FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Shipyard Brewing Company’s Pumpkinhead Ale Now Available in Cans
PORTLAND, ME — (September 7, 2012) — Shipyard Brewing Company’s award-winning Pumpkinhead Ale has returned for the season with a new addition to the crop. For the first time, Pumpkinhead is available in cans. Pumpkinhead can 6-packs will hit the shelves in CT, FL, MA, ME, NH, RI, and VT next week with other select markets to follow.
Pumpkinhead Ale is also available nationwide in bottles and on draft. Consumers can check for availability on a state-by-state basis through Shipyard’s Beer Finder.
Earlier this summer, Shipyard released its flagship Export Ale in cans. More information can be found at this link.
Both Pumpkinhead and Shipyard Export Ale can 6-packs have a suggested retail price of $7.99 – $8.99. These products will also be available soon in can 12-packs.
More about Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale: Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale is a crisp and refreshing wheat ale with delightful aromatics and subtle spiced flavor.
Malt: 2-Row British Pale Ale, Light Munich, Malted Wheat
Hops: Willamette, Hallertau
Yeast: Top-Fermenting English
Color: Golden
OG: 1.048
ABV: 5.1%
Food Pairings: Lamb, Turkey, BLT, Pumpkin Pie
First Brewed: August 2002
Availability: Late-July — Mid-November
Available: 12oz. Bottles, 12oz. Cans, Kegs
In 2008, Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale took home a silver award at the European Beer Star competition in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2007, this beer took first place in the Specialty Beer category at the California Brewers Festival.
About Shipyard Brewing Company: Founded in 1994, Shipyard Brewing Company is located on the historic waterfront in Portland, Maine and produces 17 varieties of award-winning English style and seasonal beers. Its products are distributed in over 35 states. The Brewers Association ranks Shipyard as the 16thlargest craft brewery in the U.S. and 24th overall, making it one of the top 15 rising breweries in the country. In 2011, the brewery produced 129,285 barrels (1,781,260 cases) of its award-winning brews. This marks a 31.7% increase over 2010.
Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale Facebook
via Press Release on ShipyardBrewing.BlogSpot.com
I would assume that we will see these in Mississippi soon.
Recently Northeast MS has seen a good deal of Shipyard’s high gravity offerings (Better Brands Distributing (NE MS) receives more new beers.), and last week it was announced that they began brewing in Memphis(Shipyard Brewing now brewing in Memphis, Export Ale cans coming).
I reached out to Shipyard to see what their plans were for getting more distribution of their higher gravity beers and core line.
To bring you up to speed on our brands:
Prior to the new law changing, Magnolia and Clark have some products that they were buying from Capital City, not a lot, but enough to keep them going, with the law change, they both will be bringing in more products. I have met with both of them, and Magnolia is being set up as a new distributor from us, and will be buying directly from our company very soon. I will reach out to Clark and see where they are at as I presented all new brands to Jeff Brasher and he is very interested in taking them in, whether through Capital City or buying himself directly.
FEB Dist- is currently carrying most of our brands already and now will be selling the new high gravity beers as well. I just presented to them yesterday, so should be getting something back from them very soon.
Better Brands was carrying most of our brands prior to new law and has already taken 2 orders of new brands in!
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I have just finished presenting all new higher gravity beers to all distributors in MS.
Better Brands has already ordered them, I need to follow up with Capital City as they have not ordered yet.
Our brands have been presented to FEB Dist in Biloxi, Clark Bev Group in Southaven, Magnolia Bev in Meridian, they all will be ordering.
Capital City in one of the main distributors I need as they help supply brands to many distributors in the state, so I have followed up with them as to the status of them taking product in.
Frank & Marlee’s now has the following new beers:
- Shipyard Summer Ale (Bottles)
- Red Brick Hop Lanta (Bottles)
They should have some more coming tomorrow as well.
(Portland, ME) — Due to the high demand for Shipyard Pumpkinhead, Shipyard Brewing Company is pleased to announce it has leased space to begin brewing at an additional location in Memphis, Tennessee. This will also allow Shipyard to offer its products in cans for the first time and expand its overall brewing capacity.
“This is a very exciting time in our growth,” stated Shipyard’s president Fred Forsley. “Our brewery in Portland is at full capacity and this allows us to meet consumer demand for our products.”
Shipyard has leased space within a brewery in Memphis and manufactured tanks to employ its signature open top fermentation brewing process using Ringwood Yeast. Master Brewer Alan Pugsley did the first brew in June and cans of Shipyard Export will be available in Maine starting next week with other select markets to follow this summer. Shipyard Pumpkinhead will be available in cans this fall.
This is not the first time Shipyard has brewed outside of Maine. In 1997, Shipyard opened the world’s first airport microbrewery at the Orlando International Airport. Today, the Shipyard Brew Pub in Winter Park, Florida operates its own nano-brewery. Plans are also underway to open a 20 barrel brewing facility elsewhere in Florida later this year, using the same brewing system that had been installed at the Orlando airport.
About Shipyard Brewing Company: Founded in 1994, Shipyard Brewing Company is located on the historic waterfront in Portland, Maine and produces 17 varieties of award-winning English style and seasonal beers. Its products are distributed in over 35 states. The Brewers Association ranks Shipyard as the 16th largest craft brewery in the U.S. and 24th overall, making it one of the top 15 rising breweries in the country. In 2011, the brewery produced 129,285 barrels (1,781,260 cases) of its award-winning brews. This marks a 31.7% increase over 2010.
via BeerPulse.com & Shipyard Blog
Bikini Beer in Oxford has the following new beers:
- Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA
- Red Brick Dog Days Ale
- Red Brick Hop Lanta
- Rogue Yellow Snow IPA
- Rogue Imperial India Pale Ale
- Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsner
- Rogue John John Ale
- Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale
- Abita Jockamo IPA
- Abita Save Our Shores
- Abita Abbey Ale
- Abita Andygator
We put out hop lanta, dog days ale, shipyard monkey fist ipa, trotters, club tails, yesterday, our rouge truck cam in a few minutes ago, and we are going to do our best to get all of the rogue out to our customers by this afternoon and in the morning. We have every rogue available for sell under the 10% limit.
Shipyard recently gained approval for Shipyard Export Ale in cans. No word yet when production will begin or if this product will make it to Mississippi.
via BeerPulse.com
Shipyard Export Ale info from Shipyard.com
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