Alpine Beer to quintuple production

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  1. claspada

    claspada Pooh-Bah (2,305) Sep 27, 2007 New Jersey
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    Via BeerPulse.com:
    It has been exactly four months since Alpine Beer Company founder, Pat McIlhenny, announced that the company would grow production by 400% with the help of another brewery. Late last month, McIlhenny told BeerPulse that he is close to inking a deal similar to the one he envisioned this past fall.

    The plan calls for the beers of Alpine, ranked #19 in the world by RateBeer, to be produced at a fellow craft brewery in the U.S., one with a “phenomenal water source,” says McIlhenny. He wouldn’t disclose the brewery, citing that a contract had not yet been signed.

    Alpine production will go from 1,000 barrels to 6,000 barrels under the terms of the deal. The additional 5,000 barrels will comprise of 2,000 barrels of Nelson IPA, 2,000 barrels of Duet IPA and 1,000 barrels of Hoppy Birthday, an American Pale Ale. McIlhenny recently secured the hops he needed from New Belgium in order to add Hoppy Birthday production into the contract. Formats for all three beers will include 22 oz. ‘Belgian-style’ bottles, kegs and Ball Corporation’s Alumi-Tek aluminum 16 oz. bottles.

    Alpine would become only the third craft brewery to adopt Alumi-Tek bottles after Oskar Blues and Sun King did so with their collaboration beers.

    As for what this means for distribution, nothing has been finalized but there is a possibility of Alpine distributing in the Bay Area and Sacramento.

    McIlhenny also tells BeerPulse that another location in town they had been planning to develop is on the backburner for now.
     
  2. JulianB

    JulianB Initiate (0) Feb 1, 2012 South Carolina

    Hoppy Birthday in bottles? Better change my pants before work.
     
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  3. benjaminahudson

    benjaminahudson Initiate (0) Sep 29, 2012 North Carolina

    aluminum bottles. nice.
     
  4. NHbeerfishing

    NHbeerfishing Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2012 New Hampshire

    There are phenomenal water sources near expanding breweries in VT.
     
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  5. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,582) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
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    I have wood thinking that Duet will become more readily available. I freaking love that beer. Send all you can to the east coast please.
     
  6. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Pundit (890) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    Distribution in WA please.
     
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  7. SenorHops

    SenorHops Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2010 Rhode Island

    How about some RI/Mass distribution!:wink:
     
  8. nanobrew

    nanobrew Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2008 California

    screw you guys, how about some actual SD distribution first. :wink:
     
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  9. Arbitrator

    Arbitrator Pooh-Bah (1,955) Nov 26, 2008 California
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    <insert celebratory gif that would put me on timeout>
     
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  10. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

  11. SenorHops

    SenorHops Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2010 Rhode Island

    Screw you. SD doesn't deserve any.:angry:
     
  12. Trilogy31

    Trilogy31 Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2011 California

    Gonna ask Pat about it at citybeer today, you gonna make it up there Arbi? I find it hard to believe as much as i would love it, that they can expand to the bay much less sacramento. Even though they would be growing by 400% thats still a relatively small amount of beer for the huge demand they have. You can barely find the beer in SD proper much less the OC.
     
  13. Arbitrator

    Arbitrator Pooh-Bah (1,955) Nov 26, 2008 California
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    No, I don't support bars with City in the title. Something you'd know about, right? :wink:

    Seriously though, I don't support the way City Beer is in bed with their distributor. I haven't shopped there in years. And it would really suck if Alpine went through Artisan -- that means all accounts except City Beer will get shafted.
     
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  14. tjensen3618

    tjensen3618 Savant (1,225) Mar 23, 2008 California

    Maybe they can start sending some bottles back up to the LA area.
    Been a few years since it's been up here regularly.
     
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  15. Trilogy31

    Trilogy31 Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2011 California

    Agreed, though i am sad to admit I will sell myself out quickly for Alpine. Hoping they use Morris or I would even accept Lime as distributors. I am sure they will be making the push to distribute through daddies company Artisan today though. Outside of Alesmith who does Artisan even carry of real value?
     
  16. westcoastbeerlvr

    westcoastbeerlvr Grand Pooh-Bah (3,751) Oct 19, 2010 California
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    Midnight Sun.
     
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  17. leedorham

    leedorham Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2006 Washington

    Oh wow they are like famous then. That's even higher than Ratebeer ranks awesome brewers like Southern Tier and Rogue.
     
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  18. Trilogy31

    Trilogy31 Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2011 California

    I am going to guess 50/50 too then since they first brought it to SF, no proof of that though.
     
  19. Arbitrator

    Arbitrator Pooh-Bah (1,955) Nov 26, 2008 California
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    Yes, 50/50 used to be with Artisan. But 50/50 found a new distributor this year. Small wonder that City Beer refused to carry the 2012 Eclipses and sold off what was left of their archives this past weekend.

    Like anyone really believes Craig's parents' distribution company is a separate entity from CBS...
     
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  20. SeaOfShells

    SeaOfShells Initiate (0) Feb 22, 2011 California

    Agreed. I used to be able to get Pure Hoppiness with some regularity. I haven't seen it in months.
     
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