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Anchor Liberty IPA to debut soon

Anchor Liberty IPA, an all new IPA debuts this month.

San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing has some pretty hardcore bragging rights when it comes to India pale ale in the United States. In case someone asks you, they were one of the Continue Reading →

Burial Beer ceases South Carolina distribution

Asheville, North Carolina based Burial Beer Co. will no longer distribute to South Carolina. The reason isn’t completely clear.

In a statement today, Burial had this to say: 

Despite having a stellar relationship with our distributor and the independent retailers in SC, Continue Reading →

Posted in The Bruery, Headlines

The Bruery The Order ships nationally this month

Shipping nationally this month is new The Bruery The Order, a Belgian-style ale.

Taking a page from monastic breweries, The Bruery The Order is a Belgian-style abbey ale, brewed with dates and coriander spicing.

Monastic breweries wrote the book on complex ales that weave notes of dark fruits, spices, caramelized character and warmth into each sip. The Order summons that tradition and adds local inspiration. Our darkening, Belgian-inspired abbey ale features dark-fruited character from dates, Belgian-style sugars and subtle spicing from coriander, which compliments the Belgian yeast esters.

The Bruery The Order releases to the brewery’s Society members this week, publicly on January 17th.

Style: Belgian-style Strong Ale (w/ Dates, Coriander, Candi Sugar.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft.
Debut: January 17, 2017

Distribution: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VT, VA, WA, WI

10.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anchor Brewing, Headlines

Anchor Liberty IPA to debut soon

Anchor Liberty IPA, an all new IPA debuts this month.

San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing has some pretty hardcore bragging rights when it comes to India pale ale in the United States. In case someone asks you, they were one of the first to brew it. Liberty Ale is as historic as it is tasty.

IPA is the the most popular style in the craft brewing segment. It constantly evolves, tastes change, and new hop varieties hit the market. Anchor, much like many other established breweries, realize this.

This new recipe features Cascade hops, plus newer varieties of El Dorado, and Nelson Sauvin. The resulting IPA is “mouthwateringly complex and robust aromas of pine and citrus in this crisp, American-style IPA.”

Liberty IPA is our re-imaging of craft-brew classic Liberty Ale, envisioned through the lens of today’s IPAs. We first brewed Liberty Ale in 1975, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. This revolutionary forerunner of the modern IPA introduced America to the Casade hoping nearly lost art of dry-hopping. Like its predescor, Liberty IPA is made with two-row pale malt and Cascade hops. It is the combination of Cascade with new hop varieties -in both brewhouse and cellar – that creates the mouthwateringly complex and robust aromas of pine and citrus in this crisp, American-style IPA. The label, like Liberty Ale’s, features a bald eagle, whose symbolism runs deep for all Americans including Native Americans.

Anchor Liberty IPA will be a 12 ounce bottle and draft release nationally starting in January, 2017 for a limited time.

Style: IPA
Hops: Cascade, Plus new varieties.
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft
Debut: January, 2017

6.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Terrapin Beer Company, Headlines

Terrapin Easy Gose to debut year-round in April

New year-round beer for 2017 – Terrapin Easy Gose.

In summer 2016, Terrapin launched Watermelon Gose. Easily one the best hot weather beers we had last year. Releasing a gose on a large scale like that taught the brewery something. People love the gose style.

Watermelon Gose will return in time again for hot weather, alongside Terrapin Easy Gose.

Easy Gose will feature grapefruit peel, creating a beer that’s tart, light, and citrusy.

Terrapin Easy Gose will be a 12 ounce can and draft release, year-round

Style: Gose (w/ Grapefruit Peel, Coriander.)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Year-Round.

Debut: April, 2017

4.5%, 7 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines

Anheuser-Busch & Keurig are trying to invent the home beer dispenser

Almost overnight, offices and homes around the world went from the old school pot coffeemaker to the Keurig “pod” coffee system. Soon your beer could be served the same way.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewery, has entered into a partnership with Keurig Green Mountain, in order to develop a new system for the adult beverage industry.

In 2015, Keurig debuted the Keurig Kold machine, an appliance similar to its coffee maker for cold sodas. The pod-based beverage machine would allow users to make Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc. In summer of 2016, just 10 months after the launch, Keurig pulled the plug on the project. Price of the machine, combined with cost per serving ultimately killed it.

A-B InBev and Keurig are hoping to take that “Kold” technology and create a system that would let you presumably brew beer on demand, in the same vein as the soda machine, and the coffee predecessor.

