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Creature Comforts Tritonia Gose with Cucumber & Lime Returns for the Summer

Posted on June 13, 2019 by mashingin

Creature Comforts Brewing Co. (Athens, Georgia) has officially announced that it will begin the Seasonal Release of Tritonia Gose with Cucumber and Lime on June 18.

Just as its straightforward name would lead you to believe, Tritonia with Cucumber and Lime (4.5% ABV) is a Gose-style Ale that boasts the traditional “hints of coriander and sea salt” alongside the refreshing “addition of cucumber and lime.” This combination of ingredients is finely tuned so that “the tartness of the base beer and the addition of the lime is perfectly balanced by the cool freshness of cucumber.”

Tritonia Gose with Cucumber and Lime will debut in the Tasting Room at Creature Comforts on Tuesday, June 18 and distribution is scheduled to follow shortly after the on-site release. You can expect to find this Seasonal offering available in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans and on draft at select craft beer-friendly retailers, bars and restaurants located throughout Creature Comforts Brewing Co.’s distribution footprint in Georgia. Prost!

Vital Information for Tritonia Gose with Cucumber and Lime from Creature Comforts Brewing Co.

Release – Seasonal; arriving June 18, 2019
Style – Gose
ABV – 4.5%
Added Ingredients – Coriander, sea salt, cucumber & lime
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – Georgia

3 Sons Brewing Co. Embarks on a Tap Takeover & Can Release Tour of Florida

Posted on June 13, 2019 by mashingin

3 Sons Brewing Company (Dania Beach, Florida) has officially announced that it will be traveling the state of Florida to hold a series of Tap Takeover and Can Release events from Wednesday, June 12 to Sunday, June 16.

Now that their brewery and taproom are both fully operational, the good people at 3 Sons Brewing Company feel that it is now time to properly introduce themselves to the craft beer-loving masses of Florida. They will be doing this by hitting up a few “neighborhood brewery spots, and bringing along some cans of deliciousness as well as a few special beers to tap.”

All of these Florida Tour events will feature can releases of the brewery’s Dopealicious IPA, Doc Hop IPA, Green Ocean Session IPA, and Ocean Park Pils (“for the #crispybois”). Although the can releases will be the same, each location’s event will feature its own vibe and a Tap Takeover consisting of its own unique tap list. The full schedule for 3 Sons Brewing Company’s Florida Tour is as follows (event descriptions sourced directly from the brewery’s newsletter):

Wednesday, June 12 | Boxelder Craft Beer Market | Miami, Florida – Stop by Boxelder in Miami on June 12th, and pick up a few 4-packs of our beers to go. We’ll also be tapping our newest releases, Rice Crispy Bois Pilsner, DDH Galactic Space Juice DIPA, and a special keg of DB Base Nectar! Be there or be square.
Thursday, June 13 | MIA Beer Company | Doral, Florida – On Thursday, we’ll be making our way out to our second stop at MIA Beer Co. Our cans will be readily available for purchase, as well as a tapping of our newest releases, Rice Crispy Bois Pilsner, DDH Galactic Space Juice DIPA, and DB Base Nectar! Run, don’t walk, because those beers will be gone before you know it!
Friday, June 14 | Hidden Springs Ale Works | Tampa, Florida – On Friday we’ll be bringing the heat to Hidden Springs in Tampa! Our cans will be available for purchase, but our tap takeover will be difficult to beat. In addition to Rice Crispy Bois Pils, DDH Galactic Space Juice DIPA, Guava Acres, and DB Base Nectar, we’ll be sending our newest barrel aged stout treated with Brazilian Coffee, The Wolf. It’s gonna be a howlin’ good time!
Saturday, June 15 | Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe | St. Petersburg, Florida – On Saturday we’ll be visiting our good friends at Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe in St. Petersburg! Once again, our cans will be available for purchase and they’ll be tapping our newest beers Rice Crispy Bois Pils and DDH Galactic Space Juice DIPA. AND in addition to that heat, they’ll be tapping a special keg of Barrel Aged Imperial Scoop! Don’t sleep on this one!
Sunday, June 16 | Union Beer Store | Miami, Florida – We wrap up our extravaganza of a tour on Sunday at Union Beer Store in Miami. Our cans will be cold and readily available. We’ll be tapping Rice Crispy Bois for the #crispybois and DDH Galactic Space Juice DIPA for the #hazybois. #Pastrybois, we didn’t forget about you! We’ll also be tapping Barrel aged Irish Winter, one of our personal faves.

