Smuttynose Brewers Notes: June 2013

Monday, June 24, 2013

Rolling Out Indiana

Smuttynose Indiana Rollout Events

Cavalier Distributing of Indiana are kicking off their distribution of Smuttynose beer over the next few weeks with this brilliant slate of events. It's a heck of welcome for us; these events are all over the state! If you've got friends in the Hoosier State, please spread the word; Smuttynose is coming in a few days.

Wednesday, June 26th

The Liquor Locker

300 N Weinbach Ave

Evansville, IN

Bottle Tasting 4pm-6pm

The Gerst Haus

2100 W Franklin St

Evansville, IN

Tap Assault/Pint Night 6pm-??

Franklin House

58 Campbell St.

Valparaiso, IN

Tasting 7:30pm-9:30

Thursday, June 27th

Keg Liquors

617 E Lewis & Clark Parkway

Clarksville, IN

Promo 5pm-7:30pm

Rocky's Restaurant

715 W Riverside Drive

Jeffersonville, IN

Tap Assault/Pint Night 5pm-??

Pat’s Liquors

1 W US Highway 30

Porter, IN

Tasting 3pm-5pm

Constant Spring

219 S. Main St.

Goshen, IN

Tap Assault 6pm-??

Friday, June 28th

Bridge Liquors

110 Knable Lane

New Albany, IN

Bottle Tasting 5pm-7pm

Diamond Jim’s

210 S. Main

Crown Point, IN

Tasting 7pm-9pm

New Albanian Pub & Pizzeria

3312 Plaza Drive

New Albany, IN

Smuttynose IPA, and Robust Porter will be draft feature all day.

Saturday June 29

Trion Tavern

503 Broadway

New Haven, IN

Tap Assault 5pm-??

Saturday, July 6

Beer Geeks

3030 45^th St

Highland, IN

Tap Assault 8pm

Friday, July 12

Nick’s Liquors

8103 Taft St.

Merrillville, IN

Tasting 3pm

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Durty is back!

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2013 Smuttynose Short Batch Redux: Durty

At Smuttynose, we’re sensitive folk and we listen to our customers. A lot of people really liked Durty when it was first released in December of 2012, so we brewed it again. Durty is a big, hoppy, brown ale that’s got caramel and biscuit flavors from malt and a counterpoint of piney, resinous hop flavor and fruity hop aroma. We did our best to repeat the first release, but due to hop availability (or lack thereof) this batch is a little bit different. That’s ok though, we’re still really damn happy with the beer and we hope you will be too.

Durty has been packaged in kegs and also a limited run of 22-ounce bottles. The bottles will retail for $9 each and distribution will be very limited. We’ll debut the beer at Smuttynose on Friday, June 14, during brewery tours. Shipments to wholesalers will begin on June 17, 2013.

After Durty hits the streets, there won’t be another Short Batch until July, when we’ll release our first collaboration brew, Cluster’s Last Stand, an IPA brewed in the classic style of the early to mid 20^th Century with Greg Koch, from Stone Brewing Company. More details on that soon, on this very blog...

Vital Stats

8.5% abv 55 IBU

Malts: North American 2-Row, Munich 10L, Chocolate, C-60, Brown

Hops: Bittering- Magnum, Flavor- Nugget, Dry Hop- Simcoe

Yeast: White Labs WLP-001 California Ale

Production size: 17.3 barrels (78 cases, 66 1/6 bbl kegs)

Upcoming Beer Releases

These dates show when we expect to release these beers at our Smerch Store. Shipments to our distribution partners will coincide with their order cycles, so you'll see new releases a little bit after the dates you see below.
Pumpkin Ale - August
Smuttlabs: Brett & I - Shipping Now!
Big Beer Series: Tripel (brand new release!) August 16
Smuttlabs: Schmutzig - August 23
Now and Then Series: Cluster's Last Stand - (Stone Collaboration) August 30
Winter Ale - October 15
Smuttlabs: Oak-Aged Tripel - TBD
Smuttlabs: Strawberry Short Weisse - Fall 2014
Smuttlabs: White IPA - TBD
Big Beer Series: S'muttonator (double bock) - November
Full Time: Baltic Porter - 12oz Four Pack, Fall 2014
Full Time: Really Old Brown Dog - 12oz Four Pack, Fall 2014
Durty (we promise to brew more) - December 13

The Smuttynose Big Beer Series

Since 1998, Smuttynose Brewing has offered its Big Beer Series, specialty beers released seasonally in very limited quantities. Although some styles appear every year, others get dropped or added to the lineup, or simply take a sabbatical for a year or two. Adding to the free-form nature of this series, our brewers are encouraged to tweak, change and experiment with recipes from one year to the next, so that one year's edition may be subtly or dramatically different from the next (or it may be exactly the same).

Since 2002, our Executive Brewer, David Yarrington, has contributed notes on each new edition of the Series, as well as on other seasonal beers, such as our Pumpkin Ale. Sometimes the notes are extensive; sometimes, if little or no changes have been made to the previous year's edition, they will be brief.

By the way, all Smuttynose Big Beers are bottle conditioned and will age quite nicely if stored properly. Starting in 2005, we've "vintage" dated our Big Beer labels to help you keep your cellar organized.

Smuttlabs

“How many things are we upon the brink of discovering if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries?” -Mary Shelley

We’re very proud of each of our Smuttynose beers, but our brewing staff has many ideas that can’t be done on a large scale; this is where Smuttlabs comes into play. From barrel-aging and beer souring to culinary collaborations and special projects that just don’t fit anywhere else, if a project is out of the ordinary, unique or time consuming, you can bet it’ll bear the Smuttlabs name.

In 2007, we began these experimental brewings, with a beer called “The Gnome” (which became Homunculus in the Big Beer Series), under the Short Batch Series name. As we’ve increased production and volumes of these eccentric beers, we’ve rechristened them “Smuttlabs,” to reflect the creative experimentation found in each batch.

Smuttlabs releases seek to bridge the gap between “rare” and “hard to find.” Brewing on these terms, success can take different forms. Some releases may have semi-regular production and others may never see a mash tun again. There will constantly be Smuttlabs beers in all phases of production from conception, to brewing and fermentation to aging and packaging.

We’ll announce Smuttlabs beers here on our blog, through social media as well as our website. We know you’ll have just as much fun seeking them out and drinking them as we do brewing them.

Smuttynose Brewers Notes

Monday, June 24, 2013

Rolling Out Indiana

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Durty is back!

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