The Philly Beer Scene “Best of Philly Beer Scene” Awards were last night at World Cafe Live and Weyerbacher took home an award for the “Best Belgian-Style Beer” for the 3rd time, winning this award for “Merry Monks” in 2010, 2012 and now 2013!  Merry Monks is our flagship beer and this is a great testament to its popularity in Philly, our number 1 market!  Thanks very much, Philly!  We love ya!

"It's a major award!" (this joke would be funnier if near the holidays)

Chris Wilson, Scott Bicksler, Chris Reilly and Bob Fauteux accept the award for Merry Monks as Best Belgian-Style Beer!

Merry Monks!

Viridis Lupulus will be a new annual release of 750ml-packaged and bottle conditioned hop-forward beers!  The 2013 installment will be 7.5% ABV, made with Calypso, Galaxy and Centennial hops.  Each year we’ll release it with different hop selections to keep things interesting!  This beer will be distributed in select markets and will be available in early June 2013!

Eighteen will be released in the beginning of June and is the 8th installment in the Anniversary series.  Eighteen is a 11.1% ABV Weizenbock with complex bready wheat, dark fruit and chocolate flavors balanced perfectly spicy phenols and banana esters.  Eighteen will be bottle conditioned and made available in 12 oz bottles and kegs.

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PHILLY BEER WEEK 2013 TO FEATURE COLLABORATIVE BEERS BREWED IN PHILLY AND AROUND THE WORLD

PHILADELPHIA, PA – During the sixth-annual Philly Beer Week (PBW) 2013, May 31 through June 9, beer drinkers will be able to enjoy a number of collaborative beers, brewed in cooperation by top local and international brewers, to debut during PBW.  One such special beer, brewed in Brussels, Belgium during PBW’s annual “Win a Trip to Belgium” event for local beer lovers, is Manneken-Penn, a Belgo-American Dubbel.  This past winter, raffle winner Matt Hohorst, along with head brewer Chris Wilson of Weyerbacher and Tom Peters of Monks Café traveled abroad to brew with Yvan De Baets at Brasserie de la Senne.  Manneken-Penn will be available for the first time on Friday, May 31, at Opening Tap (click for tickets).

“Collaboration beers are a huge part of what makes PBW special: brewers coming together and pushing each other to do ever more outrageous and delicious things,” says PBW Executive Director Don Russell.  “As always, we’re very excited to see what amazing new beers they’ve created – and to raise a pint to ‘America’s Best Beer-Drinking City’.”

Manneken-Penn is a Belgo-American Dubbel whose name and label art were inspired by Philadelphia’s famed William Penn statue above City Hall, and Brussels’ landmark Manneken Pis sculpture of a playful naked boy – ahem – relieving himself.  Manneken-Penn was made with oats, molasses and a combination of American Calypso hops and European Aurora and Stvrian Goldings hops.  It is imported for PBW by Shelton Brothers and will be available both on draft and in 11.2 oz bottles. For a weyerbacher.com story about the trip to Belgium to brew this beer, click here!

Throughout the 10 days of PBW, beer drinkers will be able to enjoy other collaborative brews including:

• Brotherly Suds 4, an English summer ale with a zesty citrus hop, brewed this year at Yards by Tom Kehoe, Bill Covaleski of Victory, Gordon Grubb of Nodding Head, Mark Edelson of Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant and Gene Muller of Flying Fish;
• Dock Street Trappiste Pale, a Trappist-style IPA inspired by Orval, brewed by Dock Street, Scott Morrison, Tom Peters and George Hummel, fermented with saccharomyces in the primary fermentation and brettanomyces in the secondary fermentation for a moderate sour character, plus Sonnet and East Kent Golding hops for grassy, citrus-y flavor, available in 750 mL bottles from Dock Street exclusively during PBW;
• Johnny Berliner, brewed by Dock Street and Johnny Brenda’s, a Berlinerweiss German-style sour beer that is clean, refreshing, distinctly tart and low in alcohol (4% ABV), making it perfect for summer;
• Standard Pale, the sixth collaboration between Sly Fox’s Brian O’Reilly and Standard Tap’s William Reed, an American pale ale brewed with new hop varietal Calypso, which will be tapped by the HOG when it makes its way past Standard Tap on the HOG Relay, en route to Opening Tap, and poured for free until the firkin is empty;
• DNA UK, from Dogfish Head and Charles Wells, a transatlantic collaboration that brings together the “DNA” of Dogfish Head’s famed 60 Minute IPA and a strain of yeast from Brit brewer Wells.  DNA is making its debut at PBW;
• and Brewvolution II, a collaboration between Prism, Evil Genius and Boxcar that is a hard root beer drawn from Lancaster County’s Amish community and infused with root herbs and spices for all the character of a root beer with none of the saccharine sweetness.

Philly Beer Week 2013 will be held from Friday, May 31 until Sunday, June 9. PBW is a 10-day celebration of “America’s Best Beer-Drinking City.”  Established in 2008, it’s the largest beer celebration of its kind in the United States, featuring hundreds of festivals, dinners, tours, pub crawls, tastings and meet-the-brewer nights throughout greater Philadelphia.  PBW highlights the region’s diverse beer scene – its world-class breweries, neighborhood taverns, trend-setting restaurants and rich beer culture and history.

For more information about Philly Beer Week, including the ever-expanding schedule of events both during PBW and throughout the year, a list of participants and other details, please visit www.phillybeerweek.org and follow them on Twitter and Instagram (@PhillyBeerWeek) (#PBW2013) and like them on Facebook.

2012 Riserva Release Event
Saturday, March 23rd
10 am until 3:30 pm

Be one of the first to taste 2012 Riserva at the release event held at Weyerbacher’s Visitors Center on Saturday, March 23rd! Doors will open to the public at 10 am and remain open throughout the normal Visitors Center hours until 3:30 pm. Rather than the usual Saturday samplings at the bar, all of our available styles of beer will be set up at different tasting stations located throughout the brewery. Tours will be cancelled for the day, however, full-time staff and tour guides will be positioned throughout the brewery to discuss any questions you may have about the equipment. During this special event, you will be able to see the new cellar, the whole bottling line and get up close to all of the equipment.

We’ll also be debuting Zulu, the final installment of the Brewers’ Select NATO Alphabet Series and 2013 Heresy!

Of course, you’ll still be able to buy whatever quantity and selection of beers you’d like at our case packing area. We’ll have growlers and kegs available for sale and lots of new T-shirts and glassware!

Don’t miss this event!

And here you thought Weyerbacher only made BIG beers!  White Sun Wit is a 4.6% ABV absolutely awesome unfiltered Belgian Style white beer.  With the branding changes and label art makeover nearly complete, we decided to rename our oft-mispronounced spring seasonal.  We’ve been making this exact same beer for years under the name “Blanche”.  One can only be reminded of the Golden Girls so many times!

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the new name and label.  We really feel the label here captures the essence one of the places where you just want to ditch the IPA and go for the unfiltered wheat.

This beer will be coming out in April and should be available through July.  Read more about White Sun Wit!  Cheers!

The AC beer and music fest is an absolutely incredible experience for the new or the seasoned beer appreciator.  The event is April 5th and 6th in Atlantic City…  the train drops you off in the lower level of the convention center – it’s pretty damned epic.  Here is the information provided by AC Beerfest.  Be there!

The Celebration of the Suds, better known as “The Atlantic City Beer Fest” returns to The Atlantic City Convention Center for the 8th year on April 5th & 6th. The 2013 event will be an amazing experience in taste and sound including hot music to compliment cool brews. In 2013 Atlantic City, New Jersey is the destination to discover beer and music!

Over 90 different breweries from around the corner and across the country will showcase their unique libations. The focus of The Atlantic City Beer Festival is the promotion of craft beers and the brewers that create them. This event is the perfect opportunity for beer aficionados, beer lover sand the casual beer drinker to speak to company representatives and brewers responsible for some of their favorite brews. And it’s an opportunity to discover and taste new brews and special “limited release” beers and ales.

Each year the festival organizers review the event and look to further enhance the beer lover’s experience and make each year better than the last. Now in its 8th year, the festival has grown to be one of the country’s largest celebrations of beer. For 2013 festival producers will bring in musical headliners Reverend Horton Heat and Rusted Root and New Jerseys own Bouncing Souls to kick off the weekend. To further highlight each session.Already one of Atlantic City’s most anticipated events of the year, the 2013 festival will have the perfect soundtrack to enjoy great brews, great tunes and thousands of great people! All bands and performers will be featured on the event web site under sounds.

The 2013 Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival will also feature culinary demonstrations from area chefs; beer seminars hosted by beer personalities and brewers and some “off the wall” activities. Additional festival vendors will offer great food and some unique beer-related apparel and goods. This year’s festival will appeal to absolutely everyone.

The festival offers a “Designated Driver” ticket price of $11, available at the door, to encourage attendee responsibility and use the many transportation options in the Atlantic City area, including jitneys and cabs. New Jersey Transit’s Atlantic City Line train arrives right inside the Atlantic City Convention Center and NJ Transit officials report that Beer Fest weekend marks the highest single day ridership numbers all year long. (See www.njtransit.com for a train schedule) This is one of the reasons why the Atlantic City Convention Center makes for the perfect home of “The Celebration of The Suds.”

Tickets for the 2013 Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival go on sale Wednesday November 21st. Tickets are $51in advance (fees apply) online at www.acbeerfest.com or through Ticketmaster.com and $56 at the door (if available) or $51 (no group discounts available) at Joe Canal’s Discount Liquor Outlets on Fire Road in Northfield or the Black Horse Pike in Egg harbor Township. For group sales call 609.348.7023. Keep in mind the festival has sold out for the last four years, so don’t wait to get tickets.

We are proud of the festivals New Jersey roots and the strength of its people, Jersey Strong, Jersey Proud!! In an effort to do our part and give back to the Jersey shore communities the Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival attendees are dedicated to help rebuilding the shore and get its residents back on their feet. $1 from EVERY ticket sold will be donated to “Restore the Shore via Hometown Heros” for more info check out http://www.njhometownheroes.org/

Bally’s Atlantic City is the official Host Hotel of the 2013 Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival offering special rates to festival attendees. Go to www.acbeerfest.com and click the Bally’s link at the bottom of the page for details.

All attendees are urged to taste responsibly. Please know your limits. No one under the age of 21 will be admitted into the show. Valid photo identification must be presented.

For up to date information or inside notes follow us on twitter @acbeerfest

Featured Musical Artists

Session 1 Friday April 5th 7pm to 11pm – Bouncing Souls

Session 2 Saturday, April 6th 12pm to 4pm – Reverend Horton Heat

Session 3 Saturday April 6th 6pm to 10pm – Rusted Root

Breweries participating in the 2013 event include (but not limited to)

16 Mile, 21st Amendment, Abita, Allagash ,Anderson Valley ,Ballast Point, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Blue Point Brewery,Boaks Beer (NJ), Boulder Beer Co, Breckinridge Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Buffalo Bill’s Brewery, Cape Anne Brewing Co, Cape May Brewing Co. (NJ), Carton Brewing (NJ), Cricket Hill (NJ), Dogfish Head, Elysian Brewing Co., Epic Brewing, Fegley’s Brew Works, Firestone, Flying Dog Brewery, Fordham Brewing Co., Founders Brewing, Great Divide Brewing, Great Lakes Brewing Co., Harpoon Brewery, Heavy Seas, Schmaltz Brewing, Hometown Beverages (NJ), Ithaca Beer Co., Kane Brewing Co. (NJ), Leinenkugel’s, Lagunitas Brewing Co., Lancaster Brewing Co., Magic Hat, Narragansett, New Holland Brewing, NJ Beer Co. (NJ), North Coast Brewing, Old Dominion, Brewery Ommegang, Barking Squirrel, Oscar Blues, Goose Island, Pyramid Breweries, River Horse (NJ), Sam Adams, Saranac, Shiner Beers, Sly Fox Beer, Smuttynose Brewing Co., Sierra Nevada, South Hampton, St John Brewers, Stone Brewing Co., Stoudt’s Brewing Co., Summit Brewing Co., Tommy Knocker, Troegs Craft Brewery, Tuckahoe Brewing Co. (NJ), Turtle Stone Brewing Co. (NJ), Uinta Brewing Co., Victory Brewing Company, Henry Weinhard’s Brewing, Rouge, Voodoo Brewery, Weyerbacher, Yards Brewing Co., Asahi, Bruton, Chimay, Spaten, Golden Draak, Tripel Karmeliet, Kwak, La Trappe, Omer, Palm, Rodenbach, SaisonStiegl, Unibroue, Duvel