(Grand Rapids, MI) – Here is the latest from Founders Brewing Company, courtesy of last week’s newsletter.
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Our beloved wet-hopped Harvest Ale will be hitting shelves and taps again in October! We are bottling it on October 4, with shipments to our wholesalers to follow shortly after that. There is no set release date for this beer: we brew it when the hops are ready, and it is best consumed fresh. You should look for Harvest Ale near you beginning in mid-October.
This liquid dream pours a hazy golden straw color with a white, two-finger head. Your first sip rewards you with a super juicy hop presence bursting with fresh citrus, then finishes to introduce toasted malt undertones.
(Fort Collins, CO) – On October 6, 2012, Odell Brewing will release its sixth Woodcut brew, an oak aged American ale featuring Mosaic hops. Woodcut No. 6 is the first dry hopped offering in the series, and is the result of over a year of collaboration between the Mosaic hop farmers and Odell Brewing.
“We shared some Woodcut No. 3 and Woodcut No. 4 with Jason Perrault, a 4th generation Yakima Valley hop farmer, and he loved it,” said Brendan McGivney, head of production at Odell Brewing. “He and Brad Carpenter (his family began growing hops in the valley in 1868) then shared some experimental hops with us, and we fell in love with them.”
Odell Brewing began brewing with the experimental hops, known only as “HBC 369” at that time. The hops offered a profoundly unique flavor and aroma, so the brewers invited the pair to come to the brewery to brew Woodcut No. 6 with them, at which point they had landed on the name “Mosaic.”
The brewers included both Mosaic and another yet-to-be-named experimental hop variety in the kettle and Hopback. The beer was dry hopped with 100% Mosaic hops, and transferred to virgin American oak barrels where it aged for several months. The final blend marries the unique and complex tropical fruit sweetness of the Mosaic hop with the vanilla and toasted oak from the new barrels.
Odell Brewing will celebrate the release of Woodcut No. 6 on October 6th in the Tap Room with live music and local food. The brewery will also pour the beer at The Great American Beer Festival® October 11th – 13th.
Founded in 1989, Odell Brewing was started by Doug Odell, his wife Wynne, and his sister Corkie. Twenty-three years later, the culture of family and collaboration still thrives fostering a brewery full of beer-centric people. It is this passion for beer that inspires Odell Brewing to create quality, hand-crafted, innovative brews. As a regional craft brewery, Odell Brewing is committed to serving the communities in which it distributes by sourcing local raw materials, and through its charitable giving program known as Odell Outreach. Odell Brewing was recently named a “Top Company of 2010” by ColoradoBiz Magazine and is an award winning brewery, nationally and internationally: 2012 Brewers Association Recognition Award, 2011 Great American Beer Festival® – gold medal for Friek. 2010 North American Beer Awards – gold medal for Woodcut No. 3. 2009 BrewNZ Awards – gold for 5 Barrel Pale Ale. 2008 World Beer Cup® – gold for IPA. 2007 Great American Beer Festival® – gold medal for IPA.
(Lakewood, NY) – Southern Tier Brewing Company of Lakewood, New York, announces the expansion of their distribution network with the addition of Ajax Turner of Nashville, TN.
The brewery is preparing to ship their entire catalog of beers to the Music City metro area, including limited quantities of the seasonal cult sensation Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale. The first of the Blackwater Series of imperial stouts to ship will be Oat followed by Choklat, available in November. The SuperPack will be available in early 2013. Featuring Unearthly Imperial IPA, 2xIPA, and Iniquity Imperial Black Ale, the SuperPack is a high gravity 12 pack of 12 ounce bottles with an average ABV of nearly 9.0%.
With a varied catalog, the Southern Tier Brewing Company has a lot to offer beer lovers. “There was a large Tennessee shaped hole in our map. We’ve begun filling that in with the addition of Ajax Turner Company,” said Phin DeMink, brewery president. “They’ll usher us in to another growing craft market in the greater Nashville area. We look forward to providing Southern Tier Brewing Company beers to another southern state.” DeMink added that the rest of the state will be online by January 2013.
