New Glarus upcoming beers and other info

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  1. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    It's cliché, but you have to walk before you can run. So many breweries out there thinking they're being creative and they're falling flat. How many do you know making a German-worthy* Maibock?

    (*Edit: Bavarian-worthy, for all my friends at the Germany forum)
     
    #221 steveh, Jun 26, 2014
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  2. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    Not many. Lazy Monk in EC, but he's doing some magical things with Old World beer up there.
     
    #222 robear, Jun 26, 2014
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  3. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Just got one of the Bohemian Darks in a trade, can't wait to try it. Wish I was closer.
     
    #223 steveh, Jun 26, 2014
  4. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    Such great beer. I don't get up to Eau Claire enough any more. Might have to have a buddy bring some down. He makes it to MKE on tap once in a blue moon. The tasting room stuff (Maibock, Smoked Lager, Red Ale, etc) is really, really good.
     
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  5. Ri0

    Ri0 Initiate (0) Jul 1, 2012 Wisconsin

    From today's Madison.com beer chat
     
    #225 Ri0, Jun 30, 2014
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  6. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    No GToM ticket for me this year, but I'm making trip to NG and standing in line anyhow, just to land a bottle or two of that goodness!
     
    #226 robear, Jun 30, 2014
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  7. ThreeTens

    ThreeTens Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2013 Wisconsin

    2nd that. Thank goodness my non-beer-drinking-awesome wife is tagging along to get a couple extra for this lush. :wink:
     
    #227 ThreeTens, Jun 30, 2014
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  8. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    It will be interesting to see how it goes this year. Man, it'd be great if we could keep all the Illinoisians away. :wink: Or at least force them to bring Daisy Cutter for admission.
     
    #228 robear, Jun 30, 2014
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  9. patrad

    patrad Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2014 Illinois

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  10. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    Holy cow- Oud Bruin THIS WEEK????
     
    #230 robear, Jul 1, 2014
  11. ravot

    ravot Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2012 Illinois

    Well shit. this sounds great. I definitely need a case of this and a pick it up for me bro.
     
    #231 ravot, Jul 1, 2014
  12. Phil_H

    Phil_H Zealot (705) Jun 4, 2013 Wisconsin

    Plus CranBic in September. I am not normally a huge New Glarus fan but they are winning me over lately with there thumbprints.
     
    #232 Phil_H, Jul 1, 2014
  13. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    Sounds like an IP border trade involving ZD & NG Thumbprint may be in order.
     
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  14. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    I think they finally caught on to the cash cow that is Sours & Hoppy beers as Thumbprint releases.
     
    #234 robear, Jul 1, 2014
  15. Hendrick24

    Hendrick24 Pooh-Bah (1,949) Sep 6, 2013 Wisconsin
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    NG just posted on Facebook that the Oud Bruin will be coming Mid-July.
     
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  16. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    Saw that- some discrepancies between the article and the NG-posted info. I've seen that happen with them before- they'll announce a beer and it will show up a few days early on shelves, usually in Madison first. My guess is that it's hitting distributors after the holiday, and then it'll take 1-2 to trickle onto shelves.

    Some stores seem to be confused by the number of thumbprint beers they've been getting. A small shop near me still has Apple Ale, Spice Ale & Dubbel on the shelf- I asked if they got Scream and they said they did but they have to wait for shelf space before they put it out.

    I expect the Oud Bruin to sell out even faster than the Wild Sour. Still have 6 bottles of that left- gonna have to offer a bucket list beer to pry any out of my cold, dead hands.
     
    #236 robear, Jul 1, 2014
  17. Ri0

    Ri0 Initiate (0) Jul 1, 2012 Wisconsin

    Yeah, WSA hit the week right after the 4th last year (in Madison), so I would assume the same this year.
     
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  18. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    Anyone have any idea on the capacity of the coolship? Trying to get a read on batch size for these beers- hoping that they're released in the same or greater quantity as WSA.
     
    #238 robear, Jul 1, 2014
  19. CurtisLoew

    CurtisLoew Zealot (603) Jun 18, 2010 Wisconsin

    The size of the coolship is erroneous to the amount of beer they will be releasing. From the sound of it, Dan is pumping out two base beers. A sour brown and a sour blond. From those two base beers he is adding fruit, blending, etc to come up with the various thumbprint and R&D releases. So a thumbprint release is not just one "batch" of beer, it's going to be a blend of old and new beers in whatever volume they see fit. He will be holding back portions of older batches and newer batches for future blends too, so it's very hard to predict how much each release will be

    But I'm agreement, I hope it's a lot. I was able to grab a case of the WSA, I'm hoping I can do the same with the old bruin.
     
    #239 CurtisLoew, Jul 1, 2014
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  20. robear

    robear Initiate (0) May 24, 2014 Wisconsin

    Good explanation! Whatever he does, I look forward to trying it. I sure picked a great beer year to move back to Wisco.
     
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