Courtesy of Dogfish.com

(Milton, DE) – This Sunday, Brew Masters and Dogfish Head Bitches Brew will take center stage.

11/21 Update: Just to make this clear…states where you should be able to purchase Bitches Brew very soon, if not already, include:

AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA and WI. TX is kegs only.

A whopping 83% of Beernews.org readers have said that you will be watching the show. The question is…will you have the beer in hand during Sunday night’s episode? To read more about the brew itself, check out my original report from April. I also posted clips from the upcoming episode earlier this week.

The beer was first released on August, 31st, according to the Dogfish Head website. It was released to “Dogfish wholesalers in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA and WI.”

The beer came and went but batch #2 was packaged earlier this week and just shipped to wholesalers. “It’ll go to markets where we already sell except NH, MI & TN,” per Dogfish Head’s Facebook page.

Other states not listed above:

For MI – they did not approve because of the name
For NH – not approved for reasons unknown
For TN – status still up in the air as of earlier this week
For TX – kegs only, no bottles

In other brewery news…

From today’s newsletter: “Our winter seasonale, Chicory Stout, is out now so stock up. We do brew this beer year-round for our Rehoboth Beach, DE brewpub, but Chicory Stout only gets bottled once a year. Chicory is brewed with organic Mexican coffee, roasted chicory and a touch of St. John’s wort. Our other recent releases are our oak-aged Burton Baton, the 2010 World Wide Stout and some Squall IPA. […] Our strong raspberry Fort will be shipping towards the end of December.”

Also of note, DFH’s Sam Calagione blogged about the demise of 120 Minute IPA this morning. The beer will be delayed until at least early next year.