WILMINGTON, DE – To coincide with the annual Oktoberfest celebration in Munich, Germany, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant will offer an exceptional menu of hearty Bavarian dishes that will be served at all eight restaurants from Friday, September 17 until Sunday October 3. Iron Hill’s Oktoberfest menu, which will be served in addition to the a la carte menu, will offer dishes with seasonal autumnal flavors and is an ideal accompaniment to its hand-crafted Oktoberfest beer.

“Every year, our chefs, brewers and especially our customers get excited for Oktoberfest, both for our special dishes and the release of our Fest beer,” says Director of Culinary Operations Kevin Davies.

The robust Oktoberfest menu will include: Bavarian White Bean and Sausage Soup; Mesclun Salad with goat cheese, red beets, walnuts and sherry vinaigrette; Smoked Salmon with boursin cheese, cucumber-red onion salad, grilled flatbread and sweet mustard-dill sauce; Grilled Sausages, including bratwurst, knockwurst and garlic sausage with braised lentils and stone ground mustard; Jaeger Schnitzel, pan-fried, breaded veal cutlet with buttered egg noodles, haricots verts and hunter sauce; Sauteed Rainbow Trout with horseradish smashed potatoes, spinach, leeks, tomatoes, garlic and ale sauce; Sauerbraten-Style Top Sirloin Steak, marinated in red wine and served with ale-braised cabbage, spatzle and gingersnap gravy; Pan-Seared Salmon with sauerkraut-potato croquettes, buttery green beans and sweet mustard-dill sauce; Linzer Torte; and Apricot Frangipane with vanilla ice cream and cherry-kirsch sauce. Menu items range in price from $4.25 to $20.50.

In addition to their food offerings, the restaurant will serve their special Oktoberfest beer, a full-bodied amber lager with malty, bready aroma and a firm malt flavor, balanced with mild bitterness and a clean dry finish. It is a traditional German festival beer.

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant’s eight locations include:

• Newark, DE (147 East Main Street, 302-266-9000);
• Wilmington, DE (710 South Madison Street, 302-472-2739);
• Media, PA (30 East State Street, 610-627-9000);
• West Chester, PA (3 West Gay Street, 610-738-9600);
• North Wales, PA (1460 Bethlehem Pike, 267-708-2000);
• Phoenixville, PA (130 East Bridge Street, 610-983-9333);
• Lancaster, PA (781 Harrisburg Pike, 717-291-9800); 
• Maple Shade, NJ (124 East Kings Highway, 856-273-0300).

For more information about Oktoberfest at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, or to make a reservation at any of their locations, please visit www.ironhillbrewery.com.

On September 25th we will be doing the Fruit in the Room fruit beer festival. As we speak we are collecting beers from near and far for this event and there are already a few very special goodies in the cooler we will also be tapping our friends from other local breweries in the area and of course will be putting out a few of our own from the depths of our creative minds.. Who knows what we’ll come up with, it’s sure to be tasty though!

• Where: Cigar City Brewing Company, 3924 W.Spruce St, Tampa, FL
• When: September 25th, 6 to 10 PM.
• Tickets: $30 in advance, #35 at the door.
• Features Beers from:
  • New Glarus
  • New Belgium
  • Ommegang
  • RJ Rocker’s
  • Bell’s
  • Peg’s cantina
  • and more

Four Avery beers will be released for public sale at the Avery Tap Room on Thursday, September 2nd at 5PM. Avery IPA, White Rascal, Ellie’s Brown and our brand new uber hoppy session beer, Joe’s Pilsner, will be available for consumption and purchase beginning 9/2.

We’ll be opening up the barrel-aging cellars, rocking out to the tunes of local band JukeBox Hero and raffling off two backpacks–to haul your new cans of Avery beer in, of course–courtesy of Kelty! $10 at the door will get you three cans of your choice (or draft pours, if you prefer) and 2 tickets to the raffle.

