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Things are certainly heating up in the world of craft beer as we move further into 2017. And here’s some of what’s been happening while you were drinking your way through the weekend.
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Goes Global (Chico, CA / Mills River, NC) – Sierra Nevada Brewing will reportedly be expanding on Beer Camp collaborative concept in 2017 and for the first time will be working with 6 international brewers in addition to 6 stateside partners.
International Beer Camp Collaborators will include Germany’s Ayinger, Belgian-based Duvel, London’s Fuller’s Brewery, New Zealand’s Garage Project, Japan’s Kiuchi Brewery and Mikkeller of Copenhagen.
Stateside Partners this year will include Colorado’s Avery Brewing, Oregon’s Boneyard Beer Houston, Texas-based Saint Arnold Brewing, Minnesota’s Surly, SoCal’s The Bruery and Tree House Brewing of Monson, Massachusetts.
In Spite of This Year’s International Presence 2017’s Beer Camp Variety Packs will only be available in the states beginning in June.
Words To Drink By (Mills River, NC) – ““When we partner with somebody we want to have their influence and our influence to make a proper collaboration.”
Sierra Nevada’s Bill Manley to All About Beer
SweetWater Loses Super Bowl Bet (Atlanta, GA) – SweetWater having lost the Super Bowl bet that they made with the Boston Beer Company have brewed up Patriot SB51 Extra Pale Ale in their honor and its available now at SweetWater’s taproom.
Ohio Gets New Brew Path (Columbus /Akron, OH) – Ohio is fast becoming its own craft beer destination with BrewDog reportedly almost ready to start brewing in Columbus and more breweries than ever before now online in the “Buckeye State.”
To showcase the many great breweries now operating in northeastern Ohio, the Akron/Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau is launching a new beer trail. Only the second of its kind in the state (there’s already one in Columbus) the Summit Brew Path officially launches this weekend and it will take you on a tour of 14 of the region’s most cutting-edge breweries beginning on Saturday February the 18th.
