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August Beer News: Most recent at top

8-30 Rumor of the week. Marc Sattinger has sold Upland Brewing to a company (iProperty?) run by Doug Dayhoff. More after the press release.

What everyone needs: sandals with bottle openers in the sole.

Miller has bought Sparks from McKenzie River for $215M, beating A-B to the punch. The result is caffeine taurine citric acid ginseng FD&C yellow dye number 5 sucrose chlorine beer. Sammy Page of Kathleen, GA says "I have been drinking Sparks for about a year now, and LOVE IT! Hopefully the Sparks Plus will be more widely available in the near future." They claim 270,000 bbls in 2005.

Craft beer sales are up 11% in the first half of 2006. article

The Scottish Licensed Trade Association says sales are down 10% in pubs since the smoking ban was introduced throughout Scotland in March, 2006. Next summer a similar ban of smoking in all enclosed public spaces goes into effect in England.

Rumor has it Leinenkugel will stop shipping some of their brands to Indiana for a while. Original, Red Lager, Creamy Dark, Northwoods, and Amber Light may disappear, leaving just Honey Weiss and Berry Weiss.

8-28 A response from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation regarding our review of the Festiv-Ale:

"I am disheartened that you wrote such a rude review of an event that raised $45,000 for medical research and education. Our event is OUR event and we have created it to be a mixture of many types of beer, food & other beverages- even adding samples of martinis for those who prefer a variety of beverages. It is an event for beer lovers, the CF community and probably more importantly an event to draw in new people to support CFF while enjoying a summer festival. Simple as that.

I don't think that your write up in fair at all for two simple reasons- you seem pissed off that it is HOT and that it was CROWDED.

First of all, it is summer in Indiana and I can't control the heat factor. The fact it rained made things uncomfortable...I wasn't happy about it either. We had outdoor, uncovered areas but with rain, it sent most people inside the tent for most of the event. Again, not ideal but what can you do when you have that kind of weather? I guess you think I need to improve air circulation. I will get on that for next year.

Second of all, a packed tent is not a bad thing (when each ticket is money for charity) and it was a lot easier to manuever the crowd and get to the actual pourers than at the Microbrewfest. You want complaints about a festival? Talk to anybody who has been to both and the majority of people (not beer snobs- just the average person who wants to go to a Saturday afternoon festival) would tell you they'd rather go to Festiv-Ale....where 1) their money is supporting a good cause AND 91 cents of every dollar is actually going to the charity (virtually no expenses which you might not know) and 2) they get unlimited food in their ticket price and not even that- they get food from 7 restaurants and 3) they can get to the beer tables without hassle and do not have to stand in long lines waiting between pours.

So you didn't want to open your pocket for the silent auction? That is too bad. There were several generous people who did. Those not in the beer industry really enjoy being able to get the types of things that we offered. They don't have that opportunity very often.

You seem awfully concerned that there were not enough brewers represented. We invited every brewer in this state to participate and many, many others from the Midwest and elsewhere. There is only so much I can personally do to get people there. We added new brewers this year and because we are not run by the Microbrewer Association, that is all I can do- invite, follow up repeatedly and hope people come out to this. The ones that do appreciate what we do & I am personally friends with many of them (as I am sure you are too). Funny that they all tell me how much they enjoy it year after year. In fact, the reason I read this article in the first place is that one called me in great disappointment to tell me I should respond as you all are WAY offbase in this write up.

Also, the band was a great addition and it is too bad you slammed them so hard. People very much enjoyed them. Yes, it was loud but did you see the tent? That tends to happen when you have music inside a tent of that size. The sounds has been a problem for years but if that is the biggest thing we have to worry about, I am certainly not concerned. Especially when there is a large crowd that was standing and watching the band and many people who were dancing.

Again, I don't appreciate many of the things that you said. Sorry we had sweaty people attending and that you had to walk around with your fingers in your ears. We made a lot of money for a great cause, spent virtually nothing to run the event, had a fabulous mixture of vendors including many restaurants...and I have (until your article) heard NOTHING negative about the way it was set up or run.

I don't care if you print this in response to your article- in fact, I wish you would. I'd rather people see it and know that the Foundation, my event commitee and all others who worked on the back end to put together this event worked HARD for many months to put together something that we are proud of even if there are some that walked away disappointed. With your website and beer community that supports you, it is unfortunate that you would be so harsh to a charity event. You have the power to have such a positive influence and unfortunately it seems you would rather do the opposite."

