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 →
Wild Heaven Brewing’s tap handles 2.o. This is a production sample, but here’s the general idea. The brewery wanted to show off the name of the beer, with the crowning logo on top.
Wild Heaven Craft Beer recently posted a video giving a bit of back ground on the brewery’s “Serve Your Neighbor motto. Video is well done. Check it out:
Wild Heaven Craft Beer: Mini Doc from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.
Wild Heaven Craft Beers (Decatur, GA) is releasing its first seasonal – “Wild Heaven Winter Ale”. Winter Ale isn’t 100% new, but it is a “winterized” version of “Ode To Mercy”, one of Wild Heaven’s launch beers.
Wild Heaven brewer Eric Continue Reading →
This weeks Beer Geek Tuesday is big one at Cypress Street. Wes Anderson has gone out of his way to make a night featuring local beers. Expect representation from every brewery (or future brewery, I mean you Monday Night Brewing) on hand for the event. In case you don’t know everyone I’m talking about – Sweetwater Brewing, Red Brick Brewing, Terrapin Brewing, Wild Heaven Craft Beer, Twains, and Jailhouse Brewing. As if the beer isn’t enough, enjoy conversations with some of the brewers themselves, brewery representatives, distributors, even members of local craft beer stores. Continue on for the tap and guest list!
Wild Heaven Craft Beers officially made it’s debut on many Georgia tap handles yesterday, and more today. Wild Heaven is based in Decatur, Georgia with a penchant for Belgian/wild beers. What to know the whole story behind Georgia’s newest craft brewer? Read Nick Purdy’s official press release –
If you haven’t heard the buzz about Georgia’s new brewing company Wild Heaven Craft Beers, take note. Starting Wednesday (9/15) Wild Heaven’s 2 launch titles hit tap handles around Atlanta. Here’s the initial list-
Brickstore Pub, Porter Beer Bar, Cypress Continue Reading →
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 now rendered in brown
Wild Heaven Brewing’s tap handles 2.o. This is a production sample, but here’s the general idea. The brewery wanted to show off the name of the beer, with the crowning logo on top.
Wild Heaven Craft Beer recently posted a video giving a bit of back ground on the brewery’s “Serve Your Neighbor motto. Video is well done. Check it out:
Wild Heaven Craft Beer: Mini Doc from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.
Wild Heaven Craft Beers (Decatur, GA) is releasing its first seasonal – “Wild Heaven Winter Ale”. Winter Ale isn’t 100% new, but it is a “winterized” version of “Ode To Mercy”, one of Wild Heaven’s launch beers.
Wild Heaven brewer Eric Johnson took Ode To Mercy an imperial brown brewed with coffee from 1,000 faces in Athens, Georgia and aged it in bourbon oak instead of French oak. The result is a coffee infused brown ale, with hints of coffee & vanilla bourbon. Winter Ale features west coast hops, marris otter malts & Belgian aromatic hops.
Availability: Draft only. Winter seasonal.
8.5% ABV
This weeks Beer Geek Tuesday is big one at Cypress Street. Wes Anderson has gone out of his way to make a night featuring local beers. Expect representation from every brewery (or future brewery, I mean you Monday Night Brewing) on hand for the event. In case you don’t know everyone I’m talking about – Sweetwater Brewing, Red Brick Brewing, Terrapin Brewing, Wild Heaven Craft Beer, Twains, and Jailhouse Brewing. As if the beer isn’t enough, enjoy conversations with some of the brewers themselves, brewery representatives, distributors, even members of local craft beer stores. Continue on for the tap and guest list!
Tap List:
Sweetwater Crank Tank
Sweetwater Sch’Wheat
Terrapin Reunion
2010 Terrapin Big Hoppy Monste
Redbrick Octoberfest
Redbrick Pale Ale
Wild Heaven Ode to Mercy
Wild Heaven Invocation
Jail House Breakout Stout
Jail House Mugshot IPA
Odempsey’s Big Red
Odempsey’s IPA
Confirmed Special Guests-
Randy O’Dempsey (President, Brewmaster, O’Dempsey’s)
Nick Purdy (President, Sales, Wild Heaven)
Brian O’Connell (Beer Pimp, SweetWater)
Chris Caban (Sales, Redbrick) – Other Redbrick staff
Chad Baker (Sales, Jailhouse)
Glen Golden (Brewmaster, Jailhouse)
Steve Hayes (Sales, Terrapin)
Jordan Fleetwood (Brewmaster, Twains)
Potential Guests:
Matt Wells (Savannah Distributing)
Bobby Marek (United Distributing)
Carla Jan (United Distributing)
Jim Brooks (GA Crown) –
Michael Vandura (General Distributing)
Really Special Awesome Guests
Me! – AtlantaBeerMaster.com (LOL)
The Local Beer Tap Takeover for Beer Geek Tuesday kicks off @ 7pm!
