Archives for February 2021

PASO ROBLES, Calif. — For years, Brewmaster Matt Brynildson dreamed about creating a beer club that would directly connect Firestone Walker Brewing’s most interesting beers with the brewery’s most passionate fans. That time has now come with the launch of Brewmaster’s Reserve—a beer club dedicated to “the best of the best” from Brynildson and his team.

Brewmaster’s Reserve is limited to the first 1,000 members who register, and is available to California residents only. The signup window opens on Friday, February 12 at 10 a.m. PST. Full details can be accessed at www.firestonebeer.com/brewmasters-reserve.

“Brewmaster’s Reserve is our way of connecting with our most passionate fans and diving even deeper into beer culture,” Brynildson said.

Exclusive Beers & Benefits

A 2021 membership in Firestone Walker Brewing Brewmaster’s Reserve costs $599 plus tax, and shipping is included. Members will receive eight curated collections spanning 27 individual small-batch beers, including 14 member-only exclusives. Each collection will also come with glassware chosen by Brynildson to match the selected beers. Brynildson and his team—including Barrelworks Master Blender Jim Crooks and Barrel Program Manager Eric Ponce—will present each collection via online tasting sessions.

Members will also be entitled to other benefits, including a 15 percent savings on Firestone Walker beer and merchandise purchases; early access to online beer releases; priority access to cellared library beers; a 10 percent savings on dine-in and takeout at Firestone Walker’s Taprooms; and opportunities to re-order their favorite Brewmaster’s Reserve exclusives.

Membership begins with a Welcome Box that includes a stainless steel membership card; custom playing cards; two leather coasters and Dark Ray—a Brewmaster’s Reserve exclusive barrel-aged ale blended with premium vanilla beans, cocoa nibs and toasted coconut. The Welcome Box will be accompanied by the first Brewmaster’s Reserve Collection: the 2021 vintage of Parabola along with two new variants, Double Barrel Parabola and Amburana Parabola. The collection will also include two Glencairn glasses.

Driven to Connect

Brynildson said that Brewmaster’s Reserve is partially inspired by his winemaking peers in the Paso Robles wine country, who have long maintained wine clubs as a way to share their finest wines with their most ardent customers. “We collaborate quite a bit with our winemaker friends, and I’ve always admired how these wine clubs give them a runway to make these really interesting small-batch or one-off wines for those who want them most,” Brynildson said. “It has been in the back of my mind for a long time.”

He also noted that the postponement of the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest for the second year in row lit a fire under the lingering idea to launch a beer club. “The fest has always been an opportunity for us to personally connect with our biggest fans and with those who drive beer culture,” he said. “World events have really dampened our opportunities for intentional interaction, so we decided it was time to create a new way to connect.”

For more information visit https://www.firestonebeer.com/

PORTLAND, Ore.—Feb. 5, 2021—Cascade Brewing has announced two new releases coming out today: Cosmosaic, a brand new project, and Blueberry 2020, a longtime favorite.

Cosmosaic features sour blond ale aged in oak barrels for up to 10 months followed by a late addition of Mosaic hops, bringing hoppy harmony to the cosmic complexity of sour beer. The sessionable ale, which comes in at 4.4% ABV, is packaged in 12-ounce cans.

Blueberry features a blend of sour triple and blond ales aged in Pinot Noir barrels for up to two years with fresh blueberries proudly grown in Oregon’s bountiful Willamette Valley. As one of the United States’ top blueberry producers, Oregon is home to some of the best blueberries grown anywhere in the world. Cascade worked directly with local growers to select the finest, most ripe fruit of the season. Blueberry is available in 250ml slim cans, in 500ml glass bottles and in draft kegs. The beer ranges between 7.8% and 8.3% ABV, depending on packaging.

Both products will be distributed through Cascade Brewing’s distribution network and are available now at the brewery’s two Portland pubs: Cascade Brewing Barrel House at 939 SE Belmont St. and The Lodge at Cascade Brewing at 7424 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy.

