2011 CANFEST Blogger Contest Voting!

Send one lucky winner to CANFEST this year by voting for your favorite entry! Vote HERE

Here's the entry line-up for easy click through:

Beer Search Party

The Blager

Daily Beer Review

Hoppy Beer Girl

Washington Beer Blog

BrewDad

Pints and Panels

Road Trips For Beer

Girl From Arizona

Playa Wear Fashion Show

Buckbean is pleased to be a part of Junkee Clothing Exchange's Playa Fashion Show this year!

Check out the flier below for details.

Hope to see you there!

CANFEST 2011 Blogger Contest Announcement!

Annnnnnnnnnd we’re back! CANFEST returns for its 3rd year of bringing all that delicious beer you find in a can to the masses. This time we’re aiming for the stars- we’ve got a new venue in downtown Reno, we’re expanding to a beer dinner awards ceremony on top of the CANFEST extravaganza, and of course, we’re going to once again make one beer blogger very happy with a trip to Reno to drink canned beer with us!

Last year we had the honor of bringing out Josh from Lost in the Beer Aisle. He was pretty rad.

Because of how great the response and experience was regarding the contest, we’re going to re-vamp it and present the same offer to beer bloggers in 2k11!

So here’s the deal:
July 1st thru September 15th we’re offering those with an established beer blog (meaning you didn’t build a blog simply to participate in this contest) an opportunity to write one blog post, centered on why they deserve to come to CANFEST. We are very partial to creativity and humor. Once your blog post is live, send the link back to my constance@abbipr.com email with an appropriate subject line.
Once we’ve got the compiled list of blog posts, we will host each link on a protected online survey, open it for votes, and pick a winner based on votes. The winner will be flown to Reno for the weekend and have the opportunity to attend all of CANFEST’s festivities. We will put you up for Friday and Saturday night, give you a complimentary ticket to the beer dinner and CANFEST event, and grace you with our presence of awesomeness.

So now you’ve got the details- on your mark, get set, GO!

Cheers and happy writing!

Naan & Kabab Beer Dinner

On Monday, May 23rd at 6:30 PM Naan & Kabab will be having a Buckbean beer and food pairing event to allow their guests to try our brews along with their great food. It will include tastes of all three of the Buckbean beers with a four-course meal featuring many of their menu items. If you have not tried their food, this is a must. Chef Maurice is brillant! The cost is $24.95. Naan & Kabab is located across from the Peppermill at 2740 S Viriginia Street, Reno. Call 775-825-3113 for reservations.

Caughlin Club Beer Dinner

May 11th is our next scheduled beer dinner and it's taking place at the gorgeous Caughlin Ranch Athletic Club. Food & Beverage director Brandy Kuebler has concocted a menu that could make the driest of mouths water with anticipation. Spicy beer cheese soup, how delicious does that sound?!

Anyway here is the menu for the night:


Make your reservations soon and be sure to book for a couple, because you can't always JUST treat yourself. Or maybe you can....

3rd Anniversary for Buckbean Means Festivities for All!

Can you believe it? April 12 will be our 3rd Anniversary and we are celebrating starting Tuesday the 12th - Saturday the 16th.
We'll do specials all week, including:

TUESDAY: $2 pints all day and 20% off everything to go.

WEDNESDAY: Come hear " 'Something Old That's New Again': Nevada's Modern Brewing Industry" by Eric Moody at 7pm. He will discuss Nevada's modern brewpub/microbrewery era that began in 1987 with the first brewpub legislation. This event supports Nevada In The West magazine, and their one year anniversary of the publication. Also, get 20% off all things to go all day.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: 20% off all things to go, which includes, growler fills, 4-packs, cases of beer, T-shirts, kegs and more.

SATURDAY the 16th: The Anniversary PARTY! All things are 20% off and pints are $3. Best of all, we will release a limited edition anniversary beer called Bourbon Barrel Double Duck. This ale is a stronger, hoppier version of our Tule Duck Red Ale, which was aged in a bourbon barrel. It is 8% ABV, velvety rich and extra smooth, with more pronounced hop aroma and a hint of bourbon and wood flavors.

Don't miss it! Food will be available throughout the day. Please come celebrate all week with us!

Buckbean Now at the Silver Legacy!

You can now find Tule Duck and Orange Blossom Ale at The Zone inside the Silver Legacy!

Our "tallboy" 16oz cans are only $3.50! Catch a game, place a bet, and lounge with a delicious Buckbean beer. Cheers!

