Monthly Archives: April 2009

Running blog: Beer Calendar Updates!

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It is much less painful to add a few new beers at a time with the new system so I hope to have a running blog post like this every weekend or two. Some of the calendar updates that I am making for this weekend are listed below:

Please help! I am looking for folks to help me clean up the calendar with the following info. Let’s keep this to bottled and canned beers. Draft beers are a whole different animal. All you have to do is post a comment! Thanks!

  • Beers on the calendar that have already been released that show ‘April’ or listed in a future month
  • Beers on the calendar that I show as having been released that weren’t released yet
  • Beers missing from the calendar altogether (pref. March and forward, don’t want to make updates to last year)
  • Breweries whose recurring seasonals I haven’t added yet

Weekend Updates (you may not actually see these posted ’til Sunday):
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Beer Wars Movie Friday Wrap-up

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[4/18 Update: Another review that I enjoyed reading, this one also from an industry veteran, All About Beer's Daniel Bradford.]

Hard to believe that word first spread about this movie less than two months ago. When I wrote my initial post about Beer Wars, I was hoping that this would be craft beer’s ’15 minutes’ in the national spotlight. Unfortunately, it trended on Twitter for a little while but that was about it.

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Lagunitas A Little Sumpin Sumpin’ Ale coming soon

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(Petaluma, CA) – Given the brewery’s history of approving labels shortly before release, it would appear as though Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale is the brewery’s summer seasonal. The website, which has recently been updated a bit with more information on their beers shows the summer seasonal on the schedule as a May release. At 64 IBU and 7.3% ABV, this looks like it will be an IPA/Pale Ale but nothing confirmed…

Lagunitas 2009 Correction Ale is due this month.

Lastest Craft Beer Press Releases

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brewers-association Most recent batch of press releases: two new Anniversary beers are coming in 2009! Boulder Flashback celebrates 30 years for the Colorado brewery while Widmer 84/09 celebrates 25 years for the Portland brewery. The Beer Institute issued a release last week that beer indirectly inputs nearly $200 billion into the U.S. economy each year. Impressive. Lastly, hot off the press, the Brewers Association announced its annual list of top 50 overall breweries and top 50 craft breweries on Monday. Kona Brewery jumped over a dozen spots in the overall top 50 from last year. Deschutes Brewery and Iron City Brewing jumped four spots, both closing in on the top 10.

You can see at all on the Craft Beer Press Releases page.

Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries Lists

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brewers-associationBoulder, Colorado • April 13, 2009 – Brewers Association, which represents the majority of brewing companies in the U.S., announced the annual list of top 50 brewing companies. Released are lists for both Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies¹ of small and independent craft brewers (see Craft Brewing Statistics) plus a Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies list. Rankings are based on sales volume in 2008.

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Beer Industry Pumps $200 Billion into U.S. Economy

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New Study Shows Quality Jobs, Solid Wages, and Strong Overall Economic Impact in 2008

WASHINGTON, April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new economic impact study shows America’s beer industry, made up of brewers, beer importers, beer distributors, brewer suppliers and retailers, directly and indirectly contributes more than $198 billion annually to the U.S. economy. The study, commissioned by the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA), also shows that the industry provides nearly 1.9 million jobs — generating nearly $62 billion in wages and benefits. The industry also paid $41 billion in business, personal and consumption taxes in 2008.

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Craft Beer Releases Calendars Updated!

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First update in a while for the beer calendar but I have it set up so that it should be a bit easier for me to update (goal is every two weeks). For that reason, it is VERY important that you hit me up in email, comments, or Twitter, etc. if you notice site performance issues this week!

Made most of my changes to April and May, some to March. I touched every month for a few changes…I will archive the last half of ’08 next weekend so you can see those releases again…

Huge thanks to PJ for helping me out this weekend. Check out his blog: Starting a Brewery.

Beer notes: Dark Lord shenanigans, North Coast Rasputin XII, and 5 more

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Too much going on in this edition of Beer Notes but trying to pump out content before the holiday arrives. We cover seven breweries from all over here so let’s get started…

North Coast Barrel-aged Old Rasputin XII

The brewery will release Bourbon-Barrel Old Rasputin XII in late June. Both the barrel-aged and regular versions have earned A’s at Beer Advocate. The good news this time is that it won’t be brewery-only. North Coast is finally putting this one into distribution to the tune of 2,000+ cases. Many of those are already spoken for though so if you want some, call up the brewery.

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Great Divide to release not one, not two, but three new beers

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[Update: Just found this on the brewery blog posted Monday (get with the program and add an RSS feature, guys!) "Join us for the release of our two new seasonal beers, Dunkel Weiss and Saison. $15 admission includes food and unlimited beer (Dunkel and Saison only). 6-9pm on Friday, April 17th. As always, the party is in the brewhouse and you Must have a valid ID to enter."]

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Samuel Adams Longshot beers are here

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(Boston, MA) – This week, Boston Beer Co.‘s the winners of last year’s Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest finally saw their beers hit shelves. The brewery holds a competition every year in which over one thousand people send in their beers to be judged by Jim Koch and Co. at BBC. The result? The few folks who win have their beers made at the brewery and released in six-packs nationwide. Awesome concept.

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Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2009 is here

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(Escondido, CA) – Stone Brewing today releases one of the most highly-rated Imperial Stouts out there. You can buy the Imperial Russian Stout if you live in one of blue states above. More info at the Stone blog.

Oh, and if you didn’t visit the site at all this weekend, I also have new posts on Page 2. As well as new stuff in Buy Beer.

Southern Tier to release Mokah, a Jahva-Choklat hybrid

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[5/12 Update: Was released late April/early May depending on location]

(Lakewood, NY) – Southern Tier Brewing has played mad scientist with two well-respected beers in its arsenal to form the latest release in the Blackwater Series. The result of mixing and mashing its two Continue reading →