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SweetWater Brewing’s latest beer from the side project/experimental/one off/reserve/specialty series has shipped. Bombers are hitting shelves, with draft not far behind. A special release party is headed your way too for those near Atlanta.
Mean Joe Bean is a hat tilt to the famous footballer Mean Joe Green. SweetWater & their real gift from writing describes this beer “Rodger the Dodger and his Imperial Porter bone offense didn’t stand a bat wing’s chance once we dipped our Nicaraguan bean sack through his facemask! We blindsided his 8.5% Alc/Vol jock strap back to the fields to pick more beans, resulting in this Immaculate con-Catch-tion of intense forearm shivers of chocolate malt, a body like the Bus and blitzes of gridiron hops, all clothes lined by intense coffee overtones. It’s so good that you’ll need your terrible towel to wipe the tears”
Release Party:
On Friday, March 4th, 2011 a release party will be held at Deckard’s American Tavern in downtown Atlanta. The party will feature Mean Joe Bean, both on draft and and beer engine. The “Dirty Nekkid” coffee that was used in beer will be available for those wanting to compare. Party kicks off at 6:30 pm. Expect some specialty glassware giveaways, and a drawing for Brew Your Cask Off tickets.
Availability: 22oz Bombers, draft. 1 time Dank Tank release. (for now)
Sapelo Productions posted the first part of a series on the 2011 SweetWater Brewing Company Brew Your Cask Off Festival. The festival is on March 5, 2011. Check out the site —> www.brewyourcaskoff.com
SweetWater Brewing recently released Crank Tank Rye’d Ale in conjunction with their 5th Annual Spin For Kids Fundraiser. 21,000 – the money raised by the event benefits Camp Twin Lakes, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing children with serious illness and special needs and their families a recreational outlet. (Direct quote. Couldn’t say it better myself). The event was a great success, for all involved. Craft beer really gives back.
PHOTO Left to Right: Camp Twin Lakes’ Adam Cohen (Special Events Coordinator), Dan Mathews (Director of Camping Services), SweetWater Brewing Company’s Steve Farace (Minster of Propaganda) and Jessie Rosenberg (Director of Development). Photo Credit: Erin Kasari
More info on SweetWater Brewing’s next release – “Mean Joe Bean” headed to shelves in February.
ATLANTA — Football season never ends at SweetWater, hence the release of Mean Joe Bean, a bean-to-beer experiment and the latest in the rarely released randomness dubbed their Dank Tank series. These creations emerge from SweetWater’s dark side — brewed only when the itch gets so bad, they just have to scratch it – and they are few and far between
SweetWater Brewing’s 2nd Annual Brew Your Cask Off was this past weekend, and for the second year in a row, one hell of time. Rain couldn’t slow down this even, with casks going empty even faster than last year. Without further ado, here’s your winners and a couple of pictures by yours truely.
First: Final Gravity Home Brewers – ‘Lika-Titi-Coco Porter” Second: The Porter Beer Bar – “The Sch’it” Third: Fontaines “2 Pump Chump” People’s Choice: Cypress Street – Pumpkin Porter. Second Year Peoples Choice in a row!
Congrats to all! The top 4 casks will be re-created by SweetWater Brewing and appear at 420 Fest April 15-17, 2011.
SweetWater Brewing’s latest beer from the side project/experimental/one off/reserve/specialty series has shipped. Bombers are hitting shelves, with draft not far behind. A special release party is headed your way too for those near Atlanta.
Mean Joe Bean is a hat tilt to the famous footballer Mean Joe Green. SweetWater & their real gift from writing describes this beer “Rodger the Dodger and his Imperial Porter bone offense didn’t stand a bat wing’s chance once we dipped our Nicaraguan bean sack through his facemask! We blindsided his 8.5% Alc/Vol jock strap back to the fields to pick more beans, resulting in this Immaculate con-Catch-tion of intense forearm shivers of chocolate malt, a body like the Bus and blitzes of gridiron hops, all clothes lined by intense coffee overtones. It’s so good that you’ll need your terrible towel to wipe the tears”
Release Party:
On Friday, March 4th, 2011 a release party will be held at Deckard’s American Tavern in downtown Atlanta. The party will feature Mean Joe Bean, both on draft and and beer engine. The “Dirty Nekkid” coffee that was used in beer will be available for those wanting to compare. Party kicks off at 6:30 pm. Expect some specialty glassware giveaways, and a drawing for Brew Your Cask Off tickets.
Availability: 22oz Bombers, draft. 1 time Dank Tank release. (for now)
8.5% ABV
FULL PRESS RELEASE:
HAVE A BEAN AND A SMILE!
