Collaborations

Terrapin & Cigar City To Collaborate

Some of Cigar City Brewing’s (Tampa, FL) brewing team will travel to Terrapin Beer Co.’s home base of Athens, Georgia to collaborate on a new beer.

Terrapin co-founder “Spike” Buchowski is becoming known as the “Collaboration King.” The style hasn’t been decided Continue Reading →

Cigar City & Duclaw Team Up on New Session Amber Ale

Duclaw Brewing (Baltimore, MD) recently made the trip to Tampa, Florida to collaborate with Cigar City Brewing,  The brewing teams created a flavorfully “extreme” session beer, Impey Barbicane Moongun Session Amber Ale.

Impey features Centennial, Cascade, and Equinox hops, so you Continue Reading →

Upland Sour Public Lottery: January, 2015

On January 29th, Upland Brewing Company (Bloomington, IN) will open up an online lottery for the purchase of five sour ales. Winners can purchase 2 bottles of each style.  Details on the five styles are in the gallery below.

The five releases Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, New Belgium, Terrapin Beer Company

Beer Street Journal Video: Terrapin & New Belgium Team Up

Back in October, Terrapin Beer Company’s co-founder and brewmaster “Spike” Buckowski traveled to New Belgium to create the first half of this new collaboration, Black is the New Wit. Weeks later, New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert travelled to Terrapin’s Athens, Georgia home.

Peter Bouckaert and Spike have been wanting to collaborate for some time now. Their biggest issue wasn’t geographic distance, but style. After kicking around style ideas, the duo decided on an imperial witbier. This style is light bodied enough to allow the wood aging to shine through in the finish. Black is the New Wit is no exception.

“Peter and I have been wanting to do a collaboration for about three years now,” said Terrapin’s Brian “Spike” Buckowski. “We originally wanted to brew something with muscadine, but the timing didn’t line up right. We kicked around a couple of ideas like a Baltic porter that didn’t really have a dark color, but got its dark flavor from wood.  From that popped out the idea of doing an imperial black wit brewed with rye and aged on cedar.”

There will be two editions of Black is the New Wit released. Both versions are essentially the same beer, but with each aged on different wood.  New Belgium aged on cedar, Terrapin on sassafras.

In the Beer Street Journal exclusive video above, you can join Spike and Peter on brew day in Athens.

Style: Witbier (Coriander, Orange Peel. Wood Aged.)
Hops: Sorachi Ace, Lemondrop, Mandarina Bavaria
Malts: 2-Row Pale, Torrified Wheat, Malted Wheat, Rye, Midnight Wheat, DH Carafa III

Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft.
Arrival: February, 2015

8.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Cycle Brewing, Headlines, J Wakefield Brewing, Seventh Sun Brewing

Cigar City, Cycle, J Wakefield, & 7th Sun Create Beer Tribute “A Beer Named Sue”

Cigar City Brewing, Cycle Brewing, 7th Sun Brewing, and J. Wakefield Brewing are teaming up to create A Beer Named Sue.

The weisse, aka “Florida Weisse” is loaded with prickly pear, brewed as a tribute to one of Tampa Bay’s biggest craft beer supporters, Sue Muntner. Sadly, Sue lost a hard fought battle with cancer in June of 2014.

This beer is dedicated to Sue Muntner, a wonderful friend and supporter of craft beer in Tampa Bay. We made this beer in a style she championed and loaded it with Prickly Pear. Please enjoy this Florida weisse in a snifter, the only appropriate glassware for toasting Sue.

A Beer Named Sue collaboration has not been officially announced by any of the breweries. Cigar City will handle the 22oz bottle packaging.

Style: Berliner Weisse (w/ Prickly Pear)
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Release: TBA

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Mother Earth Brewing, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin & Mother Earth Brewing to Collaborate This Summer

Terrapin Beer Company (Athens, GA) is on the cusp of releasing a new collaboration with New Belgium, Black Is the New Wit.

This summer, Mother Earth Brewing (Kinston, NC) trek to Athens for a special new collab. Details on the brew, dates, styles, etc. are still being discussed.

Shortly after in the fall, Terrapin will collaborate for the second time with Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL).

Bookmark this page, as it will be updated on the information as it becomes available, along with inside pics and Beer Street Journal video of the brew day.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Don't Miss This, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin & Cigar City To Collaborate

Some of Cigar City Brewing’s (Tampa, FL) brewing team will travel to Terrapin Beer Co.’s home base of Athens, Georgia to collaborate on a new beer.

Terrapin co-founder “Spike” Buchowski is becoming known as the “Collaboration King.” The style hasn’t been decided yet. Brew day is scheduled for early fall, 2015.

Beer Street Journal will be on site filming the brew day. Bookmark this article as it will be updated with more information over time.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Duclaw Brewing, Headlines

Cigar City & Duclaw Team Up on New Session Amber Ale

Duclaw Brewing (Baltimore, MD) recently made the trip to Tampa, Florida to collaborate with Cigar City Brewing,  The brewing teams created a flavorfully “extreme” session beer, Impey Barbicane Moongun Session Amber Ale.

Impey features Centennial, Cascade, and Equinox hops, so you won’t miss the hop punch in each sip.

We’ve collaborated with our friends at DuClaw Brewing Company to bring you Impey Barbicane’s Moon Gun, an amber colored exercise in pushing the limits of what a session beer can do. Fueled by earth shaking amounts of Cascade, Centennial and Equinox hops. It has just enough malt character to give some balance and keep it from ‘busting up” upon lift-off. Please join us in celebrating science, optimism, and the art of brewing with this stellar (or lunar) been As Jules Verne wrote, “I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way?

Cigar City/Duclaw Impey Barbicane Moongun Session Amber Ale will be available in 22oz bottles.

Style: Amber Ale
Availability: 22oz bottles
Release: TBA

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Southbound Brewing Co

Southbound Rollin’ & Tumblin’ IPA, a Festival Beer

Southbound Brewing (Savannah, GA) is teaming up with Savannah Music Festival, and creating Rollin’ & Tumblin’ IPA.  The “springtime IPA” to pair with music, and warmer weather.

Rooted in a shared love for live music, Southbound Brewing Company and the Savannah Music Festival partnered to create this unique springtime IPA. light bodied brew features notes of caramel and tropical fruit flavors complemented with subtle hints of citrus and ripe mango. A burst of orchard fruit aroma coml… with these duos notes results in a pleasantly crisp and delicate finish. Crack one open and watch your blues roll and tumble away.

Southbound Rollin’ & Tumblin’ IPA will be available in 12oz bottles, and draft. The Savannah Music Festival kicks off again in March, 2015. Presumably some of this new IPA will be available at the festival as well.

Style: IPA
Hops: Magnum, Azacca

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.
Release: TBA

6% ABV, 60 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Upland Beer

Upland Sour Public Lottery: January, 2015

On January 29th, Upland Brewing Company (Bloomington, IN) will open up an online lottery for the purchase of five sour ales. Winners can purchase 2 bottles of each style.  Details on the five styles are in the gallery below.

The five releases include: Upland Blueberry Lambic, Dantalion Dark Wild Ale, Blackberry Lambic, Vinosynth White, Vinosynth Red.

The lottery opens up at 12 noon, EDT and ends February 5th, 2015. Bottles are $25 dollars each, and must be picked up at the specified location by March 4th.

Click images below for descriptions.

by Reid Ramsay