NEW Black Adder IBA, NEW Hours and Valentines Day Gift Bag

Wooo-hooooo! We have a brand new beer coming out this Friday (Feb 4)! The Black Adder IBA (India Black Ale)! This black IPA is fully black in color, with a nutty, roasty malt character and a moderate body, with a full, bright hop bitterness and aroma. De-husked black malt provides color and roastiness without astringent sharpness, and dark Caramel and Special Roast also deepen the color while imparting mild sweetness with lots of toasty complexity and depth. Newport, Palisade, Glacier and Ahtanum hops create multiple layers of crisp, American character with no harsh edges. It is 7.3% ABV and has 85 IBUs. Please come down to the brewery and enjoy $2 pints of any of our beers THIS Friday, February 4th. We also plan to can a limited amount of this IBA for sale only at Buckbean, and it will be available mid to late February. Finally, fill up growlers for half off on Feb 5 for the Super Bowl.

We have NEW hours for our bar that should be more convenient for those getting off work, and unable to make it to Buckbean by 6 PM. The new hours are:
Tuesday from 3 PM to 6 PM
Wednesday to Friday from 3 PM to 8 PM
Saturday from 11 AM to 6 PM
Also, during our extended hours 6 PM to 8 PM (Wed through Fri), you can get $3 pints, and if you need a snack, we have mini pizzas, potato chips and popcorn.

Lastly, Beer and Chocolate - a great combination! This Friday, February 4th through Valentines Day, you can get a Valentines Gift Bag for the one you love. Get six truffles, made here in Reno by Sweets Handmade Candies, three beers and a pint glass for only $20. Each beer is paired with two truffles that make a wonderful combination. Heck, you may just want to buy one of these for yourself.

Cheers, The Buckbean Brew Crew

Beer Dinner and movie screening in Nashville

Hey Nashville, come out tomorrow night to Fido's Cafe and enjoy a 3 course food tasting paired with some delicious brews, including our Tule Duck Red Ale!
Paired with a screening a of Beer Wars, this is the perfect mid-week pick-me-up for any beer lover in the Nashville area.

Christmas Time!

To ring in the 2010 Christmas season, we've got several offerings and happenings from us to help keep you all warm and fuzzy with beer!

First off, on December 16th, Reno's Firkin & Wolf Pub and Restaurant will host their first Buckbean Beer Dinner!
The menu is as follows:
Original Orange Blossom Ale with rosemary lavash with smoked Chinese chicken, sweet pepper relish, toasted coriander and sweet mustard sauce
Tule Duck Red Ale with bitter greens tossed in lemon oil and sea salt, topped with venison and wild mushroom Wellington with smoked tomato relish
Black Noddy Lager with Kahlua roast port over Hawaiian slaw with toasted sesame dressing, carmelized pineapple and sweet chili
Very Noddy Lager with roasted hazelnut cannoli with mocha java mousse and toasted pecan praline

A meal not be missed! $40 or $70 per couple. Call Firkin and Wolf at 775-333-9653 for reservations.



Secondly, we've got a birthday bash for our brewer Dan this Saturday the 11th at Buckbean. Come down and get Very Noddy Specials, play darts, hang out with Dan and listen to him spread his gospel of beer, but also be the first to try the new Bourbon Barrel Tule Duck Ale! Dan's been been brewing special batches of Tule Duck in oak Bourbon barrels and it'll debut tomorrow for the public to slurp, gulp, or sip to their enjoyment. We'll also have live music from 4-6!



For the beer lovers in your life, Christmas is the perfect time to give the gift of ale, and Buckbean has got you covered with some special holiday gifts!

Choose from:
1. Mixed four pack (including the 2010 World Beer Cup bronze winning Very Noddy Lager) and two pint glasses for just $15.00
2. Add a Buckbean T-shirt to the deal for only $10 more
3. If you can't quiet decide on what your beer enthusiast would want in their stocking, give them a gift certificate! A $25 gift certificate for only $20 or $50 gift certificate for only $40!

Keep in mind, these are only redeemable after December 25.


So there you have it. Plenty of ways to get your Buckbean fix this December. Enjoy and Cheers! Happy Holidays from Buckbean Brewing Company!

Las Vegas gets a Noddy invasion from Buckbean!

For those of you Las Vegas-ites, we have a ton of cool events and happenings this weekend. Fill yourself up with good beer!

Saturday!

