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Wow, thank you all for all the support yesterday. You forced Magic Hat to respond! Unfortunately, they won’t talk to us directly, so we have to use Facebook to share what we think with them. Please like and share the info here.
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Wow, what an amazing first Lexington Craft Beer Week that was.
From the official release of Country Western, to the amazing events throughout the week at our friends and retailers, to the incredible number of folks who visited us at our taproom, we had a fantastic time.
And, for all of you who came out to help us celebrate the end of Craft Beer Week with our Think Local, Drink Local event, we hope you had as good a time as we did. Our annual celebration of local craft beers featured beers by Beer Engine (the first time they’ve ever distributed outside of their taproom), Country Boy, Apocalypse Brewing, and Against the Grain. They sent us some fantastic beers, so much so that we were out of all of them by 9pm! Wow!
Thanks again, we couldn’t have done it without you. We look forward to an even bigger celebration in 2014!
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Huge, huge news today folks!
Today, we’re announcing that we’re collaborating with Country Boy Brewing on the first ever Lexington brewery collaboration brew! It’s a hoppy-pale ale that we’re calling “Country Western”, and will be the official beer for Lexington Craft Beer Week (Which is May 13-18, more info here)!
We couldn’t be more excited about this collaboration. It just goes to show how far the Lexington craft beer scene has come.
Full info is below from the official press release. The beer will be available around town (and in both of our tap rooms) only for the week of May 13th!
Can’t wait to share this one with you!
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Country Boy Brewing and West Sixth Brewing to create first ever beer collaboration between two Lexington breweries.
Collaboration, called “Country Western”, will celebrate the first ever Lexington Craft Beer Week in May
Country Boy Brewing and West Sixth Brewing, two Lexington-based breweries, have brewed the first ever collaboration beer brewed by two Lexington breweries.
The beer, which will be called “Country Western” in a celebration of the collaboration, will be a hoppy pale ale, and will be released during Lexington’s first ever Craft Beer Week on May 13th-19th.
“Since day 1, we have been amazed by the support for the craft beer movement in Lexington. It’s exciting to collaborate on a beer that will celebrate the movement that opened both of our doors.” said Country Boy founder and brewer Evan Coppage.
“This is not only a result of great local breweries coming together to further the craft beer scene in Lexington, from sharing ingredients and beer knowledge, it just solidifies the friendship and comradery that has been created between West Sixth and Country Boy”, said Country Boy founder Jeff Beagle
“Brewing a beer together is not only a great way to show just how tight-knit the craft beer community is here in Lexington, but also to celebrate a great event like craft beer week” said West Sixth founder Brady Barlow.
“This beer has been a long time coming, and I’m excited to see the results. I of course love our beers, and Country Boy Brewing makes some great tasting beers as well, so the results are going to knock everyone’s socks off”, said West Sixth founder Ben Self
Country Western is a hoppy pale ale that has been moderately hopped and dry hopped with Noble hops from Germany. This will cause the beer to stand apart from a traditional citrus-y or pine-y American pale ale.
Country Western will be released at participating bars and restaurants on May 13th and will be available only during Lexington’s first annual Craft Beer Week. It will also be available at both the Country Boy taproom on Chair Ave and the West Sixth taproom on the corner of 6th street and Jefferson.
“We’re excited that Country Boy and West Sixth have decided to celebrate the first ever Lexington Craft Beer Week by creating the first ever collaboration between two Lexington breweries. Country Western is going to be one tasty beer, and it will only be available at craft beer establishments around Lexington during Lexington Craft Beer Week”, said Craft beer founder and coordinator Chris Vandergrift.
Chris added, “The inaugural Lexington Craft Beer Week will celebrate all things craft-beer related in Lexington. With the growing number of breweries in Lexington, it was past time for us to start our own craft beer week. We’re going to celebrate it in style with events planned for the entire week.”
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It’s our birthday, and we’re inviting you to our party! After all, we wouldn’t be having a birthday without you!
This Friday, we’ll have been in business for a year, so we hope you can join us for our Birthday Party. Doors will open at noon, and we’ll be celebrating all day.
It’s hard to believe that we opened our doors just one year ago with 4 beers on tap. In May, we began distributing our IPA throughout Central Kentucky. In June we began distributing our beer to the Louisville area and doubled our capacity. In January 2013, we began distributing our second beer, the West Sixth Amber, and also began distributing to Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. And now, we’ve got 9 beers on tap in our taproom and are expanding our capacity even more!
Hope you can join us for our celebration. We’re going to release our Saison Bellaire at noon, and we’ll have 5 different Amber firkins that are dry hopped with different hops (Apollo, EXP 6300, Falconer’s Flight 7 C’s, EXP 4190, and Calypso) starting at 5.
We’ll have cupcakes for 300 of you all (what’s a birthday without cake?) from our friends at Sunrise Bakery.
We’ll also have presents for the first 500 people who come by. We’ve had special pint glasses made for the occasion (in 4 cool colors), and we’ll be giving those out starting at noon.
So, come on down. Click here to join the event on Facebook. You’ve been a critical part of our success, so we hope you can celebrate with us!
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