Three Floyds JinxProof Lager: Returning to bottles but now in 12 oz. and this time with a different label
Southern Tier Iniquity Imperial Black Ale: approval for 12 oz. bottles, previously in 22 oz. bottles
Saranac Chocolate Lager and Saranac Big Moose Ale: These look like new labels for existing beers.
Others…
Olde Burnside Highland Wild Ale
Westbrook Saison Ale
Mother’s Uber Pils Imperial Pilsner
Mother’s Foggy Notion Barley Wine
Von Jakob Stout (all 12 oz. bottles) Von Jakob American Pilsner
Von Jakob Dark Bock Beer
Von Jakob Dark Wheat Beer
Von Jakob Hefeweizen
Von Jakob IPA
Von Jakob Nut Brown Ale
Von Jakob Pale Ale
Von Jakob Red Ale
Von Jakob Rye Beer
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Three Floyds Zombie Dust: The long-rumored 6-packs are one step closer to fruition. The beer, a single-hop pale ale made with Citra hops from Yakima Valley, Washington, has been on draft for a while now.
Ballast Point Indra Kunindra India-style Export Stout: Label copy… “To honor our brewing community and Holiday Wine Cellar’s 46th anniversary. Ballast Point and Holiday Wine Cellar are proud to offer a unique collaboration between homebrewer and craft brewery. The result of our commemorative endeavor? An India-style Export Stout brewed with Madras Curry and lime leaf. Definitely not the same old-same old. Award-winning homebrewer, Alex Tweet really pushed the limits on this one – so enjoy it, and thanks for celebrating with us.” Also made with coconut, Cayenne, and Cumin.
Other labels…
Cigar City Hot Blooded Stout
Left Hand Biere de Garde
Mustang Harvest Lager
Rockyard Home Brewers Rock Weisser Berliner Weiss
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(Munster, IN) – Quick update from Three Floyds Brewing…
I sent over an email earlier to Three Floyds’ Lincoln Anderson inquiring about 22 oz. bottles for Amon Amarth Ragnarok and Arctic Panzer Wolf. Here’s what Anderson said:
“Amon Amarth Ragnarok is out now as a brewery only release. Panzer is available now and I’m hoping to see Zombie Dust art finished soon with perhaps bottles in the fall.”
The first beer is named after two metal bands (Amon Amarth and Ragnarok).
Artist, Tim Lehi, created the labels for both beers as well as Blackheart. Lehi posted up a bottle pic of the two beers on his blog last week. A close-up of the carnage on the AAR label can be found here. Lehi also does some nasty tattoos.
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Sierra Nevada Brewing: Founder, Ken Grossman, says that they’ll make a decision on their East HQ search within the next six weeks. A Virginia business development group is visiting the brewery in Chico this week as well.
Deschutes Brewery: Expanding distribution to Kansas soon (and Missouri but that’s old news).
Three Floyds / Struise: Shark Pants, the collaboration between these two breweries is now on tap at 3F. Not sure (or I forget) at this point whether it will be bottled. “A collaboration/dedication ale brewed with our friend Urbain from the Belgian brewery De Struise, this intense Belgian-style double IPA was fermented with Urbain’s special yeast and then an amazing amount of hops were added. This beer was brewed in loving memory of a former employee, Rich Sheppard, who recently passed away, a portion of the proceeds from this beer will go to his family. Try this beer and enjoy the Rich life. 100+ IBU, 8.7% ABV, $8 Snifter”
And then there is this recent tidbit on Facebook… “Ok gents, this is news, and hot from tzsé needle… Struise is going back to 3F’s in September, to brew a freaking out Black Albert! To be Blendified (lol) with a still secret Dark Lord version and Double Blackified (lol again) … that is about the most crazy project ever for Struise to collaborate too this year! Release date, don’t ask me, ask 3F’s ”
Pelican Pub and Brewery: More expansion. “Pacific City’s Pelican Pub & Brewery hopes to team up with the Port of Tillamook Bay to build a second, much larger facility on port property. The new operation would double the existing brewery’s production from 5,000 barrels per year to 10,000 barrels per year.” H/T to the New School Brew Blog.
