Happenings in Casper (2021)

Well, Anchor has shown up in cans. Steam Beer in 6packs, mixed 12packs. Yay to that. O really liked the Baykeeper IPA because of it being nicely balanced.

Bootstrap Brewing beers also showed up. Why? I don't know. Their Insane Rush IPA didn't exactly win me over. Ymmv.

Whole bunch of Italian beers on the shelf and they will probably stay there a long time. Prices are outrageous.

Happy New Year and I am hoping your go to store does you proud.

 

I'll have to check which others showed up.

 

Thanks.

 

Interesting things are going on at Skull Tree and Mountain Hops.

The former has a barrel aged barleywine..aging, the latter is working on a barrel aged Belgian Tripel that will be the brewery's 1 year anniversary beer.

 

The Sticks Pale Ale is yummy! Thanks for the suggestions @SFACRKnight and @Dtapeski !

 

Mountain Hops also has a barrel for an Imperial Stout. And Frontier Brewing has an Imperial IPA in a barrel.

 

16 ounce cans of Melvin Barrel Aged Ruckus have shown up, canned December 8th. My oh my, what a treat!!

 

Modelo Negra on draught at Old Chicago!!

 

I haven't seen Chimay beers in quite a while. I found some, thanks to a FB post, at Wyoming Bootleggers. They are now imported by Win-It-Too Inc out of Middleton Massachusetts. Never heard of them.

 

Not the biggest or most exciting news. Harp Lager is back in town after at least a 2 year hiatus.

 

Mountain Hops hit it out of the park with their One Hop To Rule Them All IPA using Motueka hops!

 

We got a drop of 2 beers from Lupulin Brewing Company and I picked up a 4pack of the Hooey. Dang that is good. I wondered why a brewery from Minnesota showed up...right next to it was a Lupulin/Melvin collaboration beer so maybe that's why?

A gal was also working on putting a bunch of Crooked Stave beers on the shelf. I saw quite a few that I had not heard of or tried. I will have to check them out.

 

Eric, brewmaster at Mountain Hops in Casper did a short video. Pretty funny.

https://www.facebook.com/1287733142/posts/10219364306640214/

 

Mountain Hops is releasing their Imperial Stout this Saturday. The barrel aged version will come out in July to celebrate their 1 year anniversary.

46 batches of beer Mountain Hops has brewed so far.

 

Athletic Brewing Company is supposed to be in town, according to Western Distributors. Kinda interested because their NA beers garner some really good reviews.

 

Jeremiah Johnson beers showed up in town. I chose to get the Scotch Ale since there's not an abundance of that style around here.

Also, finally, some cans from Weihenstephaner. The Hefeweiss and Helles. Best before 11/19/2021, so pretty fresh in my book.

 

A couple of Athletic NA beers showed up as well. Looking at some of the reviews, I reckon that it is worth checking them out

 

I just heard that Black Tooth Brewing has purchased a downtown site and will be brewing here. 30bbl system, just like in Sheridan. I am not too excited.