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New Belgium DC Launch Details

muppetpants:

Premium Distributors of DC and New Belgium will enter the market with the following products – all of which will be available only in 22 oz bomber bottles:

  • Fat Tire Hoptober (Fall seasonal golden ale) 
  • Trippel
  • Ranger IPA 
  • Kick (New product from Lips of Faith series) 
  • Super Cru (20th Anniversary Lips of Faith beer)

Fat Tire appears to be missing from that list…

Ummm that had better be some kind of mistake. Also, no 1554? Can’t be.

(Source: beerbeer, via fungazi)

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“My favorite drinks, in order, are: beer in any form, Moselle, Burgundy, Chianti, gin and ginger-beer, and rye whiskey. I use Swedish punch only as a cocktail flavor. I dislike Scotch, and seldom drink it. It makes me vaguely uneasy. I also dislike Rhine wine, save the very best. I never have a head-ache from drink. It fetches me by giving me pains in the legs. When I get stewed I go to sleep, even in the presence of women and clergymen.”

Not bad, H. L. Mencken.

Via Letters of Note.

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Who wants to go, and how soon can we get there? The new Standard, a minimalist beer and barbecue joint, is totally uncommon. The former Garden District nursery space now has adorable indoor bar seating for ten; outside is a huge German-style beer garden with picnic tables and patio heaters (it’s so comfy and laid-back you’ll want to spend your whole weekend there). Köstritzer Schwarzbier and Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier are on draft, and bratwurst and kraut share menu space with pulled pork, ribs, fries, beans, and slaw. Any combo hits the spot when you’re dining under the stars — especially when pretty much everything is under seven bucks.

Who wants to go, and how soon can we get there?

The new Standard, a minimalist beer and barbecue joint, is totally uncommon.

The former Garden District nursery space now has adorable indoor bar seating for ten; outside is a huge German-style beer garden with picnic tables and patio heaters (it’s so comfy and laid-back you’ll want to spend your whole weekend there).

Köstritzer Schwarzbier and Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier are on draft, and bratwurst and kraut share menu space with pulled pork, ribs, fries, beans, and slaw. Any combo hits the spot when you’re dining under the stars — especially when pretty much everything is under seven bucks.

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HENNNNGH?

Ash Wednesday marked the start of Lent, during which pious Christians abstain from eating something they savor till Easter Sunday. During that 46-day stretch, some swear off soda pop. Others may nix chocolate. Prescott, Iowa’s J. Wilson has gone one drastic step further: During Lent, the journalist has decided to not to ingest any grub. Instead, he’ll just sip water and beer.

“Right now, the plan is to drink four 12-ounce beers a day…and lots of water in between,” he told The Des Moines Register. “Getting drunk is the last thing on my to-do list at this time.”

Hold your giggles. You may assume that this is a high-falutin’ excuse to stay schnookered for a month and a half, but that’s not the case. We think. Wilson calls this a “historical study,” an attempt to live like a seventeenth-century monk. To sustain themselves during Lent, monks subsisted on a high-calorie, carbohydrate-crammed beer dubbed a doppelbock.


To sustain himself, Wilson, a veteran homebrewer, teamed up with the folks at the local Rock Bottom brewpub to create the Illuminator Doppelbock. It packs a hefty 288 calories per 12-ounce dose and a potent 6.67 percent ABV.


Via Slashfood
Great god almighty that’s an awesome idea.

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