This past weekend a prophecy was revealed: the end is beer and it is hoppy. Hopocalpyse and Hopocalypse Black Label were released at Drake’s Brewing in San Leandro on Saturday. Hopocalypse is well regarded imperial IPA of 9.3% ABV which is released seasonally. Hopocalypse Black Label is a highly sought after limited release triple IPA […]
Today in Washington, D.C., Congressmen Jim Gerlach and Richard E. Neal were recognized for their support of America’s small and independent craft brewers, and presented with Brewers Association Legislator of the Year Awards. Boulder, CO – Citing tireless work on behalf of America’s small and independent craft brewers, the Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing the majority […]
Today in Washington, D.C., Congressmen Jim Gerlach and Richard E. Neal were recognized for their support of America’s small and independent craft brewers, and presented with Brewers Association Legislator of the Year Awards. Boulder, CO – Citing tireless work on behalf of America’s small and independent craft brewers, the Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing the majority […]
Arnaudville, LA – Arnaudville’s Bayou Teche Brewing is releasing Saison d’écrevisses, (crawfish season ale) almost certainly the first beer expressly crafted to pair with boiled crawfish. This limited edition beer pays tribute to what is one of South Louisiana’s legendary signature meals. The beer is brewed as a Saison – a centuries old Belgian style […]
Now that we’ve all recovered from our vacations and have lost that holiday weight – it’s time to put it right back on! San Francisco Beer Week is right around the corner — running from February 8th through 17th — and, as always, the event schedule looks amazing. This year, you’ll be able to find […]
In this edition of the Brewhouse Debauchery we’ll bring you our upcoming brews, as well as some fun brewery nonsense, and introduce our “yet to be named” small batch series of beers. For those of you keeping track, Zach’s beard is a celebrity now. Our “yet to be named” tall tale series will start with […]
(Fort Collins, CO) – New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, is rolling out 2013’s sour beer offerings in style with the simultaneous release of this year’s La Folie and a fresh version of Transatlantique Kriek. This is New Belgium’s third collaboration with world-renowned sour beer expert Frank Boon to create Transatlantique Kriek, a beer brewed on […]
Some good pieces of beer news found in Troeg’s latest newsletter. Cheers!
San Leandro, CA – Rodger Davis, former Drake’s Head Brewer and owner of brand new Alameda brewery Faction Brewing, came by Drake’s Brewery in January to join Lead Brewer Alexandra Nowell in throwing 20 lbs of pine tree branches into the boil kettle for a collaboration IPA. Why? Imagine the smell of a freshly cut Christmas […]
San Francisco, CA – This Sunday the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens go head to head in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII, but another competition is brewing up for the big game. San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery and Baltimore’s Heavy Seas Beer are throwing down beer for a friendly wager in a […]
From Alpine’s newly redesigned website, news of the pending release of Exponential Hoppiness.
It’s that standard cartoon scene – a pie, straight out of the oven, is set on a windowsill to cool. The smell wafts up and over into an unsuspecting character’s nose, and the bloke is literally so intoxicated by the smell he just blissfully drifts to the pie. It was a pretty similar scene when […]
Boulder, CO – The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers—today launched KegReturn.com, a site that provides tools to help consumers, homebrewers, retailers, wholesalers, brewers and scrap yards redirect kegs back to the breweries that own the kegs. Kegs are always the property of the brewery which purchased them and […]