The Village Lake Las Vegas, Buckbean Brewing Company and New Vista Community host “Brews Best Village Beer Fest” on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the event for $25 per person with proceeds benefiting New Vista Community or can be pre-purchased at www.NewVistaCommunity.org.


The festival will showcase beers from Buckbean, Boulder Dam Brewing, Barley’s Brewing, Gordon Biersch Las Vegas, Backyard Brew Pub, Stone Brewing Company, Tenaya Creek, Nevada Beverage and more. The breweries will set up along the waterfront cobblestone streets of The Village and guests can taste top-notch beers while enjoying live music. To round out the evening guests can choose from one of the many restaurants in The Village for dinner.

Festival guests don’t have to worry about the drive home after a day of beer tasting; guests can stay the night with a special package at MonteLago Village Resort or Vacation Villas. To book a Brews Best Beer Fest special package at the Resort, please call 1-888-600-2688 or visit www.montelagovillage.com. For Vacation Villas, please call 702-568-1174 or visit www.lakelasvegasrentals.com.

Double Helix at Palazzo from 4:30-7pm (event is 5-7pm). This will be a tasting of the entire line and feedback from guests will "help" them decide which beer will be added to the list.

Sunday!

Motley Brews Tailgate 2010. This is a craft brew festival featuring 80+ beers from around the world plus football on TV and snacks for only $30 in advance/$35 door. The Noddy Girls will have a table to themselves to promote Buckbean. www.motleybrews.com/events.htm


Monday!


Come out and visit the Noddy Girls, drink good beer, and enjoy the finer side of Sin City. See you there!

A Surly Tasting and the Return of Doug's Very Noddy Lager!

Friday, October 29 is going to be a great beer day at Buckbean!
Doug's Very Noddy 40th Birthday Lager, better know as the Very Noddy Lager, unleashes to the patrons of holiday ales. This amazing beer that packs quite a punch (10.5% ABV) won Bronze at the prestigious 2010 World Beer Cup as one of 44 beers entered in the "Other Strong Beer" category. We are going to celebrate this release with $2 pints of ALL beers on tap, but the Very Noddy should be your first stop.

As if the Very Noddy Lager wasn't enough to be excited about, we will also be offering you the change to try four beers from Minnesota's Surly Brewing Company, one of our favorite canned breweries around. We'll have offerings of the Bender, Coffee Bender, Cynic Ale and Bitter Brewer. If you attended CANFEST you can get a free tasting of all the beers; if not, it's only $1.00 to try the brews. You will also have the chance to buy the beers for $1.00/can. Please note: cash only transaction- all the money goes to the non-profit Great Basin Bird Observatory.

Come down anytime tomorrow and kick in the fall season with some awesome local & out-of-area brews!

CANFEST breweries and info!

LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT!

The sudsy wonder of canned beer is taking over people!

Friday the 8th at Buckbean Brewing Co. the winners of each judging category will be announced at 6 p.m. Beer will be flowing and there will be a chance to meet some cool beer industry media folks and brewers themselves.

And then of course Saturday is the main event.
The confirmed breweries as of today are:
21st Amendment Brewery
Anderson Valley
Big Sky Brewing Co
Bohemian Brewery
Buckbean Brewing Co
Caldera Brewing Co
Capital Brewery
Four Peaks Brewing
Great River Brewery
High Noon Saloon & Brewery
Mammoth Brewing Co
Maui Brewing Co
MillKing IT Productions
Mudshark Brewing Co
Northwoods Brewing Co
Oskar Blues Brewery
Prescott Brewing Co
Rochester Mills Beer Co
Santa Fe Brewing Co
San Tan Brewing Co
Surly Brewing Co
Tall Grass Brewing
Uncommon Brewers Inc


Please visit our new website www.canfestreno.com for more info.

And thanks to our great sponsors this year, including That Can Holder, Hi-Cone/Mumm Products, Ball, Digiprint, Wild 102.9, Abbi PR, and Bourns Productions!

The Can-o-lution is Almost here!

CANFEST is right around the corner. Ah, we just cannot wait to have one full evening of the greatest canned breweries in the world together in one room serving out their delicious brews.