The Can Plan…
We’ve been fielding a lot of calls lately about our plan for the distribution of cans. To start, all cans will be sold exclusively in the state of Colorado. Only a tiny percentage of our overall production is devoted to cans, so there just isn’t much to go around. We hope to amp up production and slowly increase distribution at some point in the future.

About:
Since 1993 our brewery has been committed to producing eccentric ales and lagers that defy styles or categories. Our products are thoroughly American at heart: blending Old World tradition and expertise with ingenuity, creativity and boldness.

We are dedicated to making beer from the inside out: we brew what we like to drink–with utter disregard for what the market demands– and search out fans with equally eccentric palates (We learned long ago that expressing your true self is much more fulfilling than giving in to outside pressures. Don’t you agree?) If you think your taste buds can keep up with our brews, we invite you to check out our entire lineup of more than twenty different beers.

Peace to all and follow your dreams!

The Avery Brewing Crew
http://www.averybrewing.com/

Collaboration Release: San Diego County Session Ale

On Monday, August 23rd, Stone released their latest collaboration between…

Ballast Point / Kelsey McNair / Stone San Diego County Session Ale

QUICK FACTS
Brewers: Kelsey McNair, Homebrewer
Colby Chandler of Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits
Mitch Steele of Stone Brewing Co., San Diego

Alc/Vol: 4.2%
Bottle Size: 12oz
Brew Date: July 14th, 2010
Release Date: August 23rd, 2010

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About the collaboration:

Kelsey McNair brewed the champion beer at the Stone 2010 March Madness Homebrew Competition & AHA Rally.   The judges were so impressed with his intensely hoppy session brew, that they selected his beer to be brewed at Stone as one of the collaboration beers.

In addition, as the winner, Kelsey was given the opportunity to select a 3rd collaborator. He selected Colby Chandler of Ballast Point Brewery, located in sunny San Diego. In true collaboration, it was decided to brew the collaboration beer at Ballast Point’s Linda Vista brewery

Sales will be limited to three 12oz bottles per person. Check out the following link for more information about this beer

New Beers (Smuttynose)

2010 Really Old Brown Dog, our newest release in the Big Beer Series, is making its way to all of distributors during the week of August 23. David Yarrington, our Director of Brewing Operations (DoBrO) says that this beer is right where he wants it to be. “The port-wood aging features prominently this year,” he says, “I can’t wait to see how this one ages.” This year’s release comes in at 10.9% ABV and will available wherever you find Big Beer Series releases. “ROBD” is packaged in 22-ounce bottles and 5.16-gallon and 15.5-gallon kegs. All packages are conditioned for maximum ageability.

Pumpkin Ale should be in stores as you are reading this. Don’t be alarmed if the packaging looks different; the new look six packs and bottles came from F.X. Matt Brewing, who contract-brewed all of this year’s Pumpkin Ale bottles for us. We can assure you that the beer is the same as you remember.

Vunderbahr Pilsner, the eleventh release in our Short Batch Series, has been kegged, and at press time, is waiting to be shipped to our wholesalers. Our final yield was 27 15.5 gallon kegs and 60 5.16 gallon kegs. The final allocations are still being determined. The 5.1%, low-bitterness, highly dry-hopped pilsner is unfiltered.

S’Muttonator Double Bock will be the September Big Beer release. In the mean time, the brewing team are beginning to plan out this year’s Winter Ale.

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Notes from the Mash Tun (Portsmouth Brewery)

It seems like every time we talk to Tod, the first thing he mentions is how crazy things are in the brewhouse downtown. Beers are just whizzing through the draft lines and the Three T’s (Tod, Tyler, and Tyson) are doing their best to keep up.

August 4th saw a surprise tapping of 5 gallons of Kate the Great. The beer was gone in about two hours. A notice went out on the Brewer’s Blog.

The wheat beers continue to roll on with a new addition to the repertoire. A non-smoked Dunkleweizen has been brewed in accordance with the traditional German methods. Another batch of the slightly-soured, salty, coriander-ey Gose is in the works and the Summer Rye will also be back.

Bottle Rocket IPA has been the hit of the summer and as such, its availability fluctuates, but don’t worry hopheads, there will always be something laden with the green goodness to wet your whistles.