“We are thrilled to add Southern Tier to our portfolio and are looking forward to spreading the liquid greatness they are known for.” Clark Calvert, craft/import manager at Ajax Turner added, “Nashville’s craft beer lovers are in for a real treat this October with the arrival of this great brand.”
In the summer of 2012 the brewery started construction on an expansion to include a 110 BBL brewhouse to help meet calls for increased production. Prior to this, a new high-speed bottle line was installed in December 2010 followed by a high speed keg line. Quality control and product consistency has remained paramount to the design decisions.
Southern Tier Brewing Company has watched their output and public demand steadily increase since the first few hundred barrels brewed in their former facility in 2003. With a remarkable 70,000 BBL brewed by the end of 2012, and with additional new markets like Tennessee, the brewery expects 2013 to be another record setting year for production.
[Note: 40% growth is based off of an estimated 50,000 barrels produced in 2011.]
(Eugene, OR) – Pumpkins have been part of America’s brewing tradition since Colonial days, when pumpkin-brewed beers would have accompanied seasonal fall foods. Oakshire Brewing continues this long-time American tradition with their second release of award-winning Big Black Jack Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter.
“Big Black Jack gives people a rich, warming beer that brings to mind the pleasures and foods of autumn,” explains Matt Van Wyk, Brewmaster at Oakshire Brewing, Eugene, OR. “We recommend pairing it with seasonal favorite foods such as spicy Indian and Mexican dishes, molé, smoked goose, buttery aged cheddar, Irish cheeses, Gouda cheese, chocolate and peanut butter cookies, toasted coconut, pumpkin tarts and chocolate soufflés.”
Part of Oakshire’s Single-Batch Beer Series, Big Black Jack became a fall favorite when it was originally released in 2011. The Imperial Porter also gained industry recognition, when it won the 2012 North American Brewing Awards Gold Medal for Hybrid Beers.
Brewers used a patent-pending technique to roast farm-fresh pumpkins from Winter Green Farm in Noti and Stahlbush Island Farms in Corvallis. Big Black Jack has been brewed with other ingredients that evoke fall: toasted pumpkin seeds, cocoa nibs, dark chocolate, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice and ginger. The end result is a rich, dark brown Imperial porter with aromas of classic pumpkin pie spices that meld with dark cocoa notes. This malt-forward ale begins with flavors of cinnamon and chocolate, highlighted by toasty and chocolate flavors from specialty malts. This medium-bodied beer is a warming autumn delight at 7.5% ABV.
Beginning Oct. 1, 2012, Big Black Jack will be available for a limited time on draft and in 22-oz. bottles throughout Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Northern Idaho.
About Oakshire Brewing:
Oakshire Brewing Company of Eugene, OR, was founded in October 2006 by Native Oregonian brothers Jeff and Chris Althouse. With the goals of brewing the highest quality artisan beer and providing the highest level of service to their customers, Oakshire has become recognized for consistently brewing fresh, unique and delicious beers in relatively small batches. The brewery is located at 1055 Madera Street, Eugene, OR. Learn more about Oakshire, our Eugene-brewed craft beers, brewery events and tours/tastings at http://oakbrew.com
According to tweets from those in the trade, Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout began hitting taps this week. Per yesterday’s newsletter, the company added, “We’ve started shipping out six-packs and they should be arriving in stores near you soon.” In other news, the brewery installed a pair of 400-barrel fermenters this month. See the video above.
(Everett, MA) – Here is the latest from Night Shift Brewing, courtesy of the brewery’s Wednesday newsletter.
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On Thursday, October 11, from 5-10pm, we’re hosting “EverLocal” at the Night Shift Taproom – a celebration of local beer, food, and music! What’s being featured?
