Collaborations

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collab

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collaboration with Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. debuts this month.

The creation of Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares started back in January of 2015 when Jonathan Buford and Patrick Ware of Arizona Wilderness traveled to Jester King Continue Reading →

Transmitter & Burial Beer Team Up

Asheville, North Carolina’s Burial Beer Co. recently collaborated with Transmitter Brewing in Long Island City, New York. The result – NC1 Appalacian Farmhouse Ale.

Burial’s Doug Riser met the Transmitter Brewing team on a recent trip to New York. All it takes is Continue Reading →

Posted in Nantahala Brewing Company, Cigar City Brewing, New Beers

Nantahala Two Regular Joes

Nantahala Two Regular Joes

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Flying Dog Brewing, New Beers

Flying Dog Saw Bones Ginger Table Beer

Flying Dog Saw Bones Ginger Table Beer

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Posted in DC Brau Brewing Co, New Beers

DC Brau Celestial Garden

DC Brau Celestial Garden

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Posted in Jester King Brewery, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co., Don't Miss This, New Releases

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collab

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collaboration with Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. debuts this month.

The creation of Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares started back in January of 2015 when Jonathan Buford and Patrick Ware of Arizona Wilderness traveled to Jester King on a cold Texas day. In hand, the duo had Arizona pecans and Sonora white wheat. Jester King’s additions included Texas pecans and local white wheat.

The result is a new American wild ale inoculated with Jester King’s coolship’s mixed culture, aged in brandy barrels that once contained Jester King Repose.

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares was  “momentum batch” for the brewery – a batch of beer designed to wake up airborne yeast and bacteria in the air for more spontaneously fermented beers to come that season.

Available at Jester King starting March 18th, at 4 pm.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Pecans. Barrel Aged. Brandy.)
Hops: Fuggle

Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft
Debut: 3/18/16

6.4% ABV

Pics via Jester King

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in EPIC Brewing Company, Headlines, Ska Brewing

Epic and Ska Brewing team up on a barrel-aged peach IPA

Colorado breweries Epic Brewing and Ska Brewing will debut a new collaboration beer on March 19th – Skeptic Barrel-Aged Peach IPA.

The new beer encompasses each of the brewery’s individual strong points. In the case of Epic – barrel-aging and the fruit. For Ska, hops. The result – Skeptic Barrel-Aged Peach IPA.

We like to view the world with a rational eye, and that’s the beauty of this beer. Share it with a friend – discuss UFO’s, the existence of a soul, how could homing pigeons possibly have ESP, who shot JFK… One thing’s for certain: this collaboration between Epic and Ska, aged in Peach Street Peach Brandy Barrels, is something you can believe in.

Skeptic Barrel-Aged Peach IPA will debut at Collaboration Fest, put on by the Colorado Brewers Guild on March 19th. Distribution across Colorado, and parts of the U.S. to follow after.

Style: IPA (w/ Peaches. Barrel Aged. Peach Brandy.)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft
Release: 3/19/16

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, Allagash Brewing, Avery Brewing, Firestone Walker Brewing, Headlines, Hopworks, Rhinegeist Brewery

New Belgium teams up with 5 breweries to celebrate Fat Tire

New Belgium celebrates 25 years of operation this year. That’s 25 years of brewing their flagship offering, Fat Tire as well. The Colorado based brewery marks the occasion with a 6-way collaboration.

New Belgium has tapped some longtime brewing friends to help, creating a their own spin on Fat Tire. Allagash, Avery Brewing, Firestone Walker, Hopworks Urban Brewery, and Rhinegeist are all involved, leaving their own fingerprint on the now 25 year old brew.

  • Allagash Brewing is producing a version of Fat Tire using a Belgian yeast sourced form the Poperings region and a touch of the Allagash house Brettanomyces – expect notes of stone fruit, sweet tart and peppercorn.
  • Avery Brewing will focus on a fruitier hop bill also with a dose of brett evoking notes of apricot and pineapple.
  • Firestone Walker Brewing is creating a west coast interpretation of Fat Tire with an assertive hop profile and a light lager yeast.
  • Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) is creating a tart Fat Tire bringing in apple and lactobacillus to help highlight that beautiful green apple snap inherent to the original Fat Tire.
  • Rhinegeist has transformed Fat Tire into a Belgian XPA, combining a fruity Belgian yeast strain with bready-sweet European and Colorado malts for a beer to please hopheads and wine drinkers alike.

This June, mixed 12 packs featuring two of each interpretation will be distributed, just prior to New Belgium’s 25th Anniversary. (Parties to be announced.)

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Burial Beer Co, Coming Soon, Transmitter Brewing

Transmitter & Burial Beer Team Up

Asheville, North Carolina’s Burial Beer Co. recently collaborated with Transmitter Brewing in Long Island City, New York. The result – NC1 Appalacian Farmhouse Ale.

Burial’s Doug Riser met the Transmitter Brewing team on a recent trip to New York. All it takes is a beer with brewing friends to get a collaboration started. Appalachian Farmhouse Ale uses Transmitter’s house wild yeast, plus North Carolina wheat, wildflower honey, and sumac (a small shrub).

North Carolina mailed and unmalted wheat, foraged sumac, wild flower honey and limes. Fermented with a house blend of three strains of Brett.

Transmitter NC1 Appalachian Farmhouse Ale will be released by the brewery in New York.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Honey, Sumac, Limes)
Availability: 25.4oz Bottles
Release: TBA

5.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay