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Surly Darkness Day 2012 Details
Surly has some info on this years Darkness Day (the release of Darkness) on 10/27/12….
Darkness Bottles Info:
The 1st 800 people in line when we open the gates at noon on Saturday will get an orange wristband. If you have an orange wristband, you can purchase up to 6 bottles of Darkness. CASH ONLY — $18 each. You must buy your bottles before 6:00, if you do not, you lose your allocated bottles. NO EXCEPTIONS! You can purchase your bottles at any time between 12:00 and 6:00. There is no place to store them at the brewery.
Brooklyn Center Liquor stores have helped us out today & they are selling the beer. THEY WILL NOT SELL BOTTLES TO PEOPLE THAT ARE DRUNK!!! It’s the law for liquor stores. Please plan accordingly.
Drinking Beer:
You need a token to get a beer. Tokens are $4 each. We will be pouring beer from 12:00-5:30. Glasses are 12 ounces. Don’t be stupid – we reserve the right to kick you out if you’re being a dick (or any other reason we find). Respect the volunteers, employees and security staff.
Please take a cab home if you need to!
Parking:
The neighbors at Surly have been gracious to let us use their parking lots for you folk. Don’t make a mess. If you need to leave your car here Saturday night, no problem. Please have your car removed by Monday morning or it might be towed. Caribou Coffee has allowed us to use their lot for parking also. They are located at Hwy 100 & France Ave.
Hours:
Gates open at noon. We will hand out the orange/Darkness wristbands just before the gates open. For those in line, please don’t hold spots or let people in line. You can leave the brewery and return. You must keep on your wrist bands. Gates close at 6:30. Please be prepared to leave and don’t make us kick you out. Staff and volunteers have been here all day and want to go home.
The Bruery’s Black Tuesday On Sale Online October 30, 2012
The Bruery will put Black Tuesday on sale online on Tuesday, 10/30/12.
The Bruery’s Black Tuesday is bourbon barrel aged imperial stout, ranked among the best in the world. Someone can pick up your bottles for you (The Bruery DOESN’T ship).
More info will be available at www.facebook.com/thebruery closer to the release. Last year in sold out in 60 minutes.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles, waxed capped. Limited
19.2% ABV
Cigar City Announces 4th Hunaphu’s Day: March 9th, 2013
Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) has announced the next Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout release will be March 9, 2013. The brewery is currently brewing sought after imperial stout, brewed with chilies, vanilla beans, cinnamon and cocoa nibs. Release details and bottle limits will announced closer to the release date — pending total yield. In 2012, each customer was limited to 2 bottles, the day of.
Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft
11% ABV
One of America’s Top Beers, Goose Island Bourbon County Releases
Goose Island has released Bourbon County Stout this week. The beer is one of the most sought after barrel aged beers in America. To prep for this release, I’m told that Goose Island brewed 5x more of BCS than previous years. Now that various Anheuser-Busch plants are brewing beers like Honker’s and 312 Urban Wheat, the Fulton Street location in Chicago can work on cranking out BCS, Madame Rose, and the Vintage Series like Matilda and Sofie.
Bourbon County Stout is aged 9 months (minimum) in Heaven Hill barrels, and caps out around 14-15% ABV. You can cellar it up to 5 years.
Who will get it? Broken down by round of shipping:
(Round 1) WI, IN, MI, VA, OH
(Round 2) RI, DE, PA, NJ, MD, ME, VT, NY, NH, CT
(Round 3) KA, MN, IA, MO, ND, NE, SD
(Round 4) KY, TN, NV, CA, AZ, CO, ID, MT, WA, OR
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
14% ABV
Introducing Surly Darkness 2012
Surly Darkness 2012 looms. One fo the most sought after Russian Imperial Stouts arrives next month. Release day, dubbed “Darkness Day” is coming on October 27, 2012. Each year (or judging by the most recent), around 8,000 bottles are released. Surly Darkness ranks among the top rated beers on planet earth.
Darkening Moon
The lycanthropes gather under the full moon at Surly Brewing Company, awaiting their transformation. Though they fear the light, they yearn for the Darkness that will soon wash over them. Drawn together to share the night, their stories and their treasure, they know Darkness will soon be theirs. It is as black as the sky on a moonless night, but these souls aren’t so lucky. Their metamorphosis is imminent, but they all agree that it is a price they are each willing to pay.
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Hops: Columbus, Amarillo, Simcoe
Malts: Pale, Golden Promise, Crystal, Oats, Black, Chocolate, Roast, Dark candi sugar
Yeast: English Ale Yeast
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Limited Draft
Arrival: October 27, 2012
9.8% ABV
The label is badass for sure, but I’m still partial to last years…
New Artwork: Midnight Sun Berserker
New Artwork: Midnight Sun Berserker. The imperial stout that satisfies. 2012 release date has not been announced yet.
Vicious and viscous, this menacing brewpours opaque black with a creamy maduro-colored head. Its aroma offers seductive whiskey, chewy red wine, dark fruit and lavish tobacco. Berserker Imperial Stout invades your taste buds with in-your-face flavor. , Berserker is completely out-of-control. Give it a good fight.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Maple Syrup, Molasses, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA
12.7% ABV
Westie XII U.S. Launch Delayed
Westie XII won’t hit nationwide distro until September. This just in from Shelton Brothers:
Westvleteren 12° – painstakingly brewed by the Sint-Sixtus Abbey in Westvleteren, Belgium – was initially scheduled to debut across the U.S.A. this month. For reasons known only to higher powers, the Abbey has requested that the official public release be delayed until September. However, the Abbey has now given its blessing for a small quantity of the beer to be previewed at The Festival, which takes place on June 23rd and 24th at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Abbey hopes in this modest way to slake the thirst and reward the patience of true beer aficionados as they continue to wait for the Big Release later in the year.
Looks like panic will be delayed until September.
