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12 Amazing Beers in One Box

In celebration of their new North Carolina brewery, Sierra Nevada is going all out.  They are festing all over the country but more importantly they are bringing out a collaboration variety pack that beats all others.  It is serious.  And probably damn tasty.

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This is a killer line-up.  And it includes two cans as well!

Allagash Brewing Co, Portland, ME (Myron’s Walk Belgian-Style Pale Ale)
Asheville Brewers Alliance, Asheville, NC (Tater Ridge Scottish Ale)
Ballast Point Brewing Co, San Diego, CA (Electric Ray India Pale Lager)
Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI (Maillard’s Odyssey Imperial Dark Ale)
Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL (Yonder Bock Tropical Maibock)
Firestone Walker Brewing Co, Paso Robles, CA (Torpedo Pilsner)
New Glarus Brewing Co, New Glarus, WI (There and Back English-Style Bitter)
Ninkasi Brewing Co, Eugene, OR (Double Latte Coffee milk Stout)
Oskar Blues Brewing Co, Longmont, CO & Brevard, NC (CANfusion Rye Bock)
Russian River Brewing Co, Santa Rosa, CA (Yvan the Great Belgian-Style Blonde)
Three Floyds Brewing, Munster, IN (Chico King Pale Ale)
Victory Brewing Co, Downingtown, PA (Alt Route Altbier)

And for a suggested retail of $24.99 no less.  Be on the lookout this summer for this.

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XXX for Widmer

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Raise a glass and say, “Prost!” to Widmer Brothers.  They are now 30!

And like any brewery worth it’s salt, it will be creating a series of beers all through 2014.  “Headlining the brewery’s 30th Anniversary celebration is the 30 Beers for 30 Years Series. Beginning in April, the month Widmer Brothers was founded in 1984, the brewery will brew and release 30 small batch beers, each brewed to commemorate a specific year and beer in the brewery’s 30-year history. The 30 beers will be brewed at the brewery’s 10-barrel pilot brewery at the Rose Quarter in Portland and distributed locally, both on draught and in 22-ounce bottles.”

Plus # 1 – “Widmer Brothers is tapping some of Portland’s best creative talent for the 30 Beers for 30 Years label designs. Thirty different local artists and designers will design label art for the beers in this series based on their interpretations of the beer, making for a unique look at the past 30 years of Widmer Brothers Brewing.”

Plus # 2 Widmer Brothers will be brewing six limited release collaboration beers with six of Oregon’s most innovative breweries to help celebrate the brewery’s 30 years of brewing in Oregon.  With Boneyard Beer, Breakside Brewery, 10 Barrel Brewing, Gigantic Brewing, Ninkasi Brewing, and Deschutes Brewery.

 

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Sierra Nevada Collab-a-palooza

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Check out this mega-collaboration……

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is celebrating the opening of its new Mills River, North Carolina, brewery by bringing revered craft brewers to North Carolina via a cross-country festival path in 2014. A dozen craft breweries across the U.S., both up-and-comers and noted names, will join Sierra Nevada in the creation of a variety 12-pack—one partner brewery per beer—to be released in summer 2014. A multi-weekend, west-to-east tour of regional festivals will culminate with the Mills River doors opening.

The specific travel path for festivals is a work in progress, but in spring 2014, these breweries will visit Chico to develop recipes and begin brewing:

Allagash Brewing Company, Portland, ME
Ballast Point Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI
Cigar City Brewing, LLC, Tampa, FL
Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI
Ninkasi Brewing Company, Eugene, OR
Oskar Blues Brewing Company, Longmont, CO
Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA
Three Floyds Brewing, LLC, Munster, IN
Victory Brewing Company, Downingtown, PA
Local brewing community in Asheville, NC”

Holy Hell that is an impressive list of breweries.  From the LA perspective it would have been nice to see Craftsman on the list or Eagle Rock but hey, you can’t win ’em all.  I will be really interested in the New Glarus and Russian River combos.  I know the Firestone Walker one will be a huge hit.

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(2) Stone Collaborations

I had the great fortune to sample both the current and future Stone Collaborative brews recently. I had the Green Tea IPA while watching the Women’s World Cup Final on Sunday and thought it was a little too tannic and a little too alcohol forward. The hops and the tea just fought each other in my opinion. The appearance and aroma are the strengths of this beer.

The Cherry Chocolate Stout was shared a day later with my beer buddy Richard and it was less alcoholic by 2%! There was an interesting sour, tart cherry taste of this dark brown brew. But the chocolate was non-existent. I would take this over this Green Tea. But I would have liked to get at least a touch of chocolate to bridge the gap of cherry to stout.

Both were interesting experiments that were just a touch off to my palate though I am sure there are people who are going to love these offerings.