Archives for June 2020

Berthoud, Colorado– Cans were not in the plans for City Star Brewing in 2020. Whenever asked over the past eight years when the Berthoud brewery’s beer would be available in cans the answer was always similar, “Quality canning is a big investment. It’s not part of our current model, and we’re waiting for the saturated craft beer scene to stabilize.” Then COVID-19 ushered in a demand for to-go beer with the mandatory taproom shutdown, and improved packaging became critical. Launching beer in 25oz aluminum crowlers the first week of the shutdown improved City Star’s ability to satisfy curbside customers. Amazing volunteers, affectionately dubbed “the crowler crew”, spent hours weekly pre-filling crowlers to offer the best quality beer in that particular package. It quickly became apparent pre-filling hundreds of crowlers weekly was inefficient and unsustainable in the long run. The search for the right canning line began.

In May City Star purchased a canning line built by Michigan-based MicroCanner from Grand River Brewing Company in Jackson, Michigan. The MC-Flex canning line fills up to 24 cans per minute, including a 6-head filler, automatic pre-rinse, CO2 purge in the can and under the cap, and post-rinse. Installation and operation at City Star has been smooth, allowing for 4-packs of 16oz cans to roll off the line and sell off the shelves earlier this month.

Cowboy’s Golden Lager and All American IPA are both currently available in 16oz cans, with Bandit Brown, Sim’s Red, and Black is Beautiful launching in cans this Friday, July 3rd. 4-packs are currently only sold through the downtown Berthoud taproom, with no immediate plans to distribute. Cans are a superior packaging option, perfect for camping or summit celebrations. They have a smaller environmental impact than bottles, and most importantly, they limit oxygen and light exposure, ideal for keeping beer fresher and flavorful longer.

As this rollercoaster of a year progresses and concerns of another wave of COVID-19 in Colorado hover, City Star is poised to keep it flowing. The independent small town brewery entered 2020 as a strong, healthy business with incredible community support. The pandemic closed the taproom doors and business declined, but City Star pivoted as needed. “We doubled-down on what we love, making and sharing quality craft beer” – Whitney Way, City Star Co-Owner.

About City Star Brewing
City Star Brewing® offers award-winning, small batch ales and lagers, hand crafted in the heart of downtown Berthoud, Colorado. The small town brewery was awarded Gold and Bronze medals at the world renown, Great American Beer Festival in 2013 and a bronze metal in 2015. City Star first opened its doors in 2012 and has since become a destination for craft beer lovers. The tasting room includes an outdoor beer garden and barrel house that doubles as an event space. City Star offers a selection of approachable beers with regularly rotating specialties. Learn more at citystarbrewing.com.

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TUMWATER, Wash. — For the first time in its relatively short history, Triceratops Brewing has teamed up with another independent business in Washington’s south sound region to brew a collaboration beer. ONE Pilsner, which is made with Salmon-Safe malt and hops, is meant to be the beer you reach for after a few hours on the trail, on the water, or on the slopes. It’s the one beer you’ll want in the cooler when your plan for the day is to shred, drink, repeat.

Headquartered in Belfair, Wash., ONE Manufacturing has been a leader in the snowboarding industry since Matt Cummins and Bryan Rushforth started the company in 1986. An occasional snowboarder himself, Triceratops co-owner and head brewer Rob Horn first met Matt and Mike Cummins through a mutual friend, and hit it off with the brothers behind the pioneering shop Northwest Snowboards. As the three got to know each other better, the wheels started turning.

“When we did our first winter waxing party [in 2018], they showed us support by donating snow wax so we wanted to do something for them,” says Horn. “Last year we made a hazy pale ale together, but Matt wanted a low ABV beer people could enjoy without getting hammered. We took the opportunity to really fine tune this Pils.”

ONE Pilsner (4.3% ABV) is a crushable lager that combines 2-row barley malt from Mainstem Malt in Walla Walla, and a spicy, resinous, and floral experimental hop variety from Roy Farms in Moxee. Additions of Citra and Monroe hops also provide some nuanced fruity tones, all adding up to a crisp, clean, epically refreshing beer.

Supplies are limited, but beginning on June 26, ONE Pilsner will be available at select retailers throughout western Washington on draft and in four-packs of 16-ounce cans. It’s also available to-go in four-packs, 32-ounce Crowlers, and 64-ounce growlers at the Triceratops tasting room.

