Canned Craft Beer

Red Hare To Release Cans This Year

Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, Georgia) the newest production brewery in the state will be receiving a canning in the upcoming weeks.  No date is set on installation, and first cans.

By all calculations, Red Hare will be the first craft/small brewery Continue Reading →

New Belgium “Shift” Hits Shelves

New Belgium’s newest can offering is now hitting shelves.  Shift Pale Lager is ready for your hot weather consumption.  Shift is a light bodied lager brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealeand.  Those hops give you a Continue Reading →

Flying Dog Cans Draw Closer [PIC]

Flying Dog’s first release of cans draws ever so closer.  Above are empty Underdog Atlantic Lager cans, set to arrive in the coming weeks.

Finch’s Threadless Ready To Ship

Finch’s Beer Co (Chicago, IL) is preparing to ship their newest beer – Threadless IPA.  This is a pretty special beer, as it’s a collaboration with Threadless T-Shirt Company.  Last year, the brewery created a hoppy American IPA for Threadless, Continue Reading →

Posted in Red Hare Brewing

Red Hare To Release Cans This Year

Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, Georgia) the newest production brewery in the state will be receiving a canning in the upcoming weeks.  No date is set on installation, and first cans.

By all calculations, Red Hare will be the first craft/small brewery will cans in state of Georgia.   Closer to canning time, the can line up will be announced.  (You can probably place a safe bet on Long Day Lager.)

Also, expect the 3rd edition on the Rabbit’s Reserve Series to appear in May, 2012.  The yet to be name follows Chocolate Porter, and Imperial Red IPA.

The brewery has only released draft offerings to date.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, New Releases

New Belgium “Shift” Hits Shelves

New Belgium’s newest can offering is now hitting shelves.  Shift Pale Lager is ready for your hot weather consumption.  Shift is a light bodied lager brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealeand.  Those hops give you a nice tropical, fruity flavor – much like the Sauvignon wine grape lends to wine.  Nelson hops really shine in a lager.

Shift is very approachable at just 5% ABV.  It is solely available in 16 oz tallboys, a flavorful pint of lager you can take anywhere.  New Belgium just bought a spiffy new canning line (selling the old one to Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, FL).  Shift is joined by a few more tallboy counterparts – Fat Tire, and Ranger IPA.  Cans are really blowing up in the U.S..

Style: Lager
Hops: Target, Nelson Sauvin, Liberty, Cascade
Malts:  Pale, Munich, C-80

Taste Expectations: Nice crisp malt flavor, light hops, floral & tropical.  Refreshing.
Availability: 16oz cans (only), Year round.

5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brewery Expansions, Distribution Expansion, Maui Brewing Company

Maui To Build New Brewery, Ship To Virginia

Garrett Marrero, founder of Maui Brewing finds himself in a good, put touch situation.  Keep up with the demand for his beer.   Thanks to Chris Furnari over at Brewbound, we know what he is planning to do about it.  Build.

According to a recent interview, Marrero is about to close on a new piece of land that will triple Maui’s current footprint.

Marrero said the new brewery site is approximately 35,000 square feet and could be operational within the next two years. It will boast an initial capacity of 40,000 barrels and is capable of being scaled to over 100,000.

The expansion will run in the neighborhood of $10 – $15 million dollars.  Also, Virginia is next on the distribution list.  Check out the whole interview, plus some new Maui releases over  at Brewbound.  Thanks Chris!

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Great River Brewery, New Beers

Great River Brewery Farmer Brown Ale Cans

Great River Brewery Farmer Brown Ale Cans

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Great River Brewery, New Beers

Great River Hop-A-Potamous Cans

Great River Hop-A-Potamous Cans

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Flying Dog Brewing

Flying Dog Cans Draw Closer [PIC]

Flying Dog’s first release of cans draws ever so closer.  Above are empty Underdog Atlantic Lager cans, set to arrive in the coming weeks.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Finch's Beer Co

Finch’s Threadless Ready To Ship

Finch’s Beer Co (Chicago, IL) is preparing to ship their newest beer – Threadless IPA.  This is a pretty special beer, as it’s a collaboration with Threadless T-Shirt Company.  Last year, the brewery created a hoppy American IPA for Threadless, leading them to want to can the beer and share with the world.  One problem.  Artwork was needed.  Threadless took it to the people.  169 designs were submitted to be voted on.  The above design was the clear winner.

Our Threadless/Finch collaboration IPA is a balanced experience of both perceived hoppiness and true bitterness. It pours a darker amber color and finishes with a citrus flavor, and when combined, will require this to be the last IPA you ever drink! Well, maybe, we realize you will probably drink more, but the result of this recipe clearly evolves into a very balanced IPA. The grain bill on this big pale includes melanoidin and Victory malts. We hop it up before the boil starts with some Columbus first wort hopping, then add a bunch more for bittering.

Style: IPA
Availability: 16 oz cans
Arrival: April 2012

6% ABV

pic via Finch’s

by Reid Ramsay