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Black Friday is upon us! Some of you are probably already returning from your shopping extravaganzas, while others like me are just happy to stand on the sidelines and laugh at those who ventured out at midnight to take advantage of the extreme deals being offered. Of course, we here in the beer business have to work today (now you can laugh at me!) to make sure the shelves are stocked with your favorite beers and your favorite watering holes have plenty of beer for your enjoyment as the Thanksgiving weekend progresses into College Football rivalry weekend. 50+ games on tap for today and tomorrow not to mention the NFL games on Sunday. Better get out and stock up on some brews!
I will tell you that there are a lot and "I mean a lot" of great beers on the shelves right now. The culmination of the final beers of the fall, pumpkin beers and such, are just seeing their last moments on the shelves while the beers of winter are lining the shelves and displays at your favorite stores. Beers like Shiner Holiday Cheer, Shipyard Prelude, Highland Cold Mountain Winter, Breckenridge Christmas Ale, Terrapin Moo-Hoo Stout, Blue Point Winter Ale and Holy Mackerel Mack in Black are all available and well suited for the fantastically glorious cool weather we are having. Not to mention all the great limited releases that are available right now such as: Stone Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout, B. Nektar Evil Genius Mead Style IPA, Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead, Barrel Aged Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin Ale, Stone Lukcy Basartd Ale and Stone Double Bastard. And if you are shopping for your favorite beer lover for the holidays, why not get him or her a great gift pack loaded with delicious beer and a glass to go along with it from the likes of Duvel, Ommegang, Lindemans, Sam Smith, Innis and Gunn or many others. Tis the season of good beer....go out and enjoy the beer fun.
Adam Fine
Director of Hoperations
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NEW AND RETURNING PRODUCTS
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Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout
 Fully body; roasted barley flavor; fruity notes from the Samuel Smith yeast strain support lush chocolate aroma, taste and finish. 5% ABV (bottle only). |
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Innis and Gunn Winter Treacle Porter
 This is the first time they have brewed and oak matured a porter, which has been imparted with great depth of flavor thanks to the addition of some roasted wheat, crystal malt and treacle (molasses). These flavor packed ingredients, along with our signature approach to long, slow oak maturation have created a sublime beer that is perfect for cold, dark winter nights. 7.4% ABV (bottle only). |
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Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead
 The Rogue honeybees spend their days sampling the flavors of the farm and absorbing the terroir of the Wigrich Appellation. From blackberries, raspberries and cherries; to woodruff, lavender and pumpkins; to rye, corn and Rogues 7 varieties of GYO aroma hops. The honey they produced is a taste of the terroir of the Wigrich Appelation, and so is the Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead. 5.2% ABV (bottle only). |
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B. Nektar Evil Genius IPA-Style Mead
 In an obscure industrial lair resides the man known only as the evil Dr. I.P.A. Using his hadron colider, hidden deep underground, he has conducted his most remarkable experiment to-date. The result is a perfect balance of honey and hops. But there are side-effects...His lab rats can't get enough of the stuff. And soon, neither will you. Introducing the Evil Genius. The big ban is no longer a theory, it's your reality. Made with raw Michigan wildflower honey and hops (Chinook, Cluster, Cascade) and is lightly carbonated. 6% ABV (bottle and draft). |
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Nectar Ales Hemp Ale
 This one-of-a-kind brew boasts an incredibly rich profile and unique herb-accented flavor that is attributable to the incorporation of hemp seeds into the brewing process. American hops create a perfect balance to the dark malts use in this brew. 5.7% ABV (bottle and draft). |
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Nectar Ales Nectar IPA
 This IPA is created from a base of pale and crystal malts and is aggressively hopped throughout the brewing process with a final hop addition in the conditioning vessel. A beautiful flowery hop aroma will greet you as you dive into this hop lover's dream. A middle caramel malt presence balances high hop bitterness with hop flavor end to end. 6.7% ABV (bottle only). |
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Nectar Ales Red Nectar
 Boasting a ruby hue and an exquisite floral aroma, Red Nectar is a robust yet elegant brew with distinctive accents of tasted malt, caramel, spice and residual sweetness. 5.4% ABV (bottle only). |
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Ken Schmidt/Iron Fist/Stone Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout
 A lusciously smooth imperial oatmeal stout teeming with cocoa and mint. Created by Ken Schmidt, the winner of Stone's annual March Madness Homebrew Competition & AHA Rally. This beer is exquisitely well-crafted with amazing chocolate and mint flavors. 9.6% ABV (bottle only). |
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Magic Hat Heart of Darkness
 Filled with the howling of black dogs that haunt the long forgotten shadows of the human soul. This inky-black stout has a smooth, round palate with a dreamlike undercurrent of bittersweet chocolate. This dense liquid-silk summoned hope from hibernation and balanced winter's endless while snows with a rich swirl of creamy black rapture. 5.7% ABV (bottle and draft)
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Brewery Ommegang Scythe and Sickle
 Scythe & Sickle Harvest Ale is brewed with barley, wheat, oats and rye. Scythe and Sickle is a seasonal brew that celebrates the richness of the grain harvest. This fine ale is malty and creamy on the palate. The flavors of the grains and earth shine through. Enjoy the refreshment of the season and joys of fine brewing. 5.8% ABV (bottle and draft).
