Round 3 of today’s beer notes update…special West Coast edition…

Sierra Nevada Brewing: Per Bill Manley on Beer Advocate, “We have about 60% of the canning line here at the brewery, but there has been a delay getting the filler here as originally planned (they’re now saying September). I would be surprised to see any cans on the market before January 2012. Once we get the line here and installed, we’ll need a few weeks/months of trials before going full-bore. After that I suspect we’ll do a soft release here in California and then move out to the rest of the country.

21st Amendment Brewery: Turned 11 years old

Laurelwood Brewery: Per their newsletter, “Due to the high demand for a few key hops we use in the Workhorse recipe, we will soon be producing some of our last batches until late Fall. Hops are an agricultural product. Due to the popularity of Workhorse, we have limited supplies of the hops we need to produce our wildly successful IPA. We also do not want to modify the recipe, compromising the quality that we have all come to love.”

Ohana Brewing: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB for short) has approved our Brewer’s Notice – moving us one big step closer to commencing brewery operations. We still need state brewery approval and to complete construction.”

Stone Brewing: As of sometime yesterday, they had already sold 3,400 tickets for these bottles.

Deschutes Brewery: The Stoic will be released at the pub on 8/16.

Block 15 Brewing: Per Facebook, “Ferme de la Ville Release Info: Saturday August 6th, 11am. $13.95/bottle. Limit of 4 per person. Buy three or more bottles and get a custom re-usable bottle bag! Also, on tap we will have the 2010 & 2011.”

Drake’s Brewing: Per Facebook, “Aroma Coma IPA Special Draft Release Party at Drake’s Barrel House next Wednesday, August 10th, 5pm.” Also of note, the brewery has created a Facebook page for most of its flagship and seasonal offerings. Interesting.

Russian River Brewing: Vinnie Cilurzo reminds us that Framboise for a Cure will return in October. To boot, he provided a Sanctification clone recipe to the Embrace the Funk blog.

Anchorage Brewing: The Shelton Brothers report via newsletter that Bitter Monk and Love Buzz Saison will be available soon.

Bonus I: Opening tasting rooms just got easier in CA breweries just got easier.

Bonus II: Meet COTU Brewing (Center of the Universe). Mariners Pitcher, Chris Ray, hopes to turn this into an actual brewery with his brother some day. He recently appeared on ESPN, giving ten funky beer names with a baseball twist.