Pilsner

Jailhouse Debuts Prison Camp Pils

Last evening, Jailhouse Brewing (Hampton, GA) released their 14th beer, Prison Camp Pils. Brewery founder and brewmaster Glenn Golden stepped aside and let the employees brew this release – part of the Inmate Hooch Series.  The Continue Reading →

Making Short’s Spruce Pilsner [Video]

The making of Short’s Spruce Pilsner, made with spruce tips. The tips are hand picked, then added to the brew giving the beer  a gin like characteristic.  Very limited brew arriving soon.

Spruce Pilsner from Short’s Vimeo on Vimeo.

Cigar City Bottles Patio Pils

Cigar City’s Patio Pils has officially been bottled.  Seen above are the first bottles coming off the line. The brewery describes the beer as a “pre-prohibition style lager with a modern twist.”  The beer starts shipping this week.

Posted in JailHouse Brewing, New Releases

Jailhouse Debuts Prison Camp Pils

Last evening, Jailhouse Brewing (Hampton, GA) released their 14th beer, Prison Camp Pils. Brewery founder and brewmaster Glenn Golden stepped aside and let the employees brew this release – part of the Inmate Hooch Series.  The employees took the brewhouse to create an easy drinking, hot weather brew as Atlanta temperatures look to hit 100 degrees this week.

Pic: Andrea Janise for AleSharpton.com

The entire jailhouse staff and its fans hit Taco Mac Metropolis to celebrate the release.  The story of Pils goes a little something like this – “While the Warden was out on the links, the inmates broke out of their cells and into the brew house. They framed up a recipe for an American Pilsner: crisp, clean and inviting.”  Above: BSJ, Ale Sharpton and the Jailhouse inmates.

The result?  A damn drinkable pilsner (especially for summer.) Really, clean & crisp. Not easy to stop drinking once you start.

Style: Pilsner
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.

5.5% ABV, 25 IBUS

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Box Set: Imperial Pilsner

Sierra Nevada Imperial Pilsner

More from Sierra Nevada‘s impending Beer Camp Box Set 2012 release – Imperial Pilsner.  Also known as Beer Camp #43 Sticke Pilsner.

Packing a big hop-forward punch and bright crisp finish, this golden pilsner features a hearty dose of “sticky,” resinous Crystal and Pacifica dry hops, which balance the light-bodied yet complex malt backbone.  

Style: Pilsner Hops: Magnum (Bitter) Crystal & Pacifica (Aroma), Crystal, Pacifica (Torpedo)
Malts: Pale 2-Row, Europils, Munich, Acidulated
Availability: 12oz bottles.  Beer Camp Box set release.
Arrival: TBA

5.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Short's Brewing, Videos

Making Short’s Spruce Pilsner [Video]

The making of Short’s Spruce Pilsner, made with spruce tips. The tips are hand picked, then added to the brew giving the beer  a gin like characteristic.  Very limited brew arriving soon.

Spruce Pilsner from Short’s Vimeo on Vimeo.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, New Releases

Cigar City Bottles Patio Pils

Cigar City’s Patio Pils has officially been bottled.  Seen above are the first bottles coming off the line. The brewery describes the beer as a “pre-prohibition style lager with a modern twist.”  The beer starts shipping this week.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lagunitas

Lagunitas Releasing New Mondo-Uber-Extra-Colossal-Double-PILS

Ah, the saga of Lagunitas. They order a new brewhouse and it gets clobbered in transit.  Meanwhile, the brewery’s founder Tony Magee does some number crunching and finds that it is much more cost effective to build another brewhouse in his previous home of Chicago.

Seasonals have been pretty FUBAR too, thanks to production issues caused by the brewhouse debacle.  However, there is a diamond in the rough.  A new seasonal will emerge now that the new brewhouse is in working order.  Lagunitas PILS is being cranked up big time.  Coming in August : Mondo-Uber-Extra-Colossal-Double-PILS.  A beefy (and no doubt imperial) edition of PILS.

Style: Imperial Pilsner
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: August, 2012

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, JailHouse Brewing

Jailhouse Prison Camp Pils Kicks Off Inmate Hooch Series

Jailhouse Prison Camp PilsWithout sounding biased, Jailhouse Brewing has some of the most creative labels I’ve seen lately.  The brewery is quite literally based in an old jailhouse/courthouse in Hampton, Georgia, just south of the city of Atlanta.  It’s as small town south as you can get.  This summer, brewmaster Glen Golden and the jailhouse crew will release Prison Camp Pils, a new beer and new style for them.

Operating in an old jailhouse (and calling yourself Jailhouse) is pretty much a beer name goldmine.  Each beer falls into unique “jail” themed series – like Solitary Confinement, Witness Protection (you never see bottles), Trustees Series, etc.  Pils is part of the “Inmate Hooch” series.  I promise you, this isn’t made in a toilet.    Start looking this one late June, early July 2012.

Style: Pilsner
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft

5.5% ABV 

Jailhouse just got a new inmate.  Follow @JailhouseInmate for more brewery info…

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Cask Conditioned Pilsner (Coffee Beans & Honey)

Sierra Nevada Cask Conditioned PilsnerSierra Nevada Cask-Conditioned Pilsner.  Brewed with coffee beans & honey.

Availability:  Draft only (10.8 gal = cask)
Arrival: TBA

5% ABV 

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by Reid Ramsay