Collaborations

Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo Pilsner with Firestone Walker

Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is doing something completely new with their Beer Camp Series. Coming this summer, Sierra Nevada will release an epic Beer Camp Across America Mix Pack featuring collaborations with breweries across the U.S.

Sierra Nevada teamed up with Firestone Walker  to create Torpedo Continue Reading →

Boulevard & Odell Brewing Announce Collaboration

During the SAVOR this week, Boulevard Brewing and Odell Brewing announced a special collaboration between the two breweries.

Odell and Boulevard opened a day apart, initially focusing on English-style beers. With that in mind, the breweries will create an English strong Continue Reading →

Sierra Nevada’s Yonder Bock with Cigar City

Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is stepping up their Beer Camp Series. Coming this summer, Sierra Nevada will release an epic Beer Camp Across America Mix Pack featuring collaborations with breweries across America.

Sierra Nevada Yonder Bock is a can collaboration with Cigar City Brewing.

Brewed in Continue Reading →

Terrapin & Twains Collaborate [PICS]

Chase Medlin, head brewer at Twain’s in Decatur, Georgia, is good friends with Terrapin Beer Company’s co-founder “Spike” Buchowski. Out of that friendship, (and Spike’s penchant for collaborations) came this new brew – Azaccattack! Single Hop Rye Session IPA.

Both Chase and Continue Reading →

New Holland Announces Carhartt Collaboration Brew

A little while back, New Holland Brewing (Holland, MI) announced a very special collaboration/partnership with work clothes producer Carhartt.

This fall, the collaboration comes together in a craft brew dubbed The Carhartt Woodsman. Woodsman is a session-strength pale ale, aged in Continue Reading →

The Story of Class of ’88 [VIDEO]

Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) and Deschutes Brewing (Bend, OR) celebrate 25 years of brewing in a very special collaboration – Class of ’88. Each brewery has released an edition of the beer across their own markets.

Almost every beer has Continue Reading →

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Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo Pilsner with Firestone Walker

Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is doing something completely new with their Beer Camp Series. Coming this summer, Sierra Nevada will release an epic Beer Camp Across America Mix Pack featuring collaborations with breweries across the U.S.

Sierra Nevada teamed up with Firestone Walker  to create Torpedo Pilsner, a hoppy pilsner.

Torpedo Pilsner is a hop-forward take on the crisp, classic lager. We and the folks at Firestone Walker share a passion for New Zealand hop varietals, so we loaded our legendary Hop Torpedo with the southern hemisphere’s finest hops for a fruity, floral twist on the pilsner style. We brew in Chico, CA, and Mills River, NC, to bring you the finest quality beer.

Torpedo Pilsner is one of twelve offerings coming this July in Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Across America Mixed Pack.

Style: Pilsner
Hops: Motueka, Southern Cross,Pacifica
Malts: Pilsner, Acidulated
Yeast: Lager

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Beer Camp 12-pack

Arrival: July, 2014

5.2% ABV, 45 IBUs

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines, Odell Brewing

Boulevard & Odell Brewing Announce Collaboration

During the SAVOR this week, Boulevard Brewing and Odell Brewing announced a special collaboration between the two breweries.

Odell and Boulevard opened a day apart, initially focusing on English-style beers. With that in mind, the breweries will create an English strong ale to be released in November, 2014.

“Back in the late ‘80s, there were only a handful of us crazy enough to start our own local breweries,” said John McDonald, Boulevard founder. “We leaned on each other to talk through ideas, brewing techniques and distribution methods. I’ve always respected Doug’s path and – looking at what Odell Brewing has become today – I’m proud to call him a friend and colleague.”

To celebrate the anniversaries, both breweries are planning special dinners, and tastings surrounding the release. 750ml bottles will release in Boulevard’s 25 states of distribution, and Odell Brewing’s 11 states.

Style: English Strong Ale
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Arrival: November, 2014

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada’s Yonder Bock with Cigar City

Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is stepping up their Beer Camp Series. Coming this summer, Sierra Nevada will release an epic Beer Camp Across America Mix Pack featuring collaborations with breweries across America.

Sierra Nevada Yonder Bock is a can collaboration with Cigar City Brewing.

