Breweries

Cigar City Hunaphu Day 2011 Details

This Saturday is the release of Cigar City Brewing’s infamous Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout.  Hunahpu is an imperial stout with Peruvian cacao nibs, Ancho & Pasilla chilies, cinnamon, and Madagascar vanilla beans.  It’s big, huge, and complex.  The bottles are going on sale for a big Hunahpu day at the brewery in Tampa, Florida this Saturday, March 12, 2011.

Cigar City’s blog today revealed details on the event, beers on tap, food and entertainment. Looking good.

Hunaphu Release Day Details
The first 750 people who receive a wristband will be able to buy Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (up to 4 bottles) when it goes on sale at 6pm. If you are paying by credit card you will be able to pre-pay for your bottles immediately or throughout the day so that you can quickly get your bottles when they go on sale. If there are any bottles left after all 750 people have come to claim/buy their bottles OR 9pm (leaving a 3 hour window for you to claim your bottles if you have a wristband) the remaining bottles will go on sale to the public. Bottles will be for sale ONLY at the brewery. They will not go into distribution.

Sierra Nevada To Add Cans In 2011

Sierra Nevada Brewing (Chico, CA) will be adding a canning line sometime in 2011.  Details are not widely known, I consulted Chad Mc Rae with the brewery that shed a little light on the status of things:

“We are going to Continue Reading →

ARRIVING SOON: Left Hand TNT

Headed to shelves soon from Left Hand Brewing is “TNT Weizen Dopplebock.”  A completely new release by Left Hand, this beer will be brewed with Lapsang Souchong tea.

Using the far reaches of the internet (aka Wikipedia) it yielded some info Continue Reading →

Sam Adams Annoyed Over Glass Shape

Sam Adams (Boston Beer Company) is upset over the shape of the glasses Santan Beer Company has been using.  It bears a resemblance to the Sam Adams “turbulator” glass for sure.   Check out the video and the whole story from ABC Arizona. Think about this?  With a growing beer scene in the United States, is this going to become more prevalent?   Full Article —> ABC15.com

Wild Heaven Tweaks Logo

As Wild Heaven Craft Beers gets ready to package their beer, they have tweaked their logo a bit. On the left are some of the subtle changes.

According to Nick Purdy:

– The colors are brighter
– Brown is darker
– Name of company Continue Reading →