Olde Rabbit's Foot Release Party

After hearing about this collaboration brew earlier this year, I was patiently awaiting the release. Lucky for me that time has finally come. The beer is Bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout. The brewers also decided to add honey and cocoa nibs to this one of a kind beer. Olde Hickory Brewery, Duck Rabbit, and Foothills used their combined expertise to craft Olde Rabbit's Foot.

The party will start at 11am on December 12th at Foothills Brewing in Winston Salem. They are located on 4th St. Olde Rabbit's Foot will be released in 22oz bottles, pricing is to be determined.

Jujube and Dos Perros Beer Dinners

Three delicious sounding beer dinners coming up at these 2 Durham restaurants. One features Dogfish Head beers, and the other two feature a different brewery with each course. The menus are as follows:

The Dogfish Head Beer, 7 pm November 23, at Dos Perros ($45):

• Reception, 60 Minute IPA
• Tamal con queso y rajas (Green chile and cheese tamale), Pangea Ale
• Camarones con yerba santa y guajillo (Herb-wrapped shrimp with garlic and guajillo sauce), 90 Minute IPA
• Mole Coloradito (Roasted chicken with red mole), Raison D’Etre
• Borrego rostizado (Roasted goat with oregano), India Brown Ale
• Costillas con tamarindo (Tamarind-glazed beef ribs with roasted carrots), Palo Santo Marron

Beer Geek Winter Cage Match Dinner menus ($42 each):

7 p.m. Dec. 8 at Jujube

• Shrimp toast and sesame-fried plantains with sweet chili sauce, Victory Moonglow Weizenbock
• Seared scallop with cashews and black vinegar caramel, Highland Cold Mountain Winter Ale
• Kung Pao deconstructed, Rogue Mogul Madness
• Black soy and shaoxing braised beef with turnip cake, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Five-spice ice cream with chocolate sauce, Bell’s Special Cream Stout

7 p.m. Dec. 9 at Dos Perros

• Chicharones y “chicharones” con nopales (Braise pork cracklings and cactus with crispy wheat chips), Victory Moonglow Weizenbock
• Almendrado de camarones (Shrimp in almond sauce), Highland Cold Mountain Winter Ale
• Pierna de puerco en adobado (Roasted pork leg with adobo sauce), Rogue Mogul Madness
• Pato en mole negro (Roasted duck with black mole), Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Camotes con tamarindo (Candied sweet potatoes with tamarind syrup and pumpkin seed brittle, Bell’s Special Cream Stout

More info about the restaurants can be found here (Dos Perros) and here (Jujube).

Dogfish and Sierra Nevada Collaboration

Thursday, November 19 at the Flying Saucer in Raleigh will be the Raleigh debut of both Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada collaboration brews. They are called Life and Limb, and Limb and Life. I'll let the official Dogfish site describe the beers:

Life & Limb is a 10% ABV strong beer that defies style characteristics-brewed with pure maple syrup from the Calagione family farm in Massachusetts and estate barley grown on the Grossman "farm" at the brewery in Chico. The beer is alive with yeast-a blend of both breweries' house strains-bottle conditioned for added complexity and shelf life, and naturally carbonated with birch syrup fresh from Alaska; it is the first beer we know of ever to use birch syrup in the brew.

Limb & Life is a companion to the big beer-an acorn off the larger tree. It is a 5% ABV small beer-a low-gravity beer made using the residual sugar as "second runnings" from the first larger brew, fortified with American hops.

At the Saucer you will have the chance to try both of these side by side. I'm sure they will not dissapoint!

El Toro Beer, Durham Bulls, Fullsteam?

I ran into an interesting survey this morning, involving baseball and beer. It seems that the Durham Bulls are interested in reinventing an old brew that was called "El Toro". They are looking for opinions from beer and baseball fans. The survey can be found on Fullsteam's site here.

Ballast Point Sculpin Firkin!

This is pretty last minute, but on Thursday, November 5th at 7pm, the Flying Saucer Raleigh will have a firkin of Ballast Point Sculpin. Sculpin is an IPA that is 7% ABV. I have not had the chance to taste this beer, and its overall A rating on Beeradvocate.com has my mouth watering right now.

Ballast Point is out of San Diego, CA, so for a firkin to get all the way to Raleigh is quite amazing. More info on the brewery can be found here.