Brewed in collaboration with Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, FL, Yonder Bock is a Latin-inspired twist on a traditional Maibock. Cigar City finds inspiration in the Cuban roots of their hometown, which is a long way from our hometown, which is a long way from our home base in Chico, but our friends down yonder in Florida sure can brew a great beer. Yonder Bock blends a silky malt body with bright, fruity hop aromas of guava, mango and passion fruit from the use of Calypso, Azacca, and experimental 366 hops as a nod to Cigar City’s tropical locale.  

Yonder Bock is one of twelve offerings coming this July in Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Across America Mixed Pack.

Style: Maibock
Hops: Magnum, Azacca, Calypso, Experimental varieties
Malts: Vienna, Munich, Pilsner, Honey
Yeast: Lager

Availability: 12oz Can, Draft. Beer Camp 12-pack

Arrival: July, 2014

7.7% ABV, 45 IBUs

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Ballast Point Brewing, Headlines, New Beers, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada & Ballast Point’s Electric Ray

Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is legendary in craft beer. Countless people have gotten the opportunity to brew their own collaboration in Chico, California. Some of the best creations make it into a Beer Camp Mix Pack.  Coming this summer, Sierra Nevada takes it up a new notch with twelve Beer Camp collaborations with breweries across America.

Sierra Nevada Electric Ray is a collaboration with Ballast Point Brewing, combining the flavor of an IPA with that of blonde lager.

As ever, San Diego’s Ballast Point looked to the sea for inspiration . A play on the fish’s scientific name- Torpedo californica – Electric Ray pays homage to our Hop Torpedo, the source of much this beer’s big flavor. Its massive grapefruit and floral notes deliver a high-voltage hit of hop flavor. 

Electric Ray is one of twelve offerings coming this July.

Style: Imperial Pale Lager
Hops: Cascade, Zues, Nugget, Northern Brewer
Aroma Hops: Amarillo, Crystal, Centennial, Cascade
Malts: 2-Row Pale, Pilsner, Oats, Munich, Caramel
Yeast: Lager

Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Beer Camp 12-pack

Arrival: July, 2014

8.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Releases, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin & Twains Collaborate [PICS]

Chase Medlin, head brewer at Twain’s in Decatur, Georgia, is good friends with Terrapin Beer Company’s co-founder “Spike” Buchowski. Out of that friendship, (and Spike’s penchant for collaborations) came this new brew – Azaccattack! Single Hop Rye Session IPA.

Both Chase and Spike love using rye malt, so that came first. Spike contributed a new hop neither has used before, Azacca. This new hop gives beer a bright, tropical, citrusy flavor.

Azaccattack! will be released at Twain’s on Monday, May 12th to kick off American Craft Beer Week.

Style: Pale Ale
Hops: Azacca
Availability: Draft only

5.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Holland Brewing, New Releases

New Holland Announces Carhartt Collaboration Brew

A little while back, New Holland Brewing (Holland, MI) announced a very special collaboration/partnership with work clothes producer Carhartt.

This fall, the collaboration comes together in a craft brew dubbed The Carhartt Woodsman. Woodsman is a session-strength pale ale, aged in bourbon barrels.

This beer is not only a celebration of Carhartt’s 125th anniversary, it’s first and foremost a salute to hard-working men and women who deserve a refreshing reward after a long day’s work,” said Tony Ambroza, senior vice president of marketing at Carhartt. “A flavorful Carhartt ale from an authentic partner like New Holland is the perfect way to honor our consumers and the hard work they do each day.”

New Holland Carhartt Woodsman is brewed with Michigan Cascade hops that blend well with the barrel aging. Look for 12oz bottles of this offering in all of New Holland’s distribution states.

Style: Pale Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Hops: Cascade

Availability: 12oz Bottles. All New Holland Markets
Arrival: October, 2014

4.5% ABV

Fun Fact: The Tin Woodsman, from The Wizard of Oz, was penned in Holland, Michigan by L. Frank Baum in 1899. Carhartt was already ten years old.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Deschutes Brewing, Don't Miss This, Goose Island Brewing, Videos

The Story of Class of ’88 [VIDEO]

Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) and Deschutes Brewing (Bend, OR) celebrate 25 years of brewing in a very special collaboration – Class of ’88. Each brewery has released an edition of the beer across their own markets.

Almost every beer has a story. Is is Class of ’88 as told by brewers who created it.

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by Reid Ramsay