Tod is also happy to report that 14 barrels of Oktoberfest are quietly lagering away in anticipation of a mid- to late September release.

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Record Setting Week (Smuttynose)

We set a new shipping record during the week of July 31, shipping 16,710 case equivalents of beer. This measurement includes all packages from cases to kegs and casks. A big thank you to our head brewer, Greg Blanchard, who put in lots of extra effort to coordinate all the shipments.

Brewery Tours:
A Great Educational Experience! Come see what’s on tap at Terrapin!

When: Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat 5:30 – 7:30pm.

Let our knowledgeable tour guides show you around the Brewery while you sample our awesome selection of beers! The latest and greatest is (almost!) always pouring and our souvenir pint glasses are only $10. There’s also live music, a great outdoor space, corn hole, hops growing, and – as always – good people!

Hop Harvest Festival

Terrapin will be hosting our 1st annual “Hop Harvest Festival” on Saturday, September 25th from 4:30 to 7:30 at the Brewery. Join us for a special unveiling of our new wet hopped beer “So Fresh and So Green, Green” as well as sixdifferent casks ales – each hopped with a different hop varietal, a mini farmers market and concessions by one of Athen’s finest farm to table food carts.

A special guest from the hop industry will be on hand to educate all of you beer lovers on the many wonders of the hop flower. We hope you will join us for this very special event at Terrapin!

Beer Releases:

Go, Go Hopzilla! ~

Side Project number 12, a beastly Double IPA, is explosive with 110 IBU’s! Hopzilla, which is made with Maris Otter malt to back up the bitterness , is guaranteed to leave you trembling at the knees. With all of this hop-a-licious goodness in one bottle, it more than deserves its iconic title!

The Monster of the Monster Beer Tour!~

Terrapin’s Monster Beer Tour is about to get hoppy with the next installment of Big Hoppy Monster, a monstrously-tasty Imperial Red Ale. Fall is the perfect time to enjoy this tantalizing, hoppy ale with the enormous malt backbone. All of this hoppiness in one bottle should be illegal. Watch out… this monster bites!

Pumpkinfest!~

Back by popular demand, Pumpkinfest has now become our fall seasonal beer! Pumpkinfest is an Octoberfest style Lager brew made with over one pound of pumpkin per barrel as well as lots of yummy spices. This one will have your taste buds thinking your drinking a pumpkin pie. Have yourself a taste and see what all the hype is about!

Do You have the Golden Ticket?~

Sound Czech will begin production shortly, but there is still no word on the two Golden Tickets that are floating around the state of Georgia right now! Help us figure out who the winners are by opening the boxes of Iron Tankard and Double Feature you have at home! We know the box is pretty but you might be sitting on a Golden Ticket! Sound Czech highlights the rockin’ days the Georgia Theatre had as a highly- acclaimed music venue. Check stores in the coming months for this newest installment of Terrapin’s Georgia Theatre Sessions.

“Oxymoron” 2010 Midnight Brewing Project~

Spike visited our friends at Left Hand Brewing Co. in Longmont, Colorado in July to brew the newest collaboration in the Midnight Brewing Project. This year’s brew, “Oxymoron”, is described as a Teutonic India Pale Lager and promises to have your taste buds spinning with delicious contradictions. “Oxymoron” will be available for a limited release in 22 ounce bottles later this summer.

~Let’s Talk Beer!~
We love to hear what you have to say about our beer! Send us your stories and compliments about your Terrapin experience and each month a winner will be chosen. Winners receive a free t-shirt and a posting in our newsletter. This month’s winner is Patrick Doyle from Atlanta, GA!

Thank you for all your support.

Cheers,

Spike and John
Terrapin Beer Company

ROCHESTER, NY – Next month, the Genesee Brewery will complete the installment of a new 24-ounce can production line. The brewery will immediately add 12 new positions to work the line, which will produce 24-ounce single-serve versions of Genesee, Genny Light, Genesee ICE, Genesee Cream Ale and The Original Honey Brown Lager.