Cypress Street
817 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308
Twitter: @CypressStreet
WILD HEAVEN CRAFT BEERS LAUNCHES IN GEORGIA
Introducing Two New Beers: Invocation Belgian-style Golden Ale and Ode to Mercy Imperial Brown Ale
September 15, 2010 (Decatur, Ga.)–Last night, Georgia celebrated its newest beer company–Wild Heaven Craft Beers–with a launch party at the Southeastʼs Mecca for beer lovers, the Brick Store Pub. Wild Heaven is the brainchild of Nick Purdy, founding publisher of award-winning Paste magazine, with recipes developed by brewmaster Eric Johnson of Athensʼ acclaimed Trappeze Pub.
“Our goal is nothing less than to brew the finest beer in the South,” says Purdy. “Wild Heaven Craft Beersʼ core portfolio will be high-end beers, and the demand for quality brewing is taking off. Our place in the market is to make beer that appeals to the adventurous craft-beer lover.”
Beginning today, the first two beers from Wild Heaven, Invocation and Ode to Mercy, will be available in pubs and restaurants around Atlanta and throughout Georgia and Alabama later this month. Invocation is a Belgian-style golden ale brewed all-grain, giving it a deep and complex taste. Ode To Mercy is an imperial brown ale combining the flavor and aroma of deep roasted malts, oak and coffee specially blended by Athens, GAʼs 1000 Faces Coffee, yielding a smooth, creamy finish. Bottles will be available by the end of the year.
Johnsonʼs philosophy of brewing is rooted in the European tradition, but with an adventurous American spirit. As both a renowned horticulturalist and proprietor of BeerAdvocate.comʼs #2 rated Georgia pub, he has a deep understanding of the science of brewing, an encyclopedic knowledge of the beer scene, and a creative streak which has yielded unending recipes for world-class beer.
“Georgia has fewer breweries per capita than Utah,” says Purdy, “but itʼs a top craft-beer market. Weʼve got good local breweries, just not enough of them.”
Despite a 2.2% dip in overall beer sales in 2009, craft beer grew 12% during the first half of 2010. And while North Carolina boasts 22 different breweries and Colorado has 25, Georgia only has four. Wild Heaven is contract brewing with Thomas Creek in South Carolina and plans to open its own brewery in the Decatur area by 2013.
Mike Gallagher, owner of the Brick Store Pub, said, “After traveling to cities like Portland, Chicago, San Fran and Philadelphia, itʼs almost embarrassing that we only have four local breweries, and one of those is actually in Athens. We’re a city of over five million people! The locals are ready, willing, waiting and excited.”
Fred Crudder, Beverage Director for Taco Mac, adds, “I was skeptical at first, having not heard anything about this project, but am alarmingly and overwhelmingly surprised at the quality of the beer.”
The following locations have joined with Wild Heaven to celebrate its launch and are featuring both Invocation and Ode To Mercy today: Brick Store Pub (Decatur), The Corner Pub (Decatur), Cypress Street Pint & Plate (Midtown), Diesel Filling Station (Virginia Highlands), The Fred (Sandy Springs), Leonʼs Full Service (Decatur), The Marlay House (Decatur), Midway Pub (East Atlanta), Octane (Westside), Ormbyʼs (Westside), Muss & Turnerʼs (Smyrna), The Porter Beer Bar (Little Five Points), Steinbeck’s (Oakhurst), Taco Mac — Perimeter Place (Dunwoody), Thinking Man Tavern (Decatur), Trappeze Pub (Athens), Twain’s Billiards (Decatur) and Young Augustine’s (Grant Park).
Nick Purdy and Eric Johnson are available for interviews
If you haven’t heard the buzz about Georgia’s new brewing company Wild Heaven Craft Beers, take note. Starting Wednesday (9/15) Wild Heaven’s 2 launch titles hit tap handles around Atlanta. Here’s the initial list-
Brickstore Pub, Porter Beer Bar, Cypress Street, The Marlay, Twain’s, Midway Pub, Steinbecks, Octane Coffee, Young Augustine’s, Leon’s Full Service, Ormsby’s, Corner Pub, Trappeze (Athens)
UPDATE 9/15 – Muss & Turners, Diesel, The Fred, Taco Mac Perimeter,
The Beers:
Invocation — Belgian Golden Ale, 8.5% ABV. Sweet candi sugar nose, with a light malt body.
Ode To Mercy — Imperial Brown, 8.2% ABV. Brewed with a special blend of coffee from 1,000 faces in Athens, GA.
