Hoppy New Year from Cape Cod Beer
Greetings!

Sorry this is a couple days late...Beth & I took a few days off between Christmas and New years, and well...we forgot to send it!  As we look forward to 2011, we would like to take at least a moment to reflect back on 2010.  It was a GREAT year for Cape Cod Beer.  While the final numbers are not yet final, we know for sure:
  • We brewed 260 batches of fresh local beer..that's one every day excluding weekends!
  • We went from 2 year round beers to 3!  Hello Beach Blonde Ale!  Welcome!
  • We hired a bunch of new people,including: Brett Holmes, Chris Reichers, Bob Cordeira, Ron Cotti (started 1/3) and David Meece (who starts 1/10)
  • We said goodbye to some wonderful friends who have moved onto bigger and better things, incuding Blake Decker, Chris Meyer and Scott Ogden. 
  • We continued to expand our "local products" section, and are proud to say that in 2010 76 cents of every dollar spent on purchasing retail goods was spent RIGHT HERE ON CAPE COD!  Amazing huh?!
  • We hosted our first annual LAST GASP BEER BASH...and as a team raised a total of $34,900.  This is an AMAZING number we HOPE to beat again in 2011!
  • Launched a great new website, with the help of our friends at Penguin Digital Design and expanded our use of Facebook and Twitter.
  • We served beer at a multitude of local events and donated to hundreds of charitable organizations in our community.
  • ..and best yet, we had fun doing it!

Why am I telling you all this?  Because we could not have done it without you!  Honestly!  Each and every person who drinks, asks for, supports, refills, serves, sells, recommends and mentions Cape Cod Beer to his or her friends MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE in our success. So on New Years Eve, when Beth and I raised our glasses to toast in the New Year, we thanked our lucky stars for friends like you!  We could never have accomplished all of this without you!  THANK YOU!

 

But wait.. there's more.. TWO NEW BEERS in the next two weeks!  Wow!

TAHITIAN VANILLA BEAN PORTER ~ 1/3
 

About a month ago, brewer James Moriarty came up with the idea of a Vanilla Bean Porter.  He talked to our baker friend, Ian Sullivan, at the Underground Bakery in Dennis, who gave him some lovely Tahitian Vanilla Beans to age with some of our Cape Cod Porter...  and Voila! 

 

We bring you the first One Barrel series of 2011:

Tahitian Vanilla Bean Porter

Refills: $10  New Fills: $15  available while it lasts!

 

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OLD MAN WINTER ~ 1/10
 
Release date: 1/10/11
Availability: at brewery and select draught accounts only.     
Style: Old Ale or Strong Ale
"A British-Style Old Ale, this beer was brewed with winter in mind. Weighing in at just over 7% and made with over 1,000 pounds of malted barley, "Old Man Winter" is perfect for sipping by the fire while the winds whip up off Cape Cod Bay.  
 $10 refill  $15 new fill
OG: 19.0 °P (1.076SG)  ABV: 8.0%   IBUs: 65
Malts: English - 3 varieties   Hops: Domestic - 1 variety        
Pairs well with cheese and fruits, grilled meats, game or stews.
 

 
What's with the Half Dollars?  Change? Really?
 
Effective January 1 2011, there was a repeal of the Massachusetts Sales Tax inacted in August of 2009.  Since we have always charged a price that prevented the need for "change", when we took the tax out it made a refill $7.53 and a new fill $10.35...and well, that just seemed like a BAD IDEA! So we rounded to $7.50 and $10.50 and started handing out half dollars...cuz we're a little different?  But you knew that already right!?
Please be forewarned that this may only be for a few months, as the grain price increases we are seeing for 2011 will more than likely cause a price increase in the spring.  But for now, enjoy the change!
Cape Cod Beer ~ 1336 Phinney's Lane ~ Hyannis MA ~  508.790.4200