Jester King Craft Brewery: Posted a big update last week, “On Friday, we brewed what we hope will be a very traditional rendition of a Berliner Weisse, a sour, very pale wheat beer, fermented with a combination of saccharomyces (standard beer yeast) and lactobacillus (souring bacteria). The word ‘Weisse’ means ‘white’ in German, but when talking about Bavarian-style Weissbier, it’s used more or less interchangeably with the similar sounding ‘Weizen,’ meaning ‘wheat.’ Berliner Weisse is something completely different, bearing, if anything, a slightly closer resemblance to Belgian-style white ales and sour ales than it does to southern German wheat beers.”
New Planet Beer: Per the blog, “As of the end of May, we were selling beer in 8 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. And… This June we’ll be selling beer in 4 more states: California, Florida, North Dakota, and Nebraska. We’ll continue this expansion with the plan to sell our beer in a total of 20 states by the end of the year. If we’re still not in your state by the end of the year, we’ll be working hard to distribute there in the near future!”
Oakshire Brewing: Bruine Van Brugge is the latest Single Batch series release.
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(Aberdeen, SCOTLAND) – This past week has seen the release of two new one-off beers from BrewDog.
Last week, the Scottish brewery once again courted controversy as those in craft beer circles debated the merits of a beer laced with Viagra and the credo behind it. This week brings the launch of a collaboration between BrewDog and Three Floyds called Bitch Please. Both beers are now available for sale in BrewDog’s online webshop.
What else is up for grabs in there? Over a dozen different BrewDog beers as well as a handful of guest beers that aren’t distributed (and/or at least hard to come by) in the U.S. market. The merchandise section features apparel for the most part along with a few logo glasses. Note: while browsing the site, keep in mind that you have to multiply the prices by 1.65 to get them in USD.
Bitch Please: Collaboration with Three Floyds… “An inherently Scottish spin on a barley wine brewed with peated malts from Islay, shortbread, toffee and eclectic hops. After fermentation the beer was aged in old Jura single malt whisky barrels for 8 months.” | Beernews link
Royal Virility Performance: “According to the specially commissioned label, the Royal Virility Performance contains herbal viagra, chocolate, Goat Weed and ‘a healthy dose of sarcasm’. The beer is a 7.5% ABV India Pale Ale and has been brewed at BrewDog’s brewery in Fraserburgh.”
Alice Porter: “Decloaked and radically reinvisaged, BrewDog’s Alice Porter is a 6.2% sacred union of one 300-year-old recipe and two cross continental hop varieties. A delicate mirage of chocolate, red fruit and burnt sugar [...]“
Tactical Nuclear Penguin / Sink the Bismarck! Many of the BrewDog beers are cheaper on the website (not counting shipping obviously) than on shelves here in the States. For example, the cost of Sink! and TNP after shipping would still cost less than if you bought both beers at some shops here.
SOME NOTEWORTHY GUEST BEERS:
Væsel Brunch: “A unique blend of two of Denmark’s best imperial stouts: Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel and Amager Hr. Frederiksen.”
Mikkeller Spontanframboos: “The ‘Spontanframboos’ is a kind Lambic fruit. A Frambic essentially cooked on water, malt, wheat, old hops, raspberries and yeast. It is fermented by spontaneous fermentation and aged in wooden barrels.”
Struise Roste Jeanne: “Our brew-master was born and raised in Newport Belgium. In the early days around 1600, a lot of women were accused of witch craft and got burned alive… The city council of Newport asked Urbain to develop a session beer for the two yearly evocation of a Newport witch called Jeanne Panne.”
PRO TIP:
When you first click over to the Brewdog Shop page, you are only shown some of the BrewDog beers. Hover over “Our Beer,” “Guest Beer” or “Brewdog Stuff” for submenus that reveal the full portfolio. For example, Sink the Bismarck! is only listed on this page.
