In this edition: RateBeer member makes Today Show debut, Cigar City, and Flying Fish…one-liners: Boulevard, Summit, Founders and Pelican.

…RateBeer’s own TheBeerSommelier, a.k.a. Matt Simpson, appeared on NBC’s Today Show as part of a 5-minute segment to promote craft beer. The segment starts off with a visit to Dogfish Head with Sam Calagione and finishes off with a tasting. Simpson samples a few beers before the segment cuts short (unfortunate but it was the last segment of the 8 o’clock hour before the long commercial break). Hopefully, Matt will chime in on the RateBeer thread at some point.

…From Cigar City’s blog post today:

This week in the tasting room we put Vanilla Maduro on tap in place of Oatmeal Raisin Cookie. We will have more Oatmeal Raisin Cookie in a week or two for pints and growlers and soon you will be able to find it at your favorite beer retailer to enjoy at home! It’s scheduled to be bottled in the few months, along with Cubano Espresso, Jose’ Marti and White Oak Jai-Alai IPA 12 oz. all in 4 packs!

There are a few new treatments in the tasting room and more that will be turning up in the coming weeks, right now we have the Coco Loco and Seabass Passion on tap. Coco Loco is a cocoa and coconut infused Bolita Double Brown Ale. The Seabass Passion infuses a blend of fruits with an ale containing multiple layers of complexity that tingles the senses. Jose’ Marti is back, so is Humidor IPA both of which we are pouring growlers of again so bring them by and let us fill them up for you!

…On October 12th, Flying Fish Brewery brewed Exit 13, an Import/Export Chocolate Stout with Belgian chocolate. The beer is scheduled for release in December. The following day, the brewery bottled Grand Cru Winter Reserve which should arrive on shelves very soon. Follow Flying Fish updates on Twitter.

…Boulevard Brewing has released bottles of its 21st Anniversary Fresh Hop Pale Ale.

…Founders Brewing reports on Twitter that Backwoods Bastard will return to stores Monday, November 1st.

…Per the brewery blog, Summit Brewing released Imperial Pumpkin Porter today.

…Finally, Brewpublic reports that there are two opportunities to try Pelican Full House this week in Oregon.