Replicale and other news

The Replicale this year is a German Alt. Many breweries will make it to unveil at the Microbrewers Festival, July 18th. Dave Colt, as always, did the recipe:

O.G. 12.5 plato IBU's 32 Malt: Global Kolsch 85% Global Vienna 9% Global Munich dark 5% Weyermann Carafa1 1% Hops: Perle 6.3% alpha Yeast: Whatever your heart desires.

Things we learn from Jim Herter (stolen from his June/July column in Great Lakes Brewing News). New beers coming in June:

• Shoreline - 3Sum Double IPA. Bleacher Bum Bock (small beer from Curse the Goat Doppelbock).
• Back Road - LaPorte UnCommon Ale; 3.8% and a more popular price.
• Lafayette Brewing - Dry-hopped Summer Lager (German Helles with German and American Saphir hops.
• Mad Anthony's - Summer Daze Belgian Wit with Indiana honey. Bavarian Black Lager. Men of Steel American Ale in July.
• Upland - Rad Red Amber Ale
• Barley Island - Belgian Pale Ale
• Oaken Barrel - World of Wheats series - Dunkelweizen, American Wheat, Kristalweizen, Weizenbock. To be released one per month June through Sept.

Dixie Brewing is sending 1,000 cases to Fargo, ND to fulfil mayor Dennis Walaker's promise to buy everyone a beer who helped with their recent flood. Dixie is still being brewed in Wisconsin due to Katrina.

AB/InBev is selling the last of their stake in Tsingtao to a Chinese investor. That should bring about $235M to toward paying off the AB purchase.