If you happen to be anywhere near one of the Florida Tour locations this week, be sure to swing by so that you can raise a glass with the 3 Sons Brewing Company crew, get to know them and their beers a little better, and secure some of their tasty canned brews while you have the chance. Prost!

Appalachian Mountain Brewery Launches Sour Series with Release of Margarita Gose

Posted on June 12, 2019 by mashingin

Appalachian Mountain Brewery (Boone, North Carolina) has officially announced that it will kick off its newly-established Sour Series with the June release of Margarita Gose.

Also known as Marg Gose (pronounced “mar-go-suh”) to Appalachian Mountain Brewery’s dedicated regulars, Margarita Gose is a traditional German-style Gose “brewed with fresh lemons and limes, sea salt, and coriander.” Clocking in at just 3.8% ABV, the “thirst-quenching” Margarita Gose is sure to be perfect accompaniment for a summer in the South Atlantic.

The origin story for Margarita Gose dates back to when Appalachian Mountain Brewery “won the Brewbound ‘Start-Up Brewery Challenge’ in 2014 and visited Portland’s Widmer Brothers Brewing to brew a victory collaboration beer.” It was during this experience that the brewing team at Appalachian Mountain Brewery “learned about kettle-souring techniques and the inspiration for Marg Gose was born.”

“Brewing that first sour beer with Widmer Brothers sparked our creativity, and we fell in love with the style,” said Nathan Kelischek, Brewmaster at Appalachian Mountain Brewery. “We kicked off our sour program here in Boone, and we’ve been experimenting with kettle sours ever since, adding our own High Country flair to the traditional style.”

Margarita Gose will roll out in June and is expected to hang around as long as supplies last. You can expect to find this Limited Release offering available in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans and on draft at select craft beer-friendly establishments located within Appalachian Mountain Brewery’s distribution footprint in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Prost!

Vital Information for Margarita Gose from Appalachian Mountain Brewery

Release – Limited/Sour Series; launching June 2019
Style – Gose
ABV – 3.8%
Added Ingredients – Lemon, lime, salt & coriander
Fun Fact #1 – Margarita Gose is packaged in “brightly colored 12-ounce cans with a vibrant patchwork design reminiscent of colorful barn quilts seen across the rural Appalachian countryside. The citrus-eyed skull on the back of the can gives a nod to Dia de los Muertos sugar skulls and the beer’s lemon, lime, and sea salt margarita-inspired flavors.”
Fun Fact #2 – On future releases in Appalachian Mountain Brewery’s (AMB) new Sour Series: “In 2019, AMB will release two more of its popular sour beers into six-packs of 12-ounce cans. Starting in July, fans across the South Atlantic can find Raspise, a Berliner-Weiss brewed with raspberry puree and spearmint, which grows thick as weeds in the High Country. In the fall, AMB will bring back Slice of Paradise, a kettle sour inspired by a Southern pie, made with raspberries, , graham cracker,, and cinnamon=, available in time for the holiday season.”
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – North Carolina, South Carolina & Tennessee

7venth Sun Brewery Schedules Bottle Release for Disputed Origins Imperial Stout

Posted on June 10, 2019 by mashingin

7venth Sun Brewery (Dunedin & Tampa, Florida) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Bottle Release of Disputed Origins, a Piña Colada Imperial Stout brewed in collaboration with Cultivation Brewing Company (Sarasota, Florida), on June 14.