About Triceratops Brewing Company
Founded by Rob and Kelly Horn in 2014, Triceratops Brewing Company evolved from a tiny one barrel garage system to a 10-barrel brewhouse and tasting room in the Tumwater Warehouse District near the Olympia Regional Airport. The company’s range of offerings include Stengel’s Gold Zwickelbier, Mrs. Voorhees Peanut Butter Stout, the award-winning Pennsyltucky Lager, Strawberry Golden Ale, and the popular Liquid Swords series of IPAs. Triceratops currently self distributes to King, Kitsap, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish, and Thurston counties. Its tasting room is now open seven days a week. For more information, visit website

About ONE Manufacturing
ONE Manufacturing is an innovative lifestyle brand founded in 1986 by longtime professional snowboarder Matt Cummins and friend Bryan Rushforth. The first company to manufacture and sell snowboard wax, its products are tested at Mt. Baker and other Cascadian peaks by some of the best riders on the planet. In 2014 ONE Mfg. entered the biking world with a large offering of bike-specific products, all formulated and manufactured in Belfair. The goal is to create an innovative, functional line of snow, surf, and bike products and accessories that revolve around having fun and living life to the fullest. For more information, visit website

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Athens, GA–  What better way to celebrate the return of Atlanta Braves baseball than with the return of Frenchy’s Blues?! Frenchy’s Blues is now available in 6-packs at the Athens, GA brewery through our contactless curbside pick-up service! Distributing soon throughout the rest of Georgia.

This blueberry Berliner Weisse is a collaboration with former Atlanta Braves outfielder, Jeff Francoeur. It was made with blueberries from Major League Blueberries, which is a farm operated by Francoeur, his father-in-law Malcolm McCoy and blueberry expert Winn Morgan.

Beer Stats:
ABV: 5%
IBU: 5

Label Text: Frenchy’s Blues is brewed in collaboration with former Atlanta Braves outfielder, Jeff Francoeur. This tart and refreshing German style wheat beer utilizes fresh blueberries from Jeff’s farm, Major League Blueberries, located in Nichols, GA. We hope you’ll think this one’s a home run as much as we do.

About Terrapin Beer Co.
Terrapin Beer Co. began as a daydream between founders John Cochran and Spike Buckowski, who brewed and released their first beer in 2002. Inspired by the creative culture of Athens, Ga., the brewery’s home, Terrapin continues to produce unique beers year after year. Whether you’re joining us for a brewery tour at our tasting room, drinking a Hopsecutioner at your favorite watering hole, enjoying some Luau Krunkles on the beach, sipping some Up-Hi on your back porch, or enjoying a RecreationAle after a long day on the trail, we hope you appreciate the dedication we’ve put into our beers.

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Comstock Park, Mich. – Perrin Brewing Company announces the release of Call Me Hazy – Tropical IPA, the next chapter in the Call Me Hazy rotating IPA series. Call Me Hazy – Tropical IPA is now available at the Perrin Pub on draft and in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans, with Michigan-wide distribution coming soon.

Call Me Hazy – Tropical IPA offers fresh, tropical stone fruit aromatics. With hints of coconut, passion fruit, mango and lime, it’s a first-class ticket to a tropical escape. It pairs well with coconut-crusted fish or carnitas tacos; and is best enjoyed poolside, at the beach or wherever your summer adventure takes you.

“It has a light straw color with an opaque body,” said General Manager of Brewing Operations Sheldon King. “There’s sweet pineapple and coconut on the nose, and the flavor is bursting with tropical fruit.”

The 7.5% ABV brew is the second iteration of Perrin’s rotating Call Me Hazy IPA series, which allows Perrin’s brewers to explore the breadth and depth of hop flavor.

Connor Klopcic, Director of Brewing Operations, said the Call Me Hazy IPA Series was inspired when Perrin’s brewers got their hands on an array of premium hops. “We really wanted to showcase the amazing and unique flavors that these three varieties of hops can produce,” said Klopcic. “Instead of blending them in one beer, we wanted to use them individually so they could each stand out.” Call Me Hazy – Tropical follows the release of Call Me Hazy Juicy, and the third installment in the series will be announced later this year.

Bring your own tiny paper umbrella for this paradise punch. Call Me Hazy – Tropical IPA is now available at the Pub and will appear at craft beer retailers across Michigan soon. Please contact Lindsey VanDenBoom at lindsey@perrinbrewing.com with questions.

