Showing posts with label Bell's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bell's. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Daily Beer Digest - 04.14.2011

Late on quite a few updates.

Bell's announced that they'll begin having bottled on dates on their labels in addition to the batch number. For expiration dates, they'll have an A,B,C system for beers that will expire in 6 months, 12 months, or never, respectively. They've started experimenting with this and expect all bottles to have this labeling starting in late April.

The Brewers Association released the top 50 craft breweries for 2010 based on volume.

Three Floyds posted "A Few Tips for a Successful Dark Lord Day."

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.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Todd Ashman of FiftyFifty offers his thoughts on one of the segments of this year's Craft Brewers Conference.

Bell's posted an official press release regarding its cease and desist letter to Northern Brewer, which was referenced here yesterday.

Maryland may soon join Virginia and DC in allowing the direct shipment of some alcohol. Now, let's just hope this includes beer and not just wine. Thanks to Beer in Baltimore for the tip.

The Atlantic recently interviewed Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head.

There were 6,000 tickets sold to Dark Lord Day. Also, the Munster police plan on keeping tighter control on the festivities this year.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Daily Beer Digest - 03.22.2011

Click here to test your beer geography knowledge--10 minutes to name which of the 49 listed beers correspond to which state. Note that North Dakota does not currently have any production breweries, though that is set to change later this year.

The Indy Star has an article detailing some concerns that Three Floyds, Upland, and Sun King have regarding the state's taxation. As these three breweries approach annual production volumes of 20,000 barrels, they'll be subject to higher taxes and lose other benefits unless Indiana changes its 1993 law.

Make sure to vote in Round 2 of the Washington Post's Beer Madness 2011.

After you head over to WaPo's brackets, vote here in Round 3 of DRAFT Magazine's bracket.

DRAFT Magazine drops the scoop that Anchor is to re-release the coveted Our Barrel Ale.

Beer Pulse has information on this year's Samuel Adams Longshot six packs, which will contain two bottles each of the following: Friar Hop Ale (Belgian IPA), Blackened Hops (American Black Ale), and Honey B’s Lavender Wheat (American Pale Wheat Ale).

Northern Brewer received a cease and desist letter from Bell's, which does not want Northern Brewer to refer to its Bell's Two Hearted Ale clone as Three Hearted Ale. See the Beer Advocate community's thoughts on the subject here.