CHEERS! SWEETWATER BREWING COMPANY SURGES AHEAD IN 2010
Atlanta-Based Brewing Company Looks to Exciting New Beginnings & Continuing Old Traditions
(See bolded below for SweetWater Sch’Wheat news)
(Paso Robles, CA) – Some news on the Firestone Walker Brewing and Nectar Ales fronts . . .
Has it really been over three and a half weeks since I published a press release? Better get moving! Here are some recent ones . . . leading off are two announcements about new year-round beers:
Point 2012 Black Ale coming March 1st
SweetWater Sch’Wheat debuts this summer
New Glarus Unplugged Cherry Stout returns
CraftBeer.com officially launched (see my piece about the history of the coveted CraftBeer.com domain)
(Fort Collins, CO) – That’s right. It’s been two years since they last released Fort Collins Maibock . . .
Part III is up. In this episode, Greg Koch from Stone Brewing hangs out with the BrewDog guys in Scotland. You can view Part I and Part II here.
Photo courtesy of Bottleworks.com
(Seattle, WA) – When it comes to bottle shop anniversary beers, there is no better example than the Bottleworks Anniversary Series.
[2/23 Update: From Gary Fish of Deschutes . . . "Keep in mind, what is reported is what the plaintiff (State Farm) alleges. Our investigation paints a very different picture. It's difficult because we cannot present our case as they have. Maybe one day we will." More over at Beervana.]
(Bend, OR) – Though unrelated, news has come out in the last 24 hours that Deschutes Brewery is being sued and that plans for an airport location are on hold.
In the above video, the man that created Portsmouth Kate the Great, Brewmaster, Tod Mott, shows you around the tiny brewhouse where Kate is produced and talks about why he can’t make more of it. Owner, Pete Egelston, is behind the camera.
(Boston, MA) – Harpoon Brewery will release its next beer in the 100 Barrel Series this coming April.
[6/30 Update: The latest per Dogfish Head on Twitter is that the brewery and restaurant won't be open any earlier than September.]
Vinnie Cilurzo and Sam Calagione talked about the new project, Eataly Birreria, opening up in NYC at this weekend’s Beer Advocate Extreme Beer Fest. Props to Todd for holding the camera steady for 40 mins. If you don’t have time to watch the video (though I suggest you do to hear it straight from Calagione and Cilurzo) here are the highlights:
Troegs Brewing will begin making Java Head Stout a year-round beer Continue reading
Bell’s Eccentric 2009 Ale has received label approval. This one Continue reading
(Akron, OH) – Hoppin’ Frog Brewery will release D.O.R.I.S. The Destroyer this spring.
Note: Another video from live Sink! tasting attached below.
BrewDog‘s James Watt and Schorschbraeu‘s Georg Tscheuschner were invited onto BBC Radio 5 Live the other night to discuss their competition for the world’s strongest beer.
[3/12 Update: Just a clarification that there was not yet an agreement between Surly and Target Field set in stone and from the comments, it sounds as though it may not happen now either.]
(Brooklyn Center, MN) – It sounds as though the brand-new Target Field could be offering Surly Brewing cans at Twins games beginning this spring but is the price right?
From left: Vinnie Cilurzo, Leonardo Di Vincenzo, Sam Calagione and Teo Musso). Photo credit: Ryan Collerd
The International Craft Brewing Renaissance Taken To New Heights
(New York, NY) – February 20, 2010 – Four well-known brewers are joining forces with Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, and Italian food emporium Eataly to open a brewery-pub on a New York City rooftop with breathtaking views of the Flatiron and Empire State Buildings.
The four breweries collaborating on this project include two Italian craft brewers – Teo Musso, Brewmaster of Birrificio Le Baladan and Leonardo Di Vincenzo of Birra del Borgo, and two Italian-American craft brewers – Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Vinnie Cilurzo of the Russian River Brewing.
[2/18 Update: More availability info included below since original publishing]
(Atlanta, GA) – Sweetwater Brewing just released its sixth Dank Tank Series beer in 22 oz. bombers, BSP Quad.