SHIPPING:
Shipping is a flat rate of $66 USD for those in the U.S. no matter how much you order so if you’ve got the money to spend, spend away. For those outside of the U.S. (and U.K. where it’s only 7 GBP), you can view the shipping rate by checking out as a guest and entering in a shipping address. There is no requirement of credit card details before seeing the total order cost.
BOTTLE LIMITS:
None! (Caveat: “While supplies last” for any given beer)
DISCLAIMER:
I’m going to assume you understand your country’s laws regarding shipping and legal age, etc. so I claim no responsibility here.
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(Munster, IN) – Some updates on Dark Lord Day 2011.
The following comes from Three Floyds‘ Lincoln Anderson:
1. Gates open at 10:00 am
2. The Darklord bottle limit will be 4 bottles per person.
3. There will be a lottery for extremely limited, hand bottled, hand numbered barrel aged variations. Guests will exchange their event tickets for a Golden Ticket with a scratch off section. If their ticket scratches off as a winner, they will have the opportunity to purchase one bottle of one of the four variations in addition to the 4 bottles of Darklord. The variations are:
Darklord aged in Pappy Van Winkle 23 year barrels
Darklord aged in brandy barrels
Darklord aged in brandy barrels with vanilla beans
Darklord de Muerte, DL aged in bourbon barrels with ancho and guajillo peppers
These hand bottled, hand numbered, hand waxed bottles will sell for $50.00.
Also of note, the guest tap list is posted over on DarkLordDay.com. It looks like Founders Brewing will be the best-represented guest brewery on tap though there are at least a few dozen beers to check out.
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The Metromix pic shows a numbered bottled of the beer (1/666) with yellow-colored wax. It looks like a 22 oz. bottle but it’s kind of hard to tell. A comment from the page owner says, “Our lips are sealed!”
There is some speculation on Beer Advocate but nothing has been made official yet. The brewery didn’t immediately return a request seeking comment.
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(Indianapolis, IN) – Some details on the release of the Sun King Brewing and Three Floyds Brewing collaboration, 3 Kings Pale Ale…
WHO: Sun King Brewing Co. & 3 Floyds Brewing Co.
WHAT: 3 Kings Pale Ale Tapping
WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m., Thurs., April 21.
WHERE: Sun King Brewing Co., 135 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, (317) 602-3702, http://www.sunkingbrewing.com
COST: Free to adults of legal drinking age.
When 3 Floyds owner/brewer Nick Floyd and head brewer Barnaby Struve visited Sun King Brewing Co. in March to discuss the joint legislative effort to lift the 20,000 barrel limit on brewers who self distribute or operate bars and tasting rooms, they mentioned that they had a 30 barrel fermenter open the following week and asked if Sun King wanted to brew a collaborative beer.
Brewer/owners Dave Colt and Clay Robinson jumped at the chance to work with 3 Floyds, the top-ranked brewery in the world several years running on Ratebeer.com, and within minutes the foursome had knocked out a recipe for an aggressively hopped pale ale. It’s a style that 3 Floyds, maker of Alpha King, and Sun King, maker of Osiris, know a thing or two about, and beer fans have been beside themselves since the collaboration was first mentioned on Twitter.
On Thurs., April 21, local fans of 3 Floyds and Sun King will have their first opportunity to try 3 Kings Pale Ale. The tapping will take place from 6 to 9 p.m., food will be provided by Fatsammies Ciao Wagon and Goliathon will be the musical guest.
About Sun King Brewing Co.: Founded in 2009 by two award-winning commercial brewers, a mechanical engineer, and a veteran of the food distribution business, Sun King Brewing Co. won Indianapolis’ heart in 2010 with its lineup of stellar house beers (Sun Light Cream Ale, Wee Mac Scottish Ale, Bitter Druid ESB, and Osiris Pale Ale) and artfully crafted seasonal and specialty Lagers, Pilsners, Porters, Stouts, American IPAs, Belgian Wits, American Wheat beers. Less than two years after rolling the first full keg out the door, Sun King has grown into the third-largest beer brewer in the state of Indiana. The company’s commitment to handcrafted seasonal and specialty beers has been rewarded with multiple medals at the Indiana Brewers Cup, Great American Beer Festival®, and World Beer Cup® competitions.
