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A holiday ale surprise courtesy of Stone, Jolly Pumpkin, and Nogne O

November 10th, 2008 beersage Posted in New Beer Releases and Bottlings, Regions: California, Regions: Great Lakes, Regions: International No Comments »

Stone Special Holiday Ale

(Escondido, CA) - Stone Brewing hosted Head Brewers, Ron Jeffries from Michigan’s Jolly Pumpkin and Kjetil Jikiun from Norway’s Nogne O, on a visit just a few weeks ago. Together, with Stone Brewing’s own Head Brewer, Mitch Steele, they created Special Holiday Ale, an ale featuring Southern California white sage, juniper berries, chestnuts, caraway seed, “and lots of hops.” The guys talk a little bit about the beer in this Youtube video.

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Another top 50 beer enters the U.S. fold

November 6th, 2008 beersage Posted in Imperial Stout, New Beer Imports, New Beer Releases and Bottlings, Regions: International No Comments »

mikkeller-beer-geek-brunch

(Copenhagen, Denmark) - Mikkeller is set to ship over another new offering to the States later this year. Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch, a top 50-rated beer on RB got the nod from the good ole TTB and will be imported by the Shelton Brothers.

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