(Reno, NV) – Buckbean Brewing will add a new brew to cans soon.
Here’s a brief write-up from the brewery:
The Black Adder IBA (India Black Ale) is fully black in color, with a nutty, roasty malt character and a moderate body, with a full, bright hop bitterness and aroma. De-husked black malt provides color and roastiness without astringent sharpness, and dark Caramel and Special Roast also deepen the color while imparting mild sweetness with lots of toasty complexity and depth. Newport, Palisade, Glacier and Ahtanum hops create multiple layers of crisp, American character with no harsh edges. It is 7.3% ABV and has 85 IBUs.
We plan to can a limited amount of this IBA for sale only at Buckbean, and it will be available mid to late February.
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(Boonville, CA) – Anderson Valley Brewing was up big in 2010.
Things have been going well for Anderson Valley since Trey White took over the company from long-time owner and founder, Ken Allen, in April of last year. White says that the brewery is up 25% in 2010 after producing 30,000 barrels.
Coming out soon will be a trio of new cans. Boont Amber Ale and Summer Solstice Cream Ale will be back in cans but with a different look. Hop Ottin’ IPA will appear in cans for the first time. Release dates are as follows:
Boont Amber Ale – Feb. 1
Hop Ottin’ IPA – Feb 1
Summer Solstice – late March
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(San Francisco, CA) – After a long day at work, the average American might feel a little bitter at the curveballs life threw his way but cracking open a Bitter American will immediately improve the mood. And seeing the astronaut chimp on the can will put average troubles into perspective – let’s face it, if you’d been rocketed into space against your will, you might be a little bitter, too. Bitter American is 21st Amendment Brewery‘s newest seasonal, an extra pale ale, available now through March. This is the third in 21st Amendment’s series of canned craft seasonals, which also includes Hell or High Watermelon Wheat and Fireside Chat.
Bitter American was first created at 21st Amendment’s pub in 2006 as a response to the trend of “extreme beers” – complex beers high in alcohol and often including unusual ingredients. 21st Amendment wanted to offer the opposite: a “session beer,” or lower alcohol beer that would encourage patrons to enjoy a drinking session with friends (a staple in British pub culture). This beer packs a lot of hop and malt flavor into a refreshingly low alcohol (4.4% by volume) brew – making it the perfect session beer to enjoy with friends.
“What I love about Bitter American,” said Nico Freccia, co-founder, “is that it is the antidote to the strong, dark, intense beers of winter. Winter beers, like barleywines, are incredible styles, but after a while the palate needs a rest. Bitter American provides that.”
“The secret to Bitter American is achieving a balance between malt flavor and hops while using a smaller grain bill,” says co-founder and Brewmaster Shaun O’Sullivan. “If you just add more hops into a session beer grain bill, you get an unbalanced mess of overwhelming bitterness. Our secret is the use of a special, imported English heirloom malt called Golden Promise. This malt has a rich, full body and distinctive flavor that gives the beer a complex, caramelly and toasty flavor. Against this backdrop, we are able to hop generously to achieve a hop flavor and aroma that belies the strength of the brew.”
As Freccia likes to say, “Go ahead. Give one, or three, a try.”
Bitter American is available in cans and on draft starting this week at quality bars and stores in all 15 of 21st Amendment’s current distribution territories, including CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, MA, NY, NJ, DC, MD, PA, VA, and GA. For up-to-date availability, events and promotions, visit www.21st-Amendment.com.
About 21st Amendment Brewery
Who the heck are these guys? Hey, we’re Nico and Shaun. We live for great beer. In 1920, there were thousands of breweries across America making unique handcrafted beer. The passage of Prohibition wiped out this great culture. After thirteen years without beer, the states ratified the 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition in America. At the 21st Amendment Brewery, we celebrate the right to brew beer, the freedom to be innovative, and the obligation to have fun. www.21st-Amendment.com
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(Astoria, OR) – Fort George Brewery is ready to can some beer.
Earlier this month, the canning line from Cask Systems arrived. Vortex IPA and 1811 Lager, the official bicentennial beer of Astoria, are a go for cans later this winter. Brewpublic visited the brewery recently and got an in-depth interview with the founders. Here is the snippet about cans:
When do you anticipate Fort George cans will be available to the general public?
CN: The way I kind of see the roll-out going is that we’re really hoping to have our beer in cans before spring break. That’s my ultimate goal. Our goal last year was to have our beer in cans before April 2011 for the bicentennial of Astoria. Astoria was founded in 1811 on the exact location of our brewery and so we’re really looking forward to celebrating that. That is where the 1811 (Pre-Prohibition) Lager name came about. So the 1811 Lager and Vortex, we are hoping to have in cans in Clatsop County and up in Portland. Sometime after those two beers launch, we’re interested in putting Cavatica Stout in a 16-ounce can and maybe Quick Wit. There’s also a big call out there for Nut Red ale in the can and also Sunrise Oatmeal Pale. We’ll just have to see what people want. The best way to let us know is for people to come into the pub and tell us what they want or email us. We love feedback.
