Terrapin Beer Co (Athens, GA) is spending Monday bottling Reunion Beer 2012. A collaboration with Shmaltz Brewing, benefitting The Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer research (www.imbcr.org). This year’s edition drops the chilis for cinnamon.
Style: Brown Ale(w/ Vanilla, Cocoa Nibs, Cinnamon)
Availability: 220z bombers, draft. Released annually, style Continue Reading →
Check your shelves. Russian River & Sierra Nevada present to you their newest collaboration “Brux.” For many, this is the first time (and probably only) time you’ll see a Russian River beer in your state. The American wild Continue Reading →
Sierra Nevada’s popular Foam Pilsner can now be found outside of Phish festivals. The beer has been brewed for various Phish fests (Hippie Halloween, Super Ball IX, etc). The pilsner has almost its own cult following from the sales at the Continue Reading →
You read that right. Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin and Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin are already hitting shelves. Perfect for 100 degree weather right?
Weyerbacher has actually publicly address this in a recent tweet:
Shipyard’s Smashed Pumpkin is a 9%’er, part of the Pugley’s Signature Series, Continue Reading →
You want a beer that drinks like a dessert? Look no further. Southern Tier’s Creme Brulee is back again for 2012.
“We are not the harbingers of truth as some may suggest but it may indeed be argued that our brewing Continue Reading →
A fun little packaging tweak for the fans of SweetWater Brewery. New caps for future bottles. The iconic fish, and slogan are featured. Red, White, & Blue baby! Just in time for the 4th. “Don’t float the mainstream.”
Sierra Nevada’s 4th release in the Ovila Series has arrived. Belgian-Style Golden Ale follows Dubbel, Saison and Quad. Lighter body than the quadrupel predecessor. Golden boast flavors of apple and pear with a hint of peppery spice. Continue Reading →
Terrapin Beer Co (Athens, GA) is spending Monday bottling Reunion Beer 2012. A collaboration with Shmaltz Brewing, benefitting The Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer research (www.imbcr.org). This year’s edition drops the chilis for cinnamon.
Style: Brown Ale(w/ Vanilla, Cocoa Nibs, Cinnamon)
Availability: 220z bombers, draft. Released annually, style changes each year.
ETA: August, 2012
7.6% ABV
Check your shelves. Russian River & Sierra Nevada present to you their newest collaboration “Brux.” For many, this is the first time (and probably only) time you’ll see a Russian River beer in your state. The American wild ale was brewed in Chico, California at Sierra Nevada using Russian River’s wild yeast strain to referment in the bottle.
What began as mutual admiration between Sierra Nevada’s Grossman family and Russian River’s Cilurzos has grown and progressed into genuine friendship. Brux began as an idea and has grown into something altogether different:
The liquid manifestation of change over time.
Refermented in the bottle with Brettanomyces bruxellensis, Brux will change and develop over time. Copper-colored, dry and complex, with slightly tart notes of green grass, pear, spice and lemon — this ale will progress in the bottle for many years.
Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 750ml bottles, corked & caged.
8.3% ABV
Sierra Nevada’s popular Foam Pilsner can now be found outside of Phish festivals. The beer has been brewed for various Phish fests (Hippie Halloween, Super Ball IX, etc). The pilsner has almost its own cult following from the sales at the shows. Now you might find it down the street.
Foam is a German style pilsner brewed with grassy noble hops, and a blend of German and American malts.
Style: Pilsner
Availability: Draft only
5.6% ABV
My favorite Phish song…
You read that right. Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin and Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin are already hitting shelves. Perfect for 100 degree weather right?
Weyerbacher has actually publicly address this in a recent tweet:
Shipyard’s Smashed Pumpkin is a 9%’er, part of the Pugley’s Signature Series, and available in 22oz bombers. Weyerbacher’s Imperial Pumpkin is 8%, available in 12 oz bottles and draft with the new artwork seen below. I guess the season starts early this year.
You want a beer that drinks like a dessert? Look no further. Southern Tier’s Creme Brulee is back again for 2012.
“We are not the harbingers of truth as some may suggest but it may indeed be argued that our brewing philosophy is tantamount to a dessert with a bellicose past. How, you may ask, would a brewery determine a likeness to hard-coated custard? Our response is simple; it’s all in the power of history, and of course, the extra finesse needed to top off a contentious treat with definition.
By comprehending the labyrinthine movement of time, one would not think it strange to trace the errant path of an ordinary object such as a cream dessert only to discover that it has been the cause of cultural disputes since the middle ages. The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French Crème Brûlée, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent our deliciously creamy brew.”
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans)
Hops: Columbus, Horizon.
Malts: 2 Row Malt, Dark Caramel Malt
Other: Lactose Sugar
10% ABV
A fun little packaging tweak for the fans of SweetWater Brewery. New caps for future bottles. The iconic fish, and slogan are featured. Red, White, & Blue baby! Just in time for the 4th. “Don’t float the mainstream.”
Sierra Nevada’s 4th release in the Ovila Series has arrived. Belgian-Style Golden Ale follows Dubbel, Saison and Quad. Lighter body than the quadrupel predecessor. Golden boast flavors of apple and pear with a hint of peppery spice. Perfect for these warmer temperatures. A portion of the the proceeds benefit the restoration of the historic Santa Maria de Ovila chapter house on the grounds of the Abbey of New Clairvaux in California.
Style: Belgian Golden Ale
Availability: 750 ml bottles, corked & caged. Draft.
8.5% ABV
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