Collaborations

Collaboration: Cigar City & Evil Twin

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) and Evil Twin Brewing (Denmark) team up  in a new ale born from fermentation history. Before the rise and popularity of wood barrels, the Greeks aged wine in ceramic vessels amphoras (something Cantilon has done Continue Reading →

Stone Unapologetic IPA

On Monday, prepare for more hops from Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA). The next collaboration hits shelves. Stone Unapologetic IPA is pretty much the “lack” of apology for creating another IPA. This new hop bomb is a collaboration between Stone, Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Stone Brewing Co., Videos

Stone Groundbreaking Collab: Stone Super Duper Arrogant

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) made craft beer headlines today, with the announcement of a new brewery build in Berlin, Germany. The build will cost $25 million dollars.The brewery has started an IndieGoGo fundraising campaign, where for $50 dollars you can purchase a 1.5 liter bottle from a special, very limited, Stone Groundbreaking Collaboration Series.

Contributors spending $50 dollars can opt for Stone Super Duper Arrogant, a strong ale that revisits a collaboration between Stone and Birrificio Le Baladin of Italy

If you choose to purchase a bottle, it must be picked up at either Stone in Escondido, California, or Berlin, Germany. Release date to be announced.

Read more: Stone Groundbreaking Collaboration Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Dogfish Head, Don't Miss This, Stone Brewing Co., Victory Brewing Company, Videos

Stone Groundbreaking Collab: Imperial Royal Imperial Saison du BUFF

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) made craft beer headlines today, with the announcement of a new brewery build in Berlin, Germany. The build will cost $25 million dollars.The brewery has started an IndieGoGo fundraising campaign, where for $50 dollars you can purchase a 1.5 liter bottle from a special, very limited, Stone Groundbreaking Collaboration Series.

Drop $50 on the build, you can choose Stone Imperial Royal Imperial Saison du BUFF, an “uber” version of the saison brewed with Victory Brewing (Downingtown, PA) and Dogfish Head (Milton, DE)

If you choose to purchase a bottle, it must be picked up at either Stone in Escondido, California, or Berlin, Germany. Release date to be announced.

Read more: Stone Groundbreaking Collaboration Series

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Oakshire Brewing, Red Hare Brewing

Red Hare Collaborates with Oakshire Brewing

Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, GA) took a trip to Oakshire Brewing (Eugene, OR) over the winter. The two breweries struck a friendship that leads us to this summer offering, based on Oakshire’s Ill Tempered Gnome Winter Ale.

On a recent trip to Oregon, while seeking shelter from a freak blizzard, head brewer from Oakshire Brewery  invited the Red Hare crew to warm up with their sour barrels and hearty winter ales. As a nod to their Ill Tempered Gnome Winter Ale, we decided to collaborate on a summer version, an India Pale Lager. With this collaborative effort, we were able to get enough Citra hops to amok this beer a go. This India Pale Lager has the biscuity, malt flavor profile of a Lager, with the intense bitter, tropical  citrus tones of an IPA. 

Style: India Pale Lager
Hops: Citra, Zythos
Malts: Two Row, Bonlander, Munich, 40L Caramel Malts

Availability: Draft only

6.2% ABV, 70 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Evil Twin Brewing, Headlines

Collaboration: Cigar City & Evil Twin

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) and Evil Twin Brewing (Denmark) team up  in a new ale born from fermentation history. Before the rise and popularity of wood barrels, the Greeks aged wine in ceramic vessels amphoras (something Cantilon has done recently.) The ceramic vessels were susceptible to oxygen, and were repaired with Aleppo pine sap. The use of the sap gave the wine a unique flavor, one mimicked in this collaboration, Columella.

This ale was inspired by the origins of a Greek wine called Retsina, which was produced over 2,000 years ago. The Greeks used ancient vessels for storage and transport of the wine that were made of mostly ceramic called amphora. These vessels pre-dated the more common storage vessel of today, wooden barrels. Ceramic was susceptible to flaws and breakage, allowing more oxygen ingress into the wine. The Greeks found a solution to mending these vessels by using sap from the Aleppo Pine (which we emulate by aging the beer on spruce wood). The resulting unique aromatic character became so popular with the Grecian people that they continued this method following the discovery and dominance of wood barrels. 

Cigar City / Evil Twin Columella will be available in 22oz bombers.

Style:   (Oak Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Night Shift Brewing, NoDa Brewing, Videos

NoDa & Night Shift Team Up, Music Video Included

It wasn’t enough for two breweries to collaborate. They had to make a throw-back rap video. Today, NoDa Brewing is releasing Stop, Collaborate & Glisten, their new co-brew with Night Shift Brewing in Everett, Massachussetts.

The beer is a golden ale that has been resting in white wine barrels for the past year. While the beer is probably pretty great, the video might be a little more bitter. (Pun intended.)

NoDa/Night Shift Brewing Stop, Collaborate and Glisten will available on tap at the brewery, and bottles sold (already sold out in Massachussetts!)

Enjoy the video. I see you rapping Lindsay…

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, New Belgium, Perennial Artisan Ales

New Belgium & Perennial Team Up on New Lips of Faith

New Belgium (Ft. Collins, CO) teams up with St. Louis, Missouri’s Perennial Artisanal Ales in a new edition from the Lips of Faith. Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout is headed your way in the near future.

The team berated a Belgian-style stout with a touch of chocolate and salt. 22oz of dessert in a bottle.

Dessert is best poured. And the brewers at Perennial agree. So we dreamt up a beer that would bering together chocolate sweetness, Belgian yeast, deeply roasted malts and just the right shake of salt to pour a creamy stout worth of a cherry on top. 

New Belgium/Perennial Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout will be available in 22oz bombers and draft.

Style: Belgian-Style Imperial Stout (w/ Chocolate, Salt)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft.
Arrival: Late September, 2014. (Oct for most markets)

9% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Heretic Brewing, New Releases, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Unapologetic IPA

On Monday, prepare for more hops from Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA). The next collaboration hits shelves. Stone Unapologetic IPA is pretty much the “lack” of apology for creating another IPA. This new hop bomb is a collaboration between Stone, Beachwood Brewing (Alhambra, CA) and Heretic Brewing (Fairfield, CA).

Loaded with new hop varieties, including two that don’t even have names yet—HBC 342 and Hopsteiner Experimental Hop #06300—this beer makes a strong argument with a melange of tropical fruit, berry, citrus, coconut and melon flavors complementing intense, signature Stone bitterness. You can read the rest of our rationale on the official Stone Collaborations page.

Beachwood/Heretic/Stone Unapologetic IPA will be available in 22oz bombers and draft for a limited time.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft

Arrival: June 30th 2014

8.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay