Craft Brewing And Distilling News for July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013•Los Angeles-based Greenbar Distillery has unveiled three new craft spirits—Grand Poppy aperitive liqueur, Tru Garden vodka and Fruitlab Ginger liqueur. All three offerings will be available in select markets, priced at $29 for Grand Poppy and Fruitlab and $35 for Tru Garden vodka. They join Tru organic vodka, Tru organic gin, Ixa Organic Tequila, Slow Hand organic whiskey, Crusoe organic rum, Fruitlab organic liqueurs and Bar Keep organic bitters in the Greenbar portfolio.
•Merchants Hospitality and The Lure Group are launching their second venture, Clinton Hall, on July 22 in New York City. Located in downtown Manhattan, the 4,000-square-foot beer hall will feature seating for 200, as well as 20 beers and ciders rotating on draft. It will also have a full service bar menu, including a seasonal wines-by-the-glass selection, as well as will serve its own take on traditional beer hall cuisine, including bratwurst and sausages from New York City’s well-known German butcher Schaller & Weber on homemade pretzel buns. Merchants Hospitality and The Lure Group also partnered for Watermark Bar, which opened Memorial Day weekend, on Manhattan’s Pier 15.
•Hood River, Oregon’s Full Sail Brewing has debuted English Pale, the latest beer to be released under the Pub Series rotating line of classic ales. The limited edition brew will be available in 6-packs and on draft, from July to September only. The Pub Series, which features beers that were currently only available at Full Sail’s tasting room and pub, also includes an Extra Special Bitter, Nut Brown Ale and Wassail Winter Ale, all available for only 90 days before moving on to the next release. Full Sail’s lineup of brews—which also includes Full Sail Amber, IPA and the Limited Lager Series, among others—are available in 30 states.
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