In an interview with SeriousEats, Cigar City Head Brewer Wayne Wambles revealed that they have upcoming co-brewed beers with Mikkeller, Funky Buddha, B. Nektar & Blue Jacket:
There are several collaborations that we are in the process of putting together. Mikkeller, B Nektar, Blue Jacket, and Funky Buddha are a few of the players. I will leave this simply as a teaser...
Wayne has some interesting new small-scale, barrel-aged & Humidor series beers coming:
The new 110K is scheduled for production in early May. We will brew a one of a kind Humidor series this year.
There is a great deal of exclusive and small scale barrel aged beer that we will leak into the market over the course of the year. I don't want to get into too much detail. All I can really give you is the skeleton right now. I prefer to save the epidermis until a later date but it will be a pleasant surprise...
Wayne also revealed a concern that brewing resources will be in short supply soon:
I am worried that the industry won't be able to support all of the new craft breweries that are in process of opening or recently opened. The issue isn't that there aren't enough consumers of beer or demand but rather raw material supply. We are already allocating for hops years in advance in order to make sure that we can continue to produce our core brands. Word on the street is that the same might happen soon with grain supply.
I think that an even better industry to get involved in right now would be barley (or any other grain used in the manufacture of beer) farming or hop growing. That would insure a concrete pipeline over time as the craft brewing segment continues to exponentially expand. As long as we have a concrete raw material pipeline, the possibilities for craft beer are unlimited and stretch the boundaries of the imagination with their future potential. (full article here)
0 comments (click to read or post):
Post a Comment
Please leave a comment...I do moderate each comment so it may not appear immediately...and please be nice! You can also comment using Disqus (below) or even comment directly on Facebook (bottom).