Support Your Local Brewery Pavilion at GABF Celebrates 8th Year - Via Brewers Association

The Support Your Local Brewer Pavilion is celebrating its 8th year at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival®. The pavilion, dedicated to promoting state and regional brewers guilds, is serving 170 unique beers, from 20 guilds. Guilds at the pavilion: Arizona Craft Brewers Guild Colorado Brewers Guild Connecticut Brewers Guild D.C. Brewers Guild Florida Brewers Guild […]

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New Belgium to Open West Virginia in Early 2016

Ft. Collins, Colo., September 24, 2015 – New Belgium Brewing is pleased to announce it will roll into West Virginia, Feb 15, 2016. West Virginia will be the brewery’s 41^st state of distribution and will come online right as New Belgium activates added capacity with the opening of its new Asheville brewery. New Belgium is proud to partner with the following distributors:

• Capital Beverage Company (MC)
• Northern Eagle (ABI)
• Wine and Beverage Merchants of West Virginia (Coors)
• Eagle Distributing Company (ABI)
• The American Beer Company (ABI)
• Jefferson Distributing Company (ABI)

Initial offerings include: Fat Tire, Ranger IPA, Slow Ride Session IPA, a new year-round offering, and Spring Seasonal. Draft, bottles and cans will all be available immediately. West Virginia’s craft beer scene has been growing steadily over the last few years.

“We’ve spent a lot of time in West Virginia this past year and there is definitely a strong, emerging craft scene there,” said New Belgium Divisional Sales Director, Rich Rush. “We’re excited to get to work and to begin a great and long-lasting relationship with the beer drinkers, retailers, and our distributor partners in West Virginia.”

ABOUT NEW BELGIUM BREWING
New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of award-winning craft beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses. New Belgium is also a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews ten year-round beers; Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Slow Ride Session IPA, Snapshot Wheat, Shift Pale Lager, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Lager, Blue Paddle Pilsener, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at www.newbelgium.com.

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Ghost Runners Brewery Releases Rye Pale Ale

VANCOUVER, WA September 24, 2015 – Ghost Runners Brewery presents Performance Rye PA, an artisan craft beer delivering a Northwest Pale Ale in a rye way. Performance is named for runners and athletes who always seek their best effort and take pride in a job well done.

Performance Rye PA is a Northwest style Rye Pale Ale that begins with a subtle blackcurrant nose and a medium bodied honey-bread mouth feel and progresses to a semi-dry finish. Rye makes up 20% of the grain bill with Marris Otter, Munich, and Canadian Honey malts added to deliver a complex, multidimensional experience. Enhancing the malted rye characteristics, UK Magnum hops are utilized in the first wort to create a gentle roundness to the hop profile. The hop progression is continued with Warrior, Galena, and Chinook.

“We brewed this beer with rye because of it’s subtle but unique characteristics,” explains brewer and founder Jeff Seibel. “Rye enhances the beer by adding another layer to the taste experience, which fits with what we strive for – a balanced and expressive beer experience.”

Performance Rye PA will be available in the Ghost Runners Brewery tap room at 4216 NE Minnehaha St, Ste. 108 in Vancouver, WA beginning Thursday September 24th.

About Performance Rye PA
ABV: 6.2%
IBU: 50
Availability: Draft
Distribution: Big River Distributors to SW Washington; Great Micros Wholesale to Spokane; Orcas Distributing to Seattle Metro

About Ghost Runners Brewery

Ghost Runners Brewery is a commercial craft brewery with tasting room in Vancouver, Washington, founded in 2012. The running inspired brewery features handcrafted brews including 5K IPA, Boston Irish Red Ale, Negative Split Stout, Pace Breaker OPA, Hellacious Repeats Double IPA, Cross Country Red Kolsch, and Strong Leg Stout. Every exceptional creation is handcrafted with high-quality grain and premium hops and distributed throughout the state of Washington. For more information on Ghost Runners Brewery, please visit http://ift.tt/1waL9j7 or the company’s social media sites Facebook and Twitter.

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Check Out BeerX! - via GABF

With more space in 2015, the Great American Beer Festival is excited to add even more educational and entertaining opportunities to its beer-y bliss. New for 2015 is BeerX: The CraftBeer.com Experience. This 2,500 square-foot area will be jam-packed with educational and interactive stations about the art and science of brewing and the enjoyment of beer.

