Smuttynose certainly doesn’t mess around when it comes to their BIG BEER series and Baltic Porter doesn’t disappoint. Baltic Porter is an incredibly well made beer with no frills, something that often goes unnoticed in an industry that prides itself on style innovation. This beer pours a jet black in color with a frothy mocha-colored heads that refuses to dissipate. 

CLOVERDALE, CA – Bear Republic is excited to debut a new 22oz. seasonal product, the elusive Racer X™ Double India Pale Ale. Racer X™ is the first in a series of Bear Republic’s seasonal 22oz bottles scheduled for release in 2012 and will be available in the San Francisco Bay Area during SF Craft Beer Week, February 10th – 19th.

Ft. Collins, CO, January 31, 2012 – New Belgium Brewing today announced the arrival of its 2012 spring seasonal, Dig Pale Ale. Dig offers a robust line-up of hops, opening with the Sorachi Ace strain, which provides a fresh citric snap. Nelson Sauvin hops follow with bursts of passion fruit, mango and peach. Cascade and Centennial hops round out this crisp pale ale.

It’s based in a popular ski region, but Westminster, Mass.-based Wachusett Brewing Co. reached all the way to sun-splashed Bermuda to invest in a canning line. The brewery acquired its new equipment from a Coca-Cola plant on the island. It is capable of processing 800  12 oz. cans per minute.

LEWISTON, ME - Baxter Brewing Company, the acclaimed all-cans craft brewery in Lewiston, Maine, which had an enormously successful entry into the Boston and North Shore areas of Massachusetts last year will be available throughout the Commonwealth starting tomorrow. 

ST. LOUIS, MO – As the Shock Top family continues to grow in popularity, so does its line-up of offerings, beginning the year with Shock Top Wheat IPA, which hits store shelves Feb. 6. The newest full-time addition to the Shock Top family, Shock Top Wheat IPA is a unique hybrid style that brings the refreshment and smoothness of a wheat beer and marries it with the crisp, hoppy bitterness of an India Pale Ale (IPA).

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – When it’s cold and the center of the city is crowded, Super Bowl visitors will find relief and open restaurant seats with the help of free Super Celebration Site circulator shuttles.

SHINER, TX -Debuting February 3, Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale will be joining the beloved family of Shiner Beers from the Spoetzl Brewery. Shiner Wild Hare is the first ale crafted by the Spoetzl Brewery in its 103-year history.

DURANGO, CO - Ska Brewing has had an incredible year, full of important milestones and proud accomplishments—at least according to notes taken by the brewery’s management team throughout the year.

HOUSTON, TX - Saint Arnold Brewing Company (www.saintarnold.com), the oldest craft brewery in Texas, today reported record shipments of more than 40,000 barrels of beer in 2011. The year-over-year increase of approximately 9,000 barrels is roughly equivalent to what the brewery produced in all of 2004, representing a 29 percent boost in overall production.

BEND, OR – Why not? That’s a favorite question around the Deschutes Brewery brewhouse. This mindset spawned the creation of Chainbreaker White IPA a hop-forward, citrus-packed beer with an unmistakably smooth character. The new beer is slated to be released at the end of March to the Pacific Northwest, with distribution expanded to the remainder of Deschutes’ 19 state network over the next few months.

ST. LOUIS, MO – Already the brand of choice for beer drinkers who want to enjoy a crisp, refreshing beer with few calories, Select 55 is now introducing smaller-sized cans and bottles. Now available at retailers nationwide, Select 55 “Little Lights” include sleek eight-ounce, 35-calorie cans, available in 12-packs; and seven-ounce, 32-calorie clear glass bottles, available in six-packs.