Craft Brewing And Distilling News for September 12, 2013
September 12, 2013•Smuttynose Brewing Co. will enter the state of Michigan for the first time this fall through a partnership with West Side Beer Distributing. Beginning in October, the beers will be available in four key markets—Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Romulus/Detroit. Initial shipments of Finestkind IPA and Big A IPA will be available exclusively on draft, with shipments of bottle packages to begin early next year. With the addition of the Michigan market, Smuttynose will be available across 23 states and Washington, D.C. The company produced nearly 41,000 barrels of beer last year, and will move into its new brewery and visitors’ center in Hampton, New Hampshire in 2014.
•San Diego’s Coronado Brewing and Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing have collaborated to release The Last Spike Not-So-Common IPA. Billed as a California Common IPA, The Last Spike is intended to fuse East and West Coast brewing styles and features both a big-malt and dry-hopped character. The 7.5%-abv entry, which debuted at the Cigar City tasting room in August, is slated to launch in Southern California this month, with a limited supply available in 750-ml. bottles across Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.
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