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Arena Bar and Grill is an award-winning casual bar and restaurant with 50 Beers on Draft, 450 different Bottled Beers, 101 Martinis, Hand-cut Steaks, Fresh Pasta and amazing Appetizers. Stop in and enjoy the big game on one of the 15 flat screens in our dining room, one of the two 50" flat screens behind the bar! Looking to book a party? Check out our PRIVATE Lounge!
Two Roads Brewing (Stratford, CT) was started by a former Pabst exec, and now it looks like Phil Markowski from Southampton Publick House (Long Island, NY & long-time contract brew @ Lion Brewery) will be joining the team @ Two Roads. Looks like they will be doing predominantly contract brewing (something Phil may be familiar with). Details coming in fast and furious…so stay tuned.
We brought you the news early this morning of Victory Brewing’s purchased of a 2nd brewery location in Parksburg, PA…and now here’s an update from Victory:
When Bill and Ron first met in 1973 as 5th graders, their biggest concern was finding a good spot to get into trouble after school. Over their 39 years of friendship (so far), those stresses changed: Who to take to the prom? Where to go to college? How to secure a real job? And then, in 1996 how to make their dream of brewery ownership a reality.
So far, the duo has managed all of life’s choices honorably and successfully. Beginning in 2011 and continuing into 2012, Bill and Ron faced yet another daunting conundrum – this time more significant than choosing a prom date. How should they solve the challenge of operating a brewery functioning at capacity in order to feed the needs of their devoted fans?
After many sleepless nights, countless hours of research, dozens of meetings with financial institutions and a few solid drinking sessions, Bill and Ron have decided to take another leap of faith, with their fingers crossed that the Victory name holds true. Victory Brewing Company is opening a second brewery!
We officially signed papers this week to take over an existing building in Parkesburg, PA to build our additional brewing facility. We now take on the task of turning that building into another Victory Brewing Company. It will take some serious growing pains to get the new facility up-and-running. But once we’re at that point (fingers crossed for Summer 2013), it will allow us endless opportunities to experiment with new flavors and re-create old favorites.
Victory just released a press-release announcing their long-rumored expansion into a 2nd brewing facility in Parkesburg, PA. From Victory:
(DOWNINGTOWN, PA) – Victory Brewing Company is opening a 2nd brewery in Chester County, Pa., which will allow the company to continue to create new, innovative beers and additional employment opportunities.
In 2012. Victory’s current brewery in Downingtown, PA will reach capacity. In order to keep up with consumers’ demand for full-flavored, high quality beer, Victory is forging ahead with expansion plans.
“Our thirsty fans have been asking us for more,” said Bill Covaleski, President and Co-Brewmaster of Victory Brewing Company. “In order to give them what they want, we need more space to make it happen.”
The new brewery location was chosen because of its similarities to Victory’s home in Downingtown. Just as the home brewery recycled an old Pepperidge Farm factory, the expansion brewery is being built within an existing complex in Parkesburg, Pa. The Downingtown location is situated a mere 14 miles from the headwaters of the east branch of the Brandywine Creek and the Parkesburg brewery will be just 17 miles from the headwaters of the west branch.
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Two new keg labels from Sierra Nevada today….Flipside Double IPA (8.4% ABV) and Love Potion No 69 Ale with raspberries & cocoa nibs added (6.9% ABV). Hmmmmmm……
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We brought you the news of Nimble Hill Brewing Co coming soon to Nimble Hill Winery in Mehoopany PA, and we’re really excited to see what our pal Mike Simmons will be doing. Today we get a peek at what the first four beers might be: Nit Witbier (ale brewed with spices), Fuggle English Style Ale, Cluster Fuggle Pale Ale & Flinke Hugel Lager. No word on ABV, but we do get some idea of what hop varieties Mike is planning.
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Today we have a new 22oz bottle from DC Brau Brewing called El Hefe Speaks Limited Release German-Style Wheat Beer. El Hefe will be 5.2% ABV and it is a collaboration brew with John “Solly” Solomon & Chris Frashier (formerly of Old Dominion Brewery). This brew was officially launched in Aug. and it looks like we’ll see it again this summer in a new package.
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From Deschutes:
(Bend, OR) – Good water and good beer go hand in hand, right? That’s one reason why Deschutes Brewery has recently made a one billion gallon annual water restoration commitment through one of its local non-profit organizations, the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC). This donation marks the DRC water leasing program’s largest private donation to date, and actually equals 14 times more water than Deschutes Brewery and all of its suppliers use per year.
Looks like our pal Shaun O’Sullivan from 21st Amendment has decided to give Monks Blood a break and put it on hiatus later in 2012…This from 21st Amendment:
SAN FRANCISCO - After nearly a year in seclusion, 21st Amendment Brewery’s acclaimed beer Monk’s Blood is now available for a limited time. Monk’s Blood’s most ardent worshippers may want to drink one now & cellar one for later, as whispers around the monastery have indicated that the beer will go into extended seclusion after 2012.
Brother Shaun (Brewmaster and co-founder Shaun O’Sullivan) said, “We have so many things happening in the brewery right now, it’s time to let Monk’s Blood take a break so we can play a little more with some other really special brews.”
Monk’s Blood is an 8.3 percent alcohol, dark Belgian-style ale brewed with eight malts, Belgian candi-sugar, cinnamon, vanilla bean, dried local black mission figs and aged on oak for a flavor unlike anything you’ve ever had from a can. It is part of 21st Amendment’s Insurrection Series, a limited edition, once-in-a-while, four-pack release of a very special beer that rises up in revolt against common notions of what canned beer can be. How special? Monk’s Blood was voted the best local microbrew in 2011 by the SF Weekly, and top 25 Beers of 2010 by Draft magazine.
Brothers Nicolas (co-founder Nico Freccia) and Shaun developed the beer as an homage to the monks of Belgium’s monasteries who have been brewing some of the world’s great beer for centuries.
“During times of fasting, the monks subsist solely on beer, which they refer to as ‘liquid bread’,” notes Brother Nicolas. “Beer, quite literally, is in their blood.”
Freccia and O’Sullivan traveled to Belgium to develop the recipe for this special beer, visiting small traditional breweries in the hop fields of west Flanders, not far from the famous Trappist abbey of Westvleteren.
Monk’s Blood is available in cans starting this week at quality bars and stores in all 17 of 21st Amendment’s current distribution territories, including CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, MA, NY, NJ, DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, GA and NC. For up-to-date availability, events and promotions, visit http://www.21st-Amendment.com
About 21st Amendment Brewery:
Who the heck are these guys? Hey, we’re Nico and Shaun. We live for great beer. In 1920, there were thousands of breweries across American making unique handcrafted beer. The passage of Prohibition wiped out this great culture. After thirteen years without beer, the states ratified the 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition in America. At the 21st Amendment Brewery, we celebrate the right to brew beer, the freedom to be innovative, and the obligation to have fun
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Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery…looks like we’ll be seeing the canned version of East India Pale Ale next week….This brew is packaged in Utica..and this from businessnewsdaily about Utica…
Today two-thirds of Brooklyn Brewery beers are brewed in Utica, while the rest of beer production takes place in Brooklyn. There are plans to move 50 percent of production to Brooklyn within the next two years. The company had sales of $35 million last year and projects sales to increase to between $40 million and $45 million in 2012. The company employs 120 workers upstate and 57 in Brooklyn.
The Minnesota legislature is considering a bill that will raise the barrel-limit qualifications for breweries to receive a tax credit. Currently the limit is set to 100,000bbl and the proposal will raise it to 250,000bbl. Schell’s Brewing is currently bumping over the 100,000bbl mark (130,000bbl) and would have to produce significantly more beer to make up for the lost tax credit should they go much further beyond 100,000bbl. For more details from TwinCities.com click HERE.
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