Beer For Beasts Close to Sell Out

Meet Jens. Jens is a beast.

For those of you that have been lollygagging, your ship is about to sail. As of press time, the day session of Sixpoint & BeerAdvocate's Beer For Beasts animal charity event is 100% sold out and only 261 tickets remain for the evening session. GET ON IT! As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I had the unique opportunity to help brew one of the 40 beers that will make a one-time ever appearance at this fest, so as you can imagine I'm very excited about attending and sampling what we made. Last year was a good time so I'm sure this year will be even better.  I'll be attending the day session, so please be sure to say hi.

Today's photo of the magnificent beast known as Jens was submitted by my good buddy Mikey Santoro, who along with his roommates are about the biggest fan of the Sixpoint nanokegs out there. Cheers!

Beer for Beasts will be held on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at The Bell House (149 7th Street), located in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn in New York City. All proceeds to benefit The Humane Society of New York City. Last year's Beer for Beasts raised nearly $30,000 to directly aid the better treatment of animals. Purchase tickets here.

Don't Cry Over Spilled Beer

This was a photo I took a few weeks ago of a tasty whiskey-barrel aged homebrew that just couldn't stay in the glass. Was there a temptation to lap it off of the counter? Yes. Did I succumb to that temptation? No comment. But spilling beer is the worst, especially when it's a really good tasting one.

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Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

Today's post features Oskar Blues' Dale's Pale Ale, one of the best canned beers out there. It was submitted by the great photographer Daryl Meek aka Hepcat75. Dale's is easily one of my go-to beers when I'm looking for something hoppy, delicious and also easy to drink quite a few of. You can check out Daryl's photos on his website digitalartscape.com.

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Goose Island Fleur

Today we've got a very cool shot of Goose Island Fleur submitted by Vinny Vicidomine. For those who haven't had this one before, it's a Belgian Style Pale Ale with Hibiscus and Kombucha Tea thrown in. I know there are some beer geeks out there that have decided to write off Goose Island now that they're owned by the big boys, but I think as long as they're still producing quality beer I'll still be supporting them with my wallet.

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Lost Abbey in New Jersey

Today we've got Lost Abbey bottles featured on the site, submitted by Jonathan Miller to celebrate their recent move into New Jersey. Jon took this photo at Canal’s Discount Liquor Mart in Berlin, NJ which is now carrying both Lost Abbey and Port beers, much like many other great beer stores across the state.

Jon is a reporter for New Jersey Craft Beer, and if you live in or ever visit NJ, you must check it out.

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Southern Tier Eurotrash Pilz

Today we feature Southern Tier's latest seasonal release, Eurotrash Pilz, submitted by Jon-Claude Dalimonte. Here's the lowdown from Southern Tier themselves:

What started as a way for our cellarmen to propagate yeast for our summer seasonal Farmer’s Tan has taken on a life of its own. Originally brewed as a house draught brand and made in very limited quantities, Eurotrash Pilz is now available in our seasonal lineup. Fitting perfectly between Old Man Winter and Hop Sun, this addition will help bridge the gap between winter and the summer months. Eurotrash Pilz is a lighly carbonated, malty pilsner, and is perfect for session drinking at a moderate 5.2% abv.

Sounds good to me. I haven't seen it around yet but I'll definitely pick some up when I do.

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Jolly Pumpkin Biere De Mars Grand Reserve

Today's photo features Jolly Pumpkin Biere De Mars Grand Reserve from Stephen V. Here's what he had to say about it:

This is a rare bottle of Jolly Pumpkin's Biere De Mars Grand Reserve and also one of the best brews I have ever had the privilege of tasting.

Stephen also wanted to send a special shout out to welcome home Josh Eppard and that this photo was specifically for one Howard Stern Staffer, Richard Christy. You can check out Stephen's other photography on Photobucket.

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Lost Abbey Red Barn Saison

Today's photo features Lost Abbey Red Barn Saison submitted by G-LO aka @boozedancing. Not only is this a great, mouth-watering photo but it's also worthwhile to note that Lost Abbey / Port Brewing recently expanded it's distribution into New Jersey. This is great news for those of us that live in NJ, and marks yet another great craft brewery stretching itself across the country. Let's hope that they'll be able to maintain and not have to pull out of some states like some breweries have had to do.

Check out G-LO's blog It's Just the Booze Dancing for more great photos and beery stuffs.

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Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout

Today's photo features a fantastic photo of Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout submitted by Robert Rizzolo. I just want to see that beer opened right NOW! And then drink it of course. Check out Robert's awesome new blog Of Malts and Monks to see some of his other great beertography.

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Ithaca Cascazilla

Today's photo comes to us from Jon-Claude Dalimonte and features Ithaca's wonderful hoppy Red Ale, Cascazilla. Ithaca Beer Company is currently building a brand new brewery, you can check out photos of their progress on their website. Check out this review of the beer from The Full Pint.

