Next Thursday’s tasting is lined-up! Co-hosting are the fine folks at Oskar Blues and Skyland Distributing. Come by any time next Thursday between 4:00-6:00pm for a sample of:

Dale’s Pale: “America’s first hand-canned craft beer. It features a merengue-like head, a copper color, and a hoppy nose, thanks to a big post-boil addition of Centennial hops. To complement its hoppy first impression, Dale’s also sports a rich middle of malts and hops, and a bracing finish.” 6.5% ABV

Old Chubb: “Old Chub is a Scottish strong ale brewed with hearty amounts of seven different malts, including crystal and chocolate malts, and a smidge of US and UK hops. Old Chub also gets a dash of beechwood-smoked grains imported  from Bamburg, Germany, home of the world’s greatest smoked beers.” 8% ABV

Gordon: “Gordon is a hybrid version of strong ale, somewhere between an Imperial Red and a Double IPA with six different malts and three types of hops, then dry-hopped with a mutha lode of Amarillo hops.” 8.7% ABV

… and just for good measure, we’ve added …

Terrapin Rye Squared: “Double the malt, double the hops, and double the flavor of the original Rye Pale Ale recipe. With its mammoth hop aroma, bitterness and flavor, this beer is not for the faint at heart.” 8.5% ABV

 

 

 

 

Our fellow beer comrade, James, recently told us about the prevalence of Dogfish Head beers featured throughout the series of Reno 911 as well as the recent feature film, apparently. We were honestly surprised at this—being that we are huge fans of Reno 911 and Dogfish Head. How could we miss such a quirky thing? James also explained that he believed it had to do something with college times, and as yours truly actually went to college with Sam Calagione (though not acquaintances), we were sure we missed out on something juicy.

A little Googling got us this story at Delaware online which explains the mystery behind it all. Gosh, how we love the Internets.

When the show began in 2003, the big beer companies had problems with their product being associated with the wacky antics of the what just might be worst police department in the country.

But when it comes to Calagione and his Milton-based brewery, nothing is out of bounds. In the “Reno 911!” film, the beer shows up in the hands of an obese man right before he’s eaten by a crocodile.

Calagione says he has no worries about his beer being associated with the crazy stunts. “We give our customers a lot of credit for being … smart enough to know the difference between farce and reality.”

[edit] The other half points out that, speaking of Dogfish Head, we got more Red & White today. Get it while you can!

Source: Delaware Online
Image: Comedy Central

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re getting more of Jon Maier’s Rogue Batch 10,000 tomorrow. Again, this beer is by request only (meaning you have to ask us for it). This American Double IPA smells so darn good in a nice glass and tastes even better (and this is coming from a non-hophead). Get yourself a glass at Barley’s on-tap then get your collector’s bottle at Bruisin’ Ales.

Yes, it’s an investment. Yes, it’s completely worth it.

 

 

 

 

This coming Saturday is Dark Lord Day at Three Floyd’s Brewery in Indiana. We can’t get the delicious Three Floyds here in our fair state of North Carolina, but it’s never too late for a road trip. Get there early, doors open at 12 noon, as this is the one day a year that Three Floyds sells their famous Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout, rated the second best beer in the world by BeerAdvocate (95 rating).

The beer is hard to get and raters who attend are allowed to bring beers to trade, making the event all that more special for those who have a hankering for regional liquid delectables that are otherwise unavailable to them. Ratebeer has a trader’s thread online for any of you who are going.

Image: Three Floyds

An industry release today reports that the beer industry contributes $190 billion annually to the U.S. economy. The beer industry is loosely defined as brewers, beer importers, beer distributors, brewer suppliers, and retailers (either directly or indirectly).

Other tidbits:

• The beer industry directly employs more than 900,000 Americans, paying them more than $25 billion in wages.
• Beer sales help support roughly 800,000 jobs at [these] retailers, which include supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants, bars, and other outlets.
• The production of beer helps support other segments of the economy as well. For example, the study showed more than $4 billion in economic contributions for the agricultural sector, including malting barley ($537.8 million), hops ($280.7 million), brewers rice ($222.9 million), and brewers corn ($58.4 million).

For more information on the beer industry in America, visit BeerServesAmerica.org.

Source: PR Newswire