Drowned Hoplands

The Private Breweries Are Coming

This week’s design favorite is New York State’s Downed Lands Brewing. I’m vibing hard on the design/label-art, and then I took a look at their place:

Cool and unique. The next time I’m in the Newark or NYC area, I am checking this place out fur sure.

One. Two. Three Hops You’re Out.

The Scotty #91 @TheScotty91

@HillsboroHops I think we like to wear your hat while drinking beer... I hear you're a baseball team too? Here is your new starting 9. #cheers @itsme_algreen @xlperro @radarlove8 @JunitOLujanO @MrJAZ12 @Raida13 @tommyv138 @NickColon12

Come on now, Hillsboro Hops, you gotta give it up to the Perfect Pour Friday Night ‘GETIT’ crew. I’m not even sure how they organized this but they all have your hoppy AAA baseball hats!

Even if Hillsboro doesn’t acknowledge this, I for one, think it’s pretty rad.

Every Brewer Is Jealous Of This Dude

An article by punchdrink.com features Private Press Brewing and the brewer’s members only brewery. This members only system may be an emerging trend.

There is no tasting room. No distribution. Just one brewer, releasing 10 beers a year, exclusively to 600 members paying him $300 a year.

Brad Clark, owner, brewer and everything guy, makes his wort at places like Faction Brewing then puts his liquid in barrels in his place outside Santa Cruz, CA.

When the batch is ready he ships it to his California members and has his out-of-town members come pick up their beer or have it muled.

Super interesting, and I gotta think that the pro brewers out there that love making beer but don’t want the hassle of running a brewery or having to make beer the owners want them to make, gotta be looking at this model pretty damn hard.

Good Eye For Design

Neil Walker @EisntCNeil

Craft beers as 90s football shirts, I’ll go first. 😍

Definitely my favorite Beer Twitter thread this week.

Keep Pressing!

I love when indie beer and indie journalism can come together. Chicago’s Haymarket Beer is making a new Lager with proceeds going to indie journalism sites in the Chicago area. Find more info at The Reader.

Please let me know when you hear of a brewery that wants to proceed to give money to indie newsletters. 🍻😁

Drinking Music

New stuff from Royal Blood tops my list of music to drink to this weekend.

I also found a whole album of moody day-drinking music from a kinda supergroup band called Muzz. Highlights include “Red Western Sky” and “How Many Days”.

A Pizza Only BamBam Could Love

Look out, Pizza Geeks. Trust us, you are entering a whole new phase of pizza styles. Hazy Sour Pineapple with Barrel Aged Cheese is next. 🔥😁

Enjoy Your Beers!

Hey well, thanks for the read this week. I hope you have been getting some good dates on your cans recently.

Stay safe!

-Mikey