The bottle release of Ever Weisse, our first “Taproom Exclusive” beer (only available at the brewery). It’s a Berliner Weisse sour w/ strawberries, kiwis, and hibiscus. We only brewed one tiny batch & we bottled it all. Samples available for tasting. […]
We’ll also have our regular beers available for samples, bottle sales, and growler fills, as well as plenty of tee shirts and glassware. And of course, our physical neighbor is another nanobrewery, Idle Hands Craft Ales, with even more beer available for sampling and sale.
(Houston, TX) – Here is the latest from Saint Arnold Brewing Co., courtesy of Wednesday’s newsletter.
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This year we had 350 lbs. of wet Cascade hops flown down to us the day they were picked and before they were dried so we could use them in a batch of Fresh Hop Elissa. We used our lauter tun as a giant hop back and ran the wort through these hops before knocking out to the fermenter.
Fresh Hop Elissa will be available on draft only and will be appearing around town where you normally find Elissa on tap. All of the Fresh Hop Elissa kegs have tap stickers attached to the kegs so the tap marker should say “Fresh Hop Elissa” if it is indeed the fresh hop batch. It will also be on tap at the brewery beginning Monday, October 1 until we run out.
Elissa IPA is a single hop beer using only Cascade hops. The fresh hops give a slightly grassier flavor to the beer. The difference in the flavors is subtle yet discernible. We replaced 67 lbs of our regular Cascade hops with the 350 lbs of wet hops in this 120 bbl batch.
[Note: apparently available already in some areas]
(Seattle, WA) – Merchant du Vin and Samuel Smith’s Brewery are proud to announce Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout, a peerless blend of dark roasted malt and chocolate. It will be available fall 2012 coast-to-coast in 18.7 oz. (550 ml) bottles and in four-packs of 12 oz. bottles.
Roasted barley and chocolate are beautifully melded together in this delicious stout: it’s a deep, rich, aromatic, and satisfying ale with full body and fruity notes from the Sam Smith’s yeast strain supporting lush chocolate aroma and flavour. Organic Chocolate Stout is fermented in open- topped stone vessels, slate “Yorkshire Squares.” It’s USDA Certified Organic by the UK Soil Association and – like all Smith beers – it is Registered Vegan.
Samuel Smith’s, a small independent British brewery, has been making authentic beer in the village of Tadcaster, in Yorkshire, England, since 1758. Smith beers have been sold in the US since 1978.
In addition to Samuel Smith’s, Merchant du Vin imports Traquair House from Scotland; Ayinger and Certified Organic Pinkus beers from Germany; Lindemans lambics, Green’s Gluten-Free beers and the Trappist beers of Orval, Westmalle, and Rochefort from Belgium; and Zatec from the Czech Republic.
(Denver, CO) – Great Divide Brewing Co. will release three seasonals October 1st. This release will include: Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout, Fresh Hop Pale Ale and Hibernation Ale. These storied seasonals will be available from October through December.
Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout is Yeti Imperial Stout’s sophisticated sibling. They may be from the same clan, but they have entirely different personalities. Oak aging gives a subtle vanilla character, rounding out Yeti’s intense roastiness and huge hoppy nature. Who says you can’t tame a Yeti? At 9.5% ABV, it is available in 22oz. bottles, growlers out of the Great Divide Tap Room and 5-gallon kegs. It boasts a perfect Ratebeer.com score of 100 and was named one of BeerAdvocate’s 2010 “Top 100 Beers On Planet Earth.”
Hibernation Ale has been our celebrated winter tradition since 1995 and is Colorado’s original Strong Ale. This robust, dry-hopped ale has a malty richness balanced with a complex hop profile and hearty, warming character. At 8.7% ABV and a Ratebeer.com score of 98, Hibernation is available in 6-packs, growler fills out of the Great Divide Tap Room, 5-gallon kegs and 15.5-gallon kegs. Hibernation is a 3-time Great American Beer Festival medalist.
Fresh Hop Pale Ale is brewed with fresh, whole cone hops from the Pacific Northwest. We ship these “wet” hops to Denver overnight and brew shortly after harvest, imparting an intensely grassy hop aroma and citrus hop flavor in a medium-bodied ale. This year’s batch was brewed with Cascade, Centennial and Simcoe whole-cone hops. Clocking in at 55 IBUs and 6.1% ABV, Fresh Hop is a labor of love. It has garnered a Ratebeer.com score of 98 and is available in 22oz. bottles, growler fills in the Great Divide Tap Room and 5-gallon kegs.
