(Bend, OR) – Deschutes Brewery plans to release its long-awaited collaboration with Hair of the Dog Brewing, Collage, on May 14th.
Deschutes’ Digital Marketing Manager, Jason Randles, confirmed that the beer would be sent out to most of its 20-state footprint but that a few will likely make it. Distributors are currently taking pre-orders and the beer is expected to retail around $10.99 per 12 oz. bottle (retailers ultimately set pricing so this will vary).
The May release will come more than two years after the two breweries first announced the collaboration, the first in Deschutes’ Conflux Series. The beer has aged in barrels for so long that its release was eventually passed over by Deschutes’ second collaboration, Conflux No. 2, with Boulevard Brewing.
Hair of the Dog has also been busy on the collaboration circuit having recently brewed with a beer called Flanders Fred Ale with De Proef in Belgium
The beer is a blend of two Deschutes beers, The Stoic and The Dissident, as well as two Hair of the Dog beers, Fred and Adam. All four were brewed at Deschutes’ facility in Bend in March of 2010. All four were then aged in a variety of wooden barrels for two years including Rye Whiskey, Cognac, Sherry, Pinot Noir, Bourbon, used American Oak which previously held beer, new American Oak, and new Oregon Oak.
Look for more information on this beer to surface between now and its release.
(Chico, CA) - The Brewers Association announced some details for SAVOR earlier this week and in doing so, quietly revealed that two titans of the craft beer industry will be doing the collaboration beer: Sierra Nevada Brewing and Boulevard Brewing.
Sierra Nevada Product Development Manager, Bill Manley says the BA approached them and Boulevard late last summer about doing the SAVOR beer. Sierra Nevada had already a done a beer for the organization, a symposium sour brown ale with Russian River for the 2011 Craft Brewers Conference. Several NorCal breweries participated in a 4-pack of beers.
Sierra Nevada founder, Ken Grossman, has known Boulevard founder, John McDonald, for decades. Sierra Nevada brewmaster, Steve Dresler, and Boulevard brewmaster, Steven Pauwels, are also friends. Manley says they agreed to do the beer immediately due to these long-established relationships. Friendships aside, the California Trail actually starts near Boulevard and, historically, acts as a connector of sorts between the two breweries.
From a storytelling perspective, it just works.
The teams brainstormed ideas and came up with a beer that both challenges style boundaries and has close ties to the terroir of the two breweries. They are calling it Terra Incognita, which translates to “Unknown Lands.”
Sierra Nevada brewed a batch that Manley described as a dark ale. Maltier than an amber but not quite a stout. They brewed it with Estate malts out of Chico and wheat, the latter as “an homage to the longtime staple crop of the Midwest.” The beer then traveled to Kansas City. Boulevard brewed another component, blended the two beers, dry-hopped it with East Kent Goldings and are now aging it in Missouri oak barrels that previously held wine and spirits. The beer will soon go into 750s where it will be bottle-conditioned with Brettanomyces.
Terra Incognita is exclusive to this year’s SAVOR event.
Last year’s SAVOR collaboration between Boston Beer Company and Dogfish Head is technically the largest All-American beer collaboration to date in terms of annual barrels produced by two collaborating breweries. Sierra Nevada previously collaborated with Dogfish Head on Life and Limb while Boulevard previously collaborated with Deschutes Brewing on White IPA.
The breweries will be releasing Chaka, an 8% Belgian-style ale that will be brewed in two batches featuring the same recipe. The first brew at Oskar Blues’ R&D facility in Lyons, Colorado, and then again at the Sun King brewery in Indianapolis. The recipe has been formulated by Dave Colt and Dave Chichura with ingredients coming from their respective states – shagbark hickory syrup from Indiana and a Belgian pale malt from Colorado Malting.
The breweries will be releasing Chaka, an 8% Belgian-style ale that will be brewed in two batches featuring the same recipe. The first brew at Oskar Blues’ R&D facility in Lyons, Colorado, and then again at the Sun King brewery in Indianapolis. The recipe has been formulated by Dave Colt and Dave Chichura with ingredients coming from their respective states – shagbark hickory syrup from Indiana and a Belgian pale malt from Colorado Malting.
