
Seasonal specialty brands include Point St.
#DROP DEAD BLONDE ALE SERIES#
The brewery’s year-round craft beers also include the Whole Hog Limited Edition Brewmaster’s Series of “big beers,” including Whole Hog Six-Hop India Pale Ale, Whole Hog Raspberry Saison, Whole Hog Russian Imperial Stout, Whole Hog Barley Wine Ale and the seasonal Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale. Point’s year-round specialty beers include Point 2012 Black Ale, a robust dark ale Point Horizon Wheat, an unfiltered wheat ale Point Belgian White, a Belgian-style wheat ale Point Burly Brown American Brown Ale Point Cascade Pale Ale, a hoppy American-style pale ale and Point Amber Classic, an American-style amber lager. Stevens Point Brewery, founded in 1857, uses only the highest-grade barley malts, specialty malts, grains and the choicest hops to brew their handcrafted beers, including flagship Point Special Lager, which won the gold medal in the American Premium Lager category at the 2003 Great American Beer Festival. The result is a truly intriguing beer: charming, refreshing, fun and memorable.” TheSterlinghops, which have grown in popularity in recent years, deliver a pleasant, soft hop character. “The two-row malts provide Drop Dead Blonde Ale with its bright golden color and smooth, slightly sweet malty taste. “This is no ordinary beer,” said Stevens Point Brewmaster John Zappa. “They say blondes have more fun, and our goal with a draft-beer rollout is to make it fun for beer lovers all acrossWisconsinto sample Drop Dead Blonde Ale this summer.”īrewing a blonde ale enhances the appeal of the Stevens Point Brewery’s entire portfolio within the craft beer market, which grew by 11% in 2010 even while the overall beer market declined slightly, Martino added.ĭrop Dead Blonde Ale, which expands Stevens Point Brewery’s portfolio of ales, is brewed with Sterling hops from thePacific Northwestand a blend of two-row barley malts that impart a smoothness that embraces a lively, refreshing body. “Summer fairs, festivals and special events like the Great Taste of the Midwest beer tasting in Madison and Point’s Fish Fry & A Flick atMilwaukee’s Discovery World are great venues for introducing a new beer,” said Martino, who noted bottle packages for the new brew are currently in development. An example of this would be things like a South Korean macro brewery.STEVENS POINT,Wis. Aug– The Stevens Point Brewery is dropping a blonde bombshell onWisconsinbeer lovers this summer: Drop Dead Blonde Ale.Īn alluring 110-calorie ale flaunting a gorgeous golden hue, Drop Dead Blonde Ale will be introduced on draft at select on-premise accounts, fairs and special events throughoutWisconsinin August, according to Joe Martino, Stevens Point Brewery Operating Partner. Along with this, any macro brewery that is approved, I do not put. Note: I have only been putting new brewery approvals here – anything that is just getting reapproved, I do not list. Whole Foods Brewing – Sesh Session IPA (K) Brewery Approvals: Stevens Point – Drop Dead Blonde Ale (b, c)

Stevens Point – Siesta Key Pale Ale (b, c, cc, K) Sierra Nevada – 11.5 Plato Session IPA (b, K)

Sierra Nevada – Barrel Aged Bigfoot (B, K) Sierra Nevada – Chocolate Chilli Stout (B, K) Real Ale – Mysterium Verum Four Horsemen (K) New Braunfels – Schwartz Farmhouse Sour Dunkelweizen (B, K) Moody Tongue – Sliced Nectarine IPA (b, K) Moody Tongue – Steeped Emperor’s Lemon Saison (b, K) Moody Tongue – Caramelized Chocolate Churro Baltic Porter (b, K) Martin House – Hell Below Strong Black Ale (c, K) Martin House – Juice Grapefruit Session IPA (c) Long Wooden Spoon – 501st Dunkelweizen (K) Long Wooden Spoon – Maximum Effort IRA (K) Left Hand – Wicked JuJu Imperial Ale (B, K) Golden Road – Back Home Gingerbread Stout (cc, K) This week’s TABC Label Approvals:ĥ Stones – Patience in Oak Fracking Blacks (K)īallast Point – California Amber Ale (b, K)īallast Point – Sour Wench Blackberry Ale (K)īallast Point – California Kolsch (b, B, c, K)īrouwerij Martens – Broegel Bock Beer (b)Ĭarlow – O’Shea’s Traditional Irish Stout (b)Ĭedar Creek – Patio Pounder Pale Lager (c)ĭeep Ellum – Local Legend Sweet Stout (K)ĭestihl – Wild Sour Series Dry Hopped Sour Ale (K)Įlysian – Night Owl Pumpkin Ale (b, B, K) The Bruery is also bringing in Or Xata which is worth buying. Martin House received two new approvals this week, Community has one along with Saint Arnold. Moody Tongue, from Chicago, seems to be getting a fairly solid rep up there so I have higher than usual expectations for their beer.Ĭans continue to be the approval of choice for many local breweries.


We are starting to see the first of Moody Tongue to come into Texas. More action on this week TABC label approvals than the week’s past.