MEAN JOE BEAN DEBUTS AT DECKARD’S AMERICAN TAVERN
SweetWater Brewery’s Dank Tank Unleashes THIS FRIDAY — March 4th at 6:30 pm
ATLANTA — Football season never ends at SweetWater, hence the release of Mean Joe Bean, a bean-to-beer experiment and the latest in the rarely released randomness dubbed their Dank Tank series. These creations emerge from SweetWater’s dark side — brewed only when the itch gets so bad, they just have to scratch it – and they are few and far between.
Mean Joe Bean will be available in 22 ounce bottles and on draft. But, Brewniversity fans need to act fast because this will be off the field before you know it, with only the jersey off its back as a souvenir; it is the perfect pint for the porter drinker and coffee lover in all of us. The first “75” guests to order a Mean Joe Bean at Deckard’s American Tavern on Friday, March 4th beginning at 6:30pm will get a limited edition Dank Tank unique stemmed glass, and SweetWater will have a unique cask version of Mean Joe Bean from head brewer Nick Nock poured through the beer engine that night as well.
Staying true to their local roots, SweetWater brewers partnered with Atlanta coffee favorites JavaVino, located in the Highlands, to create this Imperial Porter brewed with coffee beans. This coffee and wine house brings in their signature coffee from Nicaragua and is produced by co-owner Heddy Kühl’s family. The Kühl Family picks the coffee beans, exports, imports, roasts and brews them right in Atlanta. For more on JavaVino and their sixth generation family coffee farm visit www.javavino.com. Steve and Heddy will be onsite at Deckard’s American Tavern with their “Dirty Nekkid Lady” coffee which was used in the brewing process.
As the name suggests, the tale of this beer is legendary. As their creative sense of history touts, “Rodger the Dodger and his Imperial Porter bone offense didn’t stand a bat wing’s chance once we dipped our Nicaraguan bean sack through his facemask! We blindsided his 8.5% Alc/Vol jock strap back to the fields to pick more beans, resulting in this Immaculate con-Catch-tion of intense forearm shivers of chocolate malt, a body like the Bus and blitzes of gridiron hops, all clothes lined by intense coffee overtones. It’s so good that you’ll need your terrible towel to wipe the tears.”
And speaking of craft beer, join SweetWater Brewing Company March 5th for their second annual Brew Your Cask Off. Visitwww.brewyourcaskoff.com for info and tickets. SweetWater will also be giving away two passes to this year’s Brew Your Cask Off during their MJB launch party — drawing for the passes will be at 8pm, but don’t sweat it if you don’t win the passes, there will be other goodies given away from the brewery celebrating their newest beer throughout the night. No reservations necessary, strap on your helmet and we’ll see you at Deckard’s American Tavern.
Deckard’s American Tavern is located at 650 Ponce De Leon Avenue, #800B, Atlanta, GA 30308. For more information call 404-941-3520 or visit www.kitchenandkegs.com.
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Sapelo Productions posted the first part of a series on the 2011 SweetWater Brewing Company Brew Your Cask Off Festival. The festival is on March 5, 2011. Check out the site —> www.brewyourcaskoff.com
SweetWater Brewing recently released Crank Tank Rye’d Ale in conjunction with their 5th Annual Spin For Kids Fundraiser. 21,000 – the money raised by the event benefits Camp Twin Lakes, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing children with serious illness and special needs and their families a recreational outlet. (Direct quote. Couldn’t say it better myself). The event was a great success, for all involved. Craft beer really gives back.
PHOTO Left to Right: Camp Twin Lakes’ Adam Cohen (Special Events Coordinator), Dan Mathews (Director of Camping Services), SweetWater Brewing Company’s Steve Farace (Minster of Propaganda) and Jessie Rosenberg (Director of Development). Photo Credit: Erin Kasari
ATLANTA: This fall SweetWater Brewing Company challenged Atlantans to jump on their bikes with Team SweetWater as they celebrated the mission of Camp Twin Lakes with a new brew, Crank Tank Rye’d Ale and their Fifth Annual Spin for Kids Fundraiser Oct. 23-24, 2010. The local boys created their latest beer to raise money and awareness for this non-profit organization dedicated to providing children with serious illness and special needs and their families a recreational outlet. Well, they did just that! Nearly 21K was donated on behalf of SweetWater Brewing Company to the camp as part of the over $280,000 raised through Spin For Kids as well as 30 GIANT mountain bikes for the campers and counselors to use at the camp.
