Weekly Beer Update Thursday February 26, 2015

More updates and Special Release info coming soon.

Anchor Brewing - [Argonaut Collection] Flying Cloud (New/Seasonal)

4-Pack 12oz Bottles  7.40%  Export Stout

RateBeer: 89  Foreign Stout

Avery - Uncle Jacob's Stout (Seasonal/Limited)

Single 12oz Bottle  16.90%  Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

RateBeer: 100  Imperial Stout

Ballast Point - Black Marlin (New/Year/Round?)

Single 22oz Bottle  6.00%  Hoppy Porter

RateBeer: 96  Porter

Blue Moon [Tenth & Blake/MillerCoors] - First Peach Ale (New/Seasonal)
6-Pack 12oz Bottles  5.60%  Belgian-Style Peach Ale
RateBeer: 41  Fruit Beer/Radler

Boulevard - [Smokestack Series] Imperial Stout X Coffee Ale (New/Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  11.00%  Imperial Stout w/Coffee

RateBeer: 96  Imperial Stout

Deschutes - Jubel 2015 (Limited)

Single 22oz Bottle  10.40%  50% Barrel-Aged Strong Ale

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Buyers Notes: This beer was planned to be brewed only once every 10 years. I guess they couldn't wait. You have to anyway, Best After Date: 1/23/16.

Dogfish Head - Aprihop (Seasonal)
4-Pack 12oz Bottles  7.00%  India Pale Ale w/Apricot
RateBeer: 93  Fruit Beer/Radler

Firestone Walker - Easy Jack (New Package)

6-Pack 12oz Cans  4.50%  Session India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 97  Session IPA

Firestone Walker - Pivo Pils (New Package)

6-Pack 12oz Cans  5.30%  American Pilsner

RateBeer: 94  Pilsener

Firestone Walker - Union Jack (New Package)

6-Pack 12oz Cans  7.50%  India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 99  India Pale Ale

Left Hand - Wake Up Dead Nitro (Whenever they feel like it)

4-Pack 12oz Bottles  10.20%  Nitro Imperial Stout

RateBeer: 98  Imperial Stout

Paulaner - [Non-Alcoholic] Weizen-Radler (New/Year-Round)

6-Pack 11.2oz Bottles  Non-Alcoholic  Lemon Radler

RateBeer: Unrateable

River North - Anniversary Ale 3 (New/Limited)

Single 22oz Bottle  17.20%  Imperial Biere de Garde 

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Buyers Notes: Only 60 cases bottled of this behemoth.

Strange Craft - 1000 Barrel Imperial India Pale Ale (New/Year-Round)
Single 22oz Bottle  8.25%  Imperial India Pale Ale
RateBeer: 74  Imperial/Double IPA

Upslope - Craft Lager (New Package)
12-Pack 12oz Cans  4.80%  Lager
RateBeer: 31  Premium Lager

The Lost Abbey - Carnevale (Seasonal)

Single 750ml Bottle  6.50%  Saison w/Brettanomyces

RateBeer: 98  Saison

Victory - Anniversary 19 Ale (New/Limited)

6-Pack 12oz Bottles  4.50%  Session India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 91  Session IPA

Special Releases: Saturday February 21, 2015

Special Releases: Saturday February 21, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. 

Beers will be made available for purchase at 3:00 p.m. 

One Bottle per Customer until out of stock.

Destihl - [Wild Sour Series] Adambier (New/Limited)

Single 500ml Bottle  6.40%  Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale

RateBeer: 86  Sour/Wild Ale

Great Divide - Barrel-Aged Hibernation (Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  10.50%  Whiskey Barrel-Aged Old Ale

RateBeer: 98  Old Ale

Perennial - Sump (Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  10.60%  Imperial Stout w/Coffee

RateBeer: 100  Imperial Stout

Weekly Beer Update: Thursday February 19, 2015

Another short and sweet list. No new brands this week. 

Be on the lookout for Firestone Walker cans next week.

Deschutes - The Abyss (Limited)

Single 22oz Bottle   11.00%  Blended 22% Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/Molasses,

 Licorice, Vanilla Beans, Cherry Bark 

RateBeer: 100  Imperial Stout

Buyers Notes: This big, complex Imperial Stout is back for a short time.

Dieu du Ciel! - Rigor Mortis (Limited)

Single 11.5oz Bottle  10.50%  Belgian-Style Quadrupel

RateBeer: 99  Abt/Quadrupel

Elysian (ABInBev) - Space Dust (Limited)

6-Pack 12oz Bottles  7.20%  India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 97 India Pale Ale

Buyers Notes: Not quite ABInBev owed yet, this very well made IPA is may never be the same again! Get it while it's still made by people who care about the liquid.

Evil Twin - Molotov Lite (New/??)

4-Pack 16oz Cans  8.50%  Imperial India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 96 Imperial/Double IPA

Leinenkugel's (Tenth & Blake/MillerCoors) - Grapefruit Shandy (New/Seasonal)

6-Pack 12oz Bottles  4.20%  Grapefruit Shandy 

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Mikkeller - Beer Geek Vanilla Shake (New/Limited)
Single 12oz Bottle  13.00%  Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/Coffee and Vanilla
RateBeer: 100  Imperial Stout

Montejo (ABInBev) - Cerveza Clara (New/Year-Round)

12-Pack 12oz Cans/6-Pack 12oz Bottles  ?  Pale Lager

RateBeer: 3 Pale Lager

New Belgium - [Lips of Faith] Cocoa Mole (It Returns/Limited)

Single 22oz Bottle  9.00%  Imperial Porter w/Cocoa, Cinnamon and Chilies

RateBeer: 97  Spiced/Herb/Vegetable 

Prairie - Limo Tint (New/Limited)
4-Pack 12oz Bottles  5.65%  Milk Stout w/Chocolate
RateBeer: requires more ratings

Rogue - [Voodoo Doughnut] Lemon Chiffon Crueller Ale (New/Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  6.80%  Ale w/Lemon Juice, Vanilla bean, Marshmallows and more 

RateBeer: 38  Fruit Beer/Radler

Ska Brewing - Ska Face (New/Limited)

Single 500ml Bottle  11.50%  Barrel-Aged Barleywine

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Weekly Beer Update: Thursday February 12, 2015 and Special Releases

It all seems too straight forward this week. 
Here is what we have received so far.

Asher Brewing - [Open Space Series #1] Organic Imperial Ginger Ale (New/Limited)
Single 16oz Can  9.00%  Imperial Amber Ale w/Ginger
RateBeer: not listed 
Buyers Notes: This beer is amazing, if you like ginger. Sweet herbaceous ginger with minimal spiciness that is usually associated with ginger. At 9% the alcohol is well hidden. Be careful!

Firestone Walker - Easy Jack (Now Available Year-Round!)

6-Pack 12oz Bottles  4.50%  Session India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 97  Session IPA

Full Sail - [Brewmaster's Reserve 2015] Imperial Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged (Seasonal)

Single 750ml Bottle  10.50%  Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

RateBeer: 99  Imperial Stout

Buyers Notes: Formally "Black Gold" this is one of the best under the radar Barrel-Aged Imperial Stouts every year.

Full Sail - Session IPA (New/Year-Round)

12-Pack 11oz Bottles  5.10%  Pale Ale

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Buyers Notes: This is not a "session ipa". This is a Session version of a Pale Ale. Slightly malt forward with just a touch of bitterness.

Lagunitas - Night Time (Seasonal)

6-Pack 12oz Bottles  7.90%  Black India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 99  Black India Pale Ale

New Belgium - [Lips of Faith] La Folie 2015 (It's Back!)
Single 22oz Bottle  7.00%  Barrel-Aged  Flanders-Style Sour Brown Ale
RateBeer: 100  Sour Red/Brown

New Belgium - Transatlantique Kriek 2015 (New Blend)
Single 22oz Bottle  8.00%  Blended Lambic-Style Kriek
RateBeer: 90  Fruit Beer/Radler
Buyers Notes: This new blend brings Boon Kriek making up 45% of this beer. We do still have 2014 bottles so look at labels.

Sam Adams - Rebel Rouser (New/Year-Round)
6-Pack 12oz Bottles  8.40%  Imperial India Pale Ale
RateBeer: 95 Imperial/Double IPA

Sierra Nevada - [Ovila Series] Abbey Quad (Seasonal)

4-Pack 375ml Bottles  10.20%  Belgian-Style Quadrupel w/Plums

RateBeer: 99  Abt/Quadrupel

Buyers Notes: Awesome Belgian-Style Quadrupel with the Plum addition giving a dark fruit complexity. Proceeds of the Ovila beers go help the monks restore the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Tennent's - Original Export Lager (It's Back! Year-Round)

4-Pack 500ml Cans  5.00%  Pale Lager

RateBeer: 11  Pale Lager

Cider:

Angry Orchard - Hop'n Mad (New/Year-Round)

6-Pack 12oz Bottles  5.00%  Hopped Hard Apple Cider

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Special Releases: Available Saturday February 14, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.

One Bottle per customer until Out of Stock.

Russian River - Pliny the Elder (Limited)

Single 500ml Bottle  8.00%  Imperial India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 100  Imperial/Double India Pale Ale

Buyers Notes: This batch Brewed at Firestone Walker due to construction at Russian River. Before you go on to say anything... the last couple Pliny shipments have been brewed at Firestone Walker.

Sierra Nevada - Barrel-Aged Bigfoot (Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  11.90%  Barrel-Aged Barleywine 

RateBeer: 99  Barley Wine

Sierra Nevada - Barrel-Aged Narwhal (Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  12.90%  Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

RateBeer: 100  Imperial Stout

Buyers Notes: Hands down my favorite beer I tasted in 2014. Complex, dark, silky and smooth and that's before you get the cork out. Every imperial stout drinker's whale. 

Special Releases: Saturday February 7, 2015

Special Release: Saturday February 7, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. 

Bottles will be made available at 3:00 p.m. One Per Customer until Sold Out.

Almanac - [Farm to Barrel] Farmer's Reserve Blueberry (New/Limited)

Single 375ml Bottle  7.00%  Barrel-Aged Sour Ale w/Blueberries

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Anchorage - Anadromous Black Sour Ale Batch No. 2 (New/Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  8.50%  Blended Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale w/Brettanomyces 

RateBeer: 98  Sour/Wild Ale

Boulevard - Chocolate Ale (Seasonal/Limited)
Single 750ml Bottle  9.10%  Strong Ale w/Cocoa
RateBeer: 94  Spice/Herb/Vegetable Ale

Fremont - Coffee Cinnamon Bourbon Barrel Aged Abominable (New/Rare)
Single 22oz Bottle  11.00%  Bourbon Barrel-Aged Old Ale w/Coffee and Cinnamon
RateBeer: 99  American Strong Ale

Prairie - Apple Brandy Barrel Noir (New/Limited)

Single 375ml Bottle  12.00%  Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

RateBeer: requires more ratings