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Dark Lord Day tickets sold out in 23 minutes according to a message from the brewery’s Twitter account. Many tweeted with glee but about successfully getting tickets but many also said they ran into sold out messages well before Three Floyds announced that they were sold out, some even within 4 minutes.
There was such a frenzy for tickets that #DLD became a trending topic on Twitter in Chicago. There were nearly 850 tweets within the past hour about the sale.
In other news FFF news, I received this email yesterday from fellow Indiana brewer, Sun King Brewing:
“As you may or may not know, Sun King’s staff recently traveled to Munster to make a collaborative brew with 3 Floyds. Since both breweries make celebrated American pale ales (Alpha King and Osiris, respectively), 3 Floyds owner Nick Floyd, head brewer Barnaby Struve, and Sun King brewer/owners Clay Robinson and Dave Colt quickly agreed on a recipe for 3 Kings Pale Ale, a specialty beer that will be tapped in Munster and Indianapolis in April to draw attention to our lobbying efforts. Lobbying efforts for what you say? Funny you should ask…
According to Indiana law, a brewer cannot operate a tasting room, brew pub, or self-distribute its product if it produces more than 20,000 barrels (approximately 40,000 kegs) a year. With 3 Floyds on pace to exceed 20,000 barrels this year, the brewery is faced with either shutting down its brewpub or it’s brewing operation or moving their entire enterprise to Illinois. Sun King is on pace to hit the 20,000 barrel limit in 2013, when it will either have to stopped self-distributing its product or curtail growth permanently.”
Stay tuned for more details on this collaboration and their legislative battle.
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(Munster, IN) – Three Floyds gets downright presidential with a state of the brewery address, the head brewer’s thoughts on Dark Lord Day and a glimpse at the new Zombie Dust…
Three Floyds’ Dark Lord Day tickets will go on sale this Saturday. Because of the changes to this year’s event and the buzz around the brewery this time of year, Three Floyds is stepping up to address concerns with Dark Lord Day and the brewery, in general.
Here is an excerpt from yesterday’s ‘state of the brewery’ letter:
The company has seen some substantial expansion, as well as new brands and some pretty fun events. In 2010 we produced 15,005.2 barrels of beer (1 barrel equaling 31 gallons) over 2009’s 11,030.9 barrels. Not bad growth considering that in 2006 we produced 5,300 barrels. Just last week we fired up our new whirlpool tank that is an efficiency dream come true for our little brewery. We also have two brand spanking new 120 barrel fermenters en route, in addition to the six tanks we purchased last year.
Indiana-based beer blog, Hoosier Beer Geek, released its interview with Head Brewer, Barnaby Struve, yesterday as well. He dishes on Dark Lord Day:
It’s funny – you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t. People want to come, but then they complain that there are lines. We’re like, ‘We’re going to try to manage the crowd better by making it a ticket only event so that also we know A) how many people are going to come and with that knowledge we can have the right amount of food for everyone, we can manage lines and crowds better, and B) it’ll be safer – it’ll be just a better event.
It’s so hard – we’re trying really hard to do the best thing we can to organize this thing. In order to have it go from year to year we have to limit the size. Munster is going to put up with only a certain amount of drunken revelry every year. There were somewhere around 10 to 12 thousand people here last year. We can’t have 20,000 this year and 30,000 the next year. We’re just a little brewery.
Meanwhile, news has surfaced within the past 24 hours that a pale ale previously only available on draft will be hitting 6-packs. Zombie Dust is currently sporting a 4.4 average on Beer Advocate. It was previously known as Cenotaph.
On another note, there still isn’t any new information on Evilpower Pils since last month’s report.
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