Misc News – May 21

Big Woods Brewing is going to be closed next week from Sunday the 23rd through Friday the 28th while the install the new brewing system and remodel the kitchen. After that is done they will be open 7 days a week and have more beer. Until now they have been closed on Monday and Tuesday while they used the kitchen area to brew. Way to grow, guys.

Hey breweries, The Brewing News is holding a summer beer bracket contest again this year - The Global Warming Open. To submit beers by June 7th, see the rules, etc.

New from Cavalier:

• Clipper City Barrel Aged Below Decks Barley Wine
• Clipper City Red Sky at Night Saison
• Cottleigh Golden Sea Hawk Premium Best Bitter, Barn Owl Premium Ale, Tawney Owl Bitter. Also in "Beers of Prey" Mix Packs
• Mendocino Summer Blonde Ale
• Coney Island Mermaid Rye Pilsner. Only found in a variety pack with Albino, Python, Sword Swallower & Lager
• Shmaltz He'Brew RIPA on Rye. Aged in Sazerac 6 year Rye Whiskey Barrels for over 3 months
• Laverstoke Park Organic English Ale & Lager
• Williams Sir Perry Pear Cider

Wenlock a mascot for the 2012 Olympics. Maybe the Mayans were right. ==>
Who will be the first to make the Wenlock bottle opener?

Coming up BrewDog Paradox Macallan with a 12-month barrel age. 180 cases are being sent to the U.S. and Indiana should get some.

The Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement has been going nuts recently, kicking pubs about minor infractions, fining people for selling beer that doesn't have the right certifications. To sell a draft-only beer at Philly Beer Week, Bells had to get label approval when there isn't any label. Now we see this: A warning that "You, by your servants, agents or employees, identified Monks Ale Beer with a tap labeled Monks Flemish Sour Ale Beer."