A few quick notes on a slow Wednesday morning:

Weyerbacher Riserva, one of the special release beers to be sold at the brewery on June 13, just got label approval. It is the second beer in the Weyerbacher Brewer’s Select Series, a run of limited edition beers only sold in Pennsylvania. In case you missed it:

Over a year in the making, this American Wild Ale is fermented with Brettanomyces yeast and aged with red-raspberry puree in Oak barrels for over 1 year, then bottle conditioned in champagne bottles. This beer is incredible and will be a bit pricey to purchase at $145 per case of 12, only at the brewery. We’ll only have 50 cases of this one to sell in house, and another 50 to ship out to a few select wholesalers. That’s it until next year.

For what it’s worth, Weyerbacher keeps an updated list on its website of what is available at the brewery on weekends.

Toronado San Diego could be opening as early as today. Rumors are flying in every direction as to the exact date but Tom Nickel of O’Brien’s Pub, also in San Diego, sent out a newsletter yesterday mentioning that the pub would be opening today, Wednesday, May 21. Someone posted on BA that the pub looked like there was still some work needed to be done. Will Nickel prove to be a reliable source? We’ll find out.

Novare Res Bier Cafe IS a beer bar officially opening on Wednesday, May 21 (4pm). This Belgian-themed bar will greatly bolster the craft beer scene in the Old Port (downtown) section of Portland, Maine. What has people so excited about this place? It will be run by one of the former managers of The Moan and Dove in Amherst, Massachusetts. Beer Advocate named this bar the Best Place to Have a Beer in America back in 2006.