(Kalamazoo, MI) – So what’s new with Bell’s? Let’s take a look, batch by batch…
I’ll start out with Batch 8779, Kalamazoo Hopsoulution Ale. President, Larry Bell, announced a few weeks back that this beer would be coming out and its arrived in some stores as of yesterday. According to the post on BA, “This batch is slightly different from the first in that it is made with Continue reading
New at Bruisin’ Ales:
Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast Stout
DELIRIUM Noël (2008)*
DUPONT Avec le Bons Voeux 2008*
GREAT DIVIDE Hibernation Ale*
GULDEN DRAAK Vintage Label 2008*
SCALDIS Noël* (2008)—We now have 3-year vintages of this!
Magnums and jeroboams of Gulden Draak and Augustjn Triple
And from French Broad Brewery: Kölsch, 13 Rebels E.S.B., Altbier, Wee-Heavy-er
Been a while since I had a post about what’s new over at the Oregon retailer.
Owner, Matt Maples, has new beer auctions posted for the weekend (I assume that closing times are PST). Up for grabs:
2x 12oz Hair of the Dog Fred #1 vintage 1994 11/4/2008 7:00:00 PM
6x 12oz bottles of Full Sail Old Boardhead vintage 1999 11/4/2008 7:10:00 PM
2002 Dupont Avec Les Bon Veux, 2001 Saison 11/4/2008 7:20:00 PM
2x 12oz Hair of the Dog Fred #1 vintage 1994 11/4/2008 7:30:00 PM
Here are recent new entries. Click over to Liquid Solutions to check out the beers and order.
Hair of the Dog Blue Dot $7.37
Sierra Nevada Harvest $5.28
Allagash Four $13.16
Firestone Pale 31 $4.50
Avery The Kaiser $9.12
Brew Dog Storm IPA Islay $12.11
”t Smisje Plus IPA $5.29
”t Smisje Fiori $5.18
Haand Haandbakk $10.17
Brew Dog Paradox Port Dundas $12.11
Big Sky Slow Elk $1.73
Alaskan Smoked Porter 2008 $6.35
Alaskan Winter Ale $1.35
Bridgeport Hop Harvest $4.55
Pike Old Bawdy 2007 $10.49
Harvistoun Ola Dubh 12 Year $7.92
Harvistoun Ola Dubh 16 Year $8.96
Harvistoun Ola Dubh 30 Year $13.69
Sinebrychoff Porter IV $4.03
Sorry, I’ve been terrible in keeping up with the ‘Buy Beer’ side of things recently…here is a string of consecutive updates to reward those who still check this page frequently!
The Wine and Cheese Place
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout – Just came in yesterday
Bell’s Expedition Stout
Bell’s Third Coast Old Ale
Bell’s Cherry Stout
Bell’s Double Cream Stout
Bell’s Winter White
Samuel Smith Winter Warmer
New Belgium 2 Below Winter Seasonal
Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser Winter Ale
Avery Old Jubilation Ale
Great Divide Hibernation Ale
Some beer can be purchased directly online. See a beer here that isn’t listed? Send him an email (link opens mail client) and see if it can be shipped.
Alternatively, there is a contact form on the website.
Paul keeps track of what beer comes in at his blog as well.
(Saint Paul, MN) – Flat Earth Brewing has a bevy of beers coming out in bottles soon. Here is the straight scoop from Owner/Brewer, Jeff Williamson:
Flat Earth Winter Warlock [English Barleywine] will be released in early December. Black Helicopter [Coffee Stout] returns in mid November on draft with a limited number of 750 ml bottles available at the brewery. Additionally we just kegged out all of the Rode Haring Ale [Flanders Red]. The kegs go out to the distributor today [Wednesday] followed by a limited amount in 750 ml bottles in a few weeks at the brewery.
[2/15 Update: The beer was released early! Available in Missouri as of a few days ago.
1/1 Update: The beer is now on tap in Missouri and will be released in bottles in March of next year.
10/30 Update: Boulevard Brewing's Director of Operations, Jeremy Ragonese, graciously provided me with more information after publishing:
Single-Wide IPA will be a member of Boulevard’s year-round core brands, available to all markets in 6-packs, 1/6 bbls and 1/2 bbls beginning in March of 2009. The branding efforts you may have seen are only rough at this point, we’re still in development on labels, packaging, etc. [...] The success of Double-Wide IPA in the Smokestack Series, as well as the relatively few IPAs coming from our region despite the style’s growing popularity, led us to produce a version that would be accessible to a wider market than it’s 750ml cousin.
[10/30 Update from Garrett Oliver via Beer Advocate:
"We will release about 900 cases of Black Ops in December. It has been in bourbon barrels for the past four months and will be bottled in a couple of weeks."]
The back label describes this one best:
“Brooklyn Black Ops does not exist. However, if it did exist, it would be a robust stout concocted by the Brooklyn brewing team under cover of secrecy and hidden from everyone else at the brewery. Supposedly “Black ops” was aged for four months in bourbon barrels, bottled flat, and re-fermented with Champagne yeast, creating big chocolate and coffee flavors with a rich underpinning of vanilla-like oat notes. They say there are only 1,000 cases. We have no idea what they’re talking about.”
