We turn the taps to thick, dark, extreme brews for one cold week. Expect limited beers from Barley Brown’s, Great Divide, Deschutes, Full Sail, Fort George, He’brew, Emelisse, Brewdog, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, Block 15 and… isn’t that enough blackness already? Watch the next email for more specifics.
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This post was written by admin on January 29, 2012
We turn the taps to thick, dark, extreme brews for one cold week. Expect limited beers from Barley Brown’s, Great Divide, Deschutes, Full Sail, Fort George, He’brew, Emelisse, Brewdog, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, Block 15 and… isn’t that enough blackness already? Watch the next email for more specifics.
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This post was written by admin on January 28, 2012
We turn the taps to thick, dark, extreme brews for one cold week. Expect limited beers from Barley Brown’s, Great Divide, Deschutes, Full Sail, Fort George, He’brew, Emelisse, Brewdog, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, Block 15 and… isn’t that enough blackness already? Watch the next email for more specifics.
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This post was written by admin on January 27, 2012
We turn the taps to thick, dark, extreme brews for one cold week. Expect limited beers from Barley Brown’s, Great Divide, Deschutes, Full Sail, Fort George, He’brew, Emelisse, Brewdog, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, Block 15 and… isn’t that enough blackness already? Watch the next email for more specifics.
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This post was written by admin on January 26, 2012
We turn the taps to thick, dark, extreme brews for one cold week. Expect limited beers from Barley Brown’s, Great Divide, Deschutes, Full Sail, Fort George, He’brew, Emelisse, Brewdog, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, Block 15 and… isn’t that enough blackness already? Watch the next email for more specifics.
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This post was written by admin on January 25, 2012
Belmont Station is a place th
at feels like an never ending craft beer festival. Every night of the week there’s something going on in the Bier Cafe and the bottleshop. More than 1400 bottles of beer and nearly twenty rotating draught selections to choose from. Perhaps the most badass of all of their events is BIGGER, BADDER, BLACKER! This week long celebration of, as the title indicates, bold and behemoth dark brews, hosts some of the most coveted pitchy pours in the world.
If you missed the kickoff last night, you missed the initial “Descent into Darkness”, including rockstar brewer Shawn Kelso of Barley Brown’s (soon to be with 10 Barrel Brewing) unleashing two muscular brutes – BB’s Anniversary Ale simply known as “13″ and his 2010 Great American Beer Festival gold medal winning Turmoil CDA. In addition the Station was gracing the people with these two highly sought after dark ales, they also unveiled a Mikkeller Tequila Barrel-aged Black Hole alongside a Peated Whisky Barrel-aged Black Hole. Still not sated? How about some Laurelwood Moose & Squirrel Imperial Stout, New Belgium Clutch (sour Belgian style stout), or Deschutes Black Butte XXI (yes, from 2009). But don’t fret, for this, my friends, is just the tip of the big black iceberg. Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on January 24, 2012
We turn the taps to thick, dark, extreme brews for one cold week. Expect limited beers from Barley Brown’s, Great Divide, Deschutes, Full Sail, Fort George, He’brew, Emelisse, Brewdog, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, Block 15 and… isn’t that enough blackness already? Watch the next email for more specifics.
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This post was written by admin on January 24, 2012
We turn the taps to thick, dark, extreme brews for one cold week. Expect limited beers from Barley Brown’s, Great Divide, Deschutes, Full Sail, Fort George, He’brew, Emelisse, Brewdog, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, Block 15 and… isn’t that enough blackness already? Watch the next email for more specifics.
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This post was written by admin on January 23, 2012
By D.J. Paul
On Monday December 12, 2011, Belmont Station welcomed David Walker, co-founder of Firestone Walker Brewing Company into their Beircafé for a casual meet and greet. Belmont Station proprietor Carl Singmaster dug deep into his cellar, offering up a three-year vertical of Firestone Walker’s Anniversary Series. Being poured that evening were Anniversary XIII, XIV and this year’s XV. This was a very rare opportunity to sample the past three variations of Firestone’s yearly-anticipated Anniversary Ale. While sampling my flight David Walker worked the Beircafé like no other. He took the time to introduce himself and to answer questions at each table and person sitting at the bar.
A little after 7 p.m. David stood up near the front window of the Beircafé to address the crowd that had gathered. He spoke a bit about Firestone Walker’s history and stated some interesting facts about their beer and brewery. One particularly fascinating fact learned is that 85% of Firestone’s sales occur within a 100-mile radius of their brewery in Paso Robles, CA. We also learned that their Abacus Barleywine from their Reserve Series would be renamed this year to §ucaba. Yes, Abacus spelled backwards with a section sign, §, being used in replace of the S. This is a result from a winery, ZD Wines, which produces a Cabernet Sauvignon with the same name. To avoid legal action Firestone Walker changed the name of their barley wine.
After David completed his roaming of the room we went next door to Belmont Station’s Bottle Shop to ask him a few questions about his brewery that is now 15 years old. Here’s the interview: Read More…
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This post was written by DJ on December 14, 2011
On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, Breakside Brewery will release bottled versions of two barrel-aged beers. Bourbon Barrel Aztec is an oak-aged version of Aztec Ale, the brewery’s popular strong ale made with chocolate and chiles. This is the second release of Bourbon Barrel Aztec, and the first round of bottles sold very quickly last summer. According to the brewers, this latest version has developed rich oak and coconut flavors, shows a lot of bourbon in the nose, and has a mellow, though present, heat. Soursop Wheat is a blend of several different Belgian wheat beers that were aged in soured Old Tom Gin barrels and then aged on soursop, a Southeast Asian fruit that is both sweet and savory. This beer has lots of juniper and herb character on the nose, a big sourness up front, and a rounded, fruity finish. For those unfamiliar with soursop, the brewery will provide samples of the fruit during the release party.
Both beers will be Read More…
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This post was written by Ben Edmunds on December 12, 2011
