Collaborations

Brewdog, Mikkeller and Nogne-O Combine Forces

Three European brewing superpowers combine forces (and three of their own amazing beers) to create Black Tokyo Horizon. This massive stout’s constituents: Mikkeller Black, Nogne-O Dark Horizon, and BrewDog Tokyo. Not every state will see this one, thanks to it’s Continue Reading →

Mikkeller & 3 Floyds Team Up Again

Mikkeller and Three Floyds team up for another crazy collaboration – Bla Spog Else. The name means “blue ghost” and was brewed at De Proef brewery in Lochristi, Belgium.  Bla Spog Else is a blueberry beer aged in oak barrels. Continue Reading →

Stone’s Newest Collab: R&R Coconut IPA

Stone Brewing Co has teamed up with Rip Current Brewing to collaborate with on home brewers Robert Masterson and Ryan Reschan’s winning Coconut IPA recipe. The collaboration will arrive later this year.

This collaboration beer is a celebration of the homebrewing spirit and Continue Reading →

Ska Brewing and Brash Collab on Skankin Dirty

Brash Brewing and Ska Brewing have come together and created Skankin Dirty an Imperial IPA. Brash’s recommended pairings include: Skatalites, Goldfinger, The Specials, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Operation Ivy, Ernest Ranglin, and The Rockers. Skankin Dirty just shipped last week and Continue Reading →

Wynkoop Launches Saison Named After Denver Street

Nearly a year in planning, Wynkoop’s Saison de Colfax is now on tap at the Denver-area Cheeky Monk locations and the company’s sister bar, Royal Hilltop in Aurora, CO. Named for Denver, Colorado’s Colfax Avenue.

Saison de Colfax features the wondrous gifts one Continue Reading →

Uinta Brewing Collaborates on Cahoots

Uinta Brewing Company introduces an addition to their Crooked Line. Meet Cahoots, a double rye IPA brewed in collaboration with a highly regarded local homebrewer, Chris Detrick. This limited release beer will hit select shelves in early June Continue Reading →

Posted in Brewdog, Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Brewdog, Mikkeller and Nogne-O Combine Forces

Three European brewing superpowers combine forces (and three of their own amazing beers) to create Black Tokyo Horizon. This massive stout’s constituents: Mikkeller Black, Nogne-O Dark Horizon, and BrewDog Tokyo. Not every state will see this one, thanks to it’s 16% ABV.

This collaborative beer was created when the paths of Mikkeller, Nogne-0, and BrewDog merged. It is an equal combination of ideas and inspiration extracted from each brewery’s respective huge stouts…

Style: Imperial Stout (Blend of 3 other beers)
Availability: 11.2oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

16% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Mikkeller & 3 Floyds Team Up Again

Mikkeller and Three Floyds team up for another crazy collaboration – Bla Spog Else. The name means “blue ghost” and was brewed at De Proef brewery in Lochristi, Belgium.  Bla Spog Else is a blueberry beer aged in oak barrels. Previous versions of the artwork used the term “lambic,” but you’ll see here it isn’t used. Pacman throwback label? I bet the beer just tastes better because of artwork.

Mikkeller and Three Floyds have teamed up before on brews like  Boogoop, Barrel Aged Boogoop, and Baller Stout, and Risgoop. 

Style: Lambic (w/ Blueberries, Oak Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

7.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Rip Current Brewing, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone’s Newest Collab: R&R Coconut IPA

Stone Brewing Co has teamed up with Rip Current Brewing to collaborate with on home brewers Robert Masterson and Ryan Reschan’s winning Coconut IPA recipe. The collaboration will arrive later this year.