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Denver, CO – Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC began distributing Lucky U IPA in cans this week.
The brewery has been canning Avalanche Ale since 2009. Lucky U IPA is a natural fit for the brewery’s second canned offering as the brewery wants to increase its ability to support the Tivoli Student Union in donating a portion of the proceeds of all Lucky U sales.
Lucky U IPA, Breckenridge Brewery’s “community ale,” was released in 12-oz bottles just over a year ago. A portion of the proceeds is set aside for the upkeep of the historic Tivoli Brewery building in downtown Denver. What was once a thriving brewery in the 1800s, The Tivoli Brewery building now houses the Auraria campus student center, serving University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Community College of Denver.
In the making of Lucky U IPA, the brewmaster combined four malts (two row pale, Munich, Carmel, and torrified wheat) with seven different hops (Amarillo, Magnum, Perle, Cascade, Apollo, Fuggle, and Goldings) to create this 6.2% ABV hoppy homage to the Tivoli Brewery.
Breckenridge Brewery celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The brewery was founded in 1990 in Breckenridge, Colorado. In the past two decades Breckenridge Brewery has grown from a small 3,000-barrels-a-year brewpub to one of the most successful craft beer companies in the nation. It now handcrafts nearly 30,000 barrels of fresh beer annually and owns and operates 4 pubs in the state of Colorado.
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(Longmont, CO) – July 29th – Oskar Blues Brewery has announced its’ final of three planned expansions during a three month period. The status-quo-crushing brewery has increased its internal investments with two more massive 200-barrel fermenters to its ever-expanding arsenal. The new tanks will allow Oskar Blues’ most recent canned monstrosity, a 100 IBU and ten percent ABV Imperial IPA hop grenade, dubbed GUBNA, to go from seasonal to year-round status.
“It’s always been about pushing boundaries and providing the best possible beer experience” says founder Dale Katechis. The intense demand for GUBNA has led Oskar Blues to expand its offering from a seasonal brew to a year round go-to IPA. “We’re driven to continue to destroy the barriers of what folks expect from a canned beer,” says Oskar Blues head brewer Dave Chichura. “GUBNA’s intense demand is due to its unique take on the style and is no doubt the hoppiest beer in a can. GUBNA celebrates the simple complexity of each ingredient with a distinctly smooth mouth feel and crisp hop aroma.”
GUBNA emphasizes that complexity of character can arise from simple elements. This ale is made with three malts and one hop. Its light amber color and spicy malt character are derived from the use of German dark Munich malt and rye malt respectively. The GUBNA Imperial IPA greets beer drinkers with a pungent citrus blast, provides a spicy, yet round middle, and finishes with a brisk, clean bitterness. Charlie Papazian waxes poetic about GUBNA Imperial IPA: “Profound & Complex hop character engages philosophic and woozy reminders of the life’s joys.”
Check out the GUBNA Launch Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMAtze-BAfM
Today’s expansion follows May and June’s, bringing the Oskar Blues tally to seven 200-barrel tanks in the last 60 days. Each 200-barrel fermenter adds 400 barrels of capacity per month and brings their current capacity to 5,500 barrels per month.
The additional infrastructure will enable Oskar Blues to continue its extreme growth trajectory that has crushed strong industry trends. 2010 production is anticipated to come in at 44,000 barrels, a whopping increase over the company’s 2009 production of 29,500 barrels.
Set in the heart of Colorado craft beer country, Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons began canning its beers in November of 2002 with a hand-canning line in the 60- year-old barn next door to their funky little brewpub. Although it’s now a full- throttle canning operation that is quickly expanding its cult-like following across the nation, Oskar Blues remains true to its original mission of simply blowing minds with what can come out of a can of beer.
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One of the world’s oldest brews is jumping on one of craft beer’s newest trends. Fuller’s London Pride will soon be available in 11.2 oz cans.
The storied pale ale from across the Pond was previously served in glass bottles and 16.9 oz aluminum packages, but the brewery bent to consumer demand and released its wonderful, warming liquid in smaller vessels.
There’s also financial logic behind the decision:
“And distributors know, nearly twice as many cans can be shipped over bottles for the same price,” Jeff Coleman, president of Paulaner HP USA, the official U.S. importer of Fuller’s, said in a release. “With the soaring cost of fuel and freight, today’s can technology and the added quality protection cans provide from UV light over glass bottles, import beer in cans has become and will continue to be very fast growing segment of the import category,”