In case you're curious of who's coming, here is the list of our 100% solid, attending breweries:
21st Amendment Brewing Co
Uncommon Brewers
High Noon Saloon and Brewery
Maui Brewing Co
Mammoth Brewing Co
Anderson Valley Brewing Co
Mudshark Brewing Co
Caldera Brewing Co
Buckbean Brewing Co
Four Peaks Brewing Co
Capital Brewery
Northwoods Brewing Co
Rochester Mills Brewing Co
Surly Brewing Co
MillKing It Productions


There are plenty more to come, we just don't want to tease anyone until everything is set in stone.

Also, we're holding a contest to send one lucky blogger to Reno for CANFEST.
The deadline for entries was yesterday, and now the voting has begun!

Click here to choose your favorite

To view the entries before voting, all the links below will guide you to them:


Josh, Lost in the Beer Isle

Jim, Beer and Whiskey Brothers


Scott, The Beer Snob

Sean, Beer Search Party

Greg, Pour Curator

Rebecca, Calipidder

Stephen, Definitive Ale

Mark, Atattooedtale




Tickets for CANFEST are now on sale on the Grand Sierra Resort's website
$30 gets you a tasting glass, unlimited tastings, expo access, food samples, and a grand ol hoppy time!

Buckbean and the Bonanza Team Up for a Beer Dinner

Attention all beer bloggers!

We at Buckbean believe that the online beer community is the most underrated and, at times, unappreciated group of beer enthusiasts and experts out there. Since canning our first beer a little over two years ago, we have one group of people to thank for helping us accomplish a great reputation all over the US- and that’s the group of the dedicated and highly opinionated bloggers and online journalists who gladly accepted our free samples and press release sendouts.

Because of the mutual loyalties we’ve established with the community of thirsty critics, and the endless amounts of coverage and support they’ve given our brewery, we’d like to offer a little something back to them.

But, it doesn’t come without a little work. We like to see you sweat.

Here’s the deal:

In 2009, the owners of Buckbean came to the realization that the perks of canning beer are beyond what the public understands, and that the most effective way to spread the gospel of canned beer would be to conduct a competition and tasting festival. This year, we expect to draw 50+ craft breweries from around the world to compete and participate in the celebration of canned beer. We're working on building it into an event similar to the sold-out festivals and beer gatherings, as well as being looked at as a sort of landmark in the culture of beer.

The event is CANFEST, one that many of you are already familiar with (thanks for all the love last year, by the way!). This year it’s back, and we’ve got plans to make it bigger and better than ever. Additions are being made left and right to help build the event into a must attend for beer fanatics. And that’s where you come in!

Want to attend as well? Cool, I bet you do.

Starting now and lasting until the 1^st week of September, we’re offering those with an established beer blog (meaning you didn’t build a blog simply to participate in this contest) an opportunity to write one blog post, centered on why they deserve to come to CANFEST. We are very partial to creativity and humor. Once your blog post is live, send the link back to my constance@abbipr.com email with an appropriate subject line.

Once we’ve got the compiled list of blog posts, we will post every link to our blog and filter via social networks, and pick a winner based on votes. The winner will be flown to Reno for the weekend and have the opportunity to attend all of CANFEST’s festivities and even be a guest judge during the competition portion. Yes, we will feed you too.

So now you’ve got the details- on your mark, get set, GO!

Cheers and happy writing!

Constance Aguilar

The Return of CANFEST!

Alright folks, here is it.
The official announcement of CANFEST 2010

You can fan it on Facebook now, too!


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Constance Aguilar, Abbi Public Relations
constance@abbipr.com or 775-232-3977

Buckbean Brewing brings CANFEST to Reno
Dozens of brewers from across the country will showcase unique beers at Grand Sierra Resort

RENO, NV (June, 2010) — Buckbean Brewing will once again turn Reno, Nev. into the center of the canned microbrew universe this October, as it puts on CANFEST – Reno International Canned Beer Festival, the world’s first canned beer festival, for a second straight year.

Dozens of breweries from around the world will converge on Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort and Casino on October 9, offering up their canned creations to beer enthusiasts from around the region. The heavy hitters of canned microbrewing — names like Oskar Blues, New Belgium and Bohemian Brewing — showed up last year, as well as a large selection of small craft can breweries like Mudshark, Uncommon Brewers and Surly Brewing in addition to international beers from Europe, Asia and North American. Buckbean Brewing co-founder Dough Booth said he expects almost all brewers from last year to return. Winners of a judged canned beer competition will be announced the night before the event at an awards dinner.

CANFEST is both a recognition of the fast-growing popularity of canned craft beer and a celebration of the benefits of the aluminum cylinder. Long regarded as a symbol of inferior beer, the can has come into its own in recent years as beer drinkers realize that cans offer superior protection from sunlight and oxygen infiltration, and the containers are much more portable and environmentally friendly than their glass counterpart.

The notion that world-class beer can be delivered in a can has caught on, and now the number of microbrews offering canned beer is growing at an astonishing rate. In 2002 the first microbrewery began canning craft beer; today over 52 microbreweries offer their brews in a can, according to the National Brewers Association.

And as the canned beer craze continues to catch on, organizers expect CANFEST to expand.

“It was our first event last year, so it was pretty local, but I think that will start changing,” said Buckbean Brewing Co-founder Doug Booth, of CANFEST’s growing audience.

Buckbean, the largest production microbrewery in Western Nevada, started canning unique microbrews in Reno in 2008. Their beer — from a crisp, dark German Schwarzbier called the Black Noddy Lager to the unique Original Orange Blossom Ale and the rich, hearty Tule Duck Red Ale — represents co-founders Doug Booth and Dan Kahn’s outside-of-the-box thinking on everything from brewing ingredients to the container the beer is packaged in — 16-oz. beer cans.

CANFEST was just a natural outgrowth of Buckbean’s enthusiasm for great beer in a can.

“I think every other town or brewery has a beer festival. Some have music; some have food; some have judging. They all seemed fairly similar. We wanted to create something unique,” said Booth.

For more information on CANFEST contact Constance Aguilar from Abbi Public Relations at constance@abbipr.com or by calling 775.323.2977. For more information on Buckbean Brewing visit www.buckbeanbeer.com.

Beer Dinner @ Dragonfly in Truckee this June!

Back by popular demand, Dragonfly Restaurant is once again teaming up with Reno’s Buckbean Brewery for another Beer Maker’s dinner on Friday, June 11. This year’s event is made even more enticing with a lodging package, which offers 20 percent off rates at the venerable Truckee Hotel within easy walking distance from Dragonfly.

A flavorful encore, Dragonfly’s Billy McCullough and Buckbean Brewing Company’s Doug Booth and Dan Kahn will again join their forces in presenting the Buckbean Beer Maker’s Dinner on Friday, June 11, at 6 p.m. at the Dragonfly in Truckee.

“I was immediately impressed when I met Doug – the way he spoke about beer was almost like how a chef talks about food,” recalls McCullough. “Dragonfly was the first restaurant to carry Buckbean. Partnering with Buckbean is in keeping with our whole philosophy of local sustainability and supporting local products.”

Brew master Dan Kahn says pairing food and beer is a little different than pairing food and wine.

“With wine you generally look for flavor contrasts, while with beer you generally pair similar flavors, although contrast can also work very well in some cases,” Kahn explains. “Billy understood all this right away.”

Kahn says the vast range of beer flavors and styles makes for great food pairings. West Coast brewers like Buckbean have put the same type of creativity and experimentation into their beer that California chefs, like McCullough, have shown with their food.

“So the two are actually a very natural match,” Kahn adds. “The Original Orange Blossom Ale, in particular, is an excellent match for all of Billy’s Asian dishes. The fragrant complexity of the orange flowers really highlights other bright flavors like cilantro, citrus, ginger and hot pepper.”

Consider some of culinary highlights of the Buckbean Brewery Beer Maker’s Dinner. The savory repast begins with hot and spicy shrimp potstickers paired with Buckbean’s Roler Bock and continues with a grilled Kobe beef slider with Great Hill Farms blue cheese, caramelized onion and IPA infused ketchup paired with Buckbean’s Adaven IPA. The menu’s centerpiece is the Red Ale Chinese five spice braised Muscovy duck with ginger mash potatoes, which is served with Buckbean’s Tule Duck. The sublime dinner is concluded with a Noddy glazed chocolate cake with caramel Chantilly cream paired with Buckbean’s Black Noddy.

Beer Maker’s Dinner participants will also have a chance to meet the affable brew master, learn about the brewing processes, taste the malts, smell the hops and more. The four-course dinner, which includes beer pairings, is priced at $42 per person. Seating is limited and reservations are highly recommended. For dinner reservations call 530-587-0557.

The Beer Maker’s Lodging Package offers guests who wish to spend the night in Truckee a 20 percent discount on any Truckee Hotel room for the evening of June 11 which can be booked by calling 530-587-4444.

Dragonfly is located upstairs at 10118 Donner Pass Road, right in the heart of downtown