Craft Beer News Roundup: CBC 2012 Edition – Avery, Lagunitas, Golden Road, New Glarus And More

The 2012 Craft Brewers Conference is less than two weeks away.  If you will be in town for the conference, here are a few tips from some of your favorite breweries. 

Avery Brewing Co. – We will be sending out some Karma, IPA, White Rascal, Joe’s Pilsner… and, Maharaja!

Lagunitas Brewing – “We aren’t having an official booth there, just a few of our management team are attending the conference. we are donating to CBC:IPA, PILS, Hop Stoopid, Sumpin, Lucky 13 or Undercover…it’s a surprise.”

Alaskan Brewing – We are sending Alaskan Amber, Summer, IPA, White Ale and Smoked Porter to be served at “hospitality” events during the actual conference.”

Ballast Point Brewing – “We’re holding an event at Toronado SD along with Firestone Brewing on Friday May 4th. We’re celebrating our 2010 World Beer Cup wins for Champion Small Brewery and Champion Mid-Size Brewery. Lots of Gold Medal Winning beers on tap plus some new releases from both breweries.”

New Glarus Brewing – “New Glarus Brewing Company will be sending 5 cases of the following beers:  Two Women, Moon Man & Black Top.”

Golden Road Brewing – “We have a Mini Can party happening at Blind Lady Ale House. Lee Chase is hosting and we’ve picked some of our favorite canned breweries and brewers to be there. The full details are here: http://www.facebook.com/events/303432856392438/.”

Oakshire Brewing
For World Beer cup, we sent:
Overcast Espresso Stout
Oakshire Amber
Line Dry Rye-Rye pale ale with honey
Zwarte Nacht-Belgian Black ale with orange Zest
Hippie Town Brown-Am Brown
Domaine duLane-Biere de Garde
Skookumchuck Wild Ale
Big Black Jack-Imp Chocolate Pumpkin Porter

For Donating to CBC we sent bottles of
Watershed IPA
Line Dry Rye
Overcast Espresso Stout
Oakshire Amber

For the Tiki Bar ‘after hours’ we sent
Zwarte Nacht-Belgian Black ale with Orange Zest