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Yikes it’s March already… and clearly nothing is slowing down anytime soon. But no worries, Rumor Mill is always on the case, keeping you plugged in to all the craft beer news that matters. Plus we’ve an all-important update on what we’ve been drinking lately and you absolutely don’t want to miss that.
New Belgium To Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Fat Tire & Friends(Ft Collins, CO) – New Belgium has tapped some longtime brewing friends to help, creating a their own spin on their flagship, Fat Tire for a mixed 12-pack expected to hit retail in early June:
Allagash Brewing is producing a version of Fat Tire using a Belgian yeast sourced from the Poperings region and also add a touch of the Allagash house Brettanomyces for good measure.
Avery will focus on a fruitier hop bill and also with a dose of Brett to give it some apricot and pineapple tang.
Firestone Walker is doing a west coast interpretation of Fat Tire with an assertive hop profile and a light lager yeast.
Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) is creating a tart Fat Tire bringing in apple and lactobacillus to help highlight the green apple snap inherent to the original Fat Tire.
Rhinegeist transformed Fat Tire into a Belgian XPA, combining a fruity Belgian yeast strain with bready-sweet European and Colorado malts for a beer they hope will please hopheads and wine drinkers alike.
Words To Drink By (Las Vegas, NV) – “if you look around the table and you don’t know who the mark is… you’re the mark.”
Macon Terrell – International Card Expert
Russian River Looks To Expand (Santa Rosa, CA) – Russian River has been talking about moving beyond their 4th Street location and now the Mercury News is reporting that they are actively scouting out another location ” in or around Santa Rosa” — to create a destination brewery that could accommodate their many out-of-town visitors.
Sequel To Classic Stoner Flick Gets Its Own Beer (Austin, TX) – Director Richard Linklater will soon be releasing a “spiritual sequel” to his 1993 classic Dazed and Confused. And even better, his new movie Everybody Wants Some is reportedly getting its own beer “thanks to a collaboration between Alamo Drafthouse and Austin Beerworks.”
What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Washington, DC) – We’d like to thank all of the American craft breweries who’ve shipped us beer from time to time. It’s always great to sample the brews that we write about and it helps to give us a better feel for what’s happening out there. And last night we hit up a seasonal release from Magic Hat that got the job done. Introduced just last year and once again making its spring return, Magic Hat HI.P.A is a 6.7% ABV India Pale Ale with a great label designed by the famous concert poster artist, Stanley Mouse.
