After a seven year hiatus, Black Star Double Hopped Golden Lager has been relaunched by Minott Wessinger, fifth generation brewer and great-great grandson of brewing pioneer Henry Weinhard. The beer was first brewed in 1995 at the Great Northern Brewing Company in Whitefish, Montana. Following tradition, the relaunched version of Black Star is being brewed at the original gravity flow style brewery built by Wessinger in 1994.

“Given our family history of brewing – which dates back to 1856– Black Star is a true legacy beer and I am thrilled to return it to the marketplace,” – Minott Wessinger. “Black Star is a traditional European-style Pilsner beer, refreshing with lots of taste, and the perfect beer for summer.” Continue Reading »

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 »

First off, I apologize for the momentary lapse in blogs this week. We took the entire Mutineer Magazine staff up to Washington with us to attend the Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival, so things shut down in the Mutineer Magazine office. Continue Reading »