Rogue Ales is in the second year of its Monsters of IPA campaign promoting its three monster- or cryptid-themed IPAs, Batsquatch, Colossal Claude, and the newest, Gumberoo, via a series of animated videos with the chance to earn prizes all through April and May. Details from the release: This April … Continue reading
Carolina Brewery is one of the oldest craft breweries in North Carolina, established in 1995, with beers available in both Carolinas (North and South and East Tennessee). This year the brewery is expanding into the Charleston, South Carolina beer market with its primary lineup of four core brews. Press release: … Continue reading
Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing, well known for its line of various nitro-infused stouts and other styles, announced recently that it is partnering with Soldiers’ Angels to release a custom IPA that will raise funds to help support U.S. military veterans and service members. The brewery joins others in participating in … Continue reading
Eastern Oregon’s Terminal Gravity Brewing recently announced a new series of rotating IPAs and released its beer production calendar for 2022. The calendar fills out the can releases for the year, though there will still be limited and draft only releases yet to come. From the email newsletter: Now Introducing… … Continue reading
River Barrel Distributing, founded by Astoria’s Buoy Beer Company for distribution to Washington state, recently added Zoiglhaus Brewing and Ascendant Beer Company to its portfolio. The addition brings it to eight brands overall, bringing Oregon beers (along with cider, mead, and spirits) to western Washington. Press release: Shortly after Buoy … Continue reading
To be honest, I’d forgotten that Stone Brewing had a Richmond location, especially in the wake of many breweries scaling back these past few years. On the contrary, Stone Richmond is undergoing expansion starting this month. Details: Stone Brewing announces expansions within its East Coast operation that will elevate the … Continue reading
Minnesota’s Indeed Brewing released its beer schedule for 2022 recently, featuring returning classics as well as the introduction of a new double IPA and a hard seltzer pack. Yes, there is also a Pistachio Cream Ale… I don’t believe I’ve seen a beer flavored explicitly with pistachio before. Press release … Continue reading
Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project joins the small club of breweries that have released their own whiskey, with the announcement of its Straight Bourbon Whiskey, produced in partnership with Pursuit Distilling. It’s not a whiskey distilled from an existing Crux beer, but brewmaster Larry Sidor did create a custom wash (basically, … Continue reading
So this is a fun one: McMenamins and Great Notion Brewing teamed up for a collaboration project but instead of the usual format, where the two breweries create a new beer together, they instead swapped flagship beer recipes and each brewery put its own twist on them. McMenamins took Great … Continue reading
Asheville, North Carolina’s Highland Brewing celebrated the lunar new year—the Year of the Tiger—with the release its third annual collaboration beer brewed with Seattle’s Lucky Envelope Brewing. The duo crafted a cold IPA (this year’s hottest new style, it seems) and Highland hosted a release party on Saturday the 5th. … Continue reading