Elizabeth Fraim
Director of Special Events
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Indiana Chapter

8-27 We review the 2006 Festiv-Ale. Click here for the full scoop

8-26 Indy.org's 25th podcast has Seth Hancock, along with the folks from the Good Beer Show at The Oaken Barrel, Broad Ripple Brewpub and Brugge Brasserie. Have you ever seen anyone bobbing for mussels?

Things to do:

• Sat, Aug 26 - 7th Festiv-Ale - Claddagh Pub -96th St. Indianapolis. 4-8pm. $45. $35 advance. Incl food. Contact Liz (317-202-9210). Alcatraz, WCB, Mad Anthony, Broad Ripple, Barley Island, Rock Bottom, Cavalier, Ram, Terre Haute, Upland, Oaken Barrel, Bloomington, and Main Street will be pouring.
• Sat, Aug 26 - Brew at the Zoo. Louisville. New Albanian and Upland will be pouring.
• Sat, Aug 26 - AleFest Dayton
• Mon, Aug 28 - Kahn's Keystone tasting. Barley Island beers. 5-7pm
• Wed, Aug 30 - Beer Tasting at the Chatterbox  - Indianapolis. 6-8pm
• Thurs, Aug 31 - Lafayette Brewing Firkin tapping: Smokehouse Porter. 6pm onward.
• Thurs, Aug 31 - Barley Hop Academy Beer Tasting - Indianapolis - Contact Courtney Hall for details - English & American IPA, Imperial IPA, Barley Wine, Old Ale, Scotch Ale. Nick Floyd is the guest speaker.
• Fri, Sept 1 - BW3 Indy 3-beer Vintage tasting. 5-7pm.

8-24 Bob reviews the Southern Indiana Brewery and Winery Festival.

8-23 Scavenging for your restaurant, rec room, homebrew setup, etc? Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 30, when Lafayette Brewing Company will be holding their first ever Salvage Sale. "After 13 years in operation, we have accumulated a host of items which we no longer use, or perhaps never have. As such, we'll be holding this sale on our second floor from 11 am to 4 pm. A complete list is still being compiled; however, there will be a full range of items available, including: furniture; homebrewing equipment; cooking utensils & equipment; a foosball table; a brand new 12,500 watt Coleman generator; decorations; a Star Quesadilla Maker; and much, much more."

Interested in fermenting 50 gallons of perry? (That's pear cider by the way) Bob Capshew near Corydon is reviving an orchard.

Available real soon: Founders Bad Habit. A Belgian Quadruple. 9.8%. Bottles should be scarce.

The Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association has unveiled their new logo on their web site, t-shirts, and a bumper sticker. We'll let them get away with morphing the old and new IndianaBeer logos (this time) <grin>.

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Weltenburger Kloster started brewing in 1050. It's available in Southern Indiana. Had a Barock Dunkel on draft at Gerst Bavarian Haus in Evansville. A smooth dark lager but with a slight stale/sour lacticness - probably from the dispense equipment. Gerst's red cabbage is still the best anywhere - a hint of cinnamon makes it special.

8-17 The Good Beer Show, originating from Muncie, has won the Food and Drink Podcast Award for the second time.

Starting next week, Mike Deweese is going to be doing a 3 beer vintage tasting at BW3's Downtown Indianapolis location from 5-7 every Fri. The cost is a $8 for 3 5oz samples. Once the three beers are gone that week they are gone. "I've decided that I have too many awesome vintages that I need to start sharing." The beers will change weekly. Mike's cellar is, as he says, awesome and this price is quite reasonable for some rare, strong, remarkable beers. Enjoy.

8-15 Congratulations to Sean Tucker, winner of the 2006 Beer Geek Challenge with his Problem Child IPA!!! Here are the complete results...

Beer Style: 14.b. American IPA. First Place: Sean Tucker & Problem Child IPA. Second Place: Pete McNamara & Thirsty Fish IPA. Third Place: Bill Ballinger & Serenity Now American IPA.

8-14 The Good Beer Show's most recent podcast features Three Floyds, recorded at the brewpub in Munster and interviewing Nick Floyd.

