2012 Year in Review

Goatfest '13 is coming

Date is set for 1/26/13.

The world will be a different place on the 27th.

3-Piece Dark Wheat gets a label

Hops Chart

Placed here for posterity...or my reference.

3-Piece Dark Wheat

Now on tap @papagoat

Artisan Amber Ale

La Roja by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ale

The perfect pour

This is for you Joe!

More Dogfish

Love me some Sam.

Great Raft Brewing opening in Shreveport

@GreatRaftBeer

Nice to see Northwest Louisiana getting some craft beer love.  This isn't far from 3 of our hometowns so it'll be nice to have a beer destination when we visit back home. Can't wait to try it out.

http://beerpulse.com/2012/10/great-raft-brewing-announces-plans-for-shreveport-louisiana-based-brewery/

Dark Wheat Recipe Set

The recipe has been set for this weekend's brew. The alcohol level came out a bit on the high side but the grain has been bought and mixed so there's no going back now. The original recipe is for a dunkelweizen but I much prefer the clean finish on American wheat beers so the yeast was swapped out.  The moral of the story is I'm calling it a dark wheat for now.  If the alcohol comes out as predicted it'll be a big dark wheat.

 

Dogfish-distribution down south please

Word came out a few days ago that Dogfish Head and the Grateful Dead are colloborating on a new beer called American Beauty.

From Beer Advocate

Sounds awesome.  Too bad Dogfish doesn't distribute to any state bordering the one 4/5 of us live. 

sigh

GABF Winners Announced

Head on over to the official Great American Beer Festival site to see if your favorite brews won

OR

Download a pdf of the winners here!

New Era on Facebook

Not sure why to this point we've primarily used Twitter.  Yesterday we decided to put up a Facebook page to see what happens.  A day later and we are well on our way to actually having a fan club.  In my head that's true at least.

Give us a like when you have time.

GABF

The Great American Beer Festival kicked off today in Colorado. This trip is always viewed as our lifetime pilgrimage. Maybe next year we'll finally make it.

For now you can see the exhibits at
http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/

follow the news on Twitter at
#gabf

or you can check out their official iOS app at
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2012-great-american-beer-festival/id555983622?mt=8

Peace and beer

New steins and mugs now in store

click to see in store

Thoughts on beer pRon

On our Twitter account we take a lot of pictures of the beer we are drinking with a shoutout hashtag to the brewer.  I've been on deviantArt some lately for unrelated reasons and have found some awesome beer shots.

I'm thinking of having a gallery on the site for the best beer pRon on the 'net.

SG Disco Shirt

New in the store.  Get it while it's hot!

click image to go to store

Llywelyn's Pub-Craft Beer Week

Buffalo Sweat

Tallgrass Brewing Co.

4 Hands Brewery

Warrior and Papa were lucky enough to tour 4 Hands Brewery in St. Louis over Labor Day weekend.  It was a sweet operation and a lot of love goes into their brews. Check them out next time you are in St. Louis.

http://www.4handsbrewery.com/

Give them a follow on Twitter