Brau Brothers
When you think of Minnesota do you think of snow, Brett Favre or this…”A 10% ABV stout in a corked and caged 750ml bottle. Aged in oak, brewed with Belgian candy sugar and estate grown hops.”
I saw this on the Four Firkin’s website. If they ever decide to ship beer. I will take a pounding on the old credit card.
1st beer love blind tasting
Tomorrow night at the wonderful Blue Palms is…”a loosely structured double-blind tasting of beers within a set theme– this time, “Cupid’s Arrow: The Beer That Got You Hooked.” The idea is that this is a way to strip away any pretensions and preconceptions about specific beers you are drinking, and to challenge and educate your palate about the flavors and aromas you experience.”
Just bring in (1) bomber or (2) twelve ouncers to join in the fun and train your palate some more.
For more details go to Blue Palms Brewhouse.
Abrasive
Not my posts (hopefully), no this is another Surly beer added to their line-up of canned beer. I have yet to mark Minnesota off my list and cans are lighter than bottles. Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge.
from the new Surly website… “Pale in color, this over-hopped, under-brewed Double IPA has almost twice the amount of hops & malt crammed in the can.”
Beer Revolution
No, it isn’t an armed revolt against the dreaded BMC. It is a new beer store in Oakland! (Side note. No, we cannot have enough beer stores.)
Beer Revolution will open around the same time as the SF Beer Week. As if you needed something else to do.
They are located at: 464 3rd Street in Oakland
Open! Open!
Change that “coming soon” to opening Monday, February 8th. The Surly Goat will have the following…
You’re likely to find beers like Deschutes The Abyss, Hair of the Dog Fred, Lagunitas Brown Shugga, Bear Republic Heritage Ale, Celebrator Doppelbock, The Bruery Sour on Rye, Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin, New Belgium Tart Lychee, New Belgium La Folie, Victory Kolsch and Craftsman Cabernale. Two breweries have even stepped up to make beers specifically for The Surly Goat, including Eaglegoat Bock from Eagle Rock Brewery and Speakeasy Public Enemy Pils, a pre-Prohibition Pilsner.
Ballast Point is supplying the opening cask. It will either be Sea Monster Stout aged in rum barrels or barrel-aged Victory at Sea.
They are located at 7929 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood.
Reach them at 323-650-4628.
If that wasn’t enough, Eagle Rock Brewery has this news…
“For the time being, we’ll be having regular taproom hours on Fridays and Saturdays from 4p-10p and Sundays from 12p-6p”
ERB is at 3056 Roswell Street in Los Angeles. Reach them at 323-257-7866.
50 from 50 – Pennsylvania
Tell William Penn that his namesake has been taken from the list thanks to a triple from the famous Stoudt’s Brewery!
news from Deschutes
From the Deshchutes team…
This ‘Super Jubel’ was discovered by accident two decades ago when a clumsy burglar didn’t realize the weight of his stolen keg of Jubelale. He dropped it outside to freeze in the season’s sub-zero temperatures – only to be discovered the next morning by Gary Fish, Deschutes Brewery owner. More than half the liquid in the keg had frozen and the remaining beer was a very cold, highly concentrated ‘Jubelale on steroids.’ It was so good that the brewers set about recreating it, coming up with an annual ‘Super Jubel’ that is aged in oak barrels. A limited amount has been available on tap every year, 2010 will be only the second time that the brewery has bottled up this brew for sale. The first time it was available by bottle was a special millennium edition in 2000.”
Review – Mikkeller It’s Alive
For once, I am not reviewing a Mikkeller beer that is an IPA. Wonders will never cease.
canned Fearless
Fearless is in Estacada, Oregon (near where I grew up) and it is one of the breweries that I truly want to visit. Their newsletter just made this announcement…
“Scottish Ale in Cans? Some of you have been around the pub when we were battling with the ten thousand little details involved with this. I’m sorry if I inflicted some of the frustration upon you! Yes, it’s true. The Federal government has approved our label and allowed us to go ahead with our plans to sell our Scottish Ale in 16oz cans. This newsletter group is the first to get the official information about this. The canning line is in place and we are working on getting the cans manufactured right now. Hopefully we will have the cans here and ready to fill in February. You will be the first to know all the details as they become available.”