There was a 5-beer ReplicAle side-by-side at Spencer's Stadium Tavern last week. Gordon Jones, Alchemist at the Hickoryworks, was there to try a couple he hadn't had yet. Said now that his Shagbark Syrup has been used in beer, he'd like to see a Hickory Daiquiri, Doc.

• Rock Bottom Downtown - Most hickory darkness. Jerry added syrup to fermenter.
• Broad Ripple - Earthiest. Bold.
• Barley Island - The middle line - Jon let the fermentation temperature rise up to 91°.
• Ram - Apricot notes and sweetness come through. Dave added syrup to serving tank.
• Alcatraz - Hoppiest due to earliest hop infusion. Dry finish. Omar (shhhh) used maple syrup.

Short sips:

• Rock Bottom Downtown's Red Ale is now all Fuggles hops.
• From Pennsylvania: "Berks County Judge Jeffrey K. Sprecher threw out a case against a Pennsylvania man accused of buying beer for minors, saying the prosecution failed to prove Miller Genuine Draft is actually beer. A superior court quickly overturned the judge's decision."

Brugge's lineup right now includes Dubble and the Tripel de Ripple (straw gold, thick creamy smooth body, deserving of the GABF silver medal). Don't even ask for a sample of Diamond Kings of Heaven - Ted is holding back a bit of this 14% stuff for festivals and contests - Ageing in French Oak with lots of Brettanomyces and Chinese pickled plums - No acohol noticable. Wood in nose. Plum in taste. Bold and restrained at the same time. World Class stuff.

Beer we'll probably be getting in Indiana sometime yet this year:

• North Coast Brother Thelonious - Belgian Dark Strong Ale 9%.
• Dogfish Head Punkin Ale and Chateau Jiahu "a unique beer from ancient China made with rice, honey, grapes, and chrysanthemums". No really.
• He'Brew Monumental Jewbelation. "The most extreme Chanukah beer ever created". October release.
• Two Brothers' Black Saison.0%.

And a couple we probably won't be getting:

• Butternuts Heinnieweisse and Porkslap Pale Ale.
• Goose Island Ed. 9.7%. Made with 60% smoked malt. And a rauchbier from Ed's second runnings. Both available in September at the Clybourn brewpub.

The Broad Ripple Gazette ran a 3-page report of the B.I.G. Microbrewers' Festival. Lots of pictures and reviews of 11 beers.

8-12 We infiltrate Columbus, Ohio to tackle the 12-beer sampler at Elevator Brewery

8-10 Bob Skilnik contacted us about his latest book entitled Beer: A History of Brewing in Chicago. We mention it not because he wants to sell his book to you, but because we want to read it after buying it from him. "Bob Skilnik thinks most historians have overlooked what a thirsty job it was being hog butcher to the world." -Chicago Tribune. Also of interest is his affiliated website Chicagoland Beer History Website. The latter may have to suffice until one of us gets up the financial courage to place an order for the book (Gas prices are squeezing us!). Hey Bob, how bout sending us a copy? email.

8-7 From Upland: Just a calendar note to say that Upland will be pouring at the Valley Branch Music Festival August 11-12. The ranch is just outside Nashville. Should be fun. You can check it out online at www.vbsmf.com

We'll also be pouring at the Brew at the Zoo in Louisville alongside New Albanian on August 26th.

8-6 Ken Price is leaving Oaken Barrel to move back home to Tennessee. Jeff Helm, former assistant brewer, will take over the Head Brewer roll. Ken writes,

"I will be brewing at the Yazoo Brewing Company (www.yazoobrew.com) in Nashville. Leigh and I are expecting our second child and are excited to be closer to family (Mom, brother, numerous aunts and uncles). We'll miss Indy and Bloomington and all the fun wonderful folks we've met. But we'll also still be around from time to time. Speaking of which, do you know anyone interested in buying an awesome home in Irvington?"

The Half Moon in Kokomo is now actively looking for a brewer. From ProBrewer:

"Well here it is.....I need an experienced brewer that can handle all aspects of brewing beer in a brew pub setting. We are currently under construction here in Kokomo, IN about 1 hour north of Indianapolis of a 8400 sq ft brew pub. I am not a brewer by any means that is why I am looking to hire someone that I can count on from formulation of recipes to quality beer flowing from the taps. I will not be bottleing but will have a keg racker just for in house rotation of tankage. Full grain with grist mill and a Pub brewing systems 3.5/7bbl system. My experience is in the restaurant industry with a four year degree and about 10 years of work in the industry. I am looking for someone that is quality minded, hard working , honest, dependable, and looking for a chance to grow both profesionally and personnally. I am very willing to pay the right candidate a salary in the range of 35-40k depending on this persons experience. So there it is very straight forward. I hope that I will be able to entice some of the best out there to get with me so that I can tell you more of the plans we have. Please fell free to email me at chrisroegner@aol.com  or call if you like 765-883-1289 thanks for your time Chris Roegner"

Nine G is also still looking for another brewer. As is Mad Anthony.