Great Divide brews some of the globe’s most balanced yet assertive and flavorful beers. These beers have landed an impressive amount of acclaim: Great Divide beers have earned 17 Great American Beer Festival awards and 5 World Beer Cup awards. Great Divide was also ranked 14th in Ratebeer.com’s 2012 “Best Brewers in the World” and was ranked 7th in Beer Advocate’s 2010 “All-Time Top Brewers.” But why take their word for it? Crack open a bottle and decide for yourself.
Great Divide brewed 26,070 barrels in 2011, a 34% increase over 2010 production. Through August 2012, Great Divide’s production volume has increased 34% over the same period in 2011.
[Note: above image is from an old label – this year’s edition will read “2012”]
Press Release:
(Pacific City, OR) – Excitement is building for the highly anticipated Mother of all Storms, a limited production Kentucky bourbon barrel-aged barleywine-style ale. For those interested in purchasing some of this highly coveted ale, the following outlines how it will be released:
“Mother’s Day” at the Pelican Pub & Brewery will be Saturday, November 17th, the 2012 official release date of this very popular seasonal brew. Sales of Mother of all Storms will open when the Pelican’s doors open for business at 8am Saturday morning. Bottles will sell for $20 each; cases of 12 bottles will be $240.
Booking the “Mother’s Day” Package at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda is the only way to guarantee a case of this limited production beer. The “Mother’s Day” Package is for one night only – November 16th, the night before the Mother of all Storms is officially released, and includes a guaranteed case of Mother of all Storms delivered to your room on November 17th – no need to wait in line at the Pelican.
Book Now or contact the Inn at Cape Kiwanda at 888-965-7001 for more information.
Can’t make the trip to Pacific City for “Mother’s Day” November 17th? You might still be in luck.
Due to significant technical difficulties we experienced last year as a result of the overwhelming popularity and demand for Mother of all Storms, rather than releasing Mother of all Storms to the online store, we will be going back to a waiting list via EMAIL ONLY. Send your name, contact information and the number of cases you would like to order (if supply allows) to [email protected] to be added to the list. You will receive an auto response indicating your email was received. This in no way guarantees you will receive any of this limited production beer.
The only way to be guaranteed any Mother is to be in Pacific City on November 17th.
IF we have remaining inventory of Mother of all Storms after “Mother’s Day” at the Pelican, we will be contacting people on the email waitlist in the order you were added beginning November 26th. At this time, we will confirm your order and collect payment information. Please be patient and do not call the Pelican – it will only delay the process and those answering the phone won’t have any details. Some restrictions apply; see online store policy for complete details regarding the shipment of beer.
IF inventory levels allow, a very limited supply of Mother of all Storms will be released to retails locations, however a date has not been determined.
Pelican Pub & Brewery, located 22 miles south of Tillamook on the majestic Oregon Coast, has become a Northwest landmark for craft beer and fine food enthusiasts. The oceanfront facility includes an outdoor patio and banquet room with unobstructed views of Cape Kiwanda and Haystack Rock. Celebrating its 16th year in Pacific City, the Pelican has created countless masterpieces such as Kiwanda Cream Ale, which was named to DRAFT Magazine’s Top 25 Beers in the World of 2008, 2009 and 2010. Other award-winning brews include India Pelican Ale, MacPelican’s Scottish-Style Ale, Tsunami Stout and Doryman’s Dark. The three-time Great American Beer Festival “Brewpub of the Year” winner is open seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. For more information, call 503-965-7007 or visit www.PelicanBrewery.com.
So, here we are behind the scenes at the new Gordon Biersch Brewery Pub coming to Destiny USA. And surprise: The head brewer comes to us, circuitously, from Marcellus.
