(Chico, CA) – A quick update on a pair of Sierra Nevada Brewing beers…
As mentioned on Friday, the brewery will be releasing a “Best of Beer Camp” mixed 12-pack in May. Here are the final two beers to be approved: Double IPA (once known as Ghidorah) and Weizenbock (using Kellerweis yeast). The other two will be Juniper Black Ale and California Common.
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Hat tip to Draft Magazine’s Chris Staten for quietly (too quietly?) breaking this news late last month. The news re-surfaced today on Beer Advocate.
Later this year, Sierra Nevada Brewing will can its Pale Ale for the first time. Here are some quote-ables from Sierra Nevada’s Bill Manley:
Our canning line should be in the building near July 4. It will be a couple of moths to get it up and running, but should start seeing Pale Ale in cans in late 2011.
We’re on the fence about what other beers to release, but I think we’ll have a couple of different brews available.
Cans will only be a small part of our output, but we’re excited to see how they’re received.
There are so many places where you can’t or won’t bring glass…up here in the foothills it just doesn’t make a lot of sense to bring a bunch of bottles with you in your backpack! This is really the reason we’re going for this.
Right now we’re thinking can-conditioned. All of our bottle Pale Ale is bottle conditioned so it makes sense. We need to do some serious QA trails of all available options before saying anything for sure.
No chance of bottled Pale Ale going anywhere. Cans are in addition to, not in place of.
At this point, you have to wonder when Samuel Adams will make an announcement about cans. The Boston-based brewer is the last big domino left to fall.
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(Chico, CA) – The first labels are in for Sierra Nevada‘s upcoming “Best of Beer Camp” mixed pack.
The brewery is moving ahead with its plan to release a mixed 12-pack of some of the brewery’s Beer Camp offerings. Sierra Nevada’s Bill Manley said back in October that they were aiming to release the variety pack this spring (four varieties of three bottles each).
The first ones to get approval for inclusion are Juniper Black Ale and California Common. You can see the full description of these beers on the official Beer Camp website.
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Pelican Nestucca ESB: Pelican Pub and Brewery is moving in a direction that most breweries aren’t in bottling their ESB.
Summit Gold Sovereign Ale: This week, MNBeer announced Summit Brewing’s sixth beer in the Unchained Series. The beer will be released on draft on March 7th and in bottles on March 21st.
Sierra Nevada ABLE Best Britter: Draft-only and no info out there
Evil Twin Before During and After Christmas Beer: A 10% ABV Imperial IPA from Denmark to be imported through Twelve Percent Imports.
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(Chico, CA) – (08/06/2010) – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a partnership with the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux to create the only authentic Trappist-style Abbey ales in America.
For nearly 1000 years, monks have been brewing ales behind monastery walls. Their closely guarded traditions and techniques produced styles of beer unlike anything else in the world. These unique Trappist-style Abbey ales are known for their uncompromising quality and compelling flavor. In 2011, Sierra Nevada and the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux are working to bring this centuries-old tradition to America with Ovila—the nation’s only authentic Trappist-style Abbey Ale.
This series of three Belgian -style Abbey ales is made in accordance with the centuries-old tradition of the monks. Each beer will be only be available for a limited time and will rotate through the seasons. The first beer in the series, scheduled for release in March, will be a Belgian-style Dubbel brewed with authentic Trappist yeast. The second beer in the series, scheduled for release in July, will be a Saison, the traditional Belgian-style farmhouse ale made in honor of the Monk’s dedication to labor in the fields surrounding their abbey. The third will be released in time for the holidays. It will be a Trappist-style Quadrupel rich with dark fruit flavors and the unique wine-like characters of these strong Abbey ales.
Proceeds from this project will benefit the monks of the Abbey of New Clairvaux in their efforts to rebuild an architectural marvel—a 12th century, early-gothic Cistercian chapter house—on their grounds in Vina, California a few miles north of Sierra Nevada’s home in Chico. The medieval chapterhouse—Santa Maria de Ovila—was begun in 1190, near the village of Trillo, Spain.
Cistercian monks lived, prayed, and worked there for nearly 800 years. In 1931, California newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst purchased the abbey and shipped it to Northern California. Hearst’s plans were never realized, and the stones fell into disrepair. In 1994, the Trappist-Cistercian monks of the Abbey of New Clairvaux, gained possession of the ruins, and began the painstaking stone-by-stone reconstruction of the historic abbey.
Located in Vina, California, the Abbey of New Clairvaux is a Cistercian Abbey of Strict Observance (Trappist). The abbey was founded in 1955 on 590 acres of Leland Stanford’s famed Vina Ranch. The monks follow the Rule of St. Benedict—Ora est Labora (Prayer and Work) and spend their days in prayer, meditation, and tending to the labor of the working farm located at the abbey.
Founded in 1980, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is one of America’s first microbreweries and remains highly regarded for using only whole-cone hops and ingredients of the finest quality. Sierra Nevada has set the standard for artisan brewers worldwide as a winner of numerous awards for their line of beers and ales including the flagship Pale Ale, Torpedo, Porter, Stout, Kellerweis, four seasonal beers, Estate Ale, Harvest Ale series and a host of draft-only specialties.
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