Craft beer industry news.
Creature Comforts Brewing Company is set to release its sixth brew from The Curious Series on April 30. The base beer of The Curious No. 6 is a mixed culture, tart blonde ale that was fermented in wine barrels. In addition to aging in wine barrels, the beer underwent a secondary fermentation on Georgia peaches.
Point Siesta Key Citrus Pale Ale is an American-style pale ale available from April through August wherever Point’s handcrafted beers are sold. Packing a burst of grapefruit tartness for smooth, tropical refreshment, Siesta Key is brewed with Vic Secret hops, a new variety from Down Under, and fresh grapefruit juice from Florida.
Today, Green Flash Brewing Co. CEO and Co-Founder Mike Hinkley announces the debut of Barrelmaster’s Reserve, an experimental series of extremely limited edition, barrel-aged beers from their Cellar 3 facility. While all Cellar 3 beers are both exciting and limited-release, the rare and barrel-aged offerings in the Barrelmaster Reserve series will allow diehard fans a small taste of some of the most elusive one-offs from Barrelmaster, Pat Korn’s private stash. Barrelmaster Reserve bottles will be produced in extremely limited quantities, with 600-1800 bottles that will be sold out per beer release.
One of the best and most innovative breweries in Pennsylvania is finally coming to Pittsburgh. From superhopped IPA’s to coffee infused stouts to barrelaged sours, Pizza Boy brews world class beers to fit a variety of pallets. Pizza Boy prides themselves on an extremely in depth and high quality barrel aging program.
For the first time, Chimay has utilized its original Christmas brew, Chimay Grande Réserve, with triple fermentation and maturation in wooden barrels to create their latest addition to the Chimay Trappist family — Chimay Grande Réserve Barrel Aged. The flavor profile of this brew not only embodies its original characteristics of Grande Réserve with a fresh yeast fragrance, slight notes of caramel and vanilla, but also builds the profile to include an incomparable rounded, oak flavor.
Mispillion River Brewing will release Not Today Satan, an IPA, to distribution in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania at the end of April. The recipe for Not Today Satan was formulated by head brewer, Ryan Maloney. For this beer, he relied on the tropical flavors of El Dorado, Mosaic, Centennial, Cascade, and Columbus hops. Peach notes come through on the front end of the beer and it is well balanced against the 7.3% ABV.
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration New Belgium Brewing is going back to its roots to pair up with four Belgian Breweries for its 2016 Lips of Faith portfolio. Lips of Faith offers quarterly beers that push the envelope on flavor, process and ingredient.
Devil’s Purse Brewing Company announced today its new Sea Trials series of small batch bottle conditioned beers available for sale only at the brewery beginning April 15.
Fleur De Wheat is a crisp, clean American Style Wheat Ale lightly hopped with Sorachi Ace Hops and finished with Chamomile Flowers and Lemon Peel. The unique lemon flavor from the Sorachi Ace Hop, the floral aromas from the Chamomile, and the distinct citrus flavor from the lemon peel make for a truly refreshing drinking experience.
At long last, the Brewers Association has finally added Swedish-Style Gotlandsdricke to its list of officially recognized beer styles. The organization yesterday released its 2016 “Beer Style Guidelines,” a reference of style descriptions and product specifications used by brewers and beer competition organizers around the world.
Though keeping equipment cleaned and sanitized is not the most glamorous responsibility of brewery operators, craft brewers recognize how perilous poor sanitation can be to their final product. That’s the compelling reason quality-obsessed brewers have incorporated a sanitation monitoring step into their cleaning programs with an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence monitoring system from Hygiena.
Cape May Brewing Company is pleased to announce their sponsorship of the Lakewood BlueClaws, a Single-A Philadelphia Phillies affiliate minor league team.
Oskar Blues Brewery is bringing more variety to the canned craft-beer world with the addition of Oskar Blues IPA (6.43 ABV, 65-80 IBUs) to its popular mixed up 12-pack, CANundrum. Old Chub Scottish Ale will pull out of the CANundrum to be replaced by OB IPA.
San Francisco, CA — 2016 marks the 20-year anniversary of San Francisco’s longest operating brewery-restaurant ThirstyBear Organic Brewery. To celebrate two decades in the craft beer business, ThirstyBear launches an ambitious new beer program. ThirstyBear’s Founding Brewmaster Ron Silberstein and Brewmaster Brenden Dobel are moving beyond their flagship beers to feature a rotating monthly craft… Read more »
