Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) will be taking 20th Anniversary Imperial Stout out of the barrels this month and bottling it. This stout is the biggest beer Atlanta’s oldest brewery has ever created, and aging it in Bufflo Trace bourbon barrels (a brewery first).

Look for 20th Anniversary in Atlanta at the anniversary party in late July, and on shelves in August, 2013. Check out Beer Street Journal’s inside look at barrel filling day below. (P.S. It’s also the QR code!)

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: August, 2013

10% ABV

Red Brick’s 20th Anniversary To Be Bottled This Month | Beer Street Journal.

Southern Tier Brewing Company (Lakewood, NY) will release two pumpkin based beers this fall. Pumking (that needs no introduction) and new Warlock Imperial Stout. 

Warlock is brewed to enchant your palate on its own & also to counterpoint our Imperial Ale Pumking. Make your own black magic by carefully pouring this imperial stout into a goblet. 

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Pumpkin)
Hops: Sterling, Magnum
Malt: 2 Row Pale, Caramel, Black, Munich

Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: Fall, 2013

8.6% ABV 

Southern Tier Warlock | Beer Street Journal.

Speed bottle opening is great if you have a two hands. What if you don’t? Then what? That’s where The Gropener comes in. The bottle opener that you can use with one hand. ERP $20 [TheGropener]

via The Bottle Opener A One-Armed Bartender Will Love [VIDEO] | Beer Street Journal.

Just purchased one of these, it’s a bit pricey but it shouldn’t mare the bottle caps and I really could have used one when I was down in Melbourne or any other time I’m out of town so I can save the bottle caps un-mared.

Considered to be one of the foremost representations of the style, Stone’s Imperial Russian Stout is ready to launch this Monday, April 15 2013, making tax day was more awesome.

“This obsidian wonder is also adept at eclipsing palates, smothering taste buds with a sensory overload of flavors. Dark chocolate and heavy roast come on strong up front and are granted graceful support by nuances of toast, anise, juniper berry, pepper, sassafras, molasses and more. It’s a symphony in a glass, where every member of the troupe is properly tuned to produce one outstanding symbiotic performance.”

Style: Russian Imperial Stout

Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: April 15th 2013

10.6% ABV 

Stone Imperial Russian Stout Ready to Return [VIDEO] | Beer Street Journal.

Soon you’ll get Some Strange, a black IPA. Having had a taste off the tanks this week, know this – you are in for a treat. Imagine SweetWater IPA (bright and citrusy) with a dark/coffee complexity. Yeah- I thought you’d like that.

Get the low down on more Dank Tank releases.

SweetWater Puts Some Strange In A Bottle | Beer Street Journal.

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) preps for the 6th release in the Brick Mason Series-Black-Eye Rye. The first black IPA release from the brewery, and the first time making a rye beer.

Black-Eye Rye, the 6th release from Red Brick’s Brick Mason series, is an American-Style India Black Ale brewed with rye. Inspired by one of our favorite beer styles, it is black in color without the heavy chocolate or roasted characteristics that are present in most dark ales. We feature Cascade, Chinook and Citra hops for citrus and piney flavors and aromas. This beer carries a hoppy punch, like a Double IPA with a healthy addition of rye for added complexity.

Style: Black IPA (w/ Rye)
Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Citra
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft

Arrival: April, 2013

8% ABV, 80 IBUs (fairly bitter)

Red Brick Brewing Black-Eye Rye IPA | Beer Street Journal.

Ref: PB25017

1 bottle Westvleteren 8° C

1 bottle Westvleteren 12° C

2 bottles Westvleteren Blond

1 Glass Westvleteren

Price: $180.00

via Pack Westvleteren 4 X 1 + Glass – Buy Belgian beers online at BELGIAN eSHOP !.

Mark your calendars and book your flights kids, Hunahpu Day is approaching! Cigar City’s 4th Annual Hunahpu’s Release Party is scheduled for March 9th and perfectly aligned with Tampa Bay Beer Week (in case you needed more to do while you’re there). This multiple award-winning Imperial Stout boasts high ratings on both Beer Advocate and Rate Beer and is highly sought-after each year.

Cigar City takes the release party very seriously and has specific requirements in order to obtain your bottle. Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout is $20 per bottle (cash only), there is a 3 bottle limit per person for the first 4,000 people to receive wristbands, and there is a 2 bottle limit per person for the next 1,000 people to receive wristbands. No wristband, no beer.

Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: limited release 750 mL bottes
Arrival: March 9, 2013

11% ABV 

If you go:
Cigar City Brewing Company,
Tampa, Florida
Saturday March 9th 2013

Gates open at 7:50 AM, beers start pouring at 9am, bottles go on sale at 12pm
For more information, check out the event page here.

2013 Hunahpu’s Day | Beer Street Journal.

Style: Wheatwine
Availability: Draft, 22oz bottles
Arrival: 2/17/13

11% ABV

Meet SweetWater’s 16th Anniversary Ale | Beer Street Journal.

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) blended their newest brew “The Lost Years” yesterday. In total, 70+  barrels have been aging since last summer. Some of the barrels: straight barrel aged old ale, while others are barrel aged old ale with orange peels and star anise. Blend them all together, you have The Lost Years, a beer sure to warm you up this winter.

Lost will be bottled before weeks end, hitting shelves before the end of the month. Beer Street Journal took some footage back in July, 2012 when The Lost Years was put in the barrels, and yesterday when it was pulled from the barrels. Initial flavor from the first barrel pull? Nice and boozy, with hints of orange and bourbon soaked oak.

Style: Old Ale (w/ Bitter & Sweet Orange Peel, Star Anise)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: Late Jan, 2013

9% ABV 

Beer Street Journal VIDEO: Introducing Red Brick’s “The Lost Years” | Beer Street Journal.

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) will add The Lost Years to the Brick Mason lineup in 2013. Lost Years will be the fifth edition in Red Brick’s lineup. Strong ale in bourbon sound good to you?

Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged, Jim Beam)
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft.
Arrival: 1st Quarter 2013

?? ABV

Red Brick "The Lost Years" Barrel Aged Strong Ale in 2013 | Beer Street Journal.

Thought I may have been able to get some when I was at a total wine and saw a sign stating to ask an associate about a 6-pack and two glass special for only $85, that’s more than $10 per item, I w game but they had been out for several days. Also, on beer street journal they mentioned that it was not to be released until 12/12/12 but was being sold starting last weekend.

Westvleteren 12 – all about Belgian Trappist beers.

Olde Hickory Imperial Dominance unites bourbon and cherries. While Saison Independence snubs the “bourbon barrel” establishment”, Imperial Dominance celebrates it. Dominance is part of an emerging series by the North Carolina brewery – A Tale of Two Barrels.

An Imperial Stout- bold, dark, powerful. Adorned with rich flavors from the bourbon barrel and seductive cherries, the imposing Imperial Dominance believes its position in the heirarchy to be unassailable. But there are rumors of another barrel. Is a revolution on the horizon?

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cherries, Barrel Aged)

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

10% ABV 

Olde Hickory Brewing Imperial Dominance | Beer Street Journal.

On shelves now is Samuel Adams Merry Mischief, an Imperial Stout (w/ Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, Ginger). Sound good? Here’s the brewery on the new release.

I’m thinking I may need to pick up one of each of Sam’s of this series, a Barleywine, A stout, a double IPA

via Samuel Adams on New Merry Mischief [VIDEO] | Beer Street Journal.

I’ll need this.

Stone Brewing Co Vertical Epic 12.12.12 | Beer Street Journal.

Cigar City Moat Water celebrates Skatepark Of Tampa’s 20th Anniversary. Moat is a milk stout aged on maple veneers with vanilla beans and coffee.

This beer was created through a unique partnership involving three Tampa, Florida natives: Cigar City Brewing, Skatepark of Tampa, and PS Stix. The Canadian mapale wood veneers used in the aging process at Cigar City were then added into SPoT’s 20 Year Anniversary desks built by PS Stix. Moat Water is the product of a collaboration that represents quality, a vested interest in the Tampa community, and most importantly, love of skateboarding.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans, Coffee Beans, Maple Wood Veneers)
Availability: 750 ml bottles

Arrival: TBA

?? ABV

Cigar City Moat Water Celebrates Skateboarding | Beer Street Journal.

Bridgeport Debuts "Enchanted" This Week | Beer Street Journal.