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!

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.

Flying Saucer New Drafts

Flying Saucer Raleigh will be introducing 20 new drafts, all on Thursday, September 3. They will include many fall themed beers, including a few pumpkin beers and oktoberfests as well. There are also a few anniversary beers (Stone and Great Divide) and even an authentic Belgian (Triple Karmeliet). The full list is below (with prices!):

Aviator Steamhead 4.50
Brooklyn Ofest 4.50
Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA 7.5
Bell's Octoberfest 4.75
Post Road Pumpkin 4.5
Sierra Nevada Debockel 4.5
Old Speckeled Hen 5
Heavy Seas DIPA 7.5
Lonerider Bootleg Brown 4.5
Bosteels Triple Karmeliet 7.5
Smuttynose Farmhouse 5
Great Divide 15th Double IPA 6.5
Cottonwood Pumpkin 4.5
Stone 13th Ann. 6
Stone Cali-Belgique 6.5
Harpoon Leviathan 7.5
Shipyard Peak Organic IPA 4.5
Shipyard Peak Organic Brown 4
Cottonwood Almond Stout 4.5
New Belgium Hoptober 5

Too many to try, not sure what will be first!

Events "On Tap" for this week

Currently this is all we have for this upcoming week, but stay tuned, as i will be updating this as more becomes available:

Tuesday, 8/25:
This month's tasting at the Saucer will be a battle of East Coast IPAs vs. West Coast IPAs. All 9 beers count towards a saucer. There will be meats and cheeses for your pairing pleasure and the cost is $20. Tasting starts at 6:30. Here's the lineup:Reception Beer: Sunner KolschStone IPA vs. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA; Avery Maharaja vs. Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA; Great Divide Hercules IPA vs. Foothills Seeing Double IPA; Moylan's Hopsickle vs. Founder's Devil Dancer**Before everyone starts weighing in on Michigan not being on the east coast, it's close enough. I just wanted to add this to the lineup, because it's the only IPA they have that I haven't had a chance to try. I'm also aware that Colorado is not technically on the west coast, but work with me.For all the details go to http://www.meetup.com/TriBeer/calendar/11158701/