Collaborations

Deschutes EHOP, a Collaboration with Harpoon

Deschutes EHOP, a new collaboration with Harpoon Brewing, debuts in October.

Both brewery’s are employee owned, and celebrate that aspect of their business. Deschutes EHOP is an amber ale, brewed with sage and thyme, and employee-grown hops.

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Posted in Alpine Beer Company, Green Flash Brewing, Headlines

Green Flash Hand Shake IPA, a Collaboration with Alpine

Green Flash Hand Shake IPA is coming out off the recent merger with Alpine Beer Co.

About a year ago, Green Flash Brewing “acquired’ Alpine Beer Co., in a deal that has seen Alpine’s beers brewed and distributed through Green Flash. This acquisition is a craft acquiring craft move, instead of a big brewery buying out the smaller one.

Enter Green Flash Hand Shake IPA. A co-brew, born out of the friendship and business relationship of the two breweries. If you know the duo, then you already know the beer has to be a hoppy one.

Hand Hake IPA is a commemorative collaboration beer brewed to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Green Flash and Alpine Brewing Company union. Brewmasters Pat and Shawn Mcilhenney and Chuck Silva combined peers to create an IPA worth of sharing with good friends. Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra, and El Dorado hops create a fresh, orange, peppery flavor with an earthy bitter finish. So delicious, let’s toast to a beautiful friendship.

Green Flash Hand Shake IPA is a 22 ounce bottle offering, not yet announced by the brewery.

Style: IPA
Hops: Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado

Availability: 22oz Bottle, Draft.
Release: TBA

7% ABV, 75 IBUS

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Oskar Blues Brewing

Oskar Blues Hoptub Bath Machine Collaboration with Alabama Breweries Releases

Oskar Blues Hoptub Bath Machine, a new collaboration with four Alabama breweries, releases in early November.

Oskar Blues (North Carolina brewery)teamed up, Straight to Ale, Good People, Cahaba Brewing, and Fairhope Brewing Company, to create the Hoptub Bath Machine brew. The new beer flavor is described as having “pear and lemon flavors combined with edgy peppercorn spice creates a light and crisp taste on the tongue.”

Oskar Blues Hoptub Bath Machine is a part of the Hangout Oyster Cook-Off and Craft Beer Weekend festival during the first week of November which features 21 breweries and over 60 beers to try. The Craft Beer Festival kicks off Friday, November 6, with a performance by Black Jacket Symphony playing Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.”

“It’s great to dig in with the crew that is driving the craft beer scene back home in Alabama,” said Dale Katechis, soul founder of Oskar Blues Brewery.

Oskar Blues Hoptub Bath Machine will be available for limited time in 6-packs prior to the festival in select Alabama and Florida markets, and will be officially released to the public at the Hangout Oyster Cook-Off and Craft Beer Festival.

Style: ???
Availability: 6-pack cans, draft.
Arrival: November 6, 2015

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Oskar Blues Hoptub Bath Machine distribution in October includes:

Florida: 

Destin/Fort Walton Beach

Wine World (4 locations)
Richey’s
Beach Liquors

Alabama:

Birmingham

Piggly Wiggly (4 locations)
Hop City
Western (2 locations)
Whole Foods
Hops And Vines

Huntsville

Liquor Express
Wish You Were Beer

Auburn

South Side Market

Tuscaloosa

Loosa Brews

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Bench Brewing Co., New Beers, Saint Somewhere Brewing

Green Bench Monsieur Ed

Green Bench Monsieur Ed

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick Rosemary’s Boneyard Brew, a Oakland Cemetery Collab

Red Brick Rosemary’s Boneyard Brew will be released October 4th at ‘Sunday in the Park’ in partnership with the Historic Oakland Foundation.

The limited release brew features a blend of Red Brick’s Casual Session IPA and rosemary freshly picked from the graveyard grounds.

