This week we are enjoying some tasty pale ale from the District of Columbia. The Public Pale Ale from DC Brau, brought to us by Frank Chang (https://twitter.com/chanuck). Stephen shouldn’t speak German, Matt assumes that all the internets will correct him, and John is occasionally a dick. On Master Pairings with Dr. Bill, Stephen is […]
We just caught up with Matt from Oakshire Brewing to ask a few questions. Topics of discussion include growth, expansion, this years Hellshire and more. Cheers! How did Oakshire do in 2012 compared to 2011? We sold 6500 barrels last year. Up from 4800 (I believe) in 2011. we are on pace to make 9200 […]
(ATLANTA ,GA) – Nearly two years in the making, SweetWater Brewing Company is polishing off the finishing touches on its newly expanded brewhouse, a system that can now manage more than 250 barrel batches. This project completes the final phase of SweetWater’s recent three-part production overhaul. With the new system in operation, SweetWater’s brewing capacity has […]
Happy 17th Anniversary Watch City!!! Owner Jocelyn Hughes and The Watch City Brewing Family are celebrating 17 glorious years of brewing your favorite Watch City Beers… um…with a little twist.
From Port Brewing – Hop 15 has 15 different hop varieties added to the beer every 15 minutes. Over the years, Hop 15 has racked up numerous accolades. It has won two silver medals at the Great American Beer Festival. It also was named Alpha King in 2004 and 2008, and received a first place award […]
It’s no secret the River North brew team has a love affair with Belgian yeast. They’re always trying new combinations and bending style boundaries. But every once in a while, you have to pay homage to your roots. Introducing the River North Dubbel! The second in River North’s foray into traditional Abbey-style brews (Quandary Quadrupel being […]
Boulder, CO • April 10, 2013 – The Brewers Association—the not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for the U.S. brewing industry—today released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on 2012 beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 39 are small and […]
Viking Metal (7.4% alcohol by volume) is our rendition of an ancient Swedish farmhouse ale called Gotlandsdricka, which we aged in Old Tom gin barrels for several months with wild yeast and souring bacteria. Gotlandsdricka was brewed with birchwood smoked malt (smoked in house), juniper and Myrica gale. After primary fermentation with farmhouse yeast, we […]
Mark your calendars for Monday, April 22nd at Holy City Brewing! Mr. Charlie Papazian will be up at our brewery from 5-6:30 to enjoy some brews, talk shop with Charleston’s homebrewers, and help us pick the secret ingredient for this year’s Iron Brew Competition. Sign ups for the competition begin that day, at the brewery! […]
Dover, DE –Fordham Brewing’s hefeweizen, Wisteria Wheat, was released in the Mid-Atlantic during the first week of April.
It was over two years ago at Stone Sourfest at Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens that they poured a beer called Stone Sour Peach and another beer called Stone Funky Sour. They didn’t piss me off, although I was still new to sour beers at that point, many folks were not very kind to […]
This week we’re heading out to Big Sky country .. Missoula, Montana. We’re drinking Brush Tail Farmhouse Saison from Big Sky Brewing Company. Geography is not Matt’s forte, John and Stephen are missing Hard Liver festival in Seattle, and Stephen is glad the early days of NBT are lost to history. On this weeks Master […]
(Brooklyn Center, MN) – Yep, Surly’s got another IPA coming out. That’s kind of our thing, we’ve heard, so we figured we’d better keep up appearances. But this time we jumped on the bandwagon and brewed up a West Coast IPA in a can. It’s dry, it’s hoppy, it’s Overrated. Cans of Overrated will start […]
