[Update from Rob Larson: the beer won’t be available until “next winter”…drats!]

(Lake Mills, WI) – Tyranena Brewing just released its ode to Meatloaf, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, and now it looks like there will be another new brew coming in bottles soon called Sheep Shagger. (What a name!) Wait, or will it be released soon? Despite label approval coming through in February, Robin Shepard of The Daily Page writes that it won’t be bottled until next winter according to brewery owner and brewmaster, Rob Larson. The article was printed three weeks ago so maybe there is still hope that there was a change in heart and some will be bottled for this winter.

Nevertheless, you may find it on tap if you are in Wisconsin. More info on the beer courtesy of The Daily Page: “The 2009 rendition of this brew was temporarily dubbed InaugurAle for the Inauguration Day release. The beer’s real name, though, is Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale. This is a tribute to a Scottish immigrant to the Lake Mills region known as Colonel Carmichael, who settled near the head of Rock Lake in 1844 with his sheep farm. This was not a very successful business venture by most accounts, but just historically memorable enough to inspire the name of this beer, and goes with Larson’s practice of using local historical figures for the names of his beers. Tyranena, the name of the brewery, is the American Indian name for Rock Lake.

Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale is currently available in the Tryanena tasting room for $4/pint and $8.50/growler-refill. It will not be bottled until next winter, but it should start turning up in local bars on tap within the next few weeks. It is also featured as the Beer of the Month for February at The Old Fashioned in downtown Madison.”