Night Shift Tripel Reserve Bottle Release Party June 22

Tickets are officially on sale for Night Shift Brewing’s latest Reserve Series release, set for Saturday, June 22 from 5:30 – 9:30pm. A Belgian-style tripel fermented with Pinot Gris grape juice and aged in white wine oak barrels, Tripel Reserve will make it’s anticipated debut during the event.

Serving as one of the Boston area’s hottest new breweries, Night Shift is rapidly making a name for themselves throughout craft beer culture with their experimental brewing, barrel-aging and of course, sexy glassware.

While ticketed events continue to be a point of contention in the scene right now, the $10 fee simply acts as a credit for brewery purchases during the release, so people shouldn’t go delirious over this one.

The details:

• Tickets are required, buy them here for $10
• Ticket cost is good for a $10 credit at our taproom on the night of the event only
• 200 tickets available
• All tickets are will call (bring your IDs, obviously), and are transferable by emailing info@nightshiftbrewing
• $15 per 750mL bottle, limit 4 per person
• Beers “most likely” on draft include Tripel Reserve, Honeydew, Bee Tea, Snow, Oasis, Viva Habanera and Ever Weisse

Commercial description:

This elegant ale pours crystal clear and straw-colored, its aroma oaky with tropical hints of papaya and white grapes. It sips tannic and rich, profuse in tangerine, ripe apricot, and spiced banana flavors. It has a sweet, peppery finish that lingers well after the beer is gone. Resist temptation to drink immediately, and you’ll find reward in letting our Tripel Reserve grow and evolve over time.

Night Shift Brewing is located at 3 Charlton St, Unit 9 in Everett. The brewery suggests taking public transportation to the event if possible due to limited parking space.

Beer Served Rare Now on Facebook

Just wanted to drop everyone a reminder that Beer Served Rare is now on Facebook along with the previously established Twitter account. Head on over to check that out for more pictures, news and beer nerd chatter. You know, if you’re into that sort of thing.

There’s more changes coming to the blog in the near future that I’m pretty excited about, so thanks for reading and keep checking back!

Kuhnhenn Summer Solstice 2013 Bottle Release Updates

As the annual Summer Solstice celebration draws closer, a few more bits of news trickled out from the Kuhnhenn front today regarding bottle limits and pricing for the release on Saturday, June 22.

The details:

• Dark Heathen Triple Bock ($8.00) Limit 4
• TRIPA Triple Rice IPA ($8.00) Limit 4
• Bourbon Barrel 4D ($8.00) Limit 2
• Sol Invictus Saison ($6.00) Limit 4
• Numbered order sheets will be handed out according to your place in line. ALL forms must be turned in by 11:30 am to guarantee your order is called in order when sales begin at 12pm.
• All orders will be held for Saturday only. If they aren’t picked up by close on Saturday, they will go back into inventory and resold on Sunday.
• Dark Heathen, TRIPA and Bourbon Barrel 4D will be on tap Friday, June 21. NO GROWLERS
• The 12 Wheats of Summer will be on draft Saturday, June 22 ONLY

Kuhnhenn Brewing Company is located at 5919 Chicago Road in Warren.

Forest & Main Solaire Reserve Bottles Available Now

Attention SEPA area beer geeks – Forest & Main Brewing Company’s original bottled release has returned as of yesterday at the taproom. Solaire Reserve is their flagship Belgian saison, Solaire (straw colored, brightly hoppy, brewed with malted spelt and wild yeast) bottle conditioned with several strains of brett. $14 per 750mL, get ‘em while they’re hot.

Forest & Main Brewing Company is located at 61 N. Main Street in Ambler.

Deschutes Black Butte XXV Almost Here

Deschutes Brewery is ringing in their 25th anniversary with another Reserve Series release, as Black Butte XXV is set to debut in draft and 22oz bottles at the end of this month. This marks the sixth release in the Black Butte anniversary series, with each recipe containing its own set of unique ingredients.

XXV is an imperial porter brewed with dates, figs and cocoa nibs, with 50% aged in oak bourbon barrels for 6 months and 12.5% with black currants added.

Commercial description:

It’s our silver anniversary this year, and we’re celebrating 25 years in style. Every year, we make a huge double version of our flagship Black Butte Porter and our brewers tinker with the recipe with some complex ingredients in order to meaningfully commemorate what’s made the brewery great over the last couple decades: experimentation. Black Butte XXV is bourbon barrel aged and has some unique additions to ensure that this anniversary brew stands alone. Like all of our Reserve Series beers, we encourage you to drink one upon its release and put some away for later. Some things just get better with age!

New Barrel-Aged Struise Beers Available

A nice package of barrel-aged brews from Belgium’s De Struise hit the Etre Gourmet webshop today, so head on over to check it out if you’re willing to pony up on the shipping fees for these limited treats.

The beers:

• O.N.E. - aka Our Nastiest Effort is the first Special Barrel Aged Ale in this collectors item series of 12. Brewed with the use of local terroir high quality ingredients and aged 12 months in bourbon barrels. 75 cl, 10% abv.
• T.H.R.E.E. - aka Tangerine Evil Edition is the third Special Barrel Aged Ale in this collectors item series of 12. Aged 12 months in bourbon barrels. 75 cl, 10% abv.
• Rio Reserva 2009 - Brewed in collaboration with brew master Ryohei Sugawara from Rio Brewing Co and aged in two kinds of barrels. First, one year in Saint Emilion Tour Baladoz wine oak barrels and then Kentucky Bourbon barrels. 75 cl, 10.5% abv.
• Rye Triple XXX Reserva – Bourbon barrel-aged. 75 cl, 10% abv.
• Black Damnation I Blackberry Albert - Blackberry fermented Albert aged on port barrels. 75 cl, 13% abv.
• Struiselensis - Special brew by Struise as a tribute to Lembeek brewers. This blonde and slight sour beer is the result of a research combining Brettamonyces Bruxellensis, bourbon barrels and some skills out of the wild. 75 cl, 6% abv.

Note – all descriptions are courtesy of De Struise and Etre Gourmet.

Avery Ross’s's’ Melange Coming June 16

With their last barrel-aged release, Momi Hiwa, barely in their rearview, Avery Brewing Company is set to drop #16 in the Barrel-Aged Series on Sunday, June 16 (yes, that’s Father’s Day). Ross’s's’ Melange is another barrel-aged wild ale brewed with chardonnay grape must and aged in white wine barrels, coming in at 11.04 abv.

The details:

• Sales start at 4pm
• $10 per 12oz bottle, limit 12 per person
• CASH ONLY
• 147 cases produced

Commercial description:

This 11.04% ABV wild ale brewed with Chardonnay grape must and aged in Chardonnay barrels for 6 months was brewed with Brettanomyces and Champagne yeast, resulting in a beer as wild and funky as the man who inspired it.

Avery Brewing Company is located at 5763 Arapahoe in Boulder.

Nashaminy Creek 1st Anniversary and Bottle Release

Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company is celebrating their 1st Anniversary on Sunday, June 9 (today) in style with live music, 10 beers on tap and an exclusive bottle release. The event kicks off at noon, with bands beginning at 2pm and the bottle sales starting at 5:30pm. This time around, the brewery’s first American barleywine, Concrete Pillow, and the bourbon barrel-aged version of their s’mores imperial stout, Leon will be available. Check this out and help support one of the many up and coming SE Pennsylvania breweries that’s doing it right.

The details:

• Concrete Pillow. $16 per 22oz bottle, limit 2 per person, 600 available.
• Bourbon Barrel Leon. $20 per 22oz bottle, limit 2 per person, 700 available.

Future note: The brewery recently put Concrete Pillow into whiskey barrels for a “12 month slumber,” so look forward to that next year.

Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company is located at 909 Ray Ave in Croydon.

Cantillon Zwanze Day 2013 Announced

 

Cantillon announced the 2013 edition of Zwanze Day today, so mark your calendars now for Saturday, September 14. The international celebration will go down at “around 40 locations,” up from 35 in 2012, with Scotland and Switzerland being two newcomers to the party.

Followers might recall the intended lambic for Zwanze 2012 wasn’t going to be ready in time for the event, prompting owner/brewer Jean Van Roy to recreate Zwanze 2008 (rhubarb lambic) as an alternate selection. When the information was originally posted last year, Cantillon announced “they hoped” the top-fermentation beer intended for Zwanze 2012 would eventually be released for 2013 – but no official details regarding this year’s Zwanze have been released yet.

Zwanze Day is an international, simultaneous tapping of a one-off Cantillon lambic that visits a handful of special locations around the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. Nearly all of the beer is draft-only, allowing as many people to taste it as possible while cutting down on black market reselling and profiteering, which prompted the first Zwanze Day in 2011.

Previous releases:

• Zwanze 2008 – Rhubarb lambic
• Zwanze 2009 – Elderflower lambic, eventually became Mamouche
• Zwanze 2010 – Spontaneously fermented witbier
• Zwanze 2011 – Recreation of Pinot D’Aunis, a fruit lambic brewed with Pineau d’Aunis grapes
• Zwanze 2012 – Recreation of Zwanze 2008

Lawson’s Finest Liquids at Waitsfield Farmer’s Market June 8

Lawson’s Finest Liquids will be making another appearance at Waitsfield Farmer’s Market on Saturday, June 8 with a load of delicious beers. Numbered deli tickets will be handed out starting at 8am to secure places in line, with sales starting once the market opens at 9am. All sales will be cash only with a limit of 4 bottles per person, although this is subject to change based on the turnout. The weather looks terrible, but this is a rain or shine event, so plan accordingly.

The details:

• Jack’s Abby/Lawson’s Finest Smoked Maple Lager (5.9%) – $5/16.9oz (NO LIMIT)
• Spring Fever Session IPA (3.8%) – $7/22oz
• Paradise Pale Ale (5.0%) – $7/22oz
• Chinooker’d IPA – $8/22oz
• Double Sunshine IPA (8.0%) – $9/22oz
  
• Glassware will be available

Rumor also has it that Maple Tripple will return at next month’s market on Saturday, July 6.

Waitsfield Farmer’s Market is located on Route 100, Mad River Green.