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Meet Penn Brewery: The Fred Bar

Tonight at The Fred Bar,  you will have a chance to meet the folks from Pennsylvania Brewing Company based In Pittsburgh, PA.  Three (new to draft in Georgia) beers will be available (Click for more info):

Allegheny Pale Ale
Pilsner
 Weizen 

Doors open at Continue Reading →

Alpharetta OKs Growler Sales

Alpharetta, Georgia joins the ranks of cities allowing growler sales in the state.  This week, Alpharetta City Council approved the legal sale of beer in jugs to go.

Over a year ago, it was discovered that the sale of Continue Reading →

SweetWater’s Waterkeeper Hefeweizen Returns In May

Be prepared for another installment of SweetWater Brewing’s Waterkeeper Hefeweizen.The good for drinking, good for the river beer will make a second run at your glass.  Waterkeeper is brewed to raise awareness for the Waterkeeper Alliance.  The brewery has been a major contributor Continue Reading →

Burnt Hickory “The Fighting Bishop”

Burnt Hickory Brewery’s will be fully operational in Kennesaw, Georgia this year.  Above is Didjits Blood Orange IPA.

Style: Belgian-Style Tripel (w/ Green Peppercorns)
Availability:  22 oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

8.5% ABV

ed note: this is the first of many new beers from BH.  More to follow… 

SweetWater’s LowRYEder Arrives In June

SweetWater’s Crank Tank Rye’d Ale — a rye beer brewed to benefit Camp Twin Lakes will get year round treatment this year.   This crank will get a new name prior to it’s promotion- LowRYEder.

…a flame throwin’ Rye IPA ignited by a 25% Continue Reading →

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Red Hare Long Day Lager Cans Debut This Summer

Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, GA) looks to be the first brewery in Georgia to release their beer in cans.  (Not counting the Anheuser-Busch plant in Cartersville.)  The canning line has already been ordered and will be arriving in time for installation in May 2012.

Long Day Lager will be the first beer to be canned.  Incidentally, it will also be the first packaging outside of draft by the brewery.   SweetWater Brewing has expressed a serious interest in canning also, potentially later this year.

Style: Lager
Availability: 12 oz cans, Draft. Year round.  Cans arriving in Summer, 2012

5.25% ABV 

Read on more on the can beer scene

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Meet Penn Brewery: The Fred Bar

Tonight at The Fred Bar,  you will have a chance to meet the folks from Pennsylvania Brewing Company based In Pittsburgh, PA.  Three (new to draft in Georgia) beers will be available (Click for more info):

Allegheny Pale Ale
Pilsner
 Weizen 

Doors open at 5 pm.

The Fred Bar – 4/19/12, 5pm
5600 Roswell Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
 

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Alpharetta OKs Growler Sales

Alpharetta, Georgia joins the ranks of cities allowing growler sales in the state.  This week, Alpharetta City Council approved the legal sale of beer in jugs to go.

Over a year ago, it was discovered that the sale of growlers in the state wasn’t expressly “illegal”, just prohibited under certain circumstances.  Basically, you have to be off premise (retail) and cannot sell liquor.   Beer and wine only.

The passage allows growler stores to move into the Alpharetta area.  Georgia based brewery Wild Heaven as seen a huge bump in their draft sales this year from growler sales.  24% of their kegs sales this year comes from growler accounts. [AJC]

Read more on growlers

 

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SweetWater’s Waterkeeper Hefeweizen Returns In May

Be prepared for another installment of SweetWater Brewing’s Waterkeeper Hefeweizen.The good for drinking, good for the river beer will make a second run at your glass.  Waterkeeper is brewed to raise awareness for the Waterkeeper Alliance.  The brewery has been a major contributor to the campaigns.   The water the SweetWater’s beers comes from the Chattahoochee River.

Style: Hefeweizen
Hops: Sterling & Hallertau
Malts: 50% Wheat, 50% 2 Row Malt
Availability: 220z bombers, draft.

5.7% ABV

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Burnt Hickory “The Fighting Bishop”

Burnt Hickory Brewery’s will be fully operational in Kennesaw, Georgia this year.  Above is Didjits Blood Orange IPA.

Style: Belgian-Style Tripel (w/ Green Peppercorns)
Availability:  22 oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

8.5% ABV

ed note: this is the first of many new beers from BH.  More to follow… 

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SweetWater’s LowRYEder Arrives In June

SweetWater’s Crank Tank Rye’d Ale — a rye beer brewed to benefit Camp Twin Lakes will get year round treatment this year.   This crank will get a new name prior to it’s promotion- LowRYEder.

…a flame throwin’ Rye IPA ignited by a 25% shot of rye malt capped by a super hoppin’ blast of Mt Hood and Centennial hops making this IPA bounce!  

You’ll see LowRYEder arrive in June on draft and in the Tackle Box mixed packs, followed by 12oz/6 packs in July.

Style: Rye Beer

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Hebrew Funky Jewbelation Kickoff At The Porter

Tomorrow at 6pm, The Porter Beer Bar will tap the first Atlanta kegs of Shmaltz Brewing’s  Funky Jewbelation (5 barrel aged blend of 5 beers.)

In addition to Funky, there will be a few extra beers on tap (Click for more info): Human Blockhead, Lenny’s RIPA, and Genesis.

The Porter Beer Bar – 4/18/12, 6 pm 
1156 Euclid Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30307

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