New Launches

Port Brewing/Lost Abbey Georgia Launch Lineup!

Here it is – the official launch lineup for Port Brewing/ Lost Abbey in Georgia.  Here’s the list –

Port Brewing

Wipeout – American IPA, 7% ABV.  Welcome to the waters of Wipeout IPA, a massively hopped India Pale Ale with enough substance and body to overcome even the worst and most tragic of on the water spills.

Hop 15 – Imperial IPA, 9.7% ABV.First brewed in 2002 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Pizza Port in Solana Beach, Hop 15 was imagined and designed by Tomme Arthur and Jeff Bagby as a celebration of 15 years of “Good Beer Brings Good Cheer.”  15 hops varieties go into this DIPA.

Shark Attack – Imperial Red Ale, 9.5% ABV. The taste is a smooth, malty one with a balanced hoppy finish that includes hints of sweet caramel.

Old Viscosity – Barrel aged Imperial Stout, 10% ABV.  Code named by our brewers-”The Big Black Nasty,” this is monstrous dark ale is brewed to no particular style. Thick and sludgy like oil from the crankcase of a wheat threshing combine, Old Viscosity blurs the boundaries of Porter, Stout, Old Ale and Barleywines.

Cigar City Update

Big news a few months ago was Cigar City Brewing’s news that they were expanding distribution into Georgia.  January 2011 has been suspected.  My most recent info puts CC in the state around March 2011.

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Sam Adams/Weihenstephan Infinium

This beer has gotten a lot of beer geek buzz over the past few months.  The chance to finally try this beer for yourself has arrived.  Infinium is a very unique collaborative effort, and definitely one of the most elegant Continue Reading →

Flying Fish Brewing Lands in Georgia

Well the rumors are true.  Flying Fish Brewing has expanded distribution further than 100 miles of their Cherry Hill, NJ home.  The first of the bottle offerings are arriving in Georgia as we speak.  There will be 6 launch beers – all launched at Total Wine for now.  The ESB Ale is already on shelves in 12/6pks.  The remaining offerings arrive on Saturday.  (Full launch titles to posted upon arrival.)

History:
When Gene Muller founded Flying Fish Brewing Co. in 1995, he did so first on the World Wide Web – making it the world’s first virtual microbrewery. That early Web site helped generate positive press coverage and helped attract the investors needed to make the virtual brewery a real one. Muller said the idea was to make the Web site “This Old House meets the World Wide Web”–letting people go behind the taps and see the thousands of details needed to put a microbrewery together.

SweetWater’s Border Hopper Arrives!

The most recent creation in SweetWater Brewing’s “Dank Tank” is popping up.  “Border Hopper” is an imperial IPA brewed using citra hops that have recently become popular. SweetWater hopped this beer with fresh hops from the heart of hop Continue Reading →