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SHMALTZ BREWING COMPANY PRESENTS ITS LATEST CRAFT BEER PACKAGE: SHTICK IN A BOX®

SHMALTZ BREWING COMPANY PRESENTS ITS LATEST CRAFT BEER PACKAGE:
SHTICK IN A BOX®

HOLIDAY VARIETY 12-PACK

Shtick in a Box® (New Variety 12-Pack, Holiday Season 2015)
There’s no JUNK in this box!

Featuring Three 12 oz. Bottles of Slingshot American Craft Lager®, Hop Manna IPA®,

Messiah Nut Brown Ale®, and Hannukah, Chanukah: Pass The Beer®

Live from Clifton Park, NY — Friday, September 18, 2015 – Shmaltz Brewing Company presents Shtick in a Box®, a holiday variety 12-pack fully packed with delicious He’brew® beers and sealed with Shmaltz’s renowned signature shtick. Shtick in a Box® will be available beginning October 1, 2015 at retail stores in more than 35 markets through Shmaltz’s extensive distribution network.

Open the top and take a look inside, There’s no JUNK in this box! Shtick in a Box® features three 12 oz. bottles of four different styles from the microbrewery’s award-winning portfolio. Shmaltz’s tribute to the little guy and affable underdog, Slingshot American Craft Lager® is guaranteed to hit the craft beer bulls eye every time. Hop Manna IPA® is the answer to hop heads prayers for a delicious IPA bearing floral and citrus flavors. Messiah Nut Brown Ale® is the brown ale you’ve been waiting for with a complex yet smooth blend of bold dark malts revealing hints of chocolate, coffee and toffee paired with a lovely hop character. For this year’s Chanukah 2015,candles won’t be the only thing getting lit. Shmaltz releases Hannukah, Chanukah: Pass The Beer®, a Dark Ale brewed with 8 malts, 8 hops and 8% ABV in homage of those 8 crazy nights.

Shtick in a Box® is a seductive gift box sure to delight craft beer fans far and wide. It doesn’t matter if you celebrate Chanukah, Christmas or Kwanzaa, this special package is sure to add cheer throughout the holiday season.

Shmaltz Brewing wants to see your shtick with a #ShtickPic!

Shmaltz Brewing invites fans to show off their own shtick on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook using the hastag #Shtickpic. Just follow these easy steps. Step 1. Get aShtick in the Box® Variety Pack. Step 2. Crack open a He’brew Beer (or twelve). Step 3. Snap a picture or video exposing original shtick alongside your very own He’brew® beer and Shtick in a Box®. And that’s the way you do it!

To find a Shmaltz wholesaler in a city near you, please visit http://ift.tt/1GHqLAL

About Shmaltz Brewing Company

Ranked in 2013 as one of the “Top 100 Brewers in the World” by RateBeer.com, Shmaltz won 9 Gold and 5 Silver Medals in the World Beer Championships in 2012. A recipient of the “Distinguished Business Award” by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Shmaltz was also included in the “Top 50 Fastest Growing Bay Area Companies” by San Francisco Business Times.

Founder and owner Jeremy Cowan established the company in San Francisco in 1996 with the first 100 cases of He’brew Beer® hand bottled and delivered throughout the Bay Area in his Grandmother’s Volvo. He’brew® now sells across 35 states, through 40 wholesalers and nearly 5,000 retailers. In 2007, Shmaltz released a new line of craft brewed lagers under the Coney Island® banner. The Coney Island brand was recently acquired by Alchemy and Science, a craft beer incubator, owned by Boston Beer (Sam Adams).

After 17 years of being an outspoken cheerleader for contract brewing, Shmaltz recently broke with tradition and opened its own New York State production brewery in Clifton Park, NY, 10 minutes north of Albany’s capital district. Shmaltz’s new home boasts a 50-barrel brewhouse with 20,000 barrels of annual capacity. The new brewery packages 12 and 22 ounce bottles and kegs of their diverse core and seasonal favorites, and hosts fans and beer tourists in their new tasting room for tours, barrel-aged previews, and special releases.

In 2010/11, Cowan published his small business memoir,Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah: How It Took 13 Years, Extreme Jewish Brewing, and Circus Sideshow Freaks to Make Shmaltz Brewing Company an International Success. A free sampling of Chapter One and suggested beer pairings, can be viewed at http://ift.tt/1hyyhNg. In 2012, Cowan spearheaded the creation of the non-profit New York City Brewers Guild (which manages NYC Beer Week) and served as its Founding President.

