Beer News Tidbits - January 26, 2009

Harpoon Brewing Company (Boston, MA) - The next beer in the Leviathan Series will be a Belgian Quad. It's currently in the tanks.

Dogfish Head Brewing Company (Delaware) - Dogfish Head has added 6 new 300-bbl tanks and they are up and running. This is a huge amount of capacity they've added!

Lost Abbey Brewing Company (San Marcos, CA) - Lost Abbey will be releasing Red Poppy, their Flanders Red Ale brewed with cherries, on January 31st at the brewery.

Bell's Brewing Company (Kalamazoo, MI) & De Proef (Lochristi, Belgium) - John Mallet, Bell's Production Manager (Read our interview with him), will travel to Belgium to brew the next beer in the De Proef Brewmaster's Collaboration Series. Bell's will join former collaborating breweries Allagash and Port Brewing Company.

Shmaltz Brewing Company (New York, NY) - Shmaltz, makers of He'Brew - The Chosen Beer, are set to add Coney Island Block Head to their Coney Island Craft Lagers line. This will be a 10% "Tough-As-Nails Strong Lager." It's set to be available January-April 2009.