8-5 Crouch Vale Brewers Gold has won the Champion Beer of Britain for the second straight year. This is the most prestigious title in the UK and is the result of a judging at CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival. Had some last winter. It's plain and simple an American IPA. Quite hoppy with lots of Cascadey goodness.

In the This Guy Can Write department, here's the start of an article in Britain's Sunday Times:

"IT SHOULD be patently obvious. The principal drawback to vertical drinking is the danger of vertical falling over into horizontal befuddlement.

Police in Preston, Lancashire, think it is not as simple as that. Vertical drinking, they believe, is one of the country’s main causes of public disorder and would like to see it banned in the city’s pubs.

Vertical drinking is a new term for what used to be called standing at the bar, long regarded as the natural refuelling posture. Sixteen pints of lager slip into the tanks much more easily when the gullet is erect rather than kinked by the body being squeezed into a chair like a half-shut penknife. Drinking while standing in a like-minded group, police argue, is a contributor to booze-fuelled violence.

When the mindless nerd next to you knocks the pint out of your hand, it’s much easier to go for him directly than having to get out of a chair to punch his lights out."

The ice which has covered Greenland for millenia gives the new beer a "very special taste", reminiscent of "chocolate, grilled nuts and roasted coffee beans". Greenland Brewhouse, which receives help from the Greenland local government, hopes to sell two million litres of beer in the first year of production, mostly in Europe and the United States. article

8-2 Warbird was a hit at EEA's Oshkosh Airventure. Their T-6 Red Ale was everywhere including a huge display at a local supermarket.

BW3 in Downtown Indy has a tasting this next Saturday. $25 including dinner. 7:45. It will feature Stone and Bell's beers.

8-1 From Bob Mack of World Class Beverages... "I have the distinct pleasure of announcing that the winner of the 2006 Ultimate Beer Geek Challenge is Sean Tucker of Pendleton, Indiana. Sean brewed a terrific American IPA called “Problem Child IPA” that took the prize in a very tightly contested round of judging. Sean joins the ranks of Pete McNamara (2004 – Brown Ale) and Ron Smith (2005 – Red Ale) as an “Ultimate Beer Geek.” Judging was very difficult due to the overall high quality of the entries and it took the judges several hours to narrow it down to a winner."

Problem Child IPA will be brewed by Oaken Barrel and distributed statewide later this year.

Jeff Meyer of the Good Beer Show has MP3 interviews online that were recorded at the Microbrewers' Festival. Parental discretion advised.

Do you have some sentimental beer cans laying around? Are you a serious collector? Guaranteed you aren't as serious as this guy. 50,000 cans. Movable walls to display them.

Facts: There are 15.5 gallons in a keg. It weighs about 130 pounds. 1,984 ounces of beer in a keg. That's the equivalent of 164 twelve-ounce beers, almost 7 cases. Beer is typically 50% more expensive in cans than in kegs but cans are much easier to sneak into traffic school. But that's what they make Sneaky Shorts for.

One way to reduce an excess foam is to stick your greasy nose in it. "The common human nose can only lower the foam on 2 beers" so that's where Foam Down Nose Grease comes in handy. We don't make this stuff up. Other people do.

The $9.95 Beer Neck is a combination bottle cozy, churchkey, and reseal cap. Not a bad idea for picnics.

32 ways to open a Gaffel Kölsch.

Purdue. Freeze-dried beer. Somehow that figures.

"It doesn't take a Zidane-style headbutt to get shown the red card in some New Zealand bars - just have one drink too many." article

7-31 Did we mention that despite the heat, the 2006 Indiana Microbrewers Fest was a success? Perhaps we did. If so, read on for the latest news from Bob...