Cowan also has presented at the 2013 Craft Brewers Conference, as well as previous Great American Beer Festivals, BevNet’s Brewbound conference, Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beer Festival, the Atlanta and the St. Louis Jewish Book Fairs, and the San Francisco and New York Jewish Museums.

Shmaltz Brewing beers have appeared in such distinguished media outlets as The New York Times, CNN Headline News, Beer Advocate Magazine, NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” USA Today, Fox Business News, Men’s Health, San Francisco Chronicle, The Jerusalem Report, New York Jewish Week, and Washington Post.

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2015 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Entries - via AHA

The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Pro-Am competition is a chance for homebrewers to team up with a commercial brewery to bring a homebrew-inspired beer to the masses. The beer is entered into the GABF Pro-Am competition to see how it stands up to other commercially-produced homebrew recipes.

This year, the 2015 GABF Pro-Am competition has 96 entries from craft brewery and amateur brewer teams across the country.

If you’re heading to the 2015 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo., be sure to stop by the Pro-Am booth to sample a selection of the entries. The 96 entries will be split up and served across the 4 sessions of Great American Beer Festival, and you can find a tap list on GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com.

2015 GABF Pro-Am Entries

Brewery	Homebrewer	Beer
2nd Story Brewing Co. (PA)	Ed Coffey	Mashup IPA Imperial India Pale Ale with Passionfruit
51 North Brewing Co. (MI)	Kevin Paul	Crafty Smoking Goat Bamberg-Style Bock Rauchbier
Alltech’s Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. (KY)	Keith Rodenhauser	Kentucky Ale Pro-Am Session IPA Session IPA
Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill (CA)	Mark Trent	Bretty Grable Saison with Brettanomyces
Anderson Valley Brewing Co. (CA)	John “Jack” Ridley	Can Kicky Kolsch Kölsch
Arizona Wilderness Brewing (AZ)	Jared Veldheer	Tropical Storm American Pale Ale
Barley Forge Brewing (CA)	David Hall	The Reiver English Milk Stout with Coffee
Bear Republic Brewing Co. (CA)	Matthew Kennedy	Ouro Preto Schwarzbier
Bell’s Brewery, Inc – Brewpub (MI)	Matt Van Natter	Coffee Mustache California Common with Roasted Coffee Beans
Bent Brewstillery (MN)	Benjamin Kiely	Funked Up #7 – Apricot Berliner Berliner Weisse with Apricot
Black Diamond Brewing Co. (CA)	Jeremy Pendrey	Schwartzhelm Schwarzbier
Blue Island Beer Co. (IL)	Joel Rakoski & Don Zelenak	Its Kellsch, Not Coalsch Kölsch
Blue Spruce Brewing (CO)	Corey Dyben	Pearadise Wheate IPA American-Belgo IPA with Pear
Breakside Brewery – Pub Brewery (OR)	Nathan Zorich	Breakside Smoked Oktoberfest Bamberg-Style Märzen Rauchbier
C.B. and Potts Restaurant & Brewery – Fort Collins (CO)	Remi Bonnart	Fort Dubble Belgian Dubbel
Cigar City Brewing Co. (FL)	Keith Howard	Incinerator German Maibock using Smoked Malt
Coachella Valley Brewing Co. (CA)	Ketchen Smith	Anatomicale American Pale Ale
CO-Brew (CO)	Scott Kendall	Bloody English English Brown Ale
Confluence Brewing Co. (IA)	Bob Lee & Sean Goodwin	Red IPA American Red Ale
Coronado Brewing Co. (CA)	Ruben Gomes	Skipper’s Joe American Pale Ale
Coronado Brewing Co. – Production Facility (CA)	Eric Woltz	Sea Lady Lager Schwarzbier
Crow Hop Brewing Co. Ltd. (CO)	Pam Bradley	TXPA American Pale Ale
Dad & Dudes Breweria (CO)	Chris & Sara Goodwin	Fermentologists Coffee Stout Stout with Roasted Coffee Beans
Denver Beer Co. (CO)	Bob Prohaska	‘Merica Pale American Pale Ale
Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Basecamp (VA)	Jamey Barlow	Hasselhoff Kellerbier Pilsener
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats (DE)	Michael Soo	Mojito Vice Berliner Weisse with Spearmint, Limes, & Rum-soaked Oak
Drakes Brewing Co. (CA)	Brian Buckingham	He Said American IPA
Dry Dock Brewing Co. (CO)	Chris Crump	Black Beards Delight Imperial Stout American Imperial Stout using Rye Malt & Maple Syrup, Aged in Whiskey Barrel
Dry Dock Brewing Co. – Production Facility (CO)	Andrew McArthur	Vitalogy Russian Imperial Stout British Imperial Stout
Elysian Brewing Co. (WA)	George Stephens	Obnoxious IPA Imperial India Pale Ale
Equinox Brewing (CO)	Matt Eckhart	Outlet IPA Imperial India Pale Ale
Faction Brewing Co. (CA)	Nathan Smith	Nate’s Kolsch Kölsch
Factotum Brewhouse (CO)	Scott DeVelbiss	German Kolsch Kölsch
Fall River Brewing Co. (CA)	John Abbott	Abbot’s Reserve Barleywine Aged in Bourbon Barrel
Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon (OH)	John Mulligan	Swantucky Saison Saison with Orange Peel, Ginger, & Chamomile
FATE Brewing Co. (CO)	Ryan Lotter	Citra IPA American IPA
Figueroa Mountain Brewing – Buellton (CA)	Brian Cogan	Coganut Porter Brown Porter with Toasted Coconut
Fish Brewing Co. (WA)	Keith Ciani	Ciani Dortmunder German Dortmunder
Flix Brewhouse – Des Moines (IA)	Matt Hill	Big Timber IPA with Spruce Tips
Free State Brewing Co. (KS)	Mike Blouin	Leftside Porter Brown Porter
Great Basin Brewing Co. – Sparks (NV)	Jeff Morrison	Sweet Chocolate Stout Sweet Stout
Great South Bay Brewery (NY)	Brian Giebel	Muscat Love Belgian Tripel with Muscat Grapes
Grist Brewing Co. (CO)	Tim Thomssen	Blueberry Sweet Tart Belgian Strong Pale Ale with Blueberries Aged in Red Wine Barrels
HailStorm Brewing Co. (IL)	Scott Pointon	Grodziskie Polish Ale using Smoked Wheat Malt
High Hops Brewery (CO)	Geoff Shipley	Calrissian Common California Common Beer
Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co. (OH)	Joseph Grenert	King Gose Home Contemporary Gose using Unmalted Rolled Oats & Coriander
Independence Brewing (TX)	Matthew Linnenburger	Hey! Porter Robust Porter
Ironfire Brewing Co. (CA)	Jacob Mitchell	Sorachi Ace Imperial Saison Saison
Joseph James Brewing Co., Inc (NV)	John Griffith	Irresistible Brown Porter
Karl Strauss Brewing Co. – Downtown (CA)	Jim McCaskey	Black Nose Smoked Porter Brown Porter using Alder Smoked Malt, Roasted Coffee Beans, & Vanilla
Kokopelli Beer Co. (CO)	Dave Eddy	Better Half Amber Ale American Amber Ale
Lift Bridge Brewery (MN)	Rick Helps	Scottish Export Scottish Export Ale
Logboat Brewing Co. (MO)	Keith Heckman	Coffee Milk Stout Sweet Stout with Roasted Coffee Beans
Lucid Brewing (MN)	Chris Smith	BFD Hefeweizen South German-Style Hefeweizen
Maui Brewing Co. (HI)	Bob Horst	Vanilla Stout American Imperial Stout with Vanilla
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery (MN)	Kevin Meintsma	Kevin’s Long Session Mild English Dark Mild Ale
Mockery Brewing (CO)	Brann Greager	Her Majesty’s Pleasure English Special Bitter
Modern Times Beer (CA)	Miles McLennan	Cup Of Dankness IPA American IPA
Monkish Brewing Co. (CA)	Brian Holter & Kingsley Toby	Triumphus 2015 Belgian Tripel
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. (PA)	Tim Caum	Raid the Eisbock Eisbock
New Belgium Brewing Co. (CO)	Geoff Coleman	The Merovingian Belgian Ale with Saison Yeast, Aged in Chardonnay Barrel
North By Northwest Restaurant & Brewery – Slaughter (TX)	Stuart West	Alexis’ Promise English-Style India Pale Ale (IPA)
Northgate Brewing (MN)	Casey Mussman	Doppelnator Dopplebock Aged in Bourbon Barrel
Odd13 Brewing, Inc. (CO)	Mike Froehlich	Atahsaisa American Barleywine Aged in American Oak Whiskey Barrel
Olde Hickory Brewery – Production (NC)	Bill Lynch	Bill’s Black Lager Schwarzbier