Location: BrewDog HQ, North East Scotland The Beer: A San Diego Scotch Ale. OG 1090 The Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Amarillo The Twist: This beer will be aged in whisky casks with raisins soaked in Ballast Point Rum They are […]
(Milton, DE) – Dogfish Head and Google have formed a unique partnership around a new beer that went on tap yesterday, URKontinent. The video above discusses how the two sides collaborated on the beer, both on the brewing end of […]
Special Edition: Allies Win the War! by 21st Amendment Brewery and Ninkasi Brewing: Among the coolest labels that I have ever seen though I can’t tell what the actual beer name is.
Label copy…”In a surprising turn of events, rival superpowers have joined forces to bring a beer of might to the world. According to top-secret documents, recently unclassified, brewmasters for 21st Amendment in California and Ninkasi in Oregon began their brewing careers together many years ago.
Leaders from the two breweries reunited recently at a secret camp in the Sierras to devise their master plan. ‘We are more alike than we are different,’ said 21st Amendment’s Shaun O’Sullivan. ‘We must united in our common cause,’ added Ninkasi’s Jamie Floyd. The resulting collaboration, an ale brewed with California dates, an aggresive arsenal of all-Northwest hops and an unmistakable aroma of victory, deals a unified blow to unoriginal beers around the world.”
To be distributed through 21st Amendment’s network. More info at BSJ.
New Belgium Prickly Passion Saison: Label copy…”Peter [Bouckaert, Brewmaster] picked a prickly pear and paired it with a passion fruit. ‘Perfect! Pitch it in!’ he proclaimed. Now we have this pleasing prickly passion saison brewed with fruit juices and french saison yeast to our brewmaster’s picking.”
Fort Collins The Incredible Hop Imperial Belgian-Style IPA
Deschutes Horse Ridge IPA
Black Husky Three Scrutineers
Tallgrass Velvet Rooster Belgian-style Tripel
Choc Beer Winter Stout
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(Tampa, FL) – Despite Cigar City‘s latest attempt to make drinkers go blind, I’ve done the legwork and transcribed the entire label for you. Enjoy.
This beer will be available on draft in addition to 750s (as seen here).
Auld Alliance Scotch Ale label copy:
Dunedin Brewery is Florida’s oldest Craft Brewery. Cigar City Brewing is one of the youngest. In fact CCB’s founder got his start int he craft beer business as a sales rep for Dunedin brewery.
Started in 1996 in the Scottish Heritage town of Dunedin, GL, Founder Michael Bryant and his staff at Dunedin Brewery displayed a tenacity that resulted in a staying power many breweries opened in the 90s were unable to match. It also resulted in a lot of really good local beer! 15 years of it in fact.
OVer the years, Dunedin has had a major impact on the Florida beer scene and served as an inspiration for those that followed it. In its role as Elder Statesman, Dunedin has both inspired and provided a model and it is in that spirit of cooperation and guidance that we present Auld Alliance.
Auld Alliance (vielle Alliance) was the alliance of kingdoms between Scotland and France from 1295 and 1560 which profoundly shaped the legal, military, cultural and even culinary makeup of both countries. It also provides a good historical analogy for the spirit of cooperation possessed by so many who work to create hand-crafted beer.
Auld Alliance is a Scotch Ale reflecting the Scottish contribution to the Alliance fermented with a Saison yeast strain thats origin is traced back to France.
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Boogoop Buckwheat Wine by Mikkeller, Three Floyds: 10.4% ABV / 22 oz. Hat tip to Beerticker.dk for scooping this back in May. This is their third collaboration to hit bottles (no release info known yet) after Ruggoop and Oatgoop.
Chatoe Rogue Fresh Pumpkin Ale (First Growth): Label copy…”Created with pumpkins grown on Rogue’s Micro hop and pumpkin yard in Independence, Oregon. Fresh pumpkins are picked, loaded into our truck, driven immediately 77 miles to our brewery in Newport, Oregon, quickly roasted, and pitched into the brew kettle.”
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Deschutes’ Digital Marketing Manager, Jason Randles, confirmed that the beer would be sent out to most of its 20-state footprint but that a few will likely make it. Distributors are currently taking pre-orders and the beer is expected to retail around $10.99 per 12 oz. bottle (retailers ultimately set pricing so this will vary).
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