Archive for Oskar Blues

Beer Event Update: CANFEST Annouces Lineup

If you missed the previous post about CANFEST, please click here to view the post.  If you’re able to attend the event and you are interested in the lineup, keep reading:
The following breweries have confirmed their attendance:

USA

21st Amendment – CA
Anderson Valley Brewing Company – CA
Big Sky Brewing Company – MT
Bohemian Brewery – [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Crack open a can at the Buckbean CANFEST!!

CANFEST – International Canned Beer Festival‏
Reno, NV (August 2009)—Buckbean Brewing Company, Nevada’s largest production microbrewery, will bring to Reno this October the first ever CANFEST – Reno International Canned Beer Festival, the first international beer judging and tasting for canned beer, to take place at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Oct. 23, 2009.

Buckbean, a [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, September 14th, 2009

2009 Washington IPA Challenge Results

Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA, Marin Brewing White Knuckle Double IPA, and Rock Bottom Bellevue Hop Bomb Take Top Honors at the 2009 Washington IPA Challenge

Seattle, WA (8/22/09) – On Saturday, August 22, 16 judges gathered at Beveridge Place Pub, located in Seattle, Washington, for a blind evaluation of 36 IPA and Imperial IPA entries. [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey update

Beer and whiskey mix
Here’s a story with a happy ending.
Back in December we reported that Flying Dog’s decision to shutter its Denver brewery – and relocate its beer-making operations to Maryland – had put Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey in a jam. The tiny Denver maker of super-premium whiskey had been relying on neighboring Flying Dog for [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

More craft beer in a can

Santa Cruz craft brewery opts to use cans
CONTAINERS ARE RECYCLABLE, KEEP OUT OXYGEN, LIGHT
By William Brand
Bay Area News Group
SANTA CRUZ – Wonder what’s happening in the rapidly moving world of craft beer? How about craft beer in cans?
Alec Stefansky and Skot Colacicco, partners in Uncommon Brewers, a new Santa Cruz craft brewery, have made the [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Dales expansion in Colorado

Brewery up and running in Longmont
Blues brew
By Tony Kindelspire
Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT — Ten times the space. A ton more equipment. Automated equipment.
Oskar Blues brewed its first batch of Dale’s Pale Ale in April at its new $3 million Longmont brewing facility, located in an industrial building at Pike Road and Sunset Street.
From a catwalk about 20 [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Oskar Blues

Sorry for the delay in posting this article. Ian and I are HUGH fans of the Oskar Blue movement. Craft beer in cans you say. How can this be so? Well, we have tried Dales Pale Ale, Gordon, and Old Chub from Oskar Blues offering and we are hooked!! Check out our reviews!! They have [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Monday, December 17th, 2007

Thursday .. Friday… Hoppy Days

Thursday, Friday, Hoppy Days.
The weekend comes,
My palate hums,
Ready to drink with you.
These days are all,
Hoppy and Free. (Those Hoppy Days)
These days are all,
Share them with 2beerguys. (oh baby)
Goodbye grey sky, hello beer.
There’s nothing can hold me when I hold a tasty brew.
Feels so right, it can’t be wrong.
Rockin’ and rollin’ all weekend long.
Well, a weekend [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Friday, May 25th, 2007