Oskar Blues Brewery – Lyons (CO)	Keith Bradley	Salivator German Dopplebock
Pagosa Brewing & Grill (CO)	David Carlberg	Cuvee of Gold Strong Golden Ale Refermented with Lactobacillus
Pateros Creek Brewing (CO)	Gerry Lynch	Triple T Belgian Tripel
Pizza Port Carlsbad (CA)	Jon Englebrits	Evil Jon British Imperial Stout with Coco Nibs, Vanilla, Date Syrup, & Cold-pressed Coffee
RAM Restaurant & Brewery – Wheeling (IL)	Michael Strle & Corey Miglorini	Triple Belgian Tripel
Red Eye Brewing Co. (WI)	Ben Schreiner	Riona Red Irish Red Ale
Reuben’s Brews (WA)	Lou Strowger	Märzen German Märzen
Rip Current Brewery (CA)	Todd Barrett	Delaminator Smoked Doppelbock German Dopplebock with Smoked Malt
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery (CO)	Charles Fort	Chuck’s Munich Dunkel Munich Dunkel
Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co. (CO)	Jason & Kelly Kruegel	Dark Strong One Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Silver City Brewery (WA)	Mike Hausenfluck	Franco-American French Bière de Garde
Slanted Rock Brewing Co. (ID)	Sean Lambert	Black Eye Rye IPA Imperial Black Rye IPA
Snowbank Brewing (CO)	Matt Hamilton	Stout American Stout with Toasted Coconut
Springfield Brewing Co. (MO)	Chris Becker	100 Proof Imperial IPA Imperial India Pale Ale
Station 26 Brewing Co. (CO)	James White	Rye Pale Ale American Pale Ale using Rye Malt
Stone Brewing Co. (CA)	Juli Goldenberg	Juli Goldenberg / Monkey Paw / Stone 24 Carrot Golden Ale Belgian Pale Strong Ale with Carrots
Ten Pin Brewing Co. (WA)	Troy Watson	Montlake Porter Robust Porter
The Sandlot (CO)	Adam Schwindt	Bock me Amadeus Traditional Bock
Thirsty Bear Brewing Co. (CA)	Tom Karow	Happy Time G Pils Kellerbier Kellerbier Pilsener
Tustin Brewing Co. (CA)	Ryan Holt	Immediate Consumption IPA American IPA
Twisted Pine Brewing Co. (CO)	Chris Sweeney, Dave Womack, Michael Hull, Garrett Lilly	MiniMax Light American Wheat with Pomelo Zest
Two Rascals Brewing Co. (CO)	Eric Svenson	Belgian Golden Belgian Blonde Ale
Upland Brewing Co. (IN)	Chris Hoover	Bottled Blonde Blonde Ale
Upslope Brewing Co. (CO)	Ernie Smith	Irish Red Ale Irish Red Ale
Weasel Boy Brewing Co., LLC (OH)	Nate Levengood & Mike Swartzwelder	Cream Ale American Cream Ale
West Sixth Brewing Co. (KY)	Ben Hoh	Blackberry Gose Contemporary Gose with Blackberries
Westminster Brewing Co. (CO)	Brian Pramov	Cuban Cartel Robust Porter Aged on Spanish Cedar
Wichita Brewing Co. & Pizzeria (KS)	Christopher Strohmeyer	Christopher’s Blackberry Lambic Belgian Lambic with Blackberries
Wynwood Brewing Co. (FL)	Karl D. Larson	Catherine British Imperial Stout
Yak and Yeti (CO)	Troy Leck	Raspberry Lemon Summer Ale German Hefeweizen with Lemon Zest & Raspberries
Zwei Brewing Co. (CO)	Doug Finke	Classic American Pils (CAP) German Dortmunder

 

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Blast Off With Huntsville Beer Week

Huntsville, Alabama, The Rocket City, has an exploding Craft Beer scene that is out of this world! Huntsville Beer Week kicks off September 25th, and with it comes a number of tap takeovers, food pairings, educational beer events, and Huntsville’s first ever Bikes & Brews Poker Run. Since Free the Hops successfully lobbied for passage of the “Gourmet Beer Bill” in 2009, Huntsville has launched an exceptional local craft beer scene and it’s time to celebrate!

Join us in celebrating Huntsville Beer Week by unlocking this year’s badge. Check-in to any beer at three (3) different local venues listed here between September 25 - October 4th and the “Huntsville Beer Week (2015)” badge is yours! Be sure to add your location to your check-in for it to count!

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