“We’re thrilled to be partnering with Oakland Cemetery to create this beer,” said Red Brick Brewmaster Garett Lockhart. “It only makes sense that Atlanta’s oldest operating craft brewery should partner with the city’s most historic institution.”

Red Brick Rosemary’s Boneyard Brew will also be available at the ‘Capturing the Spirit of Oakland’ guided Halloween tours October 23-25 and October 29-31 at Oakland Cemetery. Get your tickets now to taste this exclusive beer at TicketAlternative.com.

Style: IPA, (Session Beer w/ Rosemary)
Availability:  Sunday, October 4, 12-6pm at ‘Sunday in the Park’ at Oakland Cemetery
Arrival: October, 2015

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Deschutes Brewing, Don't Miss This, Harpoon Brewing

Deschutes EHOP, a Collaboration with Harpoon

Deschutes EHOP, a new collaboration with Harpoon Brewing, debuts in October.

Both brewery’s are employee owned, and celebrate that aspect of their business. Deschutes EHOP is an amber ale, brewed with sage and thyme, and employee-grown hops.

“It has been quite a year for us at Harpoon as we’ve transitioned to employee ownership,” says Harpoon CEO and co-founder Dan Kenary. “It’s a complicated process and we couldn’t have done it without the support that we received from Deschutes and other craft brewers who had chosen this path before us. We’re extremely proud to be employee-owned – being an independent brewer is something we value deeply and believe it’s at the core of what makes the craft beer industry so great for both brewers and beer lovers. This beer is a high-five to our fellow independent American craft breweries and their employee-owners.”

Deschutes EHOP will debut at the Great American Beer Festival at an invite only party. The general public will see this beer in October on draft and 22 ounce bottles.

Style: Amber Ale (w/ Sage, Thyme)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: October, 2015

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brasserie Dunham, Don't Miss This, Jester King Brewery

Jester King Amicis Mortis, a Collab with Brasserie Dunham

Jester King Amicis Mortis, a collaboration with Brasserie Dunham in Dunham, Quebec releases this Friday.

This collaboration got started when the brewery first tasted Brasseries Dunham at the Shelton Brothers festival in Los Angeles. Jester King fell in love, and soon Dunham was brewing in Austin Texas.

Jester King Amicis Mortis is brewed with sweet potatoes, chili peppers, and coconut. The farmhouse ale was fermented in stainless steel using Jester King’s mix culture of locally harvested yeast and bacteria.

Jester King Amicis Mortis was packaged May 20th, 2015, in 750ml bottles. On sale when he brewery opens on Friday, August 21st. $12

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Sweet Potatoes, Coconut, Chili Peppers)
Availability: 750ml Bottles. 2,400 Produced.
Release: 8/21/15

4.2% ABV, 32 IBUs

Images via Jester King

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Don't Miss This

The Makers of Wheaties Cereal Brings You – HefeWheaties

Wheaties, the breakfast cereal of champions, is bringing you the next logical step in your day, Beer. Introducing HefeWheaties.

First off, Wheaties cereal is not actually in the beer. There is wheat (it is a hefeweizen after all), so the brand connections are pretty easy to make. General Mills partnered with Fulton Beer, a brewery based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The idea got its start earlier this summer, thanks to connections members of Fulton Beer has with folks at General Mills. The evolution into HefeWheaties was simple once group got in the same room.

“We were intrigued from the get-go on this idea for many reasons, including that we’re both Minneapolis companies, and that the beer and the cereal both started from the same place in terms of raw ingredients and the same city,” says Ryan Petz, president and co-founder of Fulton

HefeWheaties will be available for a limited time in the Twin Cities, starting August 26th, at 3 pm at the Fulton Beer taproom for on-premise consumption. Cans will be available in retail in mid-to-late September.

HefeWheaties is a 16 ounce canned offering.

Style: Hefeweizen
Availability: 16oz Cans. Minnesota only.
Release: 8/26/16

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by Reid Ramsay