This collaboration beer is a celebration of the homebrewing spirit and an example of counter-intuitive thoughts coalescing beautifully into something exceptional. Case in point is the seamless marrying of toasted coconut and a hop bill brimming with tropical fruit notes. Longtime homebrewers Robert Masterson and Ryan Reschan teamed up to enter this beer in our annual American Homebrewers Association-sanctioned brewing competition and, though it was the first beer they’d ever brewed together, they sailed past the competition like a tropical ocean breeze on a pleasure cruise bound for India. After winning, the duo reached out to their friend, highly decorated homebrewer and 2011 AHA Nmkasi Award winner Paul Sangster of the newly opened Rip Current Brewing Company, to assist in dialing in the recipe. Together with Gangster’s skilled partner Guy Shobe and Stone Brewmaster Mitch Steele, Masterson and Reschan present fellow craft beer enthusiasts with a most delicious and original style of IPA. Open, enjoy, rest, relax and repeat as needed.

“On the nose, you get lots of tropical fruit–mango, passion fruit, pineapple–with some sweet orange and stone fruit from the hops along with toasty coconut sweetness.” Ryan Reschan /I Winning Homebrewer 1 love the tropical spin that Robert and Ryan added to an already great IPA recipe.” Mitch Steele II Brewmaster, Stone Brewing Co. “The true lest of a beer like this is the balance between the fruity hop and the coconut flavors and, with this one, you feel like you’re drinking a tropical drink on the beach.”

Paul Sangster // Co-Founder/Brewer, Rip Current Brewing Co.

Style: IPA (w/ Coconut)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brash Brewing, Ska Brewing

Ska Brewing and Brash Collab on Skankin Dirty

Brash Brewing and Ska Brewing have come together and created Skankin Dirty an Imperial IPA. Brash’s recommended pairings include: Skatalites, Goldfinger, The Specials, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Operation Ivy, Ernest Ranglin, and The Rockers. Skankin Dirty just shipped last week and will be available in Brash’s distribution area.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 22oz bottles
Arrival: Coming Soon

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases

Dominion’s Monk’s Rock The Mic (Pilsner Style)

Dominion Brewing and Dawson’s Liquors are collaborating on Monk Czech, a Czech Pilsner inspired Belgian-style Ale, set to release June 1.

Legend has it this Belgian style ale was first brewed in 1840 using black market malt smuggled out of Plzeň by monks. Recognizing those OGs, this hip-hop-inspired ale gives a head nod to risk-takers and dreamers.  This Brewer/Retailer collaboration utilized Saaz, Tradition, Motueka and Nelson Sauvin Hops and Pilsner Malt, for a crisp, summer beer that sneaks in at 5.2% ABV and 45 IBUs.

Style: Pilsner
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
States: Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C.
Arrival: June 1, 2013

If you go:

June 6th at Max’s Taphouse and June 20th at DC 9

www.monkczech.com

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wynkoop Brewing

Wynkoop Launches Saison Named After Denver Street

Nearly a year in planning, Wynkoop’s Saison de Colfax is now on tap at the Denver-area Cheeky Monk locations and the company’s sister bar, Royal Hilltop in Aurora, CO. Named for Denver, Colorado’s Colfax Avenue.

Saison de Colfax features the wondrous gifts one expects to find in a saison: vibrant tropical, candy and pepper-spice aromas and flavors in a refreshing Belgian beer. But these typical saison gifts arrive with a tan head and a very subtle chocolate/cocoa note, in an almost opaque beer with a deep brownish-black color.

Style: Saison
Availability: Draft only. Denver area

5.8% ABV

Above: James Pachorek of Cheeky Monk

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Uinta Brewing

Uinta Brewing Collaborates on Cahoots

Uinta Brewing Company introduces an addition to their Crooked Line. Meet Cahoots, a double rye IPA brewed in collaboration with a highly regarded local homebrewer, Chris Detrick. This limited release beer will hit select shelves in early June 2013. Keeping with the Crooked Line series of interesting labels, Cahoots features local artist Andy Chase who designed the owly label pictured above.

Style: 2x Rye IPA
Availability: 750 mL bottles
Arrival: June 2013

9.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay