From the Spambox: More Stuff We Missed

Fort Collins, CO. – On December 14th, Odell Brewing will begin shipping this year’s batch of Saboteur Brett Barrel Brown Ale, a classic brown ale aged in oak barrels with Brettanomyces. Named one of Draft Magazine’s Top 25 Beers of 2010, Saboteur is part of the brewery’s single serve series of beers.

“Brewed on a big chocolaty brown ale base, Saboteur was aged with a clean and fruity strain of Brettanomyces in oak to give it nice vanilla and brown sugar layers,” said Zach Turner, quality assurance manager for Odell Brewing. “This beer ages beautifully as the culture continues to yield more tartness and fruit.”

Saboteur is offered in 750ml Belgian style cork and cage finished bottles and will be available in the brewery’s ten state distribution region beginning in late December 2011 or early January 2012.

BERKELEY, Calif. (December 13, 2011) — Whole Foods Market has teamed up with social media maven and craft beer evangelist, The Beer Wench, on a series of virtual beer tastings to be hosted LIVE on Twitter.

 The themed series will take place every two months.
The first tasting in the series is scheduled for Tuesday, December 20 from 7 to 8 p.m. EST. In honor of the holiday season, winter ales have been chosen as the theme. All it takes to participate is a Twitter account and a seasonal winter beer in hand. To join the conversation, participants merely need to attach the hashtag #WFMBeer to all of tweets during the event.“Whole Foods Market is one of the best brands on Twitter, and they do an amazing job connecting with and engaging their audience. Every week, they host really fun discussions about food and wine with their followers,” said Ashley Routson, beer expert and founder of DrinkWithTheWench.com. “For selfish reasons, I felt that craft beer deserved to be thrown into the mix.”


Whole Foods Market and The Beer Wench are joining forces with four craft breweries across the country, all with delicious holiday or winter beers available at various Whole Foods Market stores. Every fifteen minutes, the focus will shift to a different featured brewery as brewmasters and brewery representatives actively answer questions and share stories about the beers and the breweries.

“Whole Foods Market’s store beer buyers are some of the most passionate people in our company, and our shoppers tend to seek us out for our adventurous selection of local and craft brews,” said Michael Bepko, Global Online Community Manager at Whole Foods Market. “Taking our experts and knowledge online with The Beer Wench to connect to some new beer connoisseurs is a natural extension of the community we work hard to create in our stores.”
The December 20 virtual craft beer Twitter Tasting schedule is as follows:

7pm EST: New Belgium (@newbelgium) Snow Day
7:15 EST: Deshcutes (@DeschutesBeer) Jubelale
7:30 EST: Bison Brewing (@bisonbrew) Gingerbread Ale
7:45 EST: Dogfish Head (@dogfishbeer) Chicory Stout
8pm EST: After party (free for all!!)

Participants are encouraged to tweet along while enjoying one of the craft beers listed above. If unavailable, they can simply choose another favorite holiday or winter craft beer. Suggestions from The Beer Wench, most of which can be found at a local Whole Foods Market, include:

21st Amendment (@21stAmendment) Fireside Chat
Anderson Valley (@avbc) Winter Solstice Ale
Great Divide (@greatdividebrew) Hibernation Ale
Great Lakes (@GLBC_Cleveland) Christmas Ale
Karl Strauss (@Karl_Strauss) Dos Turtles
Ninkasi (@Ninkasi) Sleighr
Odell Brewing (@OdellBrewing) Isolation Ale
Sierra Nevada (@SierraNevada) Celebration Ale
Sweet Water (@sweetwaterbrew) Festive
Weyerbacher (@Weyerbacher) Winter Ale

For more information on the virtual tasting and the beers, check out the official EventBrite page: http://wfmwinterbeer.eventbrite.com/

 

3. Beer Bloggers from Across the Pond Planning Some Kind of Shindig

 

European Beer Bloggers Conference Announced

Hello Beer Bloggers!

We are happy to announce the European Beer Bloggers Conference will be taking place in Leeds, England, May 18 – 20, 2012.  More information on the location can be found on our website and registration is open now:

European Beer Bloggers Conference Registration
Leeds, England Logistics Information

And even better, Molson Coors has come on as a sponsor, offering registration compensation for the first 100 citizen beer bloggers that register for the conference.  With such a generous scholarship opportunity, there is no reason not to attend this year’s conference in Leeds!  More information can be found in the latest blog post on our website.

In addition to our Complete List of Beer Bloggers which lists press and citizen beer blogs from around the world, we have just posted a list of Beer Industry Blogs.  If you have any suggestions of additional blogs by your favorite brewery, brewpub, distributor, etc., please let me know as it is my intention to make this the most complete list of industry blogs.

Hope you can join along with bloggers from the other side of the pond!  Please let me know if you have any questions, and don’t forget to follow the conversation on Twitter at #BBC12.

Cheers!
elle
www.beerbloggersconference.org
Leeds, England May 18 – 20, 2012
Indianapolis, IN July 13 – 15, 2012

 

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