Collaborations

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.

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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.

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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
Posted in Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, Don't Miss This, New Releases

Captain Lawrence, and 50 Bars Create Think Drink: Volume 1

Captain Lawrence Brewing (Elmsford, NY) is expanding deeper into Philadelphia with the debut of a new limited release, Think Drink: Volume 1.

This draft only release is the result of a massive collaboration of bar owners and managers from the Philadelphia area got onto a charter bus and headed to the brewery to create Think Drink. The result: Think Drink: Volume 1, a dry-hopped session Saison using German Hallertau hops.

 “Think Drink: Volume 1 was one of the most fun and interactive brewing projects that we have ever been a part of here at the brewery,”  says Vaccaro, who entered the Philadelphia market after partnering with top beer distributor Muller, Inc. this past October.  “We were able to work closely with the industry professionals actually serving our beer, handing each one individual surveys asking for their suggestions on what they wanted this beer to be, and then inviting them all for a personal tour of our brewery.”

Captain Lawrence Think Drink: Volume 1 will be available at these locations:

320 Market Café, Alla Spina, American Sardine Bar, Baggataway Tavern, Barcade, Barley Mow, The Beer Store (Bucks County), The Beer Store (Malvern), Bottle Bar East, Teresa’s Café, Bishop’s Collar, Blind Pig, Blue Dog Family Tavern, Blue Dog, Flanigan’s Boathouse, Bru Craft & Wurst, Butcher and Barkeep, Craft Beer Outlet, The Cambridge, Canal Street, Capone’s, Craft Ale House, City Tap House Logan Square, City Tap House University City, Devil’s Den, Fette Sau, Fountain Porter, Good Dog Bar, Grey Lodge, Growlers, The Corner Foodery, The Foodery Roxborough, Harry’s Blue Bell Taproom, Hulmeville Inn, The Industry, Iron Abbey, Island Pizza, Jose Pistola’s, Khyber Pass Pub, Kite & Key, Kraftwork, Liberty Taproom, Local 44, London Grill, Maxwell’s on Main, Monk’s Café, Paradise by the Slice, The Pub on Passyunk East, PJ’s Pour House, Pinocchio’s, Prohibition Taproom, Ram’s Head Bar & Grill, Sidebar Restaurant, Side Car, Spinnerstown Hotel, Station Taproom, Time, TJ’s Restaurant & Drinkery, Tria Taproom, Two Stones Pub, Union Jack’s Pub, Union Jack’s Inn, Urban Saloon and Varga Bar.

This release marks the continued expansion of Captain Lawrence offerings in Philadelphia. Look for these brands in the city in 2015:

  • 2015.  Year-Round Styles: “Captain Lawrence IPA” IPA, “Captain’s Reserve” Imperial IPA, “Captain’s Kolsch” German Style Kolsch, “Liquid Gold” Hopped Belgian Blond (year-round styles will be available throughout 2015)
  • January 12.  Special Releases: “Think Drink: Volume 1,” “Frost Monster” Imperial Stout;  Pilot Series: “Traditional Pilsner.”
  • February 1.  Pilot Series: “Frozen Flowers” Elderflower Belgian Blonde
  • March 1.  Seasonal: “Sun Block” Hoppy Wheat;   Pilot Brew: Black IPA
  • April 1.  Special Releases: “Xtra Gold” Dry-Hopped Tripel, “Seeking Alpha” Triple IPA;  Pilot Brew: Brett IPA
by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Jester King Brewery, New Releases, Prairie Artisanal Ales

Jester King & Prairie Create Natural Union [PICS]

Jester king Brewery and Prairie Artisan Ales have teamed up on a new collaboration dubbed Natural Union.

Chase Healey of Prairie joined Jester King’s head brewer Garrett Crowell in Austin, Texas back in August for this brew day. Natural Union is brewed using locally sourced ingredients from Texas and Prairie’s Oklahoma home. Healey brought rosemary from Oklahoma, and Crowell chose lemon bee-balm going in a nearby Texas pasture.

The boiled wort was fermented in oak for three months, using brewer’s yeast, and bacteria from the local air and wildflowers nearby.

Jester King/Prairie Artisan Ales Natural Union will be available in 750ml bottles and draft starting Friday, January 16th. Chase Healey will be on hand at the brewery for a special release celebration on January 17th.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Rosemary, Lemon Bee-Balm. Oak-aged.)
Hops: Nelson Sauvin

Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft. 900 bottles produced. $14
Release: 1/16/15

7.1% ABV, 42 IBUS

Images via Jester King

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Russian River Brewing, Seasonal Return

Avery Collaboration Not Litigation Ale Returns

Back in 2004, Avery Brewing Company and Russian River Brewing figured out they both made beer dubbed Salvation. What do you do then? Sue each other? Nope. You blend the two beers together, and call it Collaboration, not Litigation Ale. In 2006, the beer came to fruition.

Since then, Avery Brewing has released the blend when the time is right. A Belgian-style strong ale, a perfect blend of Avery’s Belgian-style golden ale, and Russian River’s Belgian-style strong dark.

Look for 22oz bottles of Collaboration, not Litigation Ale across Avery’s distribution network in January, 2015.

Style: Belgian-style Strong Dark Ale
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Distribution: CO, AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MO, NC, NY, OH, OK, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI

Return: January, 2015

8.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Evil Twin Brewing, Jester King Brewery

Jester King World’s Worst Twin Releases January 16th

Evil Twin Brewery (Denmark) and Jester King Brewery (Austin, TX) have teamed up on a unique, barrel aged beer, World’s Worst Twin.

The beer is inspired by Evil Twin’s Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso favorite coffee. Only, the brewers didn’t use coffee in World’s Worst Twin. Instead Jester King and Evil Twin used highly kilned malts were used in the mash. This imparted a roasty, chocolatey character, and Texas blueberries in the fermentation to provide some fruity notes and acidity. World’s Worst Twin was matured in oak barrels with native yeast and bacteria.

World’s worst twin is inspired by favorite coffee of our friend Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso of Evil Twin Brewing. If we just added it to the beer, the subtle nuances of this delicate coffee would have been hopelessly lost. Rather, we sought to re-create it’s flavors and aromas in our own unique way through wild fermentation in oak barrels with blueberries and wort brewed with Rich toasty malts.

Jester King Evil Twin World’s Worst Twin will be available in 750ml bottles starting January 16th, at 4pm. Brewery release only. Those in Austin, Texas and catch Jeppe at Jester King for the release party.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Bluberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles. 1,600 produced.
Arrival: 1/16/15

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay