Hop Daily: February 20, 2017

The latest news about the craft beer industry.

2.20.17
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Big Beer Theft

Last Saturday, it was announced that five men were caught on camera stealing 40 thousand dollars’ worth of beer from a Houston, Texas-based Budweiser distributor named Silver Eagle Distributors before the Super Bowl. Police say it’s likely all of the stolen beer has already been sold through local convenience stores and ended up in the hands of the public.

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George Washington Beer

Bent River Brewery of Rock Island, Illinois is recreating one of George Washington’s old beer recipes. It’s only got three ingredients: water, molasses and hops, and was fermented with yeast.

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Jester King Fair Isle Collab.

Jester King Brewery of Austin, Texas has teamed up with Fair Isle Brewing of Seattle, Washington to produce a collaborative Farmhouse ale brewed with locally foraged fireweed (a wildflower) from Washington. It’ll be released next week in both Seattle and Texas.

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Left Hand Nitro in Cans

Finally, Left Hand Brewing Co. of Longmont, Colorado is releasing their Nitro Milk Stout in cans. Left Hand was the first company who figured out how to bottle nitro beers, and now they’ve adapted the technology to cans.

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Zima is Back

Hot on the trail of the 90s product reboots, MillerCoors is bringing back their clear malt beverage Zima. It’s not beer, it’s not liquor, but we’re not exactly sure what it is. Zomething different, for sure.

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Beer To Buy: Wild West Grape Edition, Brouwerijn Alvinne

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