Author: Professor Good Ales

(Milton, DE) – Breaking news from Dogfish Head. Founder, Sam Calagione, just sent out this note via email.

Hello there. As you might remember, in 2011, we made the difficult decision to scale back Dogfish Head’s distribution. With a heavy heart, we stopped sending beer to Tennessee, Indiana, Wisconsin and Rhode Island.

It wasn’t our goal to upset Dogfish Head fans and distributors, but with demand so far in front of supply, we just couldn’t brew enough beer. We were left with a choice: leave shelves empty and frustrate beer enthusiasts everywhere, or stay true to our off-centered roots, pull back, and focus on strong, smart growth.

We chose the latter, and although it caused some short-term disappointment, we’re glad we did. Dogfish Head is still family owned, we still brew 100 percent of our off-centered ales ourselves here in coastal Delaware, and we’re continuing to change the way people think about beer.

We have maintained double-digit growth in the past few years while investing in our brewery to increase capacity beyond the 200,000-bbl pace we are now at. This expansion will be completed in a few months, and we’ll finally have the capacity to reopen the markets we had to pull out of.

We’re happy to announce that we’ll be hunting for distribution partners and regional sales managers in those four states and plan to be on shelves and taps there before the end of the year. Continue reading “Dogfish Head plans to return to Tennessee, Indiana, Wisconsin and Rhode Island in 2013 (Dogfish press release)”

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MillerCoors Tour

(Just in case you think they’ve just gone away… PGA)

TRENTON —There is a strong possibility that the next six pack of Miller Lite you grab from you grocer’s shelves came from a brewery in Dayton’s backyard.

There is even a chance that one of your neighbors helped make it.

Denise A. Quinn, brewery vice president of MillerCoors sprawling facility roughly 35 miles away from Dayton in Trenton, said her plant annually pumps out 9 million barrels of Miller Lite, Miller Highlight, Coors Light, Keystone Ice, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller64, Miller High Life and more than 20 other MillerCoors brands. There are 31 gallons in each barrel.

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Hoppin’ Frog Brewery is putting another twist on its award-winning B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout.

Two years ago, the Akron brewery created B.O.R.I.S. Royale by aging the beer in Canadian whiskey barrels. Now, Hoppin’ Frog has created B.O.R.I.S. Bairille Aois by aging the beer in Irish whiskey barrels.

The Irish whiskey barrels impart more whiskey character and provide a more buttery and crisper edge to the beer than aging in Kentucky bourbon barrels, owner and brewer Fred Karm said.

The limited release beer will be available in 22-ounce bottles exclusively at the brewery, 1688 E. Waterloo Road. Hoppin’ Frog will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for retail sales.

Karm — who declined to identify the brand of whiskey — said he expects B.O.R.I.S. Bairille Aois to be the biggest Hoppin’ Frog special release yet. Two food trucks, Wholly Frijoles and the Orange Truk, will be there Friday to help celebrate.

Bairille Aois, which is Celtic for barrel aged, will sell for $14.99 a bottle and there is a two-case limit per person.

Regular B.O.R.I.S. has won two gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival.

Speaking of Hoppin’ Frog, the tasting room and restaurant are getting closer to opening. Karm said he expects it to open “around July 1” — and B.O.R.I.S. Bairille Aois will be available on draft there.

“We’re really going to kick it out,” he said about the restaurant and tasting room.

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Ross Whitsett, 33, downing a Sixpoint IPA while he got a haircut at Blind Barber in Manhattan. The salon wants to expand to Williamsburg, but the local community board opposes it.

A trendy liquor-serving barber shop from Manhattan is buzzing ahead with its plan to open an outpost on a quiet Williamsburg block — even though the neighborhood’s community board rejected its bid for a liquor license this week.

Blind Barber owner Jeff Laub, 29, said he was unconcerned about the Community Board 1 vote Tuesday night or the utpouring of opposition as he takes his case to the State Liquor Authority, which has ultimate power of booze permits
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In case you hadn’t realized it, there’s a whole lot of brewing going on in Southern California. Don’t believe it? Read the New Yorker. The magazine has put together a slick interactive map that illustrates the dramatic growth of the craft beer industry.

Based on new data from the Brewers Assn., the map highlights which states have the most craft breweries, which produce the most craft beer and where the biggest and newest breweries are located.

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Written by Dee Gross for crazycow252.blogspot.com/

My husband, the mad scientist…

Diving head-first into the world of craft brewing..

 

The long awaited brewing return has finally come, and husband came back with a bang.  He chose to make his triumphant return with a grand experiment. You may recall, in So…A Change in Plans 
this new creation is a combination of a Black Belgian Ale and a Tripel. It could very well be his greatest brew yet.

I will spare you the pain and torment of the cleaning, scrubbing, and scouring that goes into the preparation.  No time for that, let’s skip straight to the good parts.

Continue reading “Brewing Up Black Gold”