About Perrin Brewing Company
Established in 2012, Perrin Brewing Company is a young and rapidly growing craft brewery based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Perrin is committed to crafting high-quality and consistent brews and has garnered a loyal local following and a strong reputation for its unique beers. The brewery has won numerous awards including “The World’s Top New Beer Release of 2015” by RateBeer for its No Rules Vietnamese Porter. Through the 2015 partnership with CANarchy, Perrin has experienced exponential growth among package offerings, out-of-state distribution and an increase to over 25,000 barrels of production.

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NEWPORT, Ore. — Rogue Ales & Spirits, the only farmer-brewer-distiller-cooper in the United States, continues to push boundaries with the launch of Rogue Recreational CBD Seltzer Water. Rogue’s newest product is a naturally flavored, gluten-free seltzer water chock full of extra goodies including 30 milligrams of nano-emulsified CBD, L-Theanine and Apple Cider Vinegar while coming in at only 20 calories.

“We helped start the craft beer revolution over 30 years ago, and since then we have continued to explore different categories and create interesting new products,” says Dharma Tamm, Rogue President. “CBD beverages are incredibly exciting, and we are very proud to offer them to our fans in our home state.”

“We created these low-calorie seltzer waters as a delicious, non-alc alternative when you’re not in the mood for a beer or cocktail,” says Hagen Moore, VP of Marketing & Creative. “They’re available in Oregon in three unique flavor combos and make for a refreshing treat before, during, or after your favorite recreational activity.”

Rogue Recreational CBD Seltzer Water is a non-alcoholic product that is available in three unique flavor combinations: Passion Fruit Blueberry, Lavender Mint Lemonade and Ginger Yuzu. All three flavors come in sleek 12 oz cans and will be available in Oregon for $3.99 per can.

For more information, visit rogue.com.

About Rogue Ales & Spirits
Rogue Ales & Spirits, the only farmer-brewer-distiller-cooper in the United States, was founded in Oregon in 1988 as one of America’s first microbreweries. Rogue has won more than 2,000 awards for taste, quality and packaging, and is available in all 50 states as well as 54 countries. Proudly rooted in Oregon soil, Rogue’s beers, spirits and sodas are made with ingredients grown on Rogue Farms in Independence, Oregon. Rogue Spirits are hand-distilled on a 550-gallon still in Newport, Oregon, aged in the thick ocean air of the Yaquina Bay and bottled by hand. Since 2008, Rogue has remained committed to sharing the terroir of Oregon hops, honey, cucumbers and pumpkins one acre at a time by growing its own.

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DENVER — This Fourth of July is going to look quite different this year for all of us. River North Brewery’s newest version of their New England Style Double IPA brings different hop varieties to get your holiday weekend going in the best way possible. What’s even better is it’s going to be released on Friday, July 3rd!

Releasing on Friday, July 3rd at both River North Brewery taprooms, this batch features three hops: lotus, sabro and Idaho 7. The combination of these hops gives us a fruity, tropical and big melon flavor that compliments a refreshingly delightful New England style double IPA. Hop heads will be delighted with the flavor profile and for those that are just getting into hoppy beers, you will be pleasantly surprised with the fruity, coconut flavors that make it a well balanced hazy double IPA.

At 8.3% ABV, this Hop-A-Tronic will be the perfect companion for your Fourth of July. Not only will you be able to indulge in the beer at the taproom but you will be able to take it with you in six packs.

Stop by either taproom Friday, July 3rd to kick off the holiday weekend. 3400 Blake Street’s taproom will be open special holiday hours on Friday, opening at 1pm until 10pm. Xtabai Yucateco, a food trailer specializing in Mayan street food will be at the taproom for you to pair your Hop-A-Tronic Lupulositor with your lunch or dinner. 6021 N Washington Street’s taproom will be open 4-8pm.

Saturday and Sunday both taprooms will be open at 1pm to continue with all of the libations for the Fourth of July weekend long.

For more information, go to www.rivernorthbrewery.com or reach out to katie@rivernorthbrewery.com.

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WAYNESBORO, Va. – Stable Craft Brewing has announced the release of a new hazy New England IPA called Robot Cowboy and the return of an old favorite, Throatlatch Imperial IPA.

Stable Craft’s new Robot Cowboy is a 7% New England style IPA boasting a hazy golden hue featuring tropical notes of pineapple and guava with hints of stonefruits. This fruity new IPA will have hopheads rejoicing and converting IPA haters into instant lovers. Plans are underway to bottle this new fan-favorite.

