Odell Announces Release Of Mountain Standard Double Black IPA

Odell Announces Release Of Mountain Standard Double Black IPA

Last week, we reported that Odell Brewing would be releasing their Mountain Standard Double Black IPA in four-packs. Today, an official announcement from the company confirms that the beer will make its return on November 5th. Below is a press release which gives more details about the release and the beer itself. FORT COLLINS, CO…. Read more »

Product Review: 961 Beer Lebanese Pale Ale

Product Review: 961 Beer Lebanese Pale Ale

It’s not often you get the privilege of sampling a unique and incredibly creative pale ale. But it’s even rarer when that beer has yet to earn distribution in the states, and comes from over 5,000 miles away. 961 Beer’s, Lebanese Pale Ale is quite a refreshing take on an old classic. Brewed with virtually… Read more »

Video: Doug Odell Discusses Company Growth Plans

Video: Doug Odell Discusses Company Growth Plans

Odell Brewing Company will add yet another style to their lineup of four-packs this fall. The Mountain Standard Double Black IPA will join Isolation Ale and Double Pilsner in the company’s seasonal four-pack series. It’s decisions such as these that are aiding in Odell’s continual ‘managed growth,’ said Founder Doug Odell. “We look to gain… Read more »

Product Review: Sam Adams Griffin’s Bow

Product Review: Sam Adams Griffin’s Bow

After much tinkering in the Boston brewery, the brewers are ready to release the very first beer in the collection — Samuel Adams Griffin’s Bow. Through experimentation with different recipes and aging techniques, the brewers took the traditional barleywine style to the next level and created this oaked blonde version, a variation they had never… Read more »

Stone Brewing Co. Releases 2011 Double Bastard Ale

Stone Brewing Co. Releases 2011 Double Bastard Ale

Escondido, CA — October 17 — Best to disregard this press release. It’s unlikely that you possess the sophistication to fathom the overwhelming gravitas of the potation it discusses. Thus, stop reading now. Hit delete and retire outside with your fizzy yellow beer. But if, by some infinitesimally minute chance, you are one of the… Read more »

Redhook Brewery Partners With The Dan Patrick Show

Redhook Brewery Partners With The Dan Patrick Show

Woodinville, Wash. — Oct. 14, 2011 — Redhook is gearing up to stock the fridge for The Dan Patrick Show with a 14-month partnership beginning Nov. 1. “We’re stoked to partner with Dan and The Danettes,” said Robert Rentsch, Redhook’s director of strategic marketing. “Dan’s show is all about having fun and pushing the envelope,… Read more »

Product Review: Flying Dog ‘The Fear’

Product Review: Flying Dog ‘The Fear’

You have to respect Flying Dog for not releasing their Pumpkin offering early, like most brewers are these days. This one — which hit the mid-Atlantic in 6-packs and on draught — is certainly worth the wait too. While many other offerings in the category will pour a deep orange or pale color, Flying Dog… Read more »

Product Review: Allagash Coolship Red

Product Review: Allagash Coolship Red

Brewing a beer in 2008, only to let it sit around in barrels and take up space in brewery storage until 2011 doesn’t make much financial sense but it sure does make a beer taste incredible. Coolship Red is one of those beers you want to drink once or twice, enjoy with a friend and… Read more »

Change Is Brewing At Sierra Nevada

Change Is Brewing At Sierra Nevada

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. For Sierra Nevada, this means replacing their Q1 seasonal, Glissade, with a new offering in 2012. Ruthless Rye IPA, scheduled for a mid-January release will, make its way into 6-packs, 12-packs and be priced in line with other core Sierra Nevada offerings.

Video: New Belgium’s Kim Jordan Discusses Growth Plans

Video: New Belgium’s Kim Jordan Discusses Growth Plans

You don’t need to look much further than the parking lot at New Belgium Brewing to begin understanding the culture that Kim Jordan has created in Fort Collins. In fact, just take a stroll through downtown and you will spot numerous cruiser bikes all tattooed with the New Belgium emblem. In the brewery’s employee parking… Read more »

Product Review: Terrapin and Shmaltz Reunion Ale `11

Product Review: Terrapin and Shmaltz Reunion Ale `11

Before we begin to evaluate this beer, let’s start by addressing the label. There is a lot going on. The artwork is busy, it’s difficult to figure out exactly who made it and requires a good amount of searching to see what style of beer it actually is. That said, the collaboration is a good… Read more »

Video: Left Hand Brewing Working On Ten Year Growth Plan

Video: Left Hand Brewing Working On Ten Year Growth Plan

Left Hand Brewing Company, now distributed in 27 states, made 24,651 barrels of beer last year. The company is on pace to do 38,000 barrels in 2011, a growth of nearly 60 percent. But Chris Lennert, VP of Operations, is far less concerned about how fast the company grows and more concerned about how they… Read more »

Samuel Adams Rolls Out New Barrel Room Collection Brews

Samuel Adams Rolls Out New Barrel Room Collection Brews

BOSTON – After years of experimentation, the brewers at Samuel Adams are rolling out the Samuel Adams┬« Barrel Room Collection to select markets including Denver, Chicago, New York, New England, and Atlanta, with the release of two world class beers — Samuel Adams Thirteenth Hour and Samuel Adams New World.

21st Amendment Brewery Announces Return Of ‘Fireside Chat’

21st Amendment Brewery Announces Return Of ‘Fireside Chat’

SAN FRANCISCO – The 21st Amendment Brewery today announces the re-release of their holiday seasonal beer in a can, Fireside Chat Winter Spiced Ale. Fireside Chat hearkens back to the Golden Age of radio when the Great Depression held the country in a pincer grip, and people longed for better times.