“We are excited to partner with AB InBev to develop a new system for the adult beverage category. We look forward to combining our capabilities and technologies to deliver innovation for consumers,” – Bob Gamgort, Keurig Green Mountain CEO

Not only is on-demand beer the focus, but other adult beverages like cocktails, mixers, and spirits. No timeline has been set for the project, nor mention of prototype for Keurig beer machine.

For now, the world will have to wait for this pod beer system.(And brew beer the “old fashioned” way.)

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Great Divide, Headlines, New Releases

Great Divide Hop Disciples is the start of a new hoppy series

Great Divide Hop Disciples India Pale Ale has now started shipping nationwide.

At the start of fall last year, the brewery kicked off a new “Tank Farm” series of beers. The series serves as an ongoing departure from Great Divide norms. An experiment if you will. The inaugural release was Nadia Kali, a beautifully colored hibiscus saison.

As 2017 begins, Great Divide Hop Disciples, a new India pale ale has started shipping nationwide. Disciples will showcase one specially chosen hop variety, creating a real sensory experience for the drinker. This year’s hop is Idaho 7, one of dankest, most tropical hops out there. Expect orange zest, stone fruit, and a hint of black tea leaves.

“We receive different experimental hops to play around with on our pilot system each year, and this past year we were really blown away by the aromatics and flavor of the Idaho 7. We decided we needed to showcase them on a larger scale, and the idea of taking Hop Disciples to package was born.” – Bob Malone, Special Ops, Great Divide

The name “Hop Disciples” refers to an education program started by the brewery in 2008. The program gives home brewers and passionate fans a chance to learn more about brewing and the brewing industry.

Great Divide Hop Disciples is now available in 12 ounce cans and draft from January to April, 2017.

Style: IPA
Hops: Idaho 7

Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Jan-April
Debut: January, 2017

6.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, Headlines, New Releases

New year-round release: Allagash Hoppy Table Beer

New for 2017, Allagash Hoppy Table Beer Is starting to ship this week. Expect this year-round from now on.

Low alcohol by volume Belgian-style beers are the inspiration for Allagash Hoppy Table Beer. High ABV doesn’t always mean the beer is better, as Allagash is about to prove to you.

The famous Allagash House Yeast (we think it deserves proper name treatment) fermented this beer, that boasts Chinook, Cascade, Comet, and Azacca hops. The dry-hop? More Comet and Azacca, plus a subtle addition of coriander. Combine the flavor of that House Yeast with that lineup of hops, and everything screams winner here.

A mildly hoppy aroma full of grapefruit springs from this straw-colored, light-bodied ale. Flavors of pine and stone fruit balance the beer’s clean, slightly bitter finish.

Allagash Hoppy Table Beer is a 12 ounce bottle and draft offering, year-round starting in January, 2017.

Style: Belgian-style Pale Ale (w/ Coriander)
Hops: Chinook, Cascade, Comet, Azacca
Malts:  Allagash 2-Row Blend, Maris Otter, Maine-Grown Oats

Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round
Debut: January, 2017

4.8% ABV

Image: Mat Trogner, Allagash brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Burial Beer Co, Headlines

Burial Beer ceases South Carolina distribution

Asheville, North Carolina based Burial Beer Co. will no longer distribute to South Carolina. The reason isn’t completely clear.

In a statement today, Burial had this to say: 

Despite having a stellar relationship with our distributor and the independent retailers in SC, state law prevents a distributor (and thus the brewery, who is required by law to use a distributor) from refusing to sell a product to any licensed retailer that places an order for a given brewery’s beer, regardless of other concerns for the product’s well-being. We have decided that the enforcement of this law is contradictory to our business plan and our core values…

The brewery declined to give more details when reached for comment.

What we can conclude is that Burial Beer wants to deny sale of their product to a retailer or retailers, based on their preference, or concern on how the product is sold or served. However, state law in South Carolina states that neither Burial, nor Advintage (Burial’s distributor) can deny anyone the sale that orders the beer. This inability to refuse sales goes against Burial Beer’s business plan.

Due to this, we can only conclude that for this reason they are parting ways with South Carolina until the laws in this respect, change.

We want to thank the team at Advintage and their employees who each put in countless hours readying distribution in SC. We will continue to monitor the state laws and hope to be distributing down south someday in the future.
We’re pouring one out for you SC. We will miss you.

Burial Beer Co. is available in North Carolina, and very recently added Georgia distribution. No new distribution territories have been disclosed at the time of this article.

 

by Reid Ramsay