Friday, April 3, 2009

New Brews and Hill Farmstead

'Ello mates! New brews in this week from Scotland, Australia, Hawaii and Vermont!
+ BrewDog (Scotland): Punk IPA, Hardcore IPA, The Physics, Dogma, Rip Tide Stout, Paradox Imp. Stout in 1966 Port Dundas Cask, & Paradox Imp. Stout in Isle of Arran Cask. (Check out my reviews for Punk, Hardcore, and the two Paradox on BeerAdvocate.com or RateBeer.com - username SFLpunk.)
+ Coopers (Australia): Sparkling Ale, Lager, Extra Stout and Pale Ale 6 packs
+ McNeill's (VT) Ruby Ale (Extra Amber) 22oz
+ Kona (Hawaii) Pipeline Porter 6 packs
+ RedHook (WA & NH) Slim Chance Light Lager 6 packs

And I got in lots of solid specialty glassware today including:
+ Gouden Carolus chalice
+ Duvel tulip
+ Piraat tulip
+ Erdinger .5L dimple mug
+ BrewDog "Tokyo" pilsner glass
+ McChouffe chalice
+ Dogfish Head snifter
+ Dupont Biere de Miel tulip
+ Ommegang chalice
+ Allagash chalice
+ and more!

And finally today, I'd like to announce that Hill Farmstead, headed by Shaun e. Hill, is slated to start brewing hopefully later this year. Shaun is planning to release his Brett Saison, Pale Ale, Coffee Stout, Porter, and more in 750mL capped bottles. I've been messaging back and forth with Shaun all week about pricing and packaging and distribution. He told me today in a message sent from Denmark, that his fermenters should be shipping from the West Coast this week. He is currently the head brewer at the Nørrebro Bryghus brewpub in København. Shaun has also brewed at The Shed in Stowe, VT and Trout River in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. I'm a personal fan of his Belgian-influenced style and look forward to the release of his Black Saison! I'll keep you posted as things move along.

Hope to see you in the store soon!
Cheers,
Jeff

2 comments:

JohnCVermont said...
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JohnCVermont said...

Love the new glass ware! In fact, I picked up a Brew Dog "pilsner" to compliment the Punk IPA and Hardcore IPA bomber picked this weekend. Excellent!