The $3.5 million piece of equipment, which produces 300 cans per minute and more than 30,000 cases per day, provides opportunities for the Genesee Brewery to expand its product line-up in the c-store channel. “Our investment in a 24-ounce can production line opens many doors for the brewery. We now have the capabilities to produce one of the best selling products: single-serve cans and to further develop our relationships with contract brewing partners,” said Kenn Yartz, COO, North American Breweries.

The brewery is actively recruiting employees to fill the 12 new jobs, created by the addition of the new line. The new jobs mean that the brewery has added 65 people over the last year. “This is an exciting time for The Genesee Brewery. Our employees have worked hard to put Genny back on the map,” said Rich Lozyniak, CEO, North American Breweries. “With continued investment and strong marketing discipline, we’re seeing the results of our work.”

According to AC Nielsen data, single-serve containers account for more than 50 percent of beer unit sales in convenience stores. Retail sales of Genesee products are up more than 20 percent in that channel. The new products in single-serve 24-ounce cans are expected to spark additional growth for the Genesee family.

“This new line will help us perform even better in the c-store channel, providing our customers with a single-serve can,” said Jason Drewniak, brand manager for Genesee and Genny Light. “We also plan on introducing the 24-ounce can to grocery stores and other retailers, in order to take advantage of a strong customer interest in this product size.”

The Genesee Brewery is partnering with Rexam, one of the largest beverage can makers in the world, to manufacture all five of the 24-ounce cans. “We worked closely with the team at Genesee to support their move into this popular package and extend their reach in the convenience and grocery store channels,” said Andre Balbi, president and CEO, Rexam Beverage Can Americas. “This can is not only the best sustainability choice in terms of recycling superiority, but will stand out on retail shelves and serve an important role in helping further build the Genesee brand.”

Installation of the Genesee Brewery 24-ounce can line began in May, 2010 and the first run is set for mid-September. Consumers can expect the bigger version of their favorite beers in stores after October 1.

“Genesee and Genny Light have begun their comeback. This is another logical step toward expanding sales. We’re taking this product lineup into a growing industry trend – the single-serve can. And we’re confident beer drinkers will be thrilled to see their beloved Genny in more places and in a convenient pack size,” said Drewniak.

About The Genesee Brewery

The Genesee Brewery, based in Rochester, New York, is one of the largest and oldest continually operating breweries in the United States and is part of North American Breweries. The brewery makes the historic Genesee line of beers, Seagram’s Escapes, the Original Honey Brown Lager as well as Dundee Ales and Lagers family of craft beers. Additionally, through its Allied Brands division, the Genesee Brewery imports and markets Imperial Cerveza from Costa Rica. The Genesee Brewery also manufactures beer and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages under contracts on behalf of other companies.

View and subscribe to news from The Genesee Brewery here: geneseebrewingcompany

About Rexam

Rexam’s vision is to be the best global consumer packaging company. We are one of the largest beverage can makers in the world, and a major global player in rigid plastic packaging. We are business partners to some of the world’s most famous and successful consumer brands as well as young, entrepreneurial start-ups. We offer a broad range of packaging services and solutions for different industries, using different materials and technologies.

Three things characterize us – leadership in our industry, our commitment to innovation and our passion to deliver exceptional value. Rexam’s sales from ongoing operations are approximately £4.6 billion. We employ some 22,000 people in more than 20 countries and are a member of the FTSE 100. Rexam’s ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. For further information, visit Rexam’s website at www.rexam.com.

The cruise is sponsored by Draft Magazine. Now in its fifth year of publication, the magazine focuses on the beer lifestyle and the globe’s expanding beer and alcoholic beverage culture. Get details at http://www.draftmag.com/. And as a special offer to this year’s riders, Draft is offering a 50% discount on a year subscription – get a full year for just $10!

The 2010 Boulder County Brews Cruise buses begin departing from the Colorado Convention Center (at 14th Street and Stout Street) at either 8:00 AM or 9:30 AM on the morning of September 15th. The Brews Cruises begin returning to the Convention center starting around 4:00 PM thru 6:00PM.

