Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick Brews 500th Batch

Today is a milestone for Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA).  Dave McClure and his brewing team crossed the 500th batch mark.  Ab0ve: Garett Lockhart and Dave McClure stand next to #500.

Red Brick 17th Anniversary Arrives In July

Red Brick Brewing Company celebrates 17  this year, the oldest craft brewery in Atlanta, Georgia.  The anniversary ale makes its third appearance, second time in the Brick Mason Series.

Red Brick’s Anniversary Ale was first brewed by their long time Brewmaster, Continue Reading →

Posted in Red Brick Brewing, Seasonal Return

Red Brick Smoked Vanilla Gorilla Arrives This Week, With Changes

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) is releasing the 2012 round of Brick Mason Smoked Vanilla Gorilla this week.  The 2012 edition is a little different. The vanilla beans aren’t smoked this year, just the malt. The smoke is subtle. brewer Garrett Lockhart wanted the beer to have a bit more silky smoothness. Also, no barrel aging this year. The base beer is still Red Brick oatmeal porter.

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.
Arrival: First week of October, 2012

Tasting Notes (Per Red Brick): Vanilla Gorilla is a strong porter with big chocolate and roasted flavors.  It has a delicate addition of vanilla that compliments its subtle smokey finish.

Style: Porter (w/ Vanilla Beans, Smoked)

7.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick 17th Anniversary Hits Shelves

Check your tap handles and your shelves, Red Brick 17th Anniversary is here. Months ago, 72 Jim Beam barrels were filled with this “double brown” ale. Fans of both Beam and beer will love this one. Be sure to check out BeerStreetJournal’s pics from barrel blending day. Also, check out more on the Brick Mason Series.

Style: Brown Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft. One time brew.

8.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick 17th Anniversary Blending [PICS]

Red Brick Brewing is on the eve of the 3rd barrel aged anniversary release. Last week, BeerStreetJournal was on site at the brewery when Dave McClure and his brewing team in Atlanta, Georgia pulled the next Brick Mason Series brew from the the barrels. The 2012 release marks 17 years, and is a brown ale aged in Jim Beam barrels. Before the blending, all 72 barrels were placed in the cooler overnight. The next day, the barrels were forklifted two at a time to the tank area for blending. Every barrel had to be tasted to ensure the flavor quality before blending.

You see below, each barrel is opened, sampled then pumped (with CO2) into the brite tank.  Red Brick 17th Anniversary has been bottled and will start shipping over the next week.

Style: Brown Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Limited Draft.

8.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick Brews 500th Batch

Today is a milestone for Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA).  Dave McClure and his brewing team crossed the 500th batch mark.  Ab0ve: Garett Lockhart and Dave McClure stand next to #500.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick Shifts Lineup Thanks To Copper Loss, Bumps Saison

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) has a few changes with their Brick Mason release schedule.  Thanks to the copper thieving buttholes back in January, the release schedule has been pushed back by a month.

17th Anniversary — Blending in July, released in August, 2012.
Vanilla Gorilla — First week of October.
Stock Ale — Barrel Aged, arriving in NOW JANUARY.
Pfeffernüsse Porter -Named after a cookie. Now 2013?

Dog Days Ale has recently arrived for June & July, and another round of Laughing Skull in September-October.

Brick Maison Saison has been bumped from the lineup, potentially brewed in 2013.

Updated: October 1, 2012, 2:30 pm

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick 17th Anniversary Arrives In July

Red Brick Brewing Company celebrates 17  this year, the oldest craft brewery in Atlanta, Georgia.  The anniversary ale makes its third appearance, second time in the Brick Mason Series.

Red Brick’s Anniversary Ale was first brewed by their long time Brewmaster, Dave McClure, in 1995 while experimenting with bourbon and whiskey barrels at home.   To his surprise the beer was enjoyed by all who tasted it and found that it became even tastier the longer it was aged.  Nowadays, the Anniversary Ale is aged for a minimum of 6 to 8 months in bourbon barrels which gives it a unique bourbon undertone.

Style: Brown Ale  (Barrel Aged)

Hops:  Apollo, Willamette
Malts: 2 Row, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Flaked oats, wheat

Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: July, 2012

8.5% ABV, 35 IBUs 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Atlanta Beer Week, Burnt Hickory Brewery, JailHouse Brewing, O'Dempsey's, Red Brick Brewing, Red Hare Brewing, Terrapin Beer Company, Wild Heaven Craft Beers, Wrecking Bar Brewpub

Check Out Our Atlanta Beer Week ’12 Logo

Atlanta Beer Week 2012Atlanta Beer Week 2012 is coming, prep your livers.  October 20-27 will bring you the best beer, accented by some of the best food, and people in the industry.

If you ask me, Atlanta is one of the fastest growing beer markets in the United States.  With over 6 million people in and around the city, a great beer literally a few feet away.  In the past few weeks alone, Mother Earth Brewing, Anderson Valley, Clown Shoes, and Blue Point have entered the state.  Boulevard Brewing, Green Flash & Goose Island are on their way to the A.

 Let’s not forget some of the best beers are brewed in our own backyard.  Terrapin is growing, just passing the 10 year mark.  Red Brick shows us barrel aging is artform.  Wild Heaven brews up new beers while on the path to a home of their own in Avondale Estates.  2012 will be a big year for the Monday Night folks.  Georgia will have some hometown can beer soon when Red Hare  kicks up the line this summer.  Every time Jailhouse makes the 20 minute drive into the big city, it’s with a truck full of tasty that doesn’t last very long.  O’Dempsey’s been hitting some stout laden homeruns.  Oh, and Burnt Hickory?  We’re ready for you. Bring the heat.. SweetWater? Where to begin.  You don’t get ranked #23 craft brewery in the country for nothing.  They are the period at the long sentence that is the Atlanta beer scene.

Brewpubs? We’ve got ’em. 5 Seasons West has been rocking out lately with some of the best new creations since opening a couple of years ago.  5 Seasons Prado under Kevin McNearney is hop solid.  Wrecking Bar was recently nominated as one of the best in the U.S.   On the subject of the best in the U.S. – let’s talk beer bars. Some of the best on planet earth.  Porter Beer Bar, Brick Store Pub, Trappeze Pub (Athens) all break RateBeer.com’s Top 20.  Don’t even get me started on beer stores.  You’ve guessed it. More of the best in America.

Here in Atlanta we’re thirsty, and that’s just fine with us.  Forget what you thought you knew.  It’s the south. It’s beer. It’s Southern Beer Culture.

Thanks to Bart Sasso and Esperanza-ATL for the absolutely badass logo.  It will look good tattooed on something. 

by Reid Ramsay