In this edition: Dogfish Head goes for 115k barrels, Boulevard Brewing announces a new beer, the Washington Post covers nanobreweries, the AHA gives away GABF tix and Lift Bridge Brewery buys new equipment…

…From the Dogfish Head blog, “Over the next sixty days we will launch the following beers. Olde School, Burton Baton, Squall, My Antonia, Chicory Stout, World Wide Stout, Bitches Brew and lastly this years Fort. Phew!!!!!!!!!By years end we will have sold just over 115,000bbls worth of beer. This marks a tremendous achievement for us. The 100,000bbls bench mark has only been crossed by a handful of brewers. We are not stopping there. Our goal for 2011 is to sell 140,000bbls worth of beer. This will be another 22% total barrelage growth for us.”

…From KansasCity.com, “After experimenting with smaller test batches, Kansas City tastemaker (and proprietor of Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolates and Glacé Artisan Ice Cream) and Boulevard Brewing brewmaster Steven Pauwels brewed a batch of chocolate ale on Wednesday. After weeks in the brewer’s fermentation tank, the beer will be corked in 750 milliliter bottles for a ‘limited edition’ sale as part of the Boulevard Smokestack Series. It will be dubbed simply ‘Chocolate Ale‘ and available for Valentine’s Day.” More info can be found over at KansasCity.com.

…The Washington Post covers nanobreweries with considerable attention on the local startup, Baying Hound Aleworks.

…Minnesota’s Lift Bridge Brewery is getting its own equipment next month, “Pierson said the new fermenter, mashton and brew kettle system allows Lift Bridge to brew 60.5 barrels, or 900 gallons, of beer at their Stillwater facility. He added that the locally brewed beer has a limited sales target.”

…Finally, the American Homebrewers Association is giving away a pair of free GABF 2011 tickets.