About Cascade Brewing
Founded in Portland, Oregon in 1998, Cascade Brewing is a pioneer of the sour beer renaissance, innovating the Northwest Sour Ale in 2006. The brewery’s portfolio of distinctive sour ales features fruit-forward, barrel-aged ales with complex flavors and aromas derived from the acid, the fruit and the residual flavors present in the aging barrels. An emphasis on year-to-year variation captures the unique subtleties of each year’s fruit growing season, leading sour beer connoisseurs around the world to seek out Cascade’s Northwest Sour Ales. The brewery also brews a broad range of non-sour styles with the same level of quality and creativity that has become synonymous with the Cascade Brewing brand. For more information visit https://www.cascadebrewing.com/

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Cincinnati, Ohio – Urban Artifact is extremely excited to be announcing the release of their first ever Urban Artifact Mixed 12-Pack! This will include three individual cans of four different beers. You can expect to see this arriving in local retailers the week of Feb. 15th, but this will not be available throughout our entire distribution footprint until early Summer. This Mixed Pack will also be available on Wednesday, Feb. 17th at their taproom for CARRYOUT-ONLY and our online store.

Each Urban Artifact Mixed 12-Pack will run for $21.99 (prices may vary depending on location) and include Harrow (Mixed Pack exclusive!), Keypunch, Spyglass, and Pinery (Mixed Pack exclusive!). The brand new Gose Pinery, features an abundance of fresh Pineapple, and we are pleased to announce the return of Harrow, our traditional Gose. These two beers will only be available in this Mixed 12-pack. Spyglass is available year-round and Keypunch is slated to return in early April.

About Urban Artifact
Urban Artifact is a brewery in Ohio that produces only sour beer with a focus on real fruit and ingredients. Located in the heart of the city with a taproom, full bar, and live music venue, in the historic St. Patrick’s Church in Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood. Urban Artifact opened their doors with their first beers and music shows in April 2015. Urban Artifact’s beers are inspired by their culture and community, and by the microscopic natural world around us.

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TUMWATER, Wash. — Triceratops Brewing is kicking off the month of February with a limited release that will have flapjack fans falling in love. Barrel-Aged Breakfast Brown, a brand new release from the family-owned brewery, is the third beer from Triceratops to have spent time in whiskey barrels since Imperial Hawthorne Coffee Milk Stout appeared in 2017. Timed to coincide with Valentine’s Day, it’s a sweet sipper well suited for a romantic breakfast.

“As a morning person, pancakes are one of my favorite breakfast foods,” says brewer and co-founder Rob Horn. “When I tasted this out of the barrels I immediately thought that maple and spice could turn it into a really fun beer. Maybe we should have called it Liquid Pancakes? The only thing missing is a side of bacon.”

To make Barrel-Aged Breakfast Brown (6% ABV), Horn started by pulling a portion of last year’s nutty, toasty Brown Ale and resting it for many months in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. That’s where it picked up notes of vanilla and oak along with the subtle suggestion of smoke. Then he added nutmeg, cinnamon, and maple syrup for the perfect amount of flapjack flavor.

Supplies of this special beer are very limited, but beginning on February 1, Barrel-Aged Breakfast Brown will be available at select retailers throughout western Washington both on draft and in 500-milliliter bottles. It’s also now available to-go in bottles, 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 Collin James Irish Red, 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 five days a week. For more information, visit https://www.triceratopsbrewing.com

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Cape May, NJ — Cape May Brewing Company is pleased to announce another addition to their stellar lineup of quality, award-winning beers. Their sour IPA with key lime juice, Key Lime Corrosion, will hit shelves throughout New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware on February 22nd.

“Key Lime Corrosion has long been a favorite of our local fans,” says Cape May Brewing Company co-owner and CEO, Ryan Krill, “and we’re thrilled to finally have the chance to bring it to a much wider audience. It begins with bright and citrusy notes of orange and lemon, then ramped up with intense lime aromas intensifying the tangy and vibrant finish, with puckering tartness and vibrant hops hanging in the balance. A fantastic beer, we’re certain that our fans throughout New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware will love this beer as much as we do.”

