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Further Information and Thoughts on Steamworks/SEAR
This post was updated with additional information after it was published. Please see the bottom of the post of updates. Yesterday I posted a press release put out by Steamworks Brewing Co. about the reopening of their old Bayfield location to be operated by SEAR Beer Holdings, who will be contract brewing beer for Steamworks... »
Steamworks Brewing Co. Enters Joint Venture with SEAR Beer Holdings
Below is the text of a press release I just received from Steamworks Brewing Co. I have contacted both Steamworks and SEAR for further comments and some follow up questions and am awaiting their responses. I will post further on this news after I hear back from Steamworks and SEAR. Beer brewing coming back to... »
Durango Beer News Bits
Anxiously awaiting Ska Brewing Co.’s Mexican Logger release party? And The Durango Bootlegger’s Spring Tonic Elixir at the Repeal of Prohibition party at Carver Brewing Co.? Well, here are a few bits of beer news to hold you over until next week. Earlier this week Carver Brewing Co. tapped X-Rock Bock, an amber lager. This... »
Durango Bootlegger’s 8th Annual Spring Tonic Elixir
The Repeal of Prohibition Party at Carver Brewing Co. and the tapping of Spring Tonic Elixir, brewed by The Durango Bootlegger’s Society (a collaboration between Durango’s four breweries) is one of the most fun and unique beer events of the year. Carver Brewing Co. turns their back pub area into a prohibition-era speakeasy for the... »
Summer’s Just Around the Corner – Ska’s Mexican Logger Coming April 6th
Ska Brewing Co. will be releasing their annual summer brew Mexican Logger next week, with a release party at the brewery Tuesday, April 6th at 5pm. They’ll be doing 2 for 1 pints that night as well as their weekly trivia which they have every Tuesday night. In addition to Mexican Logger on tap, Durango’s... »
Durango Brewing Co.’s 20th Anniversary Ale Release Party
This Saturday, March 20th, 2010, The Durango Brewing Co. will be holding a release party for their 20th Anniversary Ale at Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange. The Soggy Coaster over at Beer at 6512 got a taste of this Belgian inspired ale a few weeks back when it wasn’t quite done. Lady Falconburgh’s will have some... »
Big Grizz Barleywine and Other Seasonals at Carver Brewing Co.
I stopped by Carver Brewing Co. last week to try the Big Grizz Barleywine and see what other beers have come on tap recently. Big Grizz Barleywine Style Ale is back and it’s good. I was told this year it’s a little stronger, around 11% ABV. It’s very smooth, slightly sweet and not overpowering. Big... »
Ska Brewing Co.’s Snowdown 2010 Beer: Hyper Fierce Gnar Gnar Hefe
Every year Ska Brewing Co. creates a special, limited release, only available in Southwest Colorado beer for Durango’s Snowdown Festival. Snowdown 2010 is no different, and last week Ska release Hyper Fierce Gnar Gnar Hefe, a 5% ABV Hefeweizen with pineapple and toasted coconuts. The thermometer on the wall outside says it’s 10 degrees Fahrenheit... »
Ska Brewing Collaboration: Formulating a Belgian-American IPA Recipe
As I previously mentioned, Ska Brewing Co. has invited myself and Beer at 6512 blogger Soggy Coaster to each brew a 10 gallon batch of beer on their pilot system at Ska. A couple weeks ago I met with Soggy Coaster, Ska President and Co-Founder Dave Thibodeau and Ska Head Brewer Thomas Larsen to set... »
