Oskar Blues posted growth around 50% in the first quarter of this year. Not too shabby.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Daily Beer Digest - 04.06.2011
Dark Lord Day tickets have shipped. I received my e-mail this morning and they were already in Virginia, so it looks like they went out at least a day or two ago.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Daily Beer Digest - 04.05.2011
Sierra Nevada hops on the session trend with A New Shade of Pale, which will apparently make an appearance during Philly Beer Week.
East End Brewing is looking into an expansion project.
The man who has given up all by doppelbock and water for Lent says things are going well, but he's pretty sick of his brew of choice.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Daily Beer Digest - 04.04.2011
Big news from Founders today: the brewery will begin releasing limited edition beers in 750mL bottles starting this summer. No word on exactly which beers as of yet.
Cigar City bottled its most-recent collaboration with Mikkeller today: Nielsbohrium. Greatbrewers.com indicates that this is a blend of Dirac and Bohr imperial sweet stouts with raisins, aged in rum barrels.
Tammy Tuck over at Young & Hungry has an initial primer on some of the events that will be happening during the week preceding SAVOR.
Allagash will soon be releasing a batch of spontaneously-fermented beers. They're also filling their koelschip today.
Cigar City bottled its most-recent collaboration with Mikkeller today: Nielsbohrium. Greatbrewers.com indicates that this is a blend of Dirac and Bohr imperial sweet stouts with raisins, aged in rum barrels.
Tammy Tuck over at Young & Hungry has an initial primer on some of the events that will be happening during the week preceding SAVOR.
Allagash will soon be releasing a batch of spontaneously-fermented beers. They're also filling their koelschip today.
Captain Lawrence will be releasing Rosso Marrone Batch 3 on Saturday April 16. The new Barrel Select beers -- Series #2, Raspberry, and Cherry -- should hopefully be ready by July.
Firestone Abacus is soon to be known simply as Firestone Barley Wine.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Daily Beer Digest - 04.01.2011
Sierra Nevada will be releasing a mixed 12-pack with four of its "Beer Camp" beers, including Weizenbock, Juniper Black Ale, California Common, and the very well-regarded Ghidorah Double IPA.
Goose Island's new brewmaster--Brett Porter--discusses his new position on WGN radio.
Fritz Maytag and Ken Grossman give the keynote address at Craft Brewers Conference 2011.
Jean Van Roy, Cantillon's master blender, speaks at CBC 2011.
It looks like Captain Lawrence has some new sour offerings in the works, as it has received label approvals for a raspberry and a cherry blend. The labels appear to be part of the brewery's Barrel Select series, something which I've hoped would become an East Coast Veritas, though they haven't released any bottles in the series since Barrel Select Batch 1.
Russian River is turning 7, and is celebrating the month of April with free shipping on all online orders.
Goose Island's new brewmaster--Brett Porter--discusses his new position on WGN radio.
Fritz Maytag and Ken Grossman give the keynote address at Craft Brewers Conference 2011.
Jean Van Roy, Cantillon's master blender, speaks at CBC 2011.
It looks like Captain Lawrence has some new sour offerings in the works, as it has received label approvals for a raspberry and a cherry blend. The labels appear to be part of the brewery's Barrel Select series, something which I've hoped would become an East Coast Veritas, though they haven't released any bottles in the series since Barrel Select Batch 1.
Russian River is turning 7, and is celebrating the month of April with free shipping on all online orders.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Daily Beer Digest - 03.31.2011
Some more big canning news, as Bell's announced that it will begin canning in Spring 2012. Bell's has not decided which brands it will can or whether it will be using 12-ounce or 16-ounce cans. Bottles will still be the brewery's primary packaging method.
Avery may soon be experimenting with absinthe barrels.
Lots of news from Stone coming from Beer News today. It looks like they're considering building a separate facility for doing wild ales. They are also conducting diligence on a site in Germany, and seem likely to have a Citra beer out later this year.
Avery may soon be experimenting with absinthe barrels.
Lots of news from Stone coming from Beer News today. It looks like they're considering building a separate facility for doing wild ales. They are also conducting diligence on a site in Germany, and seem likely to have a Citra beer out later this year.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Daily Beer Digest - 03.30.2011
Click here to vote in Round 4 of the Washington Post's 2011 Beer Madness.
Great Divide is pulling out of a large number of states, including Michigan, DC, and much of Virginia. Luckily, it looks like Northern Virginia customers will still have access to Great Divide through Hop & Wine, so DC is mostly in the clear as well. Musings Over a Pint has a post on Great Divide's back-and-forth history in Virginia.
In other distribution news, Shelton Brothers is pulling out of Indiana, meaning the Hoosier state will no longer receive beer from Cantillon, Mikkeller, Struise, and others. See the report from Hoosier Beer Geek. This is yet another setback for Indiana, which also recently lost Dogfish Head.
De Struise released a small number of bottles of Double Black, a massive 26% iced version of Cuvee Delphine, early this morning, around 5:00 AM EDT. The bottles sold out in a little over an hour, even with a hefty price tag. Here's the Beer Advocate discussion on the topic. Thankfully, rumor has it that the next batch will be out soon and released in 33cl bottles as opposed to this release, which was in 750ml bottles.
The tax relief bill for small brewers has been introduced in the House and Senate.
Based on a tweet from FiftyFifty (Twitter), it looks like this year's Eclipse versions will be aged in the following barrels: Buffalo Trace (new), Elijah Craig (was previously done in 2009), Four Roses (previously done in 2010), and Rittenhouse Rye (new). The brewery also put up a separate webpage devoted to Eclipse, which announces that Futures for this year's batch will be available on April 15.
New information on the status of Discovery's Brewmasters TV show came to light today, as Anthony Bourdain tweeted that Big Beer had nixed the program by threatening to pull their advertising. The revelation sparked quite a bit of discussion on Beer Advocate.
Great Divide is pulling out of a large number of states, including Michigan, DC, and much of Virginia. Luckily, it looks like Northern Virginia customers will still have access to Great Divide through Hop & Wine, so DC is mostly in the clear as well. Musings Over a Pint has a post on Great Divide's back-and-forth history in Virginia.
In other distribution news, Shelton Brothers is pulling out of Indiana, meaning the Hoosier state will no longer receive beer from Cantillon, Mikkeller, Struise, and others. See the report from Hoosier Beer Geek. This is yet another setback for Indiana, which also recently lost Dogfish Head.
De Struise released a small number of bottles of Double Black, a massive 26% iced version of Cuvee Delphine, early this morning, around 5:00 AM EDT. The bottles sold out in a little over an hour, even with a hefty price tag. Here's the Beer Advocate discussion on the topic. Thankfully, rumor has it that the next batch will be out soon and released in 33cl bottles as opposed to this release, which was in 750ml bottles.
The tax relief bill for small brewers has been introduced in the House and Senate.
Based on a tweet from FiftyFifty (Twitter), it looks like this year's Eclipse versions will be aged in the following barrels: Buffalo Trace (new), Elijah Craig (was previously done in 2009), Four Roses (previously done in 2010), and Rittenhouse Rye (new). The brewery also put up a separate webpage devoted to Eclipse, which announces that Futures for this year's batch will be available on April 15.
New information on the status of Discovery's Brewmasters TV show came to light today, as Anthony Bourdain tweeted that Big Beer had nixed the program by threatening to pull their advertising. The revelation sparked quite a bit of discussion on Beer Advocate.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Daily Beer Digest - 03.29.2011
It looks like the proposed Maryland legislation to allow some alcohol shipping is moving forward; however, the bad news is that the language still only includes wine. Thanks to Beer in Baltimore for the tip.
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