Proposed rules by the ATF-whatever-they're-called-now folks would require labeling of allergins in beer. Such as fish, milk, eggs, oysters, peanuts, and soybeans. But on a serious note, this would include isinglass finings used to clarify beer. article

The Ram has put their 500th brew in the fermenter. It's called Tangerine Cream Dream. The seasonal on tap now is O'Reilly's Amber Lager.

Omar is backing Alcatraz's Black Lager down a bit. From 7.5% to 7.0%. Still a hearty, hearty brew. He's also fermenting a sorghum beer made with half barley and half sorghum (so it's not truly a Chibuku and it's not gluten-free). Light yellow and too early to give a good tasting.

ReplicAles are coming on tap this weekend at 8 brewpubs in Indiana. This year it is a Belgian Farmhouse Saison using Hoosier Shagbark Hickory syrup. Look for it at Alcatraz, Barley Island, Broad Ripple, Mishawaka, Ram, Rock Bottom Downtown Indy, and Upland. Or you can taste many of them at a ReplicAle Tasting at Spencer's Tavern (West and McCarty, Indy) 8pm Thursday, Aug 10th. 5 or more breweries will have their versions available.

There was a rumor floating around the Microbrewers' Festival about a police sobriety check that would target festival goers. Not true but it turns out the rumor was close to fact. There was a sobriety checkpoint set up near 96th and Keystone that afternoon - about 4 miles away.

Castleton Wine and Spirits has new manager, Sandy Lavoy and she's instituted a sort-of around the world club. Purchasing 10 different beers gets you a 10% discount. 25 earns a package of goodies. 50 a mug, and 75 gets your name on a plaque in the store.

Finally explained (and quite conclusively): Do bubbles in Guinness go down?

Stuff to do:

• Tues. Aug 1 through Sat, Aug 5 - National Association of Breweriana Advertising National Convention - Louisville - August 1-5
• Sat, Aug 5 - Backlot Brewfest, Mickey Finn's - Libertyville, IL
• Thurs. Aug 10 - ReplicAle Tasting - Spencer's Tavern (West and McCarty, Indy) 8pm. 5 or more breweries will have their same-recipe Saison available.

The next Indiana brewery festival? Mark your calendars for Saturday, Aug 19. the Southern Indiana Craft Brewers Festival in Evansville will be held at the Aztar Casino. More details later.

After that is Festiv-Ale at the Claddagh Pub, 96th St. Indy. Saturday, Aug 26th. That same day is Brew at the Zoo in Louisville.

7-30 Despite the heat, the 2006 Indiana Microbrewers Fest was a success

7-29 B.I.G. News - ReplicAle. Featured today at The Indiana Microbrewer's Festival

Each year the brewers in Indiana make a special ale for the Microbrewers Festival. This year it is a Saison with an Indiana twist - the addition of Shagbark Hickory syrup from Syrup Hickoryworks in Trafalgar, IN.

OG: 1050. IBU 20.
80% Rahr Pils
10% Rahr Red Wheat
6% Castle Carapils
4% Castle Munich
Summit hops
Shagbark syrup: 1 gallon per 10bbl
Yeast: White Labs Saison II (an R&D strain)
Attenuation 78 – 85%
Fermentation temp: 68 - 78°F

We'd like to thank Brewers Supply and White Labs for providing the grain, hops, and yeast. Dave Colt of the Ram Brewery made the recipe and pilot brews.

The ReplicAle will be served by the following breweries. Most hold it until after the Microbrewers' Festival.

Alcatraz Brewing - Indianapolis
Barley Island Brewing - Noblesville
Broad Ripple Brewpub - Indianapolis
Mishawaka Brewing - Mishawaka
Ram Brewery - Indianapolis
Rock Bottom Brewing - Indianapolis
Upland Brewing - Bloomington

7-28 Don't forget to attend the 11th Annual Indiana Microbrewer's Festival on Saturday!! We will be there with our cameras to capture the lunacy.

On tap at Lafayette Brewing Company: Whitetail Wheat, Prophet's Rock Pale Ale, East Side Bitter, Black Angus Oatmeal Stout, Eighty-Five, Pipers' Pride Scottish Ale, Tippecanoe Common Ale, Copper Top Rauch and William Henry's Porter. We are also dispensing Weeping Hog India Pale Ale from the hand pull.