Stable Craft’s Throatlatch Imperial Farm IPA owns a loyal following and was one of the original beers brewed when the brewery first opened its doors. Throatlatch is a bigger and bolder version of Stable Craft’s regular IPA. It features a complex, citrus flavor loaded with hops to balance out the sweetness of the caramel malts. Throatlatch finishes sweet with a slight hop bite and a West Coast flavor with a more balanced taste. Stable Craft is bringing back this Imperial IPA for a limited time only.

“The brewing team has been spending a lot of time on our R&D system developing new hop-forward IPAs. We have two more New England Style IPAs small batches underway set to release in the coming weeks. We are super excited to have Galaxy hops in the mix. This hop is packed with amazing tropical notes. My goal as a brewer is to bring approachable beers to the consumer,” noted Issac Peglow, Stable Craft’s Head Brewer.

Robot Cowboy will be available at Stable Craft Brewing at Hermitage Hill at the agri-pub style restaurant as well as for weddings, receptions, private parties, and corporate events.

Stable Craft Brewery’s rural location offers acres of open farmland with multiple covered and uncovered outdoor locations to keep guests socially distant while enjoying craft beer, cider, wine, food and a round of cornhole golf. Several other safety measures have been implemented to provide guests with a safe and fun experience while complying with Virginia’s Governor Northam’s guidelines.

For hours of operation and directions, visit www.stablecraftbrewing.com or follow on Facebook at facebook. For more information, call 540-490-2609.

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LONGMONT, Colo. – Left Hand Brewing Company, one of the original pioneers in craft brewing, is debuting a new year-round lager, 1265 Pilsner. Crisp and lively with delicate citrus hops and light bready malts, this tribute to a traditional lager is brewed for high repeat enjoyment at 5.2% ABV for all your summer adventures. 1265 Pilsner is named in honor of Left Hand’s brewing location since 1993, 1265 Boston Ave., and is shipping out now across the country.

“We have a deep tradition of brewing lagers,” said Eric Wallace, Co-Founder & President of Left Hand. “My passion for beer started while I was living in Germany and experiencing beautifully crafted traditional pilsners. Our brewing team created a beer that really exemplifies this classic style, and it has quickly become a favorite of both our employee owners and our guests in the Tasting Room. It’s a beer deeply rooted in our history, and we’re so proud of it we named it after our home.”

1265 Pilsner exhibits a refined hop profile of orange and lemon zest complemented by a touch of lager sweetness. Director of Brewing Jeff Joslin stated, “This is a true Pilsner made from Pilsner malt. We also used a trio of hops to bring additional character to this lager including Sterling for nobility, Cascade as a nod to craft beer history, and Citra to bring this beer into the modern era.”

To celebrate the debut of their newest year-round beer, Left Hand is telling the story of 1265 Pilsner from concept to can through an online release on Thursday, July 2. It will give Left Hand fans the unique chance to see the journey of a beer from recipe development, to quality control, to can design.

“Our entire team lent their hand in creating this bright and crisp pilsner,” said Jill Preston, Director of Marketing. “We’re telling the story not only of this beer, but of the people who brought it to life. Though we all have different roles, together we make one hand, Left Hand. In the own words of our employee owners, you will experience a behind-the-scenes look at how we get our beer ‘From Our Hand to Yours’.”

The virtual release will be livestreamed from the Left Hand Brewing Facebook page on Thursday, July 2 at 4:00pm MST.

1265 Pilsner is available now in 6pks of 12oz cans. Check out the Left Hand beer finder for locations nearest you and click here for digital assets.

About Left Hand Brewing Company
Left Hand Brewing Company, founded in Longmont, Colorado, is one of the original pioneers in craft brewing. From a humble homebrew kit beginning to becoming one of the top 50 craft breweries in the U.S., Left Hand has continued to grow and innovate throughout our 26-year history. Famous for our Nitro series, Left Hand launched America’s original Nitro bottle with our flagship Milk Stout Nitro and the first production run of U.S.- made Nitro widget cans. We’re proud to be one of the most honored and recognized breweries in Colorado with 29 Great American Beer Festival medals,11 World Beer Cup awards and 9 European Beer Star awards. Our collection of year-round and seasonal beers is available in 45 states, DC and internationally. To learn more, please visit www.lefthandbrewing.com.

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