In a year-long run-up to the end of all time (according to the Mayan calendar), Elysian Brewing Company and Fantagraphics Books, both of Seattle, are planning a series of twelve beers, issued on the 21st of each month in 2012 and featuring the label artwork of Charles Burns. Taken from Burns’s weirdly apocalyptic work “Black Hole,” the labels will adorn Elysian’s “Twelve Beers of the Apocalypse,” featuring the creativity and unusual ingredients for which its brewing team is known. What twelve beers would you brew (and drink) if you knew they would be your last?

First up in January is NIBIRU, named for the mysterious planet X supposedly on a collision course toward Earth. The Elysian / Fantagraphics Nibiru will be a Belgian-style Tripel flavored with an infusion of yerba maté. Combining the tasty esters of Belgian yeast and the compelling tea-like flavors of the South American herb mixture, the beer will weigh in at around 7.6% alcohol by volume. A mixture of German Northern Brewer, Czech Saaz and American Amarillo hops round out the uniqueness of this first beer of the Apocalypse. Oddly enough there’s another apocalyptic-themed Nibiru out there: a super volcano currently burbling most dangerously beneath Yellowstone National Park. It too is scheduled to end life as we know it very very soon. 

The 12 Beers of the Apocalypse is a cool enough idea that I should just back off and let the story tell itself. As everyone knows, the Mayan calendar marks 2012 as the last year for humanity's  existence. 

A beer of opulent proportions, Rapture gives the doomsayers a run for their money at 7.65% abv. A pound per barrel of high country heather tips in both the mash and toward the end of the boil give Rapture floral and piney notes against a malt bill of pale, Munich and Patagonia Especial. Bittered with Magnum and finished with Northwest Glacier hops. Rapture is the second beer in Elysian/Fantagraphics 12 Beers of the Apocalypse Series. Starting gravity 18.25 °P / (1.074).

RUSSIAN RIVER CONSECRATION: The newest beer in the line up of barrel aged beers, Consecration, is now in barrels. Consecration is a dark Belgian style ale aged in American oak Cabernet Sauvignon barrels. Not only do we use Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, & Pediococcus, we also add currants to beer while it is aging in the barrels. 

 First run Burnside Bottles!

 Burnside Brewing now available in 22oz Bottles.

FULL SAIL LTD 04: What do you get when you brew an elegant limited edition lager with one select barley? LTD 04, the single malt of beers! This brand new edition to our LTD Series is a finely balanced single malt, single hop, beer that is pale-golden in color and brewed with just pale malt and pleasantly hopped with just Willamette hops. ABV 7% IBU 45

CALAPOOIA: CHILE BEER

Medium-bodied and amber in color; minimally hopped and generously flavored with fresh Anaheim, Serrano, and Jalapeno peppers. A truly unique beer! Awards 1st Place, People’s Choice, 2007 KLCC Microbrew Fest 2nd Place, People’s Choice, 2007 Spring Beer & Wine Fest 3rd Place, People’s Choice, 2007 HOTV Oregon Home Brew and Microbrew Fest (Tie) 3rd Place, People’s Choice, 2008 Spring Beer & Wine Fest (Tie w/Ninkasi Tricehops Double IPA) 1st Place, People’s Choice, 2008 & 2009 Oregon Garden Microbrew Fest

Allies Win The War!- Try this beer, if you don't you might miss a piece of history. 

Nice and Creamy session-style American Pale Ale.  Good beer for drinking anytime of the day, even when the sun is rising, due to its dry nature with Mild bitterness and lovely hop aroma.  This beer is based on the first beer ever produced at the Fort George Brewery, Beer#1, We decided to add 50 lbs of Oatmeal to make it even better. Famous quote: “I’ll have just one more OPA, please.” This beer has become a staff staple 

 This one will wake up anyone’s taste buds.

Some background:

One of the many unfortunate casualties of Hurricane Irene was The Alchemist Pub and Brewery in Waterbury, VT, which was completely flooded and destroyed. When Stone Brewing Co. Brewmaster Mitch Steele heard of the loss, he immediately sent out an email to The Alchemist Head Brewer John Kimmich asking if there was anything he could do to help. “John’s wife, Jen, wrote back suggesting that John fly out to Southern California for a few days… just to get a break from the reality of everything,” Mitch said. “And almost as an afterthought, she casually mentioned that maybe we could even brew something together. I ran with it.“Mitch asked Jamie Floyd, Brewer/Co-founder of Ninkasi Brewing Company in Eugene, OR, if he wanted to complete the brewing trifecta, and he immediately jumped on board. In November, the three brewers came together and brewed “The Alchemist / Ninkasi / Stone More Brown Than Black IPA.” It was quite the occasion.

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