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Hill Farmstead

Today's photo comes to us from Matthew Bambach and features a beauty of a shadow inside a Hill Farmstead glass. I just love everything about this photo. You may remember our Vermont Beer Road Trip this past June that had a stop at the brewery in Greensboro Bend, VT. We have to go back! Who wants to road trip it?

Go check out Artistic Ales on Facebook, Matt's Beer Photography album. Thanks Matt, hope we see more from you!

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Brooklyn Brewery Local 1

Today's photo features Brooklyn Brewery Local 1, submitted by Jake Austin. It feels like just yesterday that Local 1 hit store shelves for the first time, but it's actually been around for almost 5 years now. And it's still dang good.

Check out Jake's blog here.

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Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye

Today's photo features Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye, submitted by Jenn S. This is Sierra's newest release and replaces Glissade which was their Spring seasonal. I haven't even seen this one on shelves yet. How is it?

Interestingly enough, there's already been another Ruthless Rye by Barrier Brewing Company. Guess there's no problem there though as most (all?) of Barrier's beers are one-offs.

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Mikkeller Single Hop Series

Today's photo features the full lineup of the Mikkeller Single Hop Series and was submitted by Robert Rizzolo, the winner of our Brooklyn Brewery Beertography Contest back in November. If you're unfamiliar with the idea of a Single Hop Series, it really is just what you'd think it'd be. Mikkeller uses the exact same malt for every single beer but then each beer only gets one variety of a hop added to it. If anyone out there is studying for the BJCP Exam, these beers are a great way to familiarize yourself with the aroma and flavors of individual hop varietals.

Robert said that this was how he spent Christmas with his brothers. I highly approve. Thanks for the photo Robert!

Sidenote: How do YOU pronounce Mikkeller? I've been saying it "mih-keller" but lately I've heard both "MICK-uh-ler" and "mee-kuh-ler". Thoughts?

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Brewdog 5 A.M. Saint

Continuing our international series, today's photo features BrewDog 5 A.M. Saint and was submitted by Heiðrún Bryggeriet from Stockholm, Sweeden. What are your thoughts on BrewDog? I know they've sort of polarized the craft beer community. Do you like them? Love them? Hate them?

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Beer From Across the Pond

Today's photo was submitted by Bill Bradshaw and features a photo taken at his local pub, The Halfway House in Pitney, Somerset, United Kingdom. Bill is a freelance photographer specialising (UK spelling!) in cider and beer.

This reminds me of two things: 1) I want to try more artisanal ciders, especially after listening to the Beer Sessions Radio podcast on Cider Week. 2) I really need to visit England, amongst many other places in Europe. Somehow I've been sheltered from international travel and have only made is as far as Iceland.

You should go check out Bill's website at billbradshaw.co.uk and also his blog at iamcider.blogspot.com.

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Bomb Lager

Today's photo was submitted by Mike Raymond, founder of Bomb Beer Company. Bomb Lager is a traditional Bavarian Helles brewed with "some of the best malts around. No adjunct. No surprises. Just quality ingredients from quality suppliers." I first became aware of Bomb Lager at the Village Voice's Brooklyn Pour festival, but unfortunately I didn't get to actually give it a try.

In the photo you see their awesomely designed cans accompanied by a hand painted skatedeck that they had our their artist do for them. Also check out their Facebook page where they actually ended up giving the board away! Very cool. I hope to give them a try soon.

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Sebago Slick Nick Winter Ale

Today's photo was submitted by @momsmaltbarley and features Sebago Brewing Company's Slick Nick Winter Ale. Unfortunately I've never had a beer from Sebago but they seem to have some pretty interesting stuff. I'll be spending all of next week in Southern New Hampshire, maybe I can find some there? I'm not entirely sure of their distribution. Anyone know?

You can also check out Mom's Malted Barley Blog!

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Dogfish Head 60 and 120 Minute IPA

Today's photo was submitted by @Brian_Mcq and features the tap handle of Dogfish Head's 60 Minute IPA. Brian visited the brewery in Milton, Delaware this past weekend and the above was his favorite photo.



Brian also tweeted this side-by-side photo of 2008 120 Minute (left) and 2011 120 Minute (right) and thought the 2011 was better. I was surprised at the big difference in color. Very interesting. I have a bottle or two of 2008 120 at home, maybe it's time to open one up? Cheers and thanks for the photos Brian!

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Sixpoint Righteous Ale

Anyone out there follow the NHL? Who's your team? Loyal reader Jared Walkowitz submitted this photo of himself enjoying a Sixpoint Righteous Ale while watching the New Jersey Devils on TV and wearing his Devils t-shirt. I happen to be a Devils fan as well, and with a recent hot streak and a big game against the New York Rangers tonight, I figured today would be a good day to post this submission. Unfortunately the last time I posted a sports-related beertography, it jinxed the team and they lost. Hopefully this doesn't continue the streak. Unless you hate the Devils, then you're rooting for my jinxing. Let's see some beertography of YOUR favorite team along with some good beer!

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