Monthly Archives: September 2011

Mikkeller Hits The Beer Geek Aisle

Recently we at Applejack Wine & Spirits expanded our “Beer Geek” aisle of high end craft beer. Amongst the new products brought in to fill these new shelves was the Mikkeller products. Two of our in-house beer specialists weigh in … Continue reading

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Shorts Brewing Co. New at Applejack!

Shorts Brewing Co. from Bellaire, MI is now available in limited supply!! 6 tasty styles including: Nicie Spicie Wheat Pandemonium Pale Ale Huma-Lupa-Licious IPA Bludgeon Indian Black Ale Bellaire Brown Autumn Ale About Shorts Brewing: In April of 2004 we … Continue reading

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Win Tix to the Great American Beer Festival!

Applejack Wine & Spirits in collaboration with Big Sky Brewery is offering a pair of tickets to the sold out Great American Beer Festival at the Colorado Convention Center. Tastings are Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 5:30pm to 10pm. Enter … Continue reading

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Operation Beer Geek Expansion Complete

After a hot shower and a quick cup of coffee it was off to Applejack to grind through my much anticipated reset of aisle 6. At 6 AM with the help of a long time employee, Dennis West, we began … Continue reading

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Oskar Blues Beer Can Chicken BBQ

Come join Chris Katechis from Oskar Blues Brewery as he gives us a taste of his famous beer can chicken at Applejack. At their brewery in Longmont they have an in-house smoker named “the Midnight Toker”. It is stoked with … Continue reading

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Staff Pick: Hibiki 12

Last week I had the privilege of tasting Hibiki a 12 year old Japanese blended whisky made in the style of Scotch whisky. This amazing, blended, Scottish style malt is produced by Suntory the oldest distillery in Japan, founded in … Continue reading

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Fall Seasonal Beers, An American Born Tradition

Pumpkin beer! It was created here in the states to celebrate our fall season and is unique in that it embodies beers historical roots in the harvest. One thing is for certain; pumpkin beer is one of the things that … Continue reading

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Expansion of the Beer Geek Section (Aisle 6)

Big plans for early next week: We will be receiving approximately thirty (hopefully more) new beers early next week from our friends at Shelton Brothers. Your resident beer geek will be in bright and early to do a reset on … Continue reading

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