Named in reference to the many origin stories surrounding the Piña Colada cocktail, Disputed Origins is a Piña Colada-inspired Imperial Stout that boasts additions of pineapple, coconut and vanilla. Although marrying these ingredients with an Imperial Stout may seem “odd” on paper, the 7venth Sun/Cultivation Brewing tag team brew crew assures that Disputed Origins (11.7% ABV) is just “as delicious as the frosty tropical beverage” itself.

Disputed Origins will officially release in 7venth Sun’s Dunedin and Tampa tasting rooms at noon on Friday, June 14. This Limited Release will be available for purchase in bottles to-go and on draft during the event. Disputed Origins is a tasting room exclusive release and is not expected to see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for Disputed Origins from 7venth Sun Brewery & Cultivation Brewing Company

Release – Limited; June 14, 2019
Style – Imperial Stout
ABV – 11.7%
Added Ingredients – Pineapple, coconut & vanilla
Fun Fact – On the history of the Piña Colada: “Puerto Rico is the birthplace of the Piña Colada (strained pineapple in Spanish). The creator of one of the most popular frozen cocktails (it even has its own national holiday – July 10th), is still hotly disputed. It may have been in the early 1800’s by a pirate known as El Pirata Cofresí; he stole from rich merchants and gave the spoils to the poor in Puerto Rico, but the recipe was lost when he was caught and executed. It didn’t resurface again until the 1950’s and there are three other different people and places that claim to have invented it.
Availability – Bottles & draft
Distribution – None. Tasting Room exclusive release

Underground Mountain to Surface as Next Release in Founders Brewing Co. Barrel-Aged Series

Posted on June 10, 2019July 22, 2019 by mashingin

Founders Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids, Michigan) recently sent out a teaser to inform their fans that Underground Mountain Brown will officially launch in August as the fourth release in this year’s Barrel-Aged Series.

Previously introduced as the taproom-exclusive known as Barrel-Aged Sumatra Mountain Brown, Underground Mountain is an Imperial Brown Ale that has been brewed with Sumatra coffee – roasted in Grand Rapids by Ferris Coffee & Nut – and then aged for a year in Bourbon barrels in the “caves below Grand Rapids.” Crafted to be a true “celebration of the barrel, the bean and everything in between”, Underground Mountain Brown finds harmony as the malts of the Brown Ale base “complement the bold Sumatra coffee perfectly, while time spent immersed in oak creates layers of depth and complexity.”

“We first released this beer in the taproom as Barrel-Aged Sumatra Mountain Brown and it was an immediate hit,” said Co-Founder and President, Dave Engbers. “Over the past few years, our fans have been very vocal about asking us to bottle and distribute it and we’re so happy to make it happen. The Barrel-Aged Series is a great chance for us to bring out some of these taproom fan-favorites to a larger audience and we can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks.”

Underground Mountain is scheduled to debut in Founders Brewing Co.’s Grand Rapids and Detroit taprooms on August 16 and distribution will follow later that month. You can expect to find this Limited Release offering available in 4-packs of 12 oz. bottles, 750ml bottles and on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Alabama, Florida, Michigan and throughout the rest of Founders Brewing Co.’s expansive distribution area. More info to come. Stay tuned! Prost!

Vital Information for Underground Mountain Brown from Founders Brewing Co.

Release – Limited/Barrel-Aged Series; mid-August 2019
Style – Imperial Brown Ale
ABV – 11.9%
Treatment – Brewed with Sumatra coffee & aged for a year in Bourbon barrels
Availability – 4-packs of 12 oz. bottles, 750ml bottles & draft
Beer Finder – https://foundersbrewing.com/beer/find-our-beer/

Creature Comforts Brewing Co. Set for Limited Release of River Ridge Red

Posted on June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 by mashingin

Creature Comforts Brewing Co. (Athens, Georgia) has officially announced that it will hold a Limited Bottle Release for River Ridge Red in its Tasting Room on June 15.