Key Lime Corrosion has a long and storied history. Corrosion Sour IPA began in 2014 as a blend of Cape May Brewing Company’s first sour beer, Tower 23, and their still-available core brand double IPA, Coastal Evacuation, with an additional round of dry hopping with Citra. Since then, whenever Corrosion was brewed, the brewery produced a keg or two of Key Lime Corrosion as a one-off variant.

“These one-offs would kick significantly quicker than any other one-off,” says Cape May Brewing Company Production Planning and Specialty Brewing Manager Brian Hink, “so, last winter, while we were discussing releases for our Tasting Room-Only program, doing a full-sized batch of Key Lime Corrosion made too much sense not to do it.”

With its success at the brewery, Key Lime Corrosion was at the top of a very short list of beers that the brewery wanted to scale up to a full, three-state, canned distribution.

“It made a lot of sense for us to bump Key Lime Corrosion from a beloved local beer to full distribution,” says Cape May Brewing Company Director of Sales Bill Zaninelli. “With its bright, citrusy notes and refreshing profile, Key Lime Corrosion is an excellent springtime beer, featuring its distinctive kick of lime and intense sour flavors. Fans throughout the tri-state area will pucker up for this one!”

As Key Lime Corrosion is based on Corrosion, the imagery and colors on the cans evoke memories of Corrosion’s 16oz can release in 2018.

“The branding for Key Lime Corrosion couldn’t be more straightforward,” says Marketing Director Alicia Grasso. “Corrosion’s iconography was based around the central theme of a rusted-out boat propeller, so we kept the idea of that image, but updated it to a fresher image of the ship’s helm. With an unmistakable wheel of lime in the middle, when you pick up the can, you know you’re in for an explosion of sour flavors, which is exactly what Key Lime Corrosion provides.” However, it’s the liquid inside that has withstood the test of time.

“I think Key Lime Corrosion has always resonated so well because it’s a unique beer, perfectly balancing the hops, tart finish, brilliant lime zestiness, and crazy crushability,” says Hink. “It’s definitely the perfect springtime beer because it instantly puts you into a summertime mindset when drinking it, and when we get those sporadic 60°+ days peppered throughout March, Key Lime Corrosion is the beer I’ll be reaching for on those days.”

Key Lime Corrosion will be available at the Cape May Brewing Company Tasting Room at 1288 Hornet Road in the Cape May Airport beginning Friday, February 12th, with distribution throughout New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware beginning Monday, February 22nd.

For more information about Cape May Brewing Company, see their website at www.capemaybrewery.com or call (609) 849-9933.

About Cape May Brewing Company:

CMBC started in 2011, with three guys making one beer in a 1,500 square-foot space. Now, they’ve got over 32,000 square feet of space at the Cape May Airport and several hundred flagship, seasonal, and small-batch brews under their umbrella, distributed throughout all of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Their original space is now dedicated to experimental brewing and their award-winning Tasting Room, with a separate, industrial brewing facility across the street. For more information, see Cape May Brewing Company’s website at
www.capemaybrewery.com

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Comstock Park, Mich. (February 2, 2021) Perrin Brewing Company announces the highly anticipated return of Roeselare Flander’s Red Ale Sour. Roeselare will be available to go in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans at the Perrin Pub starting February 4, with Michigan-wide distribution to follow.

Roeselare (8% ABV) is a Flemish Style Red Ale brewed using red malt and wild yeast, and aged for a minimum of 18 months in oak barrels. The result is an elegant and deeply complex sour beer that only makes an appearance every other year. Roeselare is characterized by strong, wine-like fruit aromas and flavors.

