new belgium

lucky me!
this is where i’ll be this evening:

NEW BELGIUM INDUSTRY PARTY

hosted by beerthirst

where i will enjoy live music, canapes and 4 New Belgium beers on tap (Fat Tire, Ranger IPA, Pluot and Heavenly Feijoa)

some days it is very good to be me!

beerthirst says this about the brewery:

New Belgium is a 100% employee owned brewery located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was founded in 1991 after home brewer, Jeff Lebesch, took his passion commercially. As of 2010, New Belgium was the third-largest craft brewery and seventh-largest overall brewery in the United States. The company continues to flourish with CEO, Kim Jordan, and they’ve been recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses.

new belgium

now here’s a good news press release!!

New Belgium Brewing to Distribute in British Columbia
Maker of Fat Tire to open in Canada this September
FORT COLLINS, CO – July 16, 2013 – New Belgium Brewing, brewer of a wide variety of award-winning beers including Fat Tire Amber Ale, will be available in British Columbia this September. The brewery has signed an agreement with Beerthirst to serve as its agent and will officially kick off its entry into Canada at the Great Canadian Beer Fest on September 6, 2013. New Belgium will begin selling beer at retail locations three days later. The brewery will initially roll out six-packs and draft of Fat Tire, Ranger IPA and its current seasonal release. Ninety days later, New Belgium will begin to release limited selections from its Lips of Faith, Hop Kitchen and Trip series, as well as Rampant Imperial IPA.

“For our first adventure in exporting outside the U.S., British Columbia makes perfect sense,” said New Belgium Brewing Sales Co-Pilot Brian Krueger. “This has been a great period of learning and exploring new territories for us, and we’re excited to bring New Belgium’s portfolio to our good friends up north.”

New Belgium began distribution in Alaska and Louisiana earlier this year, enters Florida this month, and will come to Delaware in August. For more information on the brewery, visit www.newbelgium.com.

ABOUT NEW BELGIUM BREWING
New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews eight year round beers; Ranger IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Ale, Blue Paddle Pilsener, Rampant Imperial IPA, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at http://www.newbelgium.com.

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new belgium ales are now available on tap at st. augustine’s
the fat tire amber
and the ranger ipa

(that’s actually the ranger ipa in the fat tire glass)

as i’d had the fat tire on several previous visits to the u.s., i went for the ranger ipa
okay, and also because i love me an ipa!
delicious!
i hope it becomes a regular feature of the st. augustine’s beer rotation
“They protect. They pour. They partake. They are the many and the only New Belgium Beer Rangers. We salute their efforts in the field with the extra-hopinary Ranger IPA. Three pounds per barrel of Simcoe, Chinook and Cascade hops make this 70 IBU brew a thing of beauty. Seek out the Beer Ranger in your territory at newbelgium.com.”
i want to be a ranger!

the beerthirst guys were on hand to launch this first for vancouver
and brought with them glasses, coasters and the ranger himself!

beerthirst also brought in a few bottles of some other new belgium flavours for people to try last thursday
we had the belgo, which was really quite belgiany, but i liked it;
la folie, which is aged for 1 to 3 years in french oak barrels – sour, reddish brown ale – delicious!

and the clutch dark sour ale, which was named after a band
it smells roasty, tastes belgian with quite a malt aftertaste

new belgium tour de fat

they’re not anti-car, they’re pro-bike!
and they brew a fabulous beer
if you’re in the states this summer, maybe the tour will cross your lucky path

10 great canned beers

alison found this for me in the huffington post
10 great canned beers

“craft brewers with a can-do attitude are shrugging off the notion that canned beers are thin and uninspired by offering many of their best brews in eco-friendly and portable aluminum packaging. These modern cans are lined with a thin wall of plastic that wards off any tinny flavors, while complete opacity keeps light at bay. Plus, their size and packaging makes them perfect for camping or a trip to the beach. Here are 10 of Imbibe Magazine‘s top picks. “

including:
21st amendment live free or die ipa (one of my new faves)
fat tire
maui brewing
oskar blues ten fidy
surly brewing