[3/7 Update: It will be available in April.
12/18 Update: Mirror Mirror was brewed during the first week of December. Deschutes' site says total time = 10 months for the first batch. I'd estimate early fall release given they're doing Black Butte in June and The Abyss in late fall.
Double Cinder Cone, mentioned below, is now on tap as well.]
(Bend, OR) – Your eyes do not deceive you. The picture you see above is cropped out of a label approval that came through for Deschutes Brewery a few weeks ago. According to Brewpublic, plans are to release Deschutes Mirror Mirror 2009 Reserve Barley Wine next year. The previous batch of this beer, released to the tune of 63 barrels in early 2006, was brewed in February 2005.
(Bodegraven, NETHERLANDS) – The Shelton Brothers are going to bring another gem across the Atlantic. De Molen Hel and Verdoemenis (Hell and Damnation) is an imperial stout ranked in the top 100 at RateBeer and the top-rated beer in the brewery’s arsenal. The stout is 10.2% ABV and the whopping 100 IBU hop profile includes Premiant hops for bittering and German Hallertau hops for finishing.
(Portland, ME) – I was going to hold off for a post next week but the cat is pretty much out of the bag so I will tag along in the fun…
Shipyard Brewing, ranked 15th in terms of production for craft brewers, Continue reading
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From the latest newsletter sent this afternoon:
Smoke from the Oak – Bourbon barrel, batch #2
Release Date: Saturday, November 1st
Production: 110 cases – 12/750ml bottles
Cost: $12 / bottle, limit 6 per person
A little over a month ago, I was told that links to my site had been banned at Beer Advocate. I sent a couple emails to Todd hoping for clarification though they may have been lost. The ‘Banned for Posting Abuse’ message seems misleading as I haven’t started any threads there linking to my site. What I did find is 80 references to Beernews over at BA over the past several months. “My friends,” that is awesome. I have definitely waited too long in thanking Beer Advocate and everyone else that reads and supports my work by sharing it with others (and allowing links to it). So thank you. And if you’re reading, Todd, I would love to see the site once again OK’ed at BA!
This is just one of the reasons I started the board. And just to be clear, I am not asking for any readers to pull themselves away from another board. I am merely asking you all to add another board onto your daily routine 
From the get-go, I’ve used the site to experiment with giving you a new perspective on craft beer and the BN Board is a continuation of that.
So what’s new with this board? One more post coming later…
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(Portsmouth, NH) – Smuttynose Scotch Ale is in stores now. Next up in the Big Beer Series is Really Old Brown Dog Ale which will be more in the style of an Old Ale/English Barleywine. It will be out in mid-December. More from the latest newsletter…
(Roskilde, DENMARK) – Olfabrikken is sending over from Denmark some new stuff to the USA. Olfabrikken Winter Porter, one of the top 10 Baltic Porters in the world, and two holiday seasonals, Olfabrikken Klosterjul and Olfabrikken Jule Ale are imported through the Shelton Brothers. They will be released later this year.
TERRAPIN Big Hoppy Monster* (Friday)
TERRAPIN Side Project Gamma Ray* (Friday)
BROOKLYN BREWERY Black Chocolate Stout*
AVERY Old Jubilation*
EEL RIVER Raven’s Eye Imperial Stout (Friday)
EEL RIVER Triple Exultation (Friday)
FRAØCH Heather Ale
CLIPPER CITY Heavy Seas Winter Storm*
ORKNEY Skullsplitter
SAMUEL ADAMS Hallertau Imperial Pilsner*
SHADY GROVE Wildflower/Blackberry Mead (Tenn.)
Recent Arrivals:
Port Santa’s Imperial Stout
Alpine Pure Hoppiness
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale 12oz
Humboldt Hemp Ale 22oz
Rogue Chocolate Stout 22oz
Again, I’m not clear as to whether all new arrivals are available for online ordering at West Lakeview Liquors. I am a bit late on these so some of this stock may no longer be available (d’oh!)
New Arrivals as of 10/20:
Bourbon County Stout 2008 Goose Island Brewery, Illinois (355ml and 4x355ml)
Broo Doo Three Floyd’s Brewing Co, Indiana (650ml)
Cuvee # 1 – Southern Tier, New York (650ml)
Beastie Barrel Stout Barley Island Brewing, Indiana (355ml)
Single White Friar 2008 Barley Island Brewing, Indiana (355ml)
Harvest Ale Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, California (650ml)
Lectio Divina St Somewhere Brewing Co, Florida (750ml)
Saison Athene St Somewhere Brewing Co, Florida (750ml)
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (see website for ordering details)
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
(Boston, MA) – Quick update on Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier from earlier this week. Label approval came through yesterday. Nice purple label…just short of marketing this as a “panty dropper?” Brewed with Marion blackberries from Oregon…
(Juneau, AK) – Alaskan Baltic Porter got label approval shortly after my initial post on the beer. The 9.8% ABV level may make it the strongest Baltic Porter on the market with a significant number of reviews. “Brewed with cherries, brown sugar, vanilla beans, and oak chips…” Again, this will be out in bombers come November but not sure how limited yet. Click on the pic to see a bigger version of the label.
