(Boston, MA) – Harpoon Brewery will brew its next 100 Barrel Series beer, #30, next month and release it in February. An oyster farmer with Island Creek posted yesterday that the exact release date for Harpoon Island Creek Oyster Stout will be February 5th. Yes, I hunt down tips from oyster farmers.

Harpoon founder, Dan Kenary, said today, “We are currently working with the Island Creek oyster folks to finalize an Island Creek Oyster Stout that will be brewed in January in the Hundred Barrel Series. We taste-tested some yesterday and it is excellent. We use some oysters in the brewing process and it is delicious. I am very excited about it and we are having a great deal of fun with the IC guys. They run a great company and grow great oysters.

The aforementioned farmer, Erin Murrary, adds, “But more often than not, the farmers I work with enjoy heartier beers, especially ones that pair well with our ’sters. So it only made sense, Skip told me a few months back, that Island Creek and Harpoon Brewery had decided to pair up to brew Harpoon’s next 100-Barrel Series, Island Creek Oyster Stout, a heady, dark beer brewed with our very own oysters. The guys are pretty stoked: They get to pair their creative energies with another local institution, one who supported us at Oyster Fest and who we support by drinking gallons and gallons of their IPA.

Last week the brewer Katie came down to check out the grant — she’s still working on her test batches […]”

Beer stats: 5.5% ABV, 35 IBU, OG – 15

The 100 Barrel Series is available in 22 oz. bombers and this is one of five new beers to come in the series next year. The last brew in the series, released last month, was Ginger Wheat.