Order Tour Tickets HERE.

Sip, Savor & Enjoy Harpoon at Morton’s The Steakhouse

Morton’s Seaport hosts tasting of seasonal Harpoon brews

WHAT: Morton’s The Steakhouse and Boston-based Harpoon Brewery team up to offer area beer enthusiasts a guided tutorial of Harpoon’s carefully crafted beers. Led by a Harpoon representative, guests will enjoy a selection of the brewery’s seasonal offerings, including Harpoon Octoberfest and Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Wet Hop, as well as year-round favorites like Harpoon Leviathan Series Imperial IPA and Harpoon Belgian Pale Ale. Beers will be paired alongside a selection of Morton’s signature hors d’oeuvres.

WHEN: Thursday, September 2, 2010
                  6:00 – 7:30 PM

COST: $30 per guest, inclusive of tax and gratuity

RESERVATIONS: Required. Call 617-526-0410 to reserve your spot as space is limited.

WHERE: Morton’s The Steakhouse
                 2 Seaport Lane
                 Boston, MA
                (www.mortons.com/bostonseaport)

PARKING: Valet parking available.

What’s on Tap:

• Boston Beer Company is defining the beer recipie for the collaboration with Weihenstephan.
• Beer Lover’s Choice is heating up, it’s a close race thus far between the American Rye and the Belgian IPA. The winner will be the next addition to the Samuel Adams family of beer.
• OctoberFest has started shipping, along with the fall Harvest Collection variety pack.
• Longshot winner will be selected in September at the GABF in Denver, Colorado.

We’re torn…we need your help.

Tasting and voting continues in the 6th annual Beer Lover’s Choice competition. It’s too early yet to call a winner. We’re not privy to the totals, but rumor has it that the American Rye is slightly ahead at this point without all precincts reporting. We’re split, I love the rye while Bert favors the Belgian IPA.

Voting continues through September so make sure your voice is heard. To learn more about the brews or to find out where to go to cast your vote visit our Beer Lover’s Choice Page to find a judging event near you.

Fall in love with Fall

Not that we’re ever ready for summer to end, but there has always been one great reason to look towards the fall: Samuel Adams OctoberFest.

Well this year, we can give you another great reason: Samuel Adams Harvest Collection Variety Pack. We’re talking about some damn good beers in this 12 pack: 2 bottles each of some our absolute favorite styles:

Boston Lager, OctoberFest, Dunkelweizen, Irish Red, Black Lager, and our new Harvest Pumpkin Ale.

Definitely one to stock up on in our opinion!

Beer of the Month: Sam Adams Irish Red
Finishes smooth. Samuel Adams Irish Red is brewed with two-row Harrington, Metcalfe, and Copeland pale malts, and Caramel 60 malt. The blend of pale malts provides most of the body and backbone of the beer, while the generous portion of Caramel 60 contributes to the deep red color and caramel sweetness that defines the style.

To balance all of that sweetness, we use earthy East Kent Goldings and English Fuggles hops. Their subtle bitterness and aroma provide a delicate complexity to the brew. 

Samuel Adams Irish Red finishes smooth and leaves you wanting to take another sip. See more at www.samueladams.com

Quote of the Month:

“From man’s sweat and God’s love, beer came into the world.” – Saint Arnold of Metz, The patron Saint of Brewers

Brewery Tour Information:
In our opinion, there is no better Samuel Adams experience than the one you get here at the Boston Brewery. Come learn the Samuel Adams history, learn about the brewing process and, of course, taste some of our award winning beers.

TOUR HOURS

• Monday – Thursday: 10am – 3pm
• Fridays: 10am – 5:30pm
• Saturdays: 10am – 3pm

Directions:

• 30 Germania Street
• Boston, MA 02130
• MBTA Orange Line – Stony Brook Station

Tours start approximately every 45 minutes. Each tour has limited space, so be sure to arrive early! Saturdays are especially busy and we often fill all available tour spaces by early afternoon. Please note that we now open at 10am on Saturdays.