Analysts at UBS, a Swiss bank, have calculated that it takes a German earning the national median wage just under seven minutes of work to purchase half a litre of beer at a retail outlet. At the bottom of the pint glass, low wages and high taxes mean that boozers in India must toil for nearly an hour before they have earned enough to quench their thirst.
(Boulder, CO) – Celebrating the passion and ardor of American craft beer lovers, CraftBeer.com—the beer lover site of the Brewers Association (BA)—released a list of the greatest American beer bars, as voted on by its readers. The list recognizes both the top three overall most popular craft beer bars in the country and the top three from each of five U.S. geographical regions.
“Being recognized as a Great American Beer Bar was no easy feat. In this inaugural year of polling, nearly 30,000 votes were cast by craft beer lovers. No matter where you reside in this country, there’s a great beer destination just around the corner. Congratulations to all the winners.”
Overall winners:
First Place: Mekong Restaurant, Richmond, VA
Second Place: Hopcat, Grand Rapids, MI
Third Place: The Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC
Regional winners:
South
First Place: The Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC
Second Place: Hoppy Monk, El Paso, TX
Third Place: Avenue Pub, New Orleans, LA
Mountain West
First Place: Falling Rock Tap House, Denver, CO
Second Place: Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids, Longmont, CO
Third Place: Mayor of Old Town, Fort Collins, CO
Pacific
First Place: APEX, Portland, OR
Second Place: Urban Family Brewing, Seattle, WA
Third Place: Beer Revolution, Oakland, CA
North Central
First Place: Hopcat, Grand Rapids, MI
Second Place: Founders Taproom, Grand Rapids, MI
Third Place: Vintage Estate Wine and Beer, Boardman, OH
Northeast
First Place: Mekong Restaurant, Richmond, VA
Second Place: The Ruck, Troy, NY
Third Place: Willimantic Brewing Company, Willimantic, CT
“With more than 2,100 operating breweries in the U.S. today, CraftBeer.com’s Great American Beer Bars contest salutes some of the most amazing establishments around the country, who are showcasing the diverse, innovative and fuller flavored beers made by today’s small and independent producers,” said Julia Herz, publisher of CraftBeer.com and Craft Beer Program Director of the Brewers Association. “Being recognized as a Great American Beer Bar was no easy feat. In this inaugural year of polling, nearly 30,000 votes were cast by craft beer lovers. No matter where you reside in this country, there’s a great beer destination just around the corner. Congratulations to all the winners.”
For a more detailed description of this year’s winner and semi-finalists in the Great American Beer Bar competition, visit CraftBeer.com, or download a high resolution graphic here.
Methodology: CraftBeer.com asked readers to nominate their favorite craft beer bars in the country, and received over 3,300 nominations. The choices were narrowed down to the 10 most nominated bars in each of the five regions of the country. Almost 30,000 votes were cast, resulting in the top three overall and regional winners. Voting was conducted from September 13 until September 20, 2012.
About the Brewers Association
The Brewers Association is the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their craft beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The Brewers Association (BA) represents more than 70 percent of the brewing industry, and its members make more than 99 percent of the beer brewed in the U.S. The BA organizes events including the World Beer Cup®, Great American Beer Festival®, Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America®, SAVOR℠: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience and American Craft Beer Week. The BA publishes The New Brewer magazine and its Brewers Publications division is the largest publisher of contemporary and relevant brewing literature for today’s craft brewers and homebrewers. Beer lovers are invited to learn more about the dynamic world of craft beer at CraftBeer.com and about homebrewing via the BA’s American Homebrewers Association. Follow us on Twitter.
Time for our weekly update with new BeerPulse supporter, Windy City Liquor, out of Southern California. Like others we feature on here occasionally, Windy City can ship beer to the majority of states here in the U.S..
Take a peek at a) some of our handpicked selections below, b) new beer arrivals or c) full inventory (note: may be missing some new arrivals so check those, too). Their site is brand-new and a work-in-progress so, for now, you can place an order by calling the store manager, Julian, or emailing him. Shipping info and contact details here.
