According to Chris and Morgan of North Coast Brewing, recently featured on The Brewing Network’s Sunday Session podcast, North Coast Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin will return next year. The website shows that “Old Rasputin XI” will be available this year but that appears to no longer be the case. The 10th anniversary version, released in April 2007, currently sits just outside of the top 100 at Ratebeer and is the second-highest rated beer ever by the brewery at Beer Advocate. The brewery is also working in the lab on something special for the anniversary in September.
Russian River Brewing will celebrate the brewpub’s 4th anniversary on Saturday, May 31. According to the website, starting at 11am, “Temptation, Supplication, Compunction, and Beatification will be tapped.”
Ballast Point Brewing just added some beers on tap:
Piper Down Scottish Ale will run out this weekend if it hasn’t already. “Brewed for the upcoming SD Highland Games. A drinkable, malty ale in the tradition of a Scottish Export style. Three hour boil and 60 degree ale fermentation. Clean with a candied sweetness and light roast.”
Brother Levonian Saison was recently released as a tribute to a friend that passed away earlier this year after a battle with cancer. “The beer is a Belgian-Style Saison brewed with Belgian Pale Malt, Belgian Vienna Malt, Oats, Wheat, Coriander, Sweet Orange Peel, Curacao, Grains of Paradise, Mountain Flower Honey and Belgian Saison 565 yeast (donated by White Labs).”
Others:
Even Keel– Our San Diego Style Session Ale brewed with loads of hops. 3.5% ABV
Sour Wench– Sour Blackberry Ale aged in french oak. 5.5% ABV
Nitrogenated Black Marlin and Nitrogenated Calico Amber coming soon
Finally, Shaun O’Sullivan of The 21st Amendment, based in San Francisco, recently revealed that the brewery is currently working with Cold Spring Brewery, the largest one in Minnesota, to help expand its canning operation. 21A IPA and High or Hell Watermelon Wheat will be shipped back to California for wider distribution, but it seems likely that Minnesota would be one of the first stops on the list should distribution expand to other states.