7-27 indianabeer.com invaded Michigan to attend the 2006 Michigan Brewer's Guild Summer Festival. Click here

7-26 Things to do. Jeremy Cowan, the founder and creator of He’Brew Beer will be at MacNivens this Friday, the 28th, at 6:30 for the tapping of the special Genesis 10:10. 10% AVBHe's in town for the Microbrewers' Festival on Saturday.

The Good Beer Show's podcast looks at Upland's bottled Saison made for Bloomingfoods' anniversary. Also BBC's Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Stout.

FYI, Folks who keep records about the beers they drink are called "Beer Geeks". In England they are called "Tickers".

The Good Beer Show is nominated for a Podcast Award in the Food and Drink category. Last year they won it. Voting goes through August 11th. Stay, er, tuned.

A syndicated story says "In Indiana, Hoosiers drink less imported beer, per capita, than any other state... Yet even here, tastes are changing. "Import sales are definitely up," says Sean Clark, owner of Gallagher's Place, a neighborhood bar in a strip mall on the South Side of Indianapolis. "Six years ago, we probably weren't doing two cases of Corona a week and five cases of Heineken a month." Now he's selling 30 cases of Corona a month and 20 cases of Heineken Premium Light." -- Huh? Corona is an import? Don't tell my cousin Vinny.

Equally strange: Headline: World's First Fruit and Cream-Based Premium Malt Beverage Hits the Market; Hard Creamer(TM) Brand Establishes New ''Malternative'' Category - Captures Essence and Taste of Freshly Blended Tropical Cocktails -- Huh? Establishes New Malternative Category? New?

Barley Island - a couple of reviews:

• 60 Shilling Scotch Ale - Ultra malty in a non-sweet way. On the verge of grainy. Not overdone with just a touch of smoke and a lingering bitterness. Dark brown. Looks chewy at first but the carbonation becomes noticeable.
• Cask Conditioned Dirty Helen Brown Ale - Very dark brown with a good tan long-lasting mustache-drenching thick head. Served plenty warm. A truly thick beer. After downing some there's room in the glass to smell the faint usual aromas of chocolate, coffee, chicory, and anise. No alcohol presence. A British Northern Brown that is creeping into Porter range.

7-21 Headline: Milwaukee should reverse its decade-old ban on the sale of Pabst beer at county facilities. In other news, Milwaukee banned Pabst in 1996. "many Milwaukeeans may retain a bitter taste over Pabst..."

MSNBC reports the Coast Guard has started to homebrew as part of Homeland Security. "A beer brewing kit and ingredients for more than $1,000 for a Coast Guard official to brew alcohol while on duty as a social organizer for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. 'The estimated price for a six-pack of USCG beer was $12,' the investigators noted."

Oxford University is offering a 3-day course this fall (er, autumn) entitled "Inns, Taverns and Public Houses". "This weekend will provide an opportunity to explore recent scholarship into various aspects of the social, architectural and cultural history associated with their specialised function over a period extending down to the 20th-century. The focus will be mainly on England but excursions will be made into Europe and the eastern seaboard of the United States." Sept 29 - Oct 1.

Coming up:

• Sat, July 22 - Michigan Brewer's Guild Summer Beer Festival - 1-6pm
• Sat, July 22 - Art show at Rich O's 1-10pm Organized by Tony Bear, labelmeister at NABC.
• Wed, July 26 - Beer Tasting at the Chatterbox  - Indianapolis. 6-8pm
• Thurs, July 27 - Lafayette Brewing preview - Phoenix Strong Ale. 6pm.
• Thurs, July 27 - Beer Tasting at Keg Liquors, Clarksville - 5-8pm
• Sat, July 29 - 11th Annual Indiana Microbrewer's Festival - Opti Park, Indianapolis - 2pm-6pm

7-19 From Pete.. "I just looked at indianabeer.com and noticed a category that wasn’t listed from the 2006 Indiana Brewers Cup (this is a copy/paste from their website…..)"

7-18 What's Inside: World Class Beverages Summer Taster

Each Summer Taster box contains 12 beers including 2 each of these six beers - Scrimshaw Pils, Pyramid Apricot Ale, New Anchor Summer, Buffalo Bill's Orange Blossom Cream Ale, Flying Dog In Heat Wheat and Dark Horse Crooked Tree India Pale Ale. A great addition to the refrigerator, although if you like apricots, may we suggest Dogfish Head's "Aprihop" instead of they Pyramid? Better tasting IMHO