The Bar Towel

Although I've been too busy with my dissertation as of late to get a Premier e-brewletter out about the holiday beers, I saw this thread and wanted to let you guys know that Unibroue 10 is due to arrive at Premier this coming Monday (11/26). I believe we are getting 15 cases...

In case anyone is interested... We have just received a very limited shipment (5 cases) of Dogfish Head 90-Minute IPA at Premier. This is a 9% abv imperial IPA, with Cascades, Centennials, and Chinooks added as a single constant addition throughout the boil, and then dry-hopped as well! This is a sp...

Chinooks are a great bittering hop - high alpha, relatively low beta. In my opinion, they add a slightly spicy note that is lacking in other C-hops (owing to their partial English Goldings heritage?). Some brewers question their use as an aroma variety - claiming that they produce more "earthy&...

The Rogue Chocolate Stout is their Shakespeare Stout with chocolate essence added. I think it is fantastic. The picture on the bottle is Sebbie Buhler - in my opininion, one of the greatest advocates for good beer in the world. If you ever see her at a beer event or festival, don't pass up the oppor...

More new seasonal stuff arriving at Premier... Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 2001-2 Vintage, arriving tomorrow (10/20) Arriving next week: Allegash Grande Cru Special Reserve (very limited) Abita Fallfest He'Brew Genesis Ale and Messiah Stout Arriving first week of November: Flying Dog Horn Dog Bar...

The first homebrew I ever made was brewed without any water whatsoever! We tapped a sugar maple in my parent's backyard, and brewed the entire beer with maple sap. As you probably are aware - the maple sap is like water. It needs to be boiled down ~80:1 to get maple syrup. We brewed a version of an ...

We're supposed to get a pretty large shipment of it at Premier. I've seen pictures of the bottle and know that it is 10%, but that is about it. It is a 750 ml, corked, screened bottle, with gold lettering. I was hoping that someone in this forum might have heard more information. Although I'm sure i...

What have you guys heard about "Unibroue 10" - the brewery's special holiday release for this year, commemorating their 10th anniversary?

It seems every year, we start getting the winter/holiday beers earlier... Anyway, here's a list of a few things that should arrive in the next two weeks at Premier: Aventinus Eisbock - 12% abv, very limited supply. Lee's Harvest Ale, 1986 vintage (the first year it was brewed!) - EXTREMELY limited. ...

Hey bartowel crew - thanks for coming on Saturday! One thing I forgot to mention - Unfortunately Dogfish Head had to pull out last minute because of a medical emergency. The only other "no shows" were Sacket's Harbor (some sort of problem at the brewery) and St. Andre's (we have no idea wh...

Thought you guys might like this... Here's a list of all of the beers that will be at the festival. It is probably still missing a handfull. Abita Turbo Dog Abita Purple Haze Abita Amber Alternative Brews Hazelnut Brown Anchor Steam Anchor Liberty Anchor Old Foghorn Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock Bar...

N. American IPAs at the Brewfest.... Okay - this list isn't complete. Several breweries haven't quite decided what they are bringing yet, plus many are bringing special seasonals that have never been tasted before. Here's a short list of a few that all of you crazy hop-heads shouldn't miss: Anchor L...

Cass - I'm actually trying to finish writing this year's program tonight. We had a bunch of breweries added today - Rogue, Brooklyn, Youngs, Chimay, Belhaven, Abita, De Koninck, Maredsous, Old Speckled Hen, Kinsale Brewing, and Post Road Pumpkin.

Hope you guys are thirsty...

Just found out today - it looks like we might have as many as 15 more breweries added to the list on the website. Check back in the next few days - we're still waiting for confirmation. The new additions include St Andre's (Doug Pengelly's brews), bringing our Canadian Brewery contingent to three - ...

Actually, Rogue stopped making the "smoke" in the small XS bottles about a year and a half ago. They are planning to re-release the Rogue Smoke in the 22oz. bottles. As far as I know, they also haven't released the mixed XS cases in about a year because they ran out of this year's Old Crus...