“Camp Twin Lakes has made a profound impact on my life,” said Freddy Bensch — SweetWater’s Big Kahuna. “It provides a safe and nonjudgmental environment for children with illnesses and special needs — something they can’t always find in the real world. SweetWater is proud to connect with a great cause, participate, brew and most of all give back!”
About SweetWater Brewing Company: SweetWater Brewing Company is an Atlanta-based craft brewery specializing in aggressive West Coast style beers. SweetWater’s brews are unpasteurized and designed to be consumed fresh so distribution is limited to the Southeast. The award-winning lineup of year-round brews includes SweetWater 420, Sch’Wheat, IPA, Blue and Georgia Brown. SweetWater also features a Catch and Release series of beers available on a limited basis throughout the year, and an experimental, one-time-only Dank Tank series. The SweetWater Brewery, open for tours every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 p.m., is located at 195 Ottley Dr NE, Atlanta GA 30324. For more information about SweetWater Brewing Company, please visit www.sweetwaterbrew.com or follow on twitter — @sweetwaterbrew or on facebook under www.facebook.com/sweetwaterbrew.
About Camp Twin Lakes and Spin for Kids: Camp Twin Lakes is a not-for-profit organization that offers year-round recreational, therapeutic, and educational programs for children facing serious illnesses and other physical, emotional and life challenges. With its network of partners, Camp Twin Lakes provides life-changing experiences for thousands of children each year at its state-of-the-art, fully accessible facility, located on 500 acres in Rutledge, Georgia, and at other locations throughout the state. For more information, visit www.camptwinlakes.org. Spin for Kids is our annual fundraising bike ride that invites both mountain and road bikers to raise money in support of Camp Twin Lakes. For more information, visit www.spinforkids.org.
More info on SweetWater Brewing’s next release – “Mean Joe Bean” headed to shelves in February.
ATLANTA — Football season never ends at SweetWater, hence the release of Mean Joe Bean, a bean-to-beer experiment and the latest in the rarely released randomness dubbed their Dank Tank series. These creations emerge from SweetWater’s dark side — brewed only when the itch gets so bad, they just have to scratch it – and they are few and far between.
Staying true to their local roots, SweetWater brewers partnered with Atlanta coffee favorites JavaVino, located in the Highlands, to create this Imperial Porter brewed with coffee beans. This coffee and wine house brings in their signature coffee from Nicaragua and is produced by co-owner Heddy Kuhl’s family. The Kühl Family picks the coffee beans, exports, imports, roasts and brews them right in Atlanta. For more on JavaVino and their sixth generation family coffee farm visit www.javavino.com
As the name suggests, the tale of this beer is legendary. As their creative sense of history touts, “Rodger the Dodger and his Imperial Porter bone offense didn’t stand a bat wing’s chance once we dipped our Nicaraguan bean sack through his facemask! We blindsided his 8.5% Alc/Vol jock strap back to the fields to pick more beans, resulting in this Immaculate con-Catch-tion of intense forearm shivers of chocolate malt, a body like the Bus and blitzes of gridiron hops, all clothes lined by intense coffee overtones. It’s so good that you’ll need your terrible towel to wipe the tears.”
Mean Joe Bean comes in 22 ounce bottles and on draft and is best when fresh to be able experience the crushing beauty of flavors this brew delivers. But, fans act fast because this will be off the field before you know it with only the jersey off its back as a souvenir; it is the perfect pint for the porter drinker and coffee lover in all of us.
And speaking of craft beer, join SweetWater Brewing Company this March for their second annual Brew Your Cask Off on March 5th. Visit www.brewyourcaskoff.com for info and tickets.
About SweetWater Brewing Company: SweetWater Brewing Company is an Atlanta-based craft brewery specializing in aggressive West Coast style beers. SweetWater’s brews are unpasteurized and designed to be consumed fresh so distribution is limited to the Southeast. The award-winning lineup of year-round brews includes SweetWater 420, Sch’Wheat, IPA, Blue and Georgia Brown. SweetWater also features a Catch and Release series of beers available on a limited basis throughout the year, and an experimental, one-time-only Dank Tank series. The SweetWater Brewery, open for tours every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 p.m., is located at 195 Ottley Dr NE, Atlanta GA 30324. For more information about SweetWater Brewing Company, please visit www.sweetwaterbrew.com.
SweetWater Brewing’s 2nd Annual Brew Your Cask Off was this past weekend, and for the second year in a row, one hell of time. Rain couldn’t slow down this even, with casks going empty even faster than last year. Without further ado, here’s your winners and a couple of pictures by yours truely.
