Collaborations

The Tomme & Solemn Oath Collaborate

Tomme Arthur (The Lost Abbey) and the folks at Solemn Oath Brewery (Naperville, IL) are working on a collaboration this week in honor the upcoming Chicago Beer Week 2013. Details to follow. Chi Beer week is May 16th – 26, Continue Reading →

New Half Acre/3 Floyds Collab: Anicca

Half Acre has once again teamed up with 3 Floyds to bring you Anicca India Pale. Anicca is single hopped and features the fruity Mosiac hop. This beer will only be available on tap at Half Acre. No growlers.

Style: IPA
Availability: on tap Continue Reading →

Posted in Breckenridge Brewing

Denver Comic Con and Breckenridge Want YOU to Name Their Beer

While last year’s epic Fantastic Pour may be hard to follow, Breckenridge Brewing and Denver Comic Con want you to come up with a name for this year’s special beer. The beer will be a Belgian witbier infused with Buddha’s hand, an odd-looking, tentacled yellow citrus fruit from Asia. There has to be some sort of nerdy pun in this whole thing somewhere and Breckenridge wants you to find it.

Once the name is chosen, a custom label will be created in time for the debut at a launch party around the first week of May. So what’s in it for the winner? How about a year’s worth of beer, 4 collector pint glasses, a Breckenridge tap handle with the beer’s name on it, and a Denver Comic Con swag bag. That’s right, a year’s worth of free beer! For more more information, the fine print, and where to enter check out the Facebook page here.

Style: Witbier (with Buddha’s Hand)
Availability: on tap only during Denver Comic Con
Arrival: May 2013

6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lakefront Brewing, Leinenkugel's Brewing

Lakefront and Leinenkugel’s to Team Up Again

Lakefront Brewing has announced that they will once again collaborate with Leinenkugel’s for the Wisconsin Restaurant Expo this week and Craft Beer Week in May. Checkpoint Charlie, a Berliner Weisse, is brewed with Wisconsin wheat and will be served with a dash of cherry syrup from Milwaukee-based Bittercube in traditional Berliner style.

This is the third consecutive year the two brewers have joined up to make a special beer. Previous years’ collabs include Oaty Goat Doppelbock and Rye Road.

“We’ve had fun collaborating with Leinenkugel’s the past few years, and even more importantly, we’ve enjoyed drinking the beer we’ve brewed. I think people will find Checkpoint Charlie to be an interesting and flavorful beer experience, which is what we aimed to create.” Russ Klisch, president Lakefront Brewery.

Style: Berliner Weisse
Availability: in bottles, on tap
Arrival: TBA

3.2% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Evolution Brewing, Flying Dog Brewing

Flying Dog and Evolution Foster Natural Selection

Maryland’s Flying Dog Brewing and Evolution Brewing are combining their skills to create Natural Selection – a 3 part beer release series. The first beer will be Genus One, a stock ale, that will release in March. After that each brewery will brew a second batch with Flying Dog’s being dry hopped for Genus Two and Evolution’s barrel aged to create Genus Three.

“We’ve had a lot of fun at Evolution designing beers to pair with different barrel types and this is an opportunity to expand on that experience. Creating a beer that can express barrel character in our release while complementing dry-hopping in the Flying Dog version was a great challenge and I’m looking forward to the results.” -Geoff DeBisschop of Evolution Brewing

Genus One will debut at this year’s Craft Brewers Conference in Washington DC. Genus Two and Genus Three will be ready in October. All three releases will only be available in the Mid-Atlantic market.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Videos, Widmer Brothers Brewing

Widmer Brews Green & Gold Kölsch for Timbers Season [VIDEO]

Widmer Brothers Brewing  with Abram Goldman-Armstrong, the winner of the 2012 Timbers Army Homebrew Competition to create Green & Gold Kölsch, for the 2013 Portland Timbers season!

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Solemn Oath Brewery, The Lost Abbey

The Tomme & Solemn Oath Collaborate


Tomme Arthur (The Lost Abbey) and the folks at Solemn Oath Brewery (Naperville, IL) are working on a collaboration this week in honor the upcoming Chicago Beer Week 2013. Details to follow. Chi Beer week is May 16th – 26, 2013.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Half Acre Brewing

New Half Acre/3 Floyds Collab: Anicca

Half Acre has once again teamed up with 3 Floyds to bring you Anicca India Pale. Anicca is single hopped and features the fruity Mosiac hop. This beer will only be available on tap at Half Acre. No growlers.

Style: IPA
Availability: on tap only
Arrival: March 1st 2013

7.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, New Belgium

New Belgium Paardebloem Coming to Lips of Faith

A new collaboration is coming to New Belgium’s Lips Of Faith Series. Paardebloem pairs the Fort Collins based brewery with RedRock Brewery (Salt Lake, UT).

Using dandelion greens to bitter a Belgian-style ale blossomed from out brewers collaborating with Red Rock Brewing. This being our sixth interpretation together since 2008. Expect a wonderfully complex ale fermented with wild Belgian yeast and blended with just a touch of w0od-aged beer. Bitterness imparted from dandelion greens and grains of paradise will have you blowing wishes for sips.

Style: Belgian Strong Ale (w/ Peach Juice, Grains of Paradise, Dandelion Greens, Partially Oak Aged)
Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay