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Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t Continue Reading →

CNN Talks Father’s Day Beers [Video]

Atlanta’s Hop City Craft Beer & Wine’s owner/founder Kraig Torres was recently on CNN talking about manly beers for Father’s Day.  Kraig chose some big beers to celebrate Dads.  Dude, it’s not wine.  No spit buckets.

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Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t far behind for best IPA in the country.  Interestingly, the harder to find Pliny The Younger ranked at the other end of the list, at #48.

More than 16,000 votes were received in this years vote.  Check out the full story for brewery rankings. (T= Tied) [AHA]

 

1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
 3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
 4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
 5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
 6. Bell’s Hopslam
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration
8. Stone Ruination IPA
 9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
 10. North Coast Old Rasputin
 11. Firestone Walker Union Jack
 12. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
 13. Bear Republic Racer 5
 14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
 15. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
 16. Firestone Walker Double Jack
 T17. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
 T17. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
 19. Stone IPA
 20. New Belgium Fat Tire
 21. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
 22. Avery Maharaja
 23. Founders Breakfast Stout
 24. Left Hand Milk Stout
 T25. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
 T25. New Belgium Ranger
 T25. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
 28. Deschutes The Abyss
 29. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
 30. Surly Furious
 T31. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
 T31. Rogue Dead Guy
 T31. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
34. Troegs Nugget Nectar
 T35. Lagunitas IPA
 T35. New Belgium La Folie
 T37. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
 T37. Founders KBS
 T37. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
 41. Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
 42. Victory Prima Pils
43. Great Divide Yeti
 T44. Alaskan Smoked Porter
 T44. Anchor Steam
 T44. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
 T44. Samuel Adams Noble Pils
 T48. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
 T48. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
 T48. Russian River Pliny the Younge
by Reid Ramsay
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A Look At The Upgraded Oskar Blues Tasting Room [Video]

Oskar Blues is proud to show off the new and improved Tasty Weasel – aka the tasting/taproom in Longmont, Colorado.   As the brewery shifts and expands a bit, the Weasel got an upgrade too.  More taps, bigger bar, larger patio.  Above is a picture of the Tasty Weasel taken last October.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Founders Brewing, Monday Night Brewing, Oskar Blues Brewing, Stone Brewing Co.

CNN Talks Father’s Day Beers [Video]

Atlanta’s Hop City Craft Beer & Wine’s owner/founder Kraig Torres was recently on CNN talking about manly beers for Father’s Day.  Kraig chose some big beers to celebrate Dads.  Dude, it’s not wine.  No spit buckets.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Cool Stuff, Oskar Blues Brewing

Oskar Blues’ New Place In Brevard, NC [Pic]

This is a quick look at Oskar Blues’s new digs (ok, new to them) in Brevard, North Carolina.  The brewery has signed a contract on a 30,000-square-foot brewery space.   Pic via @WinBassett

 

Win gives us some deets on the new location:  80,000 sq-ft facility…OB will have 33k sq-ft of it.  455 Railroad Ave., Brevard, NC

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by Reid Ramsay
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A Tiny Look At The Oskar Blues Expansion [Video]

A tiny look at the Oskar Blues “Tasty Weasel” expansion.  The tasting room (Tasty Weasel) is undergoing some changes.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Coming Soon, Oskar Blues Brewing

Oskar Blues G’Knight Headed For Tallboys

Oskar Blue G'Knight 16ozNow that Oskar Blues (Lyon, CO) has the ability to produce 16oz cans (see Deviant Dales) the brewery is looking to add G’Knight to the tallboy lineup.   G’Knight went by the name “Gordon” until Gordon Biersch sued to the brewery over the name.

Gordon is a dry-hopped hybrid strong ale somewhere between a Double IPA and and Imperial Amber Ale (IAA). Brewed in tribute to the late Gordon Knight, Gordon is brewed with massive amounts of American hops and features about 85 IBUs and 8.7% alcohol by volume. 

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft. Soon: 16oz cans

8.7% ABV 

Just this week, the brewery announced a new location they will build in North Carolina.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brewery Expansions, Oskar Blues Brewing

Oskar Blues In North Carolina. Full Press Release

From Colorado to North Carolina, the next stop for Oskar Blues.   Check out the full press release. 

Longmont, CO (May 2012) – Funky little Oskar Blues Grill & Brew started 15 years ago when Dale Katechis and his high school sweet-heart stumbled across the small town of Lyons, Colorado while on a road trip north from their home in Alabama. That Rocky Mountain trip continues east as Dale finds the same downhome feeling in the rolling hills of Pisgah National Forrest of Brevard, North Carolina.

Oskar Blues, named “The hottest place to be on a Saturday night in Colorado” by Rolling Stone Magazine, has announced plans for a restaurant/music venue and brewery location just off the bike path to Bracken Mountain in the small downtown of Brevard, N.C. The brewery plans to have the soul-savin’ live music venue and brewery up and running by December 2012.

“I’ve left a bike in Brevard for years as we’ve been coming here to ride mountain bikes and check out our buddies Mountain Song Music Festival. This place rings true with the same eclectic mountain charm that inspired Oskar Blues to put Dale’s Pale Ale in a can back in the day in Lyons, CO.” says soul-founder Dale Katechis. “Brevard and Lyons share a small town main street tone mingled with live music and an energy emerging from the surrounding hills.”

Oskar Blues, one of the fastest growing breweries in the country, sells over 35 percent of their beer east of the big muddy river, making for a great opportunity to look into a local location in that area. They have secured a contract on a 30,000 square foot brewery space along with a 6,000 square foot restaurant/music venue location in downtown Brevard. “We’ve looked at the options of growing our Colorado based brewing to the next level and the thought the idea of opening another small, intimate restaurant and brewery on a grassroots level sounds like a lot more fun.” says Dale. “With that much beer traveling east of the Mississippi it allows us to invest in another small town that shares our passions and recoup the investment as we contribute to the community and streamline our shipping costs amongst other things.”

Oskar Blues has worked hard to keep that hands-on feel with small Colorado projects like their Hops & Heifers Farm, that provides homegrown beef, pork and vegetables to their restaurants, and handmade mountain bikes with REEB Cycles as the brewery & restaurants have been blessed with growth. “It’s important to us to keep that trailside comradery amongst each other and the community.” said Katechis.

Click HERE to read the Mountain Flyer Magazine article around Oskar Blues Brewery’s recent trip to “The Assault on the Carolinas” cycling event in Brevard, NC. You can also view images from the Oskar Blues built REEB Cycles HERE via Facebook.

ABOUT OSKAR BLUES
Three-dimensional brewing since 1999, Oskar Blues began the “Canned Beer Apocalypse” in 2002 when Dale’s Pale Ale became America’s 1st CANNED craft beer. For additional info, interviews, images or samples please contact Chad Melis at [email protected], # 720.273.8888 or visit www.oskarblues.com

by Reid Ramsay