Senior Marketing Manager Lindsey VanDenBoom said, “When I started working at Perrin five years ago, I just missed the sold-out release of Roeselare, and I kept hearing rumors about how amazing it was. When it was re-released and I finally got to try it, I immediately understood what all the fuss was about. With its big, balanced flavors, it’s hands-down my favorite beer.”

Roeselare only comes around every other year, so don’t miss out. Find it at the Perrin Pub or at fine craft beer sellers across Michigan in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans.

The Perrin Pub is now open for dine-in at 25% capacity, and outdoor dining in cozy igloos! Igloo dining is by reservation only. See taproom details here. Please direct questions to Lindsey VanDenBoom at lindsey@perringbrewing.com

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 for its renowned No Rules Vietnamese Porter, including a GABF Bronze Medal in 2020 and “The World’s Top New Beer Release of 2015” by RateBeer. With a passion for innovation and commitment to excellence, Perrin continues to grow strong roots in Michigan through distribution, production and the Perrin Pub taproom and restaurant. For more information visit https://www.perrinbrewing.com/

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Dallas, Texas (February 1, 2021) Deep Ellum Brewing Company announces the release of the Blind Lemon Hard Seltzer Variety 12-pack. The new pack will be available in Texas and Oklahoma starting in February, with limited distribution to the Northeast rolling out in March.

The variety pack combines three new flavors – Blind Lime, Blind Peach, and Blind Berry – with the original Blind Lemon Hard Seltzer (5% ABV). To create each new flavor, Deep Ellum Brewing kept the same spritzy Blind Lemon base and doused it with all-new natural flavors you’ll love not to hate.

Blind Lime: Main squeeze. Pairs perfectly with some Tex-Mex.

Blind Peach: Soft & light. You can almost taste the fuzz in the fizz.

Blind Berry: What kind of berry? All the berry.

Blind Lemon was locally inspired by blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson, who began his career in the 1920’s playing guitar and singing on the streets of the Deep Ellum neighborhood. He went on to become one of the biggest-selling down-home blues artists in American history. New flavors of Blind Lemon Hard Seltzer are only available in 12 oz. cans in the variety 12-pack. Direct sample requests and questions to Maegan Eason at mae@deepellumbrewing.com.

About Deep Ellum Brewing

In 2011, Deep Ellum Brewing Company set up shop in the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas, Texas – the first craft brewery to open in Dallas in over a decade. Since then, Deep Ellum has become as well known for its innovative brewing and exceptional quality as it has for its healthy disdain for the status quo. Like the notorious neighborhood it calls home, the brewery is bold, fearless, and unapologetic. The idea of “blending in” was never part of the plan – at the bar or on the shelf. With a commitment to staying true to their reckless streak, their rough edges and their roots, Deep Ellum has quickly grown to become the 3rd largest independent craft brewery in Texas. Led by its flagships, Deep Ellum IPA and Dallas Blonde, the brewery has amassed an extremely devoted fan base across Texas and beyond. For more information visit https://deepellumbrewing.com/

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SEATTLE — Reuben’s latest coffee beer is a collaboration with their friends at Kuma Coffee, who they’ve partnered with on a number of projects over the years. They’re calling it “Bear Mug”. They’ve taken their classic Robust Porter to another level with the addition of a unique coffee blend featuring Kenyan and Honduran beans. Bear Mug is rich and roasty with an added layer of fruit sweetness from the Bear Mug coffee blend.
Bear Mug the beer will be available at the Taproom beginning today, as well as in limited distribution around the PNW.

This blend of beans is so tasty that it inspired Reuben’s to launch Reuben’s AM Brews, a new coffee project featuring special blends that will be available exclusively at Reuben’s Brews. Starting today at their Taproom, the same freshly roasted Kuma coffee Bear Mug blend that’s featured in the beer will be available in 12oz bags alongside cans of Bear Mug beer.

And starting Monday 2/1 Reuben’s AM Brews Bear Mug blend cold brew will be available at the Taproom on nitro and in cans to-go

For More Information:
https://reubensbrews.com/introducing-reubens-am-brews/

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