ABC Announces New Hours This Thursday, March 21st

Are you wondering where you're going to watch March Madness?  Armstrong Brewing is that place!

Starting this Thursday, we will open at 5pm until 9pm.  Come out to enjoy good basketball and great beer.

We look forward to seeing all of you on Thursdays and Fridays starting Thursday.

Update on Gluten-free Project from NC State

Greetings from NC State!

The “Gluten-Free” Beer Team has been working very vigorously these past

few weeks on an experimental design, to aid in the removal/separation of gluten

proteins from beer. First off, we’d like to take some time to explain WHAT gluten-

free actually means, and what the main differences are between those afflicted with

Celiac disease and those gluten allergies.

Gluten is a complex of gliadin and glutenin proteins found in wheat, barley, and

rye.

Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disease that upsets the small intestine. When

gluten is consumed, the intestine issues an abnormal response and attacks its own

intestinal lining disrupting the villi. This inflammation can inhibit the absorption of

crucial nutrients, and can cause severe weight loss. Celiac patients must adhere to a

strict gluten-free diet.

Gluten allergies are often interchanged with gluten intolerance or non-celiac

gluten sensitivity. These symptoms are usually a lot less severe than those of

Celiac. When gluten enters the body, the inflammation is experienced both inside

and outside of the digestive tract, and the small intestine lining is not destroyed.

Once gluten has been digested, the inflammatory response will diminish.

Consequently, any beer with any amount of gluten will pose a negative affect to

those aggrieved with Celiac Disease. For individuals with gluten allergies, a low-

gluten diet will do just fine.

That being said our job in teaming up with Armstrong Brewing is to develop a

beer, that can meet the needs for those with gluten allergies, while still using 100%

barley. This may not be safe for those with Celiac, however, because any gluten

protein will initiate an inflammatory response. Currently, our team is creating

an experimental design to find the best way to remove or separate the gluten

from the beer, all while maintaining ideal flavor composition and sufficient head

retention. Want to know more?

Stay tuned!

Grand Opening, Saturday, February 16th Noon-8pm

We hope everyone had a great time this weekend.  We are now releasing the details for our Grand Opening for this Saturday.  Granted they're late, but, you know, we've been brewin' and stuff.

We'll be open this Saturday, Feb. 16th from noon to 8pm so come out and celebrate the end of SF Beer Week and the official beginning of Armstrong Brewing.

Worried about going hungry?  Not here.  We'll be grilling out.

Worried about missing your favorite NCAA basketball game?  Nope, we'll have it on the big screen.

Boredom? Absolutely not.  Aside from our brewer's award winning personalities, we'll also have cornhole and darts.  Tournaments starting at 2pm with prizes for the winners.

Oh yeah, did we forget to mention an outstanding beer selection.  The ESB is rumored to be on tap this weekend and the Bitter and Withholding Stout is quite delicious.

We will also be starting our pre-order for the first Barrel Club release...The Chocolate Cherry Stout!  It's been 5 months in the works and well worth the wait.  Members are free to order as many bottles as they would like at $10ea (we request a 6 bottle minimum) and the release party will be March 2nd.  After that, they're open to the public at $12ea.  

Not a member?  We can fix that too!

We thank all of you that have supported us along the way and we look forward to seeing all of you there and meeting everyone else.

For directions or to drop us a line if you have any questions: Visit our Say Hi page.

Prost!

Armstrong Brewing

Attention Barrel Club Members: CHOCOLATE CHERRY STOUT!!!

This was a busy and exciting weekend at the brewery.  Thanks for all of you that came out on Friday for the Happy Hour and the unveiling of THE QUAD - our 8.7% Belgian Quad brewed with grains of paradise.

Our Coffee Stout has been racked over to the conditioning tank and dosed with coffee.  With a little luck from the brewing gods, it will be ready for this Friday's Happy Hour.

We also brewed the South City Brown and our ESB to be on tap soon!!

For the true beer geeks out there, we finally hit our 95% efficiency consistently this weekend.  It's just awesome when brew days go exactly as planned.

Now, for the moment you have all been waiting for: The Chocolate Cherry Stout is finally done aging!! This beer started with a 8.0% Foreign Extra Stout which we aged in a reconditioned cabernet barrel for 4 months.  At 2 months, we added 4.4# of Scharffenberger 100% cocao powder and 2 quarts of Montmorency Cherries from King's Orchard.  It's been racked into conditioning tanks and bottles are being ordered.  We are on track to have them ready to go for the Grand Opening on February 16th for all of you Barrel and Brewer's Circle members!!  

Here is how this all works.  We will announce the release and members will have 2 weeks to pre-order their beer at their special member pricing (6 bottle minimum).  We will hold a release event to invite you all to attend for the unveiling and tasting of the beer.  Members can pick up their preorders and order any additional bottles they want.  

After the event, the Chocolate Cherry Stout will be available to the public for purchase through the tasting room.

Stay tuned for further details and we look forward to seeing all of you very soon!

Prost!

Armstrong Brewing Co.