Craft Brewing and Distilling News for December 2, 2013

•Portland, Oregon-based Breakside Brewery is launching its first bottled seasonal with the rollout of Big Country, a new, limited edition. Billed as a winter ale, Big Country is inspired by traditional German starkbiers and weinnachtbiers and features notes of orange, cocoa, candied fruit and toast. The 7.8%-abv entry is currently available through February 1, in 22-ounce bottles and on draft throughout the Oregon, Washington and Idaho markets, as well as in British Columbia. Big Country joins Breakside’s existing 22-ounce bottled offerings, which include its Pilsner, IPA, Alan From The Wood and Wanderlust IPA expressions.

•Boulder, Colorado’s Avery Brewing is set to bring back its Mephistopheles’ Stout label, as well as launch a pair of new offerings this winter season. Rolling out in 12-ounce bottles on December 13, Mephistopheles Stout—originally an installment in Avery’s “The Demons of Ale” series—is made with Magnum and Sterling hops and characterized by chocolate, fruit and espresso notes. Also available in mid-December is The Maharaja, which is an Imperial IPA and the brewer’s latest entry in its “Dictator” series. Available in 22-ounce bombers, the new IPA will be followed in January by six-pack bottles and cases of New World Porter, billed as a dry-hopped, traditional black Porter. Along with the new and returning entries, Avery Brewing produces around 20 year-round and seasonal brews, including its flagship India Pale Ale, White Rascal, Ellie’s Brown Ale, Out of Bounds Stout and Joe’s Premium American Pilsner labels.

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