Each week, beer blogger Lee Williams highlights the most notable upcoming beer releases that belong on every craft beer lover’s radar. This is Mutineer’s sixth edition of the weekly series.
Along with BrewDog and Mikkeller, Norway’s Nøgne Ø is one of the more notable and creative craft brewery’s in Europe. When a brewery as consistently interesting as Nøgne Ø begins sake production its worth taking note regardless of your status as a sake lover or neophyte. Continue Reading »
21st Amendment Brewery recently announced the release of “Back in Black”, the first black IPA to be available in a can. The beer weighs in at 6.8% ABV (Alcohol Per Volume) with 65 IBUs (International Bittering Units).
“We were certainly among the first several years ago to regularly brew this beer, as breweries around the country began to experiment with black versions of traditional styles-from black IPAs to black Saisons.” — Shaun O’Sullivan, Co-founder and Brewmaster at 21st Amendment. “Brewing this style and being a leader in this category supports our mission to be original, push boundaries and get people to be less ‘traditional’ in the way they think about and drink beer.” Continue Reading »
It’s just barely 2010 and epic collaborations have already begun. Mitch Steel of Stone Brewing Co., who is no stranger to collaborations, is teaming up with Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker and Shaun O’Sullivan of the great up-and-coming 21st Amendment out of San Francisco to create a collaboration that I’m sure only they could pull off. Not much information has been released about the beer in regards to style, but with these great masterminds at work, it shouldn’t disappoint. So many amazing brews have been created by these guys, I can’t wait to see what they come up with.
Stone will be holding a “Meet the Brewers: Collaboration Day Wrap-Up” event Friday January 15th and you will have a chance to meet the brewers, hopefully find out about this awesome collaboration, and you may even have a chance to try some of the unfermented wort.
From the creative brewing masterminds who brought you High or Hell Watermelon Wheat Beer and Brew Free or Die IPA, 21st Amendment Brewery from San Francisco is pleased to present to you Monk’s Blood. Only available in limited edition four-pack of cans and on draft, Monk’s Blood pays tribute to the monks of Belgium’s monasteries who have been brewing some of the world’s greatest beer for centuries. Monk’s Blood is an 8.3% alcohol, dark Belgian-style ale brewed with eight malts, Belgian candi sugar, cinnamon, vanilla bean, local black mission figs, and aged on oak. Continue Reading »