Brewed as a “celebration of the crop from Independence, Virginia’s River Ridge Organics“, River Ridge Red is an “an ale aged in oak barrels with organic red raspberries” from River Ridge Organics. To properly execute this meticulously crafted offering, the blending team at Creature Comforts carefully “selected the best blend of barrels to honor the complex flavor of the red raspberries featured in the beer.” Once the blended beer was introduced to the fresh fruit, the folks at Creature Comforts “performed punchdowns for two weeks, and then continued to macerate on the fruit for more than 6 months . . . [to allow] the acids from the fruit to round out and mellow, leaving a soft and honest red raspberry flavor.” The completed River Ridge Red comes in at 6.6% ABV.

Releasing alongside The Curious No. 12, River Ridge Red will officially debut in the Tasting Room at Creature Comforts Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 15. This Limited Release offering will be available for purchase in 500ml bottles – $17.99 per bottle, limit of six (6) bottles per person – and fans have the option to pre-purchase bottles on CraftCellr. River Ridge Red is a Tasting Room exclusive release and is not expected to see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for River Ridge Red from Creature Comforts Brewing Co.

Release – Limited; June 15, 2019
Style – Blended Ale
ABV – 6.6%
Treatment – Ale aged in oak barrels with organic red raspberries from River Ridge Organics
Availability – 500ml bottles | $17.99 per bottle, limit of six (6) bottles per person
Distribution – None. Tasting Room-only release

Monday Night Brewing Introduces Fistful of Cake – Chocolate Orange Imperial Stout

Posted on June 6, 2019 by mashingin

Monday Night Brewing (Atlanta, Georgia) has officially announced that it will release Fistful of Cake – Chocolate Orange Imperial Stout, the latest Limited Release from the brewery’s Black Tie Series, on June 7.

Arriving as the second installment in Monday Night’s newly-established Fistful of Cake sub-series of dessert-themed beers, Fistful of Cake – Chocolate Orange is an Imperial Milk Stout that “embodies the decadence of chocolate, but tempered with the aroma of fresh orange peels and Vietnamese cinnamon.” Although it weighs in at a substantial 9% ABV, Fistful of Cake – Chocolate Orange Imperial Stout has a citrus burst that is just big enough to convince you that summer can be a Stout Season too.

“Brewing a stout to drink in the summertime can be a little tricky,” said brewmaster Peter Kiley. “With this round of Fistful of Cake, we wanted to make something that would pair well with desserts, but wouldn’t be so overly sweet that it would feel too heavy.”

Fistful of Cake – Chocolate Orange Imperial Stout will officially debut in Monday Night Brewing’s West Midtown taproom on Friday, June 7 at 4 p.m. (cans can be reserved by clicking here) and distribution is scheduled to follow shortly after the on-site release. You can expect to find this Limited Release offering available in 16 oz. cans and on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located within Monday Night’s distribution footprint in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. Prost!

Vital Information for Fistful of Cake – Chocolate Orange Imperial Stout from Monday Night Brewing

Release – Limited/Black Tie Series; June 7, 2019
Style – Imperial Milk Stout
ABV – 9%
Added Ingredients – Cocoa nibs, freshly-peeled orange zest & Vietnamese cinnamon
Fun Fact #1 – “Earlier this year, Monday Night Brewing debuted the Fistful of Cake series with a chocolate-vanilla creation inspired by a French opera cake.”
Fun Fact #2 – On the Black Tie Series: “Monday Night Brewing’s Black Tie Series are small batch beers ranging from IPAs to sours to stouts. The Black Tie Series is designed to inspire and delight the nerdiest of craft beer enthusiasts. Each label features local art unique to each beer.”
Availability – 16 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – Alabama, Georgia & Tennessee

Three Taverns Schedules Brewery-Only Can Release of Tropical Luxure Sour Ale

Posted on June 6, 2019 by mashingin

Three Taverns Craft Brewery (Decatur, Georgia) has officially announced that it will hold a Limited Can Release for Tropical Luxure, a Tropical Fruit and Cream Sour Ale, on Saturday, June 8.

