The Daily Pint

A big thank you to the guys from Ballast Point who came up last weekend.  You’ve tried all their beers by now, but did you know they also distill?  Keep an eye out for their Old Grove Gin, which was just released this week.  Ask for it at Beverage Warehouse, Whole Foods, or wherever it is you go to buy good beer.

Created with a blend of 12 freshly crushed botanicals and spices, Old Grove embodies the London Dry style, with an emphasis on subtlety and complexity.

On tap this weekend we’ve got Lost Abbey’s 10 Commandments, a stronger, 9% version of their Lost and Found Abbey Ale.  Also just put on another keg of Dogfish Midas Touch, Racer 5, and Einhorn Brewing’s Unikator Doppelbock.

Yesterday we also tapped a fresh firkin of Stone Vanilla Bean Porter, so let’s drain that thing tonight!

This has been a huge week for new beers at the Daily Pint.  We’ve got so many new selections going up, you won’t want to miss this weekend.

First, let’s start from the beginning.  On Sunday, we tapped some Dogfish Head 90 Minute and a keg of Deschutes Black Butte XXI.  This is a doubled-up version of their regular Black Butte, which is then aged in whiskey barrels, commemorating the brewery’s 21st anniversary.  From the Deschutes website:

This special Reserve Series release is a colossal version of Black Butte Porter. Our brewers enhanced Black Butte XXI by adding some Theo’s Chocolate cocoa nibs from Seattle, dry-hopping it with 100 pounds of Bellatazza’s locally roasted coffee, and then aging a portion of it in Stranahan’s Colorado whiskey barrels. These regional partners provided quality artisan ingredients that give this commemorative beer a truly handcrafted complexity.

On the lighter side of things, we’ve also got Anchor Summer Beer and Ballast Point’s Yellowtail Pale Ale.  Keep your ear to the ground for our upcoming Ballast Point Night, which will feature a cask of Sculpin!

Believe it or not, we’ve got 3 different varieties of Stone IPA on right now.  There’s the regular old standby Stone IPA, then the cask version with Columbus and Amarillo, and the very special, very limited Stone Double Dry Hopped IPA.  This is on tap, not cask, and there’s no word on which hops they dry hopped with.  Guess they want to keep it a secret!  If Victory hadn’t already coined the name, we would call this beer a hop wallop!

While we’re on this hop trip, we should also let you know we got a fresh keg of Speakeasy Big Daddy IPA, named for Toronado owner David Keene, who’s also immortalized on Anderson Valley’s Brother David’s Double and Tripel.

Moving right along, from a little further north we’ve got Bitch Creek ESB on tap from Grand Teton Brewing (Idaho).

And last but not least, yesterday we just tapped a keg of Russian River Temptation, a Blonde Ale aged in French oak chardonnay barrels with Brettanomyces.

If you’re looking for a good intro to sour beers, you can’t miss this!

None of these kegs are expected to last through the night, so if there’s anything you’re dying to try, you better get here early!

Cheers & have a good weekend

Daily Pint is tapping Stone 13th Anniversary tomorrow at 6pm.  Also received some Hobgoblin, and in bottles we got in some St. Peter Sorghum Ale especially for people with Gluten allergies.

Just tapped today was Victory Golden Monkey, and we’re finishing up some Weihenstephan Vitus Wheat Bock and Alaskan Smoked Porter.