Ceria Brewing Co. in Arvada, Colorado has announced that Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. and O'Fallon Brewing will be responsible for the brewing of Keith Villa's proprietary THC-infused beer formulation.

Villa, formerly of Blue Moon Brewing Co., first announced Ceria's first release in mid-December. Grainwave Belgian-Style White Ale is now set to be contract brewed by Sleeping Giant in the largest dedicated contract brewery in the western U.S.

The full release from Ceria is below.

ARVADA, Colorado - CERIA Brewing Company, the Colorado craft brewery founded by Keith Villa, Ph.D., the former brewmaster of Blue Moon, has announced three key supply chain partners that have been essential for the company's launch of Colorado's first THC-infused craft beer. The company officially launched its Grainwave Belgian-style White Ale in mid-December.   

Dr. Villa has selected two breweries - Sleeping Giant Brewing Company of Denver and O'Fallon Brewing of St. Louis - that will be responsible for brewing his proprietary formulation, and then running the brew through the dealcoholization process that is required for THC-infused beer.

Humble Sea Brewing Co. in Santa Cruz, California has announced the release of a collaboration beer with Ventura, California-based Casa Agria.

The beer is called Si se Puede and is a blended mature barrel-aged Saison. The full release from the brewery is below.

Sí se puede! Bottle Description 

A blend of mature barrel aged saisons from Casa Agria and Humble Sea, brewed with aged hops grown locally by Akiyama Hopyard in Watsonville, CA.

Public release will be Friday at noon in our taproom.

If you miss the online reservation window, swing by our taproom this Friday for cans to go! Limits depend on availability.

En La Boca four packs

THIS BEER IS FUEGO! Collaboration double dry hopped DIPA with Mosaic, Motueka and Vic Secret! We're seriously stoked on this one!

How online releases work

If you snag cans and bottles online, you don't have to worry about lines or sellouts at the brewery. You have from this Friday until next Friday to pick up your can allotments at your leisure.

You MUST bring a valid ID to pick up beer. You can have friend pick up cans for you as long as their name is on the ticket.

Pike Brewing Co. in Seattle, Washington has announced that Drew Gillespie, a twenty-year veteran of the company, will be the new company's president starting this month.

Founder Charles and Rose Ann Finkel announced the news in a release, which can be found in full below.

SEATTLE — On December 19, 2018, at a private party at Tankard & Tun, founders Charles and Rose Ann Finkel will name Drew Gillespie president of Pike Brewing Company. Auspiciously, December 19 is Drew’s 20th anniversary at Pike: He started as a line cook at The Pike Pub in 1998 before working his way up to vice president of operations in 2011 and becoming co-owner alongside the Finkels, Patti Baker, and Gary Marx in 2015.

Wild Leap Brew Co. out of LaGrange, Georgia has announced the newest collaboration beer in the brewery's partnership series with Taco Mac Restaurants.

The newest beer in the 79 Series is an extremely limited Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter that clocks in at 8.4 percent ABV and is inspired by Reese's peanut butter cups.

The full release from the brewery is below.

Experience the newest release in the '79 Series at all 25 Taco Mac locations in Georgia. Our Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter (8.4%) is an EXTREMELY LIMITED release featuring a big, rich chocolate porter with liquid cocoa and roasted peanuts designed to taste exactly like a peanut butter cup. 

As an added bonus, December 17 is a double credit day for Taco Mac Brewniversity members. Come enjoy this extremely limited release, just in time for the cold winter months.

Urban Artifact in Cincinnati, Ohio, which is known for its scintillating sour beer experiments, has announced the release of an interesting new brew that features the durian fruit.

Durians are noted for their pungent aromas of sherry, almonds and onions, and this is the first Durian beer brewed to be released commercially in Ohio.

“To my knowledge this is the first durian beer to come out of Ohio,” says Urban Artifact assistant brewer and brewing science student Charles Fitzpatrick in a release. He added, “I am very excited to be part of something this unique so early in my career.”

The full release from the brewery is below.

Cincinnati, OH - Urban Artifact is known for their brewers’ focus on fruited, sour beers, as well as experimental beers and the use of exotic ingredients. The brewery’s latest small batch beer is a farmhouse ale brewed with Musang King Durian - a large, pungent fruit popular in Southeast Asia known for its almond, sherry-wine and onion-like characteristics.