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Victory Brotherly Love coming to cans

Victory Brotherly Love looks to joins the brewery’s can lineup in 2016.

This year, the Downingtown, Pennsylvania based brewery released Vital IPA, Headwaters Pale Ale, and Summer Love in cans for the first time.

Victory Brotherly Love, aka Philly’s finest lager, boasts whole flower Continue Reading →

First look: Monday Night Nerd Alert cans

Monday Night Nerd Alert will soon find it’s way into cans for the first time. 

The Atlanta, Georgia based brewery purchased Cigar City Brewing’s canning line earlier this year, and since has been working out the production details. That canning line was Continue Reading →

NoDa & Night Shift Brewing team up once again

NoDa Brewing (Charlotte, NC) is teaming up again with Everett, Massachusetts’s Night Shift Brewing. The result will be a fan favorite from years ago.

Some will remember Stop, Collaborate, and Glisten. An instant hit for young NoDa at the time. Next October, the Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Victory Brewing Company

Victory Dry-Hopped Brett Pils coming in April

Victory Dry-Hopped Brett Pils is coming to the brewery’s new Blackboard Series in April, 2016.

On January 1, 2016 the first Blackboard Series beer will join the series – an IPA brewed with grapefruit and agave nectar.

There are four releases in the series in 2016, inspired by restaurant blackboard specials. Victory Dry-Hopped Brett Pils is a riff on the brewery’s famous Prima Pils recipe, fermented with Brettanomyces yeast.

Bookmark this link for more information closer to the beers arrival in late-March/April, 2016.

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: TBA
Release: April, 2016

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Victory Brewing Company

Victory Blackboard Series Agave IPA launches Jan 1

Victory Blackboard Series Agave IPA is not only a new beer, but also a new series from the Downingtown, Pennsylvania brewery.

Brewed with agave syrup, along with grapefruit juice, and most certainly bright, citrusy hops, this new IPA should be fun for your tongue. (Pardon the potentially dirty statement). The brewery confirms this new beer launches on January 1, 2016.

Fresh, crisp, and clean, this ale offers bold and refreshing flavors. Touched with agave syrup, and grapefruit juice, this brew boasts great hop aroma and light citric bite.

Victory Blackboard Series Agave IPA will be the first release the Blackboard Series in 2016, available until March. Then, Victory Dry-Hopped Brett Pils will follow in the series.

Style: IPA (w/ Agave, Grapefruit)
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Release: 1/1/16

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Clown Shoes Brewing, Coming Soon

Clown Shoes The Barista coming in January

Clown Shoes The Barista will be available in late January, 2016.

Think of the brewery’s labels like an on-going comic book. The characters reprise roles in other series (beers), or take on a new persona in a new beer. The latter is the case here. The brewery’s Brown Angel, a brown ale has taken on a new role in a coffee shop.

The brewery has created a breakfast brown ale by adding milk sugar (lactose), cold brewed espresso, and oatmeal to the brown ale base.

A Clown Shoes legend, Brown Angel, put away her dancing shoes to focus on extracting espresso, brewing coffee, and pouring latte art with zen-like focus. The Barista Breakfast Brown is crafted with Maris Otter malt, flaked oatmeal, cold brewed espresso, milk sugars and the spirit of angel wings.

Clown Shoes The Barista will be a 22 ounce bottle offering in late-January, 2016.

Style: Brown Ale (w/ Espresso, Lactose)
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Release: Late January, 2016

8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Victory Brewing Company

Victory Brotherly Love coming to cans

Victory Brotherly Love looks to joins the brewery’s can lineup in 2016.

This year, the Downingtown, Pennsylvania based brewery released Vital IPA, Headwaters Pale Ale, and Summer Love in cans for the first time.

Victory Brotherly Love, aka Philly’s finest lager, boasts whole flower hops, and a 12 ounce package. The brewery has not yet announced this offering.

Style: Lager
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: 2016

4.9% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Monday Night Brewing

First look: Monday Night Nerd Alert cans

Monday Night Nerd Alert will soon find it’s way into cans for the first time. 

The Atlanta, Georgia based brewery purchased Cigar City Brewing’s canning line earlier this year, and since has been working out the production details. That canning line was also once owned by Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing.

READ MORE: Canned Craft Beer

Monday Night Nerd Alert was launched in 2014 year-round, and has been a popular addition to the brewery’s lineup.

The brewery has no set timeline for the first cans, but we are going to assume hope it is in 2016. Above is the first of the new can designs.

Style: Pilsner
Hops: Willamette, Hallertau
Malts: Munich, Pilsner

Current Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. 12oz Cans (Future)
Release: TBA

5% ABV

Note: This is a “first look” preview. Details are subject to change at anytime by the brewery. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Night Shift Brewing, NoDa Brewing

NoDa & Night Shift Brewing team up once again

NoDa Brewing (Charlotte, NC) is teaming up again with Everett, Massachusetts’s Night Shift Brewing. The result will be a fan favorite from years ago.

Some will remember Stop, Collaborate, and Glisten. An instant hit for young NoDa at the time. Next October, the collaboration will come out of the barrels, ready for the big time once again.

NoDa Stop, Collaborate and Glisten is a golden ale base, ferment in wine barrels with Sauvignon Blanc grape must and wild yeast.

“When we made the decision to turn our original production facility into a barrel aging, sour, specialty house, we knew we had to bring our friends at Night Shift Brewing down to bring back one of my favorite collaborations of all time — Stop, Collaborate & Glisten,” said Chad Henderson, co-owner & head brewer of NoDa Brewing Company.  “I’m excited to brew with them again.”

NoDa Stop,Collaborate & Glisten will return to bottles and taps after its time in barrels on October 29th, 2016. If you are really bold, check out their music video for this beer below.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Grape Must. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft
Return: 10/29/16

?? ABV (Beer haven’t finished fermenting yet)

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Southern Tier Brewing

Southern Tier 2XSmash joins single hop series in January

Southern Tier 2XSMaSH, a new release in the brewery’s single malt/single hop India pale ale series, arrives in January, 2016.

Taking beer ingredients down to the simplest form, Southern Tier 2XSMaSH uses special pale malt, and hopped it with only Mosaic hops. The simplified recipe partners the two ingredients, so both flavors pop. (Plus yeast and water, if you want to get technical.)

 2XSMaSH is the newest in our line of single malt and single hop India Pale Ales brewed with Mosaic hops and Special pale malt. Even simplified to one variety of hop and one type of malt it is amazing how complex the flavor is. Mosaic hops are known for their luxurious tropical citrus notes like passionfruit and work absolutely brilliantly with the richness of Special Pale malt.

Southern Tier 2XSMaSH will be available in 12 ounce bottles and draft starting in January, through spring, 2016.

Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Mosaic
Malts: Special Pale Malt

Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: January, 2016

8.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay