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Upright Brewing's New Beers
Posted Thursday, May 17th, 2012 by James Kitchens

upright logo(Portland, OR) - Upright Brewing has a blog post from early May noting their "new beers". The first is an American IPA called Supercool. Also, they mention a Hefeweizen called Occidental. Further details are below...

From the Upright Brewing blog:

New beers

Today we kegged an American-style IPA. For real. 

I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "I love the fact that Upright doesn't make a bunch of IPA's and other over-hopped beers", or something to that effect. The truth is that the brewers here love hoppy beers, and half the time we're out at the bar you're likely to catch us drinking a pint of Pale Strider or Hop Lava. So after more than three years and hundreds of brews, we decided it was finally time to have some fun and make a good old IPA. No twists, no odd processing or ingredients, just a grip of pale malt, pinch of vienna and special roast and plenty of nugget, columbus and santiam hops. We snagged a pitch of yeast from a brewery down the street and let it rip in our conical fermenter. I'm drinking my first glass of it as I write this. Smells and tastes like it should, with an extra long and bitter finish. We don't normally use such resiny hop varieties and it's great to sense the extra oils as part of the mouthfeel. If you're looking for the beer, it goes under the name Supercool, taken from one of our favorite comedy sketches by the Upright Citizens Brigade. 7.3% and 65 IBU's.

Besides the Supercool IPA we've got another one-off draft beer in the works - an amber Bavarian-style hefeweizen. Last year for the Oregon Brewers Festival we produced an openly fermented extra pale version that reminded us how delicious hefe beers are, and lately I've been quaffing my fair share of the excellent Occidental Hefeweizen. After getting the bug to do one here again, I decided to go the amber route, similar to Schneider Weisse, just to mix it up some. That should get brewed next week and be out and about only a few weeks later as they tend to ferment and condition quickly. By then the weather should be more appropriate, right?

Another thing I'd like to point out is that the brewery just had its website redesigned by former tasting room darling Annalou Vincent. It's 95% done at this point, with some minor changes to the formatting and photos likely to happen over the next few weeks. I hope it will be easier to navigate and find information (besides being easier for me to update) and simply look better too. What do you think? Annalou, who moved back to her hometown of Bellingham Washington just opened a fantastic new joint named cheese meat(s) beer with her talented partner Travis Surmi. If you find yourself up their way, stop by!

Link to Upright Brewing blog post

Tagged: Upright Brewing,

    


Yazoo's Hop Project #65
Posted Thursday, May 17th, 2012 by James Kitchens

(Nashville, TN) - Yazoo Brewing has a previous post on their website about their Hop Project #65. According to the details, it was bottled in early May (May 3rd).

From the Yazoo website:

#65 Hop Project bottled 5/3 - lots of Columbus, Horizon, and Cluster hops

The next version of Hop Project is being bottled today. We used a mix of Horizon, Columbus, and Cluster hops throughout, including dryhopping in the fermenter.   Cluster is an old hop, that was once the most widely used hop in American beer.  It has a distinctive aroma and flavor - reminds me of English candy for some reason.

This is the first try at a Hop Project recipe for Ryan, one of our newer brewers.  Stop by the taproom and see how he did, or look for this batch in your favorite store!

Picture:

hop project

Link to information on Yazoo website

Tagged: Yazoo Brewing Company,

    


Green Flash's Summer Release Party
Posted Thursday, May 17th, 2012 by James Kitchens

green flash logo(Vista, CA) - Green Flash Brewing had a release part yesterday (May 16th) for their summer beer releases. The beers involved were: Retro Extra Pale Ale, Le Freak, and Rayon Vert. Details are below...

From the Green Flash website:

Join us in the Green Flash Tasting Room on Wednesday May 16th (3pm-9pm) for the introduction of our national summer lineup:  Retro Extra Pale Ale, Rayon Vert in 22 oz bottles and (the much-anticipated) 4-pack debut of our Belgian hybrid, Le Freak.   

The 1st 50 guests to purchase Retro Extra Pale Ale will get a Green Flash beach ball.  

Colorful summer beach attire encouraged!  Time to kick back like a Beach Boy and enjoy the breeze...

Green Flash Goes Retro!

Fall 2012 marks our 10 year anniversary and Extra Pale Ale was the first-ever Green Flash success.  A celebratory reminder of the beginning for us - and also about  how much our style and craft beer culture has evolved over the past decade.  While this early Millennium American-Style Pale is from a time less hoppy, we think our 2012 redux is the perfect summer vintage:  crisp, refreshing and bubbling with nostalgia.  Debuting on May 16th in the Green Flash Tasting Room and draught for national distribution!

Link to information on Green Flash website

Tagged: Green Flash Brewing Co., Retro Extra Pale ale, Le Freak Belgian Style IPA, Rayon Vert Belgian-Style Pale Ale

    


Finch's Toasted Summer
Posted Thursday, May 17th, 2012 by James Kitchens

(Chicago, IL) - Finch's has a previous Facebook post about the arrival of their Toasted Summer. The beer style is a Kolsch, which is a perfect summer style. Based on the date of the post (May 7th), the release date is expected in about 10 days (may 28th or so). Details are below...

From the Finch's Facebook post:

Introducing Toasted Summer a Kolsch Style Ale with Toasted Hops and Applewood, the next specialty from Finch's. This beer was a collaboration with City Provisions, our local neighbor! Coming to a shelf near you in about 3 weeks, or less! And man is it tasty!

Label picture:

toasted summer

Link to Finch's Facebook post

Tagged: Finch's Beer Company, Toasted Summer

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Press Release: Shipyard Brewing Company¹s Applehead Ale Wins Award at West Coast Brew Fest
Posted Thursday, May 17th, 2012 by Tip Top

Shipyard AppleheadPORTLAND, MAINE (May 14, 2012) - Shipyard Brewing Company¹s new seasonal beer, Shipyard Applehead, received an award at the prestigious 13th annual West Coast Brew Fest¹s Commercial Craft Competition in Sacramento, California. 

Shipyard Applehead was voted 2nd place in the Fruit and Vegetable Beer Category. View the full list of award-winners at this link:http://www.matsonian.com/wcbf/competition.html 

In this sanctioned Commercial Craft Competition, certified beer judges conducted a double-blind tasting in 16 different categories to determine their favorites among the 140 beers entered in the competition. 

More about the beer: Shipyard Applehead is a crisp, refreshing wheat ale with a delightful apple aroma and subtle cinnamon flavor. This beer is available in 6-packs, 12-packs and on draft. 

ail price is: 6-packs - $10 | 12-packs - $17 | 22oz. bottles - $4.50 

Malt: 2-Row British Pale Ale, Light Munich, Malted Wheat
Hops: Willamette, Hallertau 
Yeast: Top-Fermenting English
Color: Golder
OG: 1.048
ABV: 4.5%
Food Pairings: Pork Chops, Sausage, Squash and Apple Pie 
First Brewed: November 2011
Availability: December - March 
Available: 12oz Bottles, Keg

More about Shipyard:

Shipyard Brewing Company is located on the historic waterfront in Portland, Maine and produces 17 varieties of award-winning English style and seasonal beers. Its products are distributed in over 35 states. A full list of Shipyard Brewing Company's distributors can be found at this link: http://www.shipyard.com/pdf/distrolist.pdf.

For more information: 

Shipyard Brewing Company - www.shipyard.com
www.facebook.com/shipyardbrewing
www.twitter.com/shipyardbrewing

Tagged: Shipyard Brewing Co., Applehead

    

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