Beer Camp is Here

As anyone who has stepped outside can tell you, summer is here. The humidity is around 100%, the mercury in the thermometer is above 90 and there are plenty of kids in summer camps. The folks at Sierra Nevada have just released what I can playfully call "camp for adults." Yes, I am talking about the 2014 release of their Beer Camp Across America. This is a mixed 12-pack of beers brewed at their original Chico, California, brewery and at their new Mills River, North Carolina, location.


Every beer in the 12-pack is brewed in collaboration with another well respected and highly acclaimed brewery. This is not a new concept for Sierra Nevada as they have released Beer Camp collaborations for the last few years. But they were nothing like this. 


Beer Camp


$25 for a 12-pack of beer may raise eyebrows initially, but when you consider what is inside, it really is a bang for the buck. The styles of beer in the 12-pack run the full gamut from milk stouts, IPL, ESB, dark ale, Belgian-style blonde, pale ale and Scottish ale, just to name a few. What still has my jaw on the floor as a Floridian are the breweries in this 12-pack that have no other presence in our state. A few of the breweries in the pack include Firestone Walker, New Glarus, 3 Floyds, Russian River and Allagash.


Sierra Nevada is hosting a series of beer festivals around the country this summer to celebrate the release and showcase plenty of other breweries. If you can’t make one of their festivals, make your own. Pick up a 12-pack and some small sample glasses.  Invite some friends over and sample the beers, try some blind, make people guess what they are, have a food and beer pairing contest with the beers. These beers will not be around for long, so hurry up and jumpstart your own summer beer camp today.  


Note:  This is not available in all ABC locations and many have already sold out. Talk to your beer consultant to find out if your ABC will be getting any!


Evan Kaye, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits regional manager and beer consultant


Follow him on Twitter @abcbeerevank



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