[table caption=”Top 9 New/Returning Beers”]
Rank,Top Beer,ABV,Price,,RB Score
9,De Proef Flemish Primitive #3,,,,94/86
8,Mikkeller Sort Gul Black IPA,7%,$6.99 ,,96/89
7,3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Golden Blend ,6%,$24.99 ,,100/90
6,St. Bernardus Tokyo ,6%,,,94/99
5,Avery duganA ,9%,$7.99 ,,99/96
4,Knee Deep Simtra Triple IPA ,10%,$11.99 ,,99/97
3,Panil Barriquee Sour Red Ale,8%,,,99/97
2,Ballast Point Dorado ,10.00%,$7.99 ,,99/98
1,Anchorage Love Buzz Saison ,8%,$14.99 ,,100/100
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Legend: WR = “RateBeer World Ranking” / RB = “RateBeer”
[table caption=”Top 25 Overall Beers”]
Rank,Top Beer,ABV,Price,WR,RB Score
25,Knee Deep Simtra Triple IPA ,10%,$11.99 ,,99/97
24,Deschutes/ Hair of the Dog Collage Conflux Series #1 ,11.60%,$14.99 ,,99/97
23,Panil Barriquee Sour Red Ale,8%,,,99/97
22,Sierra Nevada Hoptimum Imperial IPA,10%,$9.99 ,,99/98
21,The Bruery Fruet ,16%,$32.99 ,,99/98
20,Logsdon Seizoen Bretta ,8%,$11.99 ,,99/98
19,Green Flash West Coast IPA ,7%,$4.99 ,,99/100
18,Allagash Interlude 2008,9.50%,$24.99 ,,99/99
17,Dogfish Head 90 Minute Double IPA,9%,$11.99 ,,100/99
16,Firestone Double Jack Double IPA,9.50%,$7.99 ,,100/99
15,Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga the Firefly ,6.50%,$16.99 ,,99/100
14,The Lost Abbey Framboise ,7.00%,$16.99 ,,100/99
13,Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blue,11%,$13.99 ,,100/100
12,Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast ,7.50%,$11.99 ,,100/100
11,Struise Pannepot ,10%,$7.99 ,,100/100
10,Ballast Point Sculpin ,7%,$7.99 ,,100/100
9,Anchorage Love Buzz Saison ,8%,$14.99 ,,100/100
8,Port Brewing Older Viscosity (2009),12%,$16.99 ,,100/100
7,Hair of the Dog Adam ,10%,$4.99 ,,100/100
6,St. Bernardus Abt 12,10%,$13.99 ,46,100/99
5,St. Bernardus Abt 12,10%,$13.99 ,46,100/99
4,Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout,9.50%,$9.99 ,36,100/99
3,Stone Imperial Russian Stout,10.50%,$6.49 ,30,100/99
2,Rochefort Trappistes 10,11.30%,$9.99 ,9,100/100
1,AleSmith Speedway Stout ,12%,$11.99 ,6,100/100
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Mini-contest:
Windy City Liquor is going to randomly pick someone on the newsletter list by the end of this week (9/28) and ship them a Stone Brewing pint glass. If you want to stay in the loop in the future on new arrivals, the newsletter list will be the best way to do so.
(Portland, OR) – BridgePort Brewing Company, Oregon’s oldest craft brewery has cooked up a new take on its traditional Hop Harvest fall brew, blending fresh northwest hops with a smooth Pilsner malt to make a German style Imperial pilsner.
While this is the fifth generation of BridgePort’s “Hop Harvest”, it is the first time that the brewery has done a primary yeast fermentation with lager yeast.
BridgePort Brewmaster, Jeff Edgerton, used 800 pounds of fragrant green Oregon Tettnang hops (for 180 bbls) in BridgePort’s hopjack to bring out the pronounced hop characteristics and masterfully blended this with the smooth and mellow qualities of a traditional pilsner.
Of course he had to add the NW twist of making it an imperial. “We’ve never done an actual lager yeast fermented beer at BridgePort so making it an 8% ABV pilsner made it that much more fun. It will sneak up on you!”
“I think our customers will be pleasantly surprised by the outcome,” comments Edgerton. “We’ve had a lot of fun this year playing around with different flavor profiles
– from spices, to fruits and now with the flavors of fresh Oregon hops mixed with an unexpectedly German recipe.
People will notice a couple of things when comparing this version with past Hop Harvest recipes– the taste is a bit more subtle, the color is lighter and the alcohol is more noticeable.”
Hop Harvest will be available in 22 oz. bombers while supplies last. Check www.bridgeportbrew.com for more
information and availability.
BridgePort’s Hop Harvest Stats:
IBU’s: 44
ABV: 8.0%
Color: Light Gold
OG: 17.0%
Ingredients: Hop Harvest Pilsner is an Imperial Pilsner style fresh hop beer using Austrian Aurora hops in the kettle and 4.5 lbs. per barrel of green Oregon Tettnang hops in our hopjack. The base for this beer is Great Western Malting Co.’s, Superior Pilsen malt which gives a very light golden color combined with a biscuit like pilsner malt flavor to complement that generous amount of hops of European heritage.
When we first launched All Day IPA in February of this year, we were limited by a hop shortage and could only brew enough to distribute it to our home state of Michigan, along with Ohio, North Carolina, and Chicagoland. Based on new contracts, we will not have the same constraints on production of All Day IPA in 2013 and will be able to release it to all of our markets for the first time.
Chad Yakobson, owner of the Crooked Stave Barrel Cellar, plans to meet with the Colorado Department of Revenue sometime this week to see if there is a way to sort out the licensing issue that forced him to stop pouring draft beer on Friday.
(Juneau, AK) – Winter is coming to Alaska, but Alaskan Brewing Co. is undeterred, welcoming the cool and wet winter weather with the always-anticipated release of its seasonal Winter Ale.
“This beer is one of our favorites in the brew house–especially as it gets colder here,” says Alaskan brewer Greg Morgan. “Sitka spruce trees carry a special significance to brewers, not just because we see them through every window of the brewery. In beer, the spruce tips add this really great, floral aroma that fills the brewery, and a subtly-sweet flavor that you’d never expect.”
Alaskan’s Winter Ale is brewed in the style of an English Old Ale–a traditionally malty, warming beer brewed in the fall and consumed through the winter. Alaskan’s take on this style is inspired by the seafaring adventurer Captain Cook, who discovered the pleasant flavor and scurvy-preventing value of spruce tips during one of his 18th century voyages in search of a Northwest Passage. (VIDEO: http://ow.ly/dVVhb)
This ale balances the sweet, heady aroma of Sitka spruce tips with a clean, crisp noble hop finish and its malty richness complements the alcohol warmth.
Alaskan Winter Ale has been a proud member of Alaskan’s growing seasonal releases since its launch in 2000. Fans of this great winter warmer will see this bold and complex brew in early October. Look for six packs and draft sales in select locations throughout Alaska and the other 13 states where Alaskan beers are sold.
Another seasonal favorite, the Alaskan Spring Black IPA, releases on January 1, 2013, just in time for the slowly lengthening days of early spring. Learn more about where to find Alaskan Brewing products by using the online Brewfinder at alaskanbeer.com.
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About Alaskan Brewing Co.
Alaskan Brewing Co. has been making award-winning beer in Juneau, Alaska, since 1986. The Alaskan Brew Crew bottles the unique character of the Last Frontier with historic recipes, local ingredients and glacier-fed water. Alaskan Brewing handcrafts Amber, Pale, White, IPA, Stout, Smoked Porter, Winter Ale, Summer Ale and a variety of limited edition beers in the Alaskan Pilot Series. Visit www.alaskanbeer.com to learn more and connect with Alaskan at Facebook.com/AlaskanBrewingCo and @AlaskanBrewing on Twitter.
(Grand Rapids, MI) – Here is the latest from Founders Brewing Company, courtesy of last week’s newsletter.
