Simcoe
Malts: Pale, Golden Promise, Crystal, Oats, Black, Chocolate, Roast, Dark candi sugar
Yeast: English Ale Yeast

Availability: 750 ml bottles, Limited Draft
Arrival: October, 2013

9.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay