From AleSmith & Cigar City:
AleSmith's newest collaboration with Cigar City Brewing recently hit retail locations around San Diego. Only one batch of this 8.5% abv Rye Brown Ale found its way into bottles and draft so ramble on over to the tasting bar to try it fresh off the tap and grab a bottle to go.
This Coast 2 Coast Collaboration brew is a rich, malty roggenbier that is riddled with notes of chocolate and biscuit that perfectly compliment the soft spiciness of the rye.This balanced and complex brew pairs best with smooth cigars and life-long friends.
AleSmith Brewing Co. Wins Award at
World Beer Cup®
San Diego, California
AleSmith Brewing Company claimed a gold award in the 2014 World Beer Cup, a global beer competition that evaluates beers from around the world and recognizes the most outstanding brewers and their beers. Gold, silver and bronze awards in the competition's 94 beer style categories were presented April 11, 2014 during the World Beer Cup award ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado.
AleSmith was awarded gold in the Old Ale or Strong Ale beer style category for its 2013 Olde Ale, a rich, malt-forward ale that showcases soft notes of currants and dried fruit along with complex dark sugars, all of which are balanced by a subtle bitterness derived from the addition of traditional English hops. AleSmith Olde Ale was first brewed in 2005 as the inaugural introduction into the Decadence Series celebrating AleSmith's first ten years as a fledgling brewery.
Meant to live only one life like its Decadence brethren, Olde Ale was never intended to see another bottling run no matter the appeal and popularity. However, after a five year hiatus the Olde Ale reincarnate was brewed again in 2010 to celebrate the past five years of Decadence with the hope of a cyclical 5 year rebirth as a recurring Decadence Ale. In 2013, the decision was eventually made to make AleSmith Olde Ale an annual spring seasonal release due to the high demand from our customers and retailers around the country.
"I'm very proud of my AleSmith team with the recent World Beer Cup Gold in the Old Ale category. The recipe for this beer was first brewed during my amateur days in the 1990's, so this is a nice connection between AleSmith and the home brewing community. The World Beer Cup is a tremendously competitive event and we're honored to be listed amongst the great brewing names from around the world that compete in this biannual contest." comments Peter Zien, owner of AleSmith Brewing Company.
World Beer Cup winners were selected by an international panel of 219 beer judges from 31 countries. Regarded as the "Olympics of Beer Competition," the World Beer Cup saw an impressive field of 4,754 entries from 1,403 breweries in 58 countries. For more additional information, visit the World Beer Cup website.
Fun Fact: Perhaps you have noticed the 2014 bottles are now printed as AleSmith "Olde" Ale, we felt the beer really earned that "e."
Brandy Barrel-Aged Old Numbskull & Barrel-Aged Speedway Bottle Sale and Release Party
BOTTLE SALES BEGIN MAY 5th @ 11AM
Snag your bottles at brown paper tickets
for these limited reserve specialties.
AleSmith Brewing Company's 2014 Reserve Series will continue with a brand new addition to our barrel-aged collection - Brandy Barrel Aged Old Numbskull. To complement this release, we will also be releasing this year's first batch of Barrel Aged Speedway Stout.
BRANDY BARREL AGED OLD NUMBSKULL
Our 2013 Great American Beer Festival gold-medal winner, Old Numbskull, has been aging in premium Brandy barrels to develop its rich and intense flavor profile. The result is an amazingly complex beer that balances the caramel and toasted malt character of Old Numbskull with notes of plum, honey, and oak from the barrel aging process.
BARREL AGED SPEEDWAY STOUT
This complex imperial stout has been aged in premium bourbon barrels to add complimenting notes of oak, vanilla, and bourbon to its massive coffee, chocolate, and roasted malts flavor profile.
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Starting Monday, May 5th at 11:00am, you will be able to purchase up to three (3) bottles of Brandy Barrel Aged Old Numbskull and up to four (4) bottles of Barrel Aged Speedway Stout. Please note; you will need to use your name to purchase each bottle, and your name will be registered once you place your order. We want to make this as fair as possible - any duplicate sales to the same name will be voided!
Please, USE ONLY YOUR NAME TO PURCHASE THE BOTTLES. YOUR PURCHASE IS JUST FOR YOUR BOTTLES. YOU CANNOT PURCHASE BOTTLES UNDER SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME OR FOR SOMEONE ELSE. IF YOU BUY THEM, YOU MUST PICK THEM UP.
Bottles can be picked up starting Saturday, May 10th at the AleSmith Tasting Room. Bottles can be retrieved during tasting room hours from Saturday, May 10th through Sunday, July 13th 2014. (Tasting Room Hours: Mon-Fri: 12-9pm, Sat: 11am-9pm & Sun: 11am-6pm.) **Any bottles not retrieved by SUNDAY, JULY 13thwill be surrendered back to the brewery (no exceptions).**
Please DO NOT PURCHASE BOTTLES UNLESS YOU ARE SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE BREWERY BY JULY 13, 2014.
Proxies will not be allowed for this release, you will need to show your proof of purchase (in the form of confirmation email from Brown Paper Tickets) and valid ID to retrieve your bottles. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. This means you will NOT be able to pick up anyone else's bottles, and we will not release the bottles to you without a confirmation and valid ID matching the name on the sale! IF YOU PURCHASE THE BOTTLE, YOU HAVE TO PICK IT UP!
Please ensure you only pick up bottles during the following dates/times: Mon-Fri: 12-9pm, Sat: 11am-9pm & Sun:11am-6pm. Please do not purchase bottles until you'veread the terms and conditions listed on the sale page and can ensure that you will be able to pick up your bottles bySUNDAY, JULY 13th, 2014!
To purchase tickets, please visit our Brown Paper Tickets sale page. The page will not go live until twelve (12) hours prior to the start of bottle sales (May 4th at 11:00pm)! For more information about our release party celebration on Saturday, May 10th see below.
RELEASE PARTY MAY 10th
Celebrate our Barrel-Aged Release with friends, family, limited edition beers, and new glassware.
Join us on Saturday, May 10th in the AleSmith Brewing Company tasting room for the Brandy Barrel Aged Old Numbskull and Barrel Aged Speedway Stout release party. The tasting room will be open from 11:00am to 9:00pm. This event is open to the public; you do not have to purchase bottles to attend the event. However, if you did previously purchase bottles, this will be the first day you can pick up your bottles (please note, we will not have any bottles of either specialty release available for sale in the tasting room).
We will have a variety of specialty cask, draft and nitro offerings on tap for the occasion, including: Barrel Aged Speedway, Barrel Aged Speedway on nitro, Speedway Stout with Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee, and other surprise beers to be named later. New York on Rye will be here starting at 11:30am serving up authentic New York Deli to pair with your beers, and we will be releasing some new AleSmith glassware as well!
We hope to see you at the brewery on Saturday, May 10thto celebrate these two releases with us!
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