(Anchorage, AK) – Here is some news on the all-new Anchorage Brewing (as pulled from a May Shelton Bros. newsletter).
[Note: Blogger, Bill Howell, has revised release dates for Whiteout (6/18), Bitter Monk, Love Buzz and others.]
Many of you have heard the rumors and have been asking. It is now time to make it official: Gabe Fletcher’s Anchorage Brewing Company is ready to get out of the gates!
We met Gabe in 2008 at the Great Alaskan Beer and Barleywine festival. At the time, he was the head brewer at Midnight Sun (a position he had held since 1999 or so) and was really stoked that we had brought some Jolly Pumpkin to the festival. We helped him out with some bottles to savor later. At that time, Gabe had already started working with wild yeast and barrel aging at Midnight Sun, so when he called about a year ago to say he was starting his own brewery, one that would be exclusively barrel-aged beers with a wild bent, we had no problem telling him we’d help spread it around the world.
This first year should hopefully see the release of 6 beers from Anchorage Brewing Company. Each will be a one-time release, so when stocks are gone, they are gone until next year. For distributors on the West Coast, please let us know if you would be interested in grabbing full pallets from Oregon, as we will have a cross dock option there, but you’ll need to move fast.
The first release, which will be shipping to us in 3-4 weeks, is Whiteout Wit Bier. This is a variation on the classic Belgian Witbier style, but aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels…sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?
Times I’m glad I live in Anchorage…. =)
Gabe’s a great brewer and all, but how [removed] full of yourself do you have to be to slap your picture on every label?
Wow, sorry my face brings out so much anger. Hope you like the beer:)
Putting your own face on the label is an arrogant move, no matter how great the beer indside of it is. But I think you missed an opportunity, Gabe. You should have bottled in a 1.5 L package- that way you could have fit a life-size portrait of your entire body on the label.
Anonymouse- it’s what’s inside that counts. George Washington’s picture is on a dollar bill too-so what? What does it matter? Keep your ego to yourself unless you’ve got the nuts to at least sign your name.