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Pyramid Snow Cap Winter Warmer
 Deep mahogany in color, this full-bodied winter warmer is brewed in the spirit of British winter ales. Crafted with a flurry of roasted chocolate and caramel malts, and generously hopped, it delivers a smooth finish that makes this beer the perfect cold weather companion. 7% ABV (bottle only)
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Summit Saga IPA
 Named after the Norse goddess Saga, drinking companion of the God Odin. With a divine tropical fruit hop aroma and clean, assertive bitterness. 6.4% ABV (bottle and draft).
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Other returning favorites:
Look out for returning hits such as: Holy Mackerel Mack in Black (bottle and draft), Victory Yakima Glory (bottle and draft), Shipyard Prelude (bottle and draft), Terrapin Moo-Hoo Stout (bottle and draft), Blue Point Winter Ale (bottle and draft), Southern Tier Old Man Winter (bottle and draft), Stone Lukcy Basartd Ale (bottle and draft), Stone Double Bastard (bottle and draft), Cigar City Warmer Winter Winter Warmer (bottle and draft), and Cigar City Sugar Plum (now in 12 oz bottles).
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Modern craft brewers tend to push forward, endlessly tweaking recipes and creating entirely new styles to distinguish themselves from the pack. But a small, nostalgic contingent of beermakers, bored with pale ales and porters, are looking backward for inspiration-way back, in fact.
In the quest for extreme, off-the-wall brewing, the resurrection of obscure-and previously defunct-styles has become an obsession all of its own for some brewers, who are whipping up ales more suited to a joust than a Jets game. Dogfish Head and Sam Adams were trailblazers when it comes to crate-digging for ancient recipes, but now plenty of others are dabbling with archaeological ales.
Here, we've highlighted some of our favorite throwback styles that, thanks to modern brewmasters with a taste for bygone beer, are once again available.
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By: William Bostwick
If beer has a season, we're in it. Bold flavors taste best in crisp air - a Jackson Pollock on a stark white wall - but beer's autumnal ties are more than aesthetic. Late fall marks the historic start of the brewing cycle, and the release of the king of beers: barley wine.
Before refrigeration, brewers relied on winter's chill to keep fermentation slow and consistent. They started with barley wine, a potent harvest feast in a glass.
First made in 18th-century England with extra helpings of floral Kent hops and coal-kilned pale malt to help them last through spring and beyond, barley wines were born kicking, branded with names like Crackskull and Dragon's Milk.
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By: Joe Satran
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. -- Way back in January of 1996, long before it became one of the most acclaimed and successful craft-brewers in the country -- when it was just a dream, a business plan, a few hundred thousand dollars in start-up money and three beer recipes -- Victory Brewing Company underwent a baptism by blizzard.
The company's few employees had been working for over a year to renovate an old Pepperidge Farm factory in this village of fewer than 8,000 people straddling the Brandywine River, 33 miles west of Philadelphia. They'd installed all the necessary brewing equipment and begun work on an adjoining, bare-bones brewpub. They were finally ready to brew their first batch of beer, a traditional Munich-style Oktoberfest. So they boiled their German malt with water from the Brandywine watershed to make the sugary beer precursor called wort. They filtered out the spent malt and added whole-flower hops to the wort to give it flavor.
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"A la mode"
-1 pint Samuel Smith Organic Apple Cider
-1 shot Cinnamon Schnapps
For the sweet tooth:
1 small scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
Something a bit stronger:
1 shot Vanilla Liqueur
For the strongest:
1 shot Vanilla Vodka
Pour the liqueurs into a glass, add the cider, and serve cold. Optional: Serve with one apple slice on the rim of the glass with a cinnamon rim.
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Featured Recipe
Hemp Ale Turkey Stew By Jen Miller The day after Thanksgiving is a great way to start getting creative with your leftovers. This hearty beer turkey soup is fun, easy and a great way to spice things up.
Ingredients -12 oz bottle of Brown Ale (try Nectar Ales Hemp Ale) -1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks -4 carrots, diced -2 stocks of celery, diced -4 cloves of garlic, diced -1 medium onion, diced -1 to 2 white potatoes, peeled and diced -1 bunch Swiss chard or collard greens -2 cups of turkey or chicken broth (try making your own with the leftover bones) -2 cups of cooked turkey meat, shredded (dark meat is the best!) -Seasoning to suit your taste Directions: In a large pot, cook the onions and garlic until tender. Add the broth, potatoes, celery, and carrots. If using collard greens you can add them now. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cooked turkey and bring to a boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. If using the Swiss chard, add now and simmer until the potatoes are cooked. Let soup simmer until potatoes are done. The liquid will reduce. if you prefer it to be more soup-like just add more broth at the last step. Pair with Nectar Ales Hemp Ale or your favorite brown ale and enjoy! |
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