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 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
Posted in Coming Soon, Metropolitan Brewing, Two Brothers Brewing

Two Brothers & Metropolitan Brewing create “False Dichotomy”

Two Brothers Brewing and Metropolitan Brewing, two Chicago, Illinois based craft breweries, have teamed up. The result is False Dichotomy.

Fale Dichotomy is described as an India Pale Lager, featuring a lager yeast from Metropolitan Brewing. The duo threw in a mix of new hop varieties for good measure.

“Two Brothers and Metropolitan have 26 years of combined brewing prowess and have been an integral part of the Chicago craft beer scene from the beginning,” Two Brothers Brewing Company co-founder Jason Ebel said. “This is a great opportunity to come together and showcase a Chicago beer we brewed with our good friends at Metropolitan.”

Two Brothers/Metropolitan Brewing False Dichotomy will be released on March 3rd at the Noble House in Geneva, and Jake Melnick’s in Chicago. 12 ounce bottle distribution to follow shortly after.

Style: India Pale Lager
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: 3/3/16

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Heavy Seas, Maine Beer Co

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Red IPA, with Maine Beer in February

Heavy Seas will kick off a new series of collaborations in 2016 – The Partner Ships Series. Three collaborations have been planned, with Maine Beer Company, Troegs Independent Brewing, and Terrapin Beer Company.

The first release arrives in late February – Heavy Seas Partner Ships Red IPA, with Maine Beer Company. Both companies have popular IPA offerings, so making a collaborative hop forward offering was a no-brainer.

Heavy Seas Partnerships Red IPA will boasts American hops, and strong citrus & pine flavors. Maine Beer Company will join Heavy Seas in Baltimore on January 28th to brew the beer.

Style: Red IPA
Hops: Warrior, Simcoe, Amarillo, Cascade, Hallertau Blanc
Malts: 2-Row, Caramalt, Chocolate, Vienna

Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft

Release: February, 2016

7.25% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Belgium

New Belgium Lips of Faith Golden Ale, with Hof Ten Dormaal

New Belgium Lips of Faith Golden Ale, a collaboration with Belgium’s Hof Ten Dormaal, takes aim at the series this year.

Hof Ten Dormal is a farmhouse brewery nestled in the countryside of Tildonk, Belgium. Part of the brewery was damaged by fire in 2014. In a “New” Belgium to “real” Belgium collaboration, the two breweries are creating this upcoming Lips of Faith offering, Golden Ale.

Described as a springtime offering, Golden Ale is brewed with new Mosaic, and old (read: traditional) Saaz hops. The breweries malted sunflower seeds, and nuanced this beer with wild carrot herbs. You didn’t think this was going to be just a regular old golden ale did you?

A deliciously uncommon springtime beer, our Golden Ale brewed with Hof Ten Dorsal blends modern Mosaic hops and malted sunflower seeds with Old World ingredients such as Saaz hops, spelt, and wild carrot herbs. It’s New and Old Belgium together in a bottle.

New Belgium Lips of Faith Golden Ale will be a draft, and 12 ounce bottle offering (4 packs for the first time).

Style: Golden Ale (w/ Sunflower Seeds, Wild Carrot Herbs)
Hops: Mosaic, Saaz

Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft
Release: TBA

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay