No one is immune to Twitter oopsies. Yesterday, a Red Cross employee accidentally sent the tweet seen at the left out on the RedCross account. Oh the perils of multiple accounts on HootSuite.
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Red Brick Brewing, Atlanta’s oldest brewery is releasing a new series throughout 2011 dubbed “Brick Mason” series. There will be 4 editions in the series in 12oz/4 pks. Here is your tentative schedule:
16th Anniversary – Barrel Aged Brown Ale, 7% Continue Reading →
You have seen this beer before under another name – Shiner Frost. Frost like this spring ale are dortmunder ales. This style first originated in Dortmund, Germany in 1873. It’s pale lager was first brewed by Dortmunder Union for Continue Reading →
2 releases from Mikkeller are now stateside – Koppi & 10. Both IPAs but with a very different ingredients. Let’s review:
10 – American IPA, 6.9% ABV. You have seen Mikkeller’s single hop series – 10 beers with the same IPA base, Continue Reading →
Yesterday (Feb 14) Mayor Michael Bloomberg official cut the ribbon on Brooklyn Brewing’s expansion. Bloomberg was joined by brewery president Steve Hnidy, and Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, plus business partners.
Brooklyn’s expansion will increase the capacity of the brewery from 12,000 barrels to 120,000 barrels a year. For those of you that aren’t aware, a lot of Brooklyn’s beer is currently contracted to Matt Brewery in Utica, NY. Between Brooklyn and Matt Brewing, Brooklyn’s production was 108,000 barrels of beer.
Facts About Brooklyn’s Expansion (Per the press release):
– Brooklyn grew by 20% despite capacity issues in 2010.
– Brooklyn expects major growth over the next 3 years (Sales expect to double)
– $800,000 grant from The Empire State Development Corp was given to Brooklyn. Purpose, to spur development & job creation in New York.
– The first beer brewed in the new expansion is “Main Engine Start” an abbey style single
Read on for the full press release
Edition #14 in Terrapin Brewing’s Side Project series is arriving – “Tomfoolery” a black saison ale. The color, like the flavor is uncharacteristic for this kind of ale. Tomfoolery fits perfectly with Terrapin’s experimental mentality. Spike describes:
Made with a silly Continue Reading →