Meant to serve as a summer-themed extension of the brewery’s Sour Asylum Series, Tropical Luxure is an American Sour Ale that has been given a tropical infusion of “mango, pineapple, passionfruit, and cream.” Coming in at a refreshing and drinkable 5% ABV, Tropical Luxure promises to be the “perfect companion to help you battle that scorching Atlanta summer heat.”

Tropical Luxure will officially release at The Parlour at Three Taverns at noon on Saturday, June 8. This Limited Release offering will be available for purchase on draft and in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans (limit of two [2] 6-packs per person). Tropical Luxure is a brewery-only release that is not expected to see distribution in any form. Prost!

Vital Information for Tropical Luxure from Three Taverns Craft Brewery

Release – Limited/Sour Asylum Series; June 8, 2019
Style – American Sour Ale
ABV – 5%
Added Ingredients – Mango, pineapple, passionfruit & cream
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – None. Brewery-only release

Ballast Point Brewing Co. Adds Citrus Cove Gose to Discovery Series

Posted on June 5, 2019 by mashingin

Ballast Point Brewing Company (San Diego, California) has officially announced it will begin the Limited Release of Citrus Cove Gose in late May/early June 2019.

Arriving as the latest offering to come out of Ballast Point’s Discovery Series – a lineup of approachable beers that are “laid-back in style and drinkability, yet flavor-forward”, Citrus Cove is a Gose-style Ale that has a “crisp, lemon citrus acidity [leading] the way to a nice, dry, salt and lime zest finish.” Coming in at just 4.2% ABV and 5 IBUs, Citrus Cove “captures the salty spray of an ocean wind mingled with a bright tropical character that begs one refreshing sip after the other.”

Citrus Cove Gose is actively rolling out now but will only be available for a limited time. You can expect to find this new Limited Release available in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans and on draft at select craft beer-friendly retailers, bars and restaurants located in Alabama, Florida, California, Illinois, Virginia and throughout the rest of Ballast Point’s nationwide distribution footprint. Prost!

Vital Information for Citrus Cove from Ballast Point Brewing Company

Release – Limited/Discovery Series; launching late May/early June 2019
Style – Gose
ABV – 4.2%
IBUs – 5
Added Ingredients – Salt, lemon & lime
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. cans & draft

Jester King Brewery Sets Release Date for Cherry Wine Barrel-aged Moderne Dansk

Posted on June 5, 2019 by mashingin

Jester King Brewery (Austin, Texas) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Moderne Dansk, a cherry wine barrel-aged Wild Ale, on June 7.

Inspired by the delicious cherry wine offerings from “one of [Jester King’s] favorite wineries in the world — Frederiksdal Kirsebærvin in Harpelunde, Denmark”, Moderne Dansk is an American Wild Ale that was brewed with “well water, local grain, and a blend of fresh and aged hops, and fermented . . . with [the brewery’s] mixed culture of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria.” This base beer was then aged in Frederiksdal Kirsebærvin cherry wine barrels “for about a year before refermenting . . . with Stevnsbær cherry juice.” After being “naturally refermented in bottles and kegs”, the completed Moderne Dansk (7.1% ABV) comes together to offer a “beautiful melding of the terroir from Frederiksdal and Jester King.”

Moderne Dansk will officially release in Jester King’s Tasting Room & Kitchen at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 7 and is not expected to see distribution (“aside from special events”). This Limited Release offering will be available for purchase by the glass and in 375ml bottles to go ($20 each, four [4] bottle limit per person per day). This weekend’s Moderne Dansk release event will also feature “a special selection of Frederiksdal wines” and a small batch “still version” of Modern Danske that will be available by the glass only. Prost!

Vital Information for Moderne Dansk from Jester King Brewery

Release – Limited; June 7, 2019
Style – American Wild Ale
ABV – 7.1%
Treatment – Aged in Frederiksdal Kirsebærvin cherry wine barrels for about a year, refermented with Stevnsbær cherry juice
Availability – 375ml bottles – $20 each, four (4) bottle limit per person per day
Bottle Count – 2,900 bottles
Distribution – None. Tasting Room only