Craft Brewing And Distilling News for June 17, 2013
June 17, 2013•Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing Co. is bringing back Waterkeeper Hefeweizen to its Catch and Release seasonal lineup. It will be available beginning this week across the Southeast in six-packs and on draft, as well as part of the Tackle Box summer variety pack. Billed as an unfiltered wheat ale, Waterkeeper (5.7% abv) is brewed with wheat, two-row barley malt and Sterling and Hallertau hops. SweetWater is launching the beer as an extension to its “Save Our Water” campaign, which donates proceeds to the protection and preservation of local waterways. The brewer recently finished a 250-barrel brewhouse expansion as well as entered three new states, bringing its total footprint to nine states across the Southeastern U.S.
•Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Smuttynose Brewing has teaming up with San Diego’s Stone Brewing Co. to create Cluster’s Last Stand. The limited release beer, which marks the first collaboration brew for Smuttynose, will be released mid-July as part of the brewer’s Short Batch Series. Only 30 barrels of Cluster’s will be produced at Smuttynose’s Portsmouth brewery. It is meant to be a recreation of the well-known Ballantine IPA as well as a tribute to the original American IPAs and the Cluster hop, which the brewer says is “now considered passé.” The beers in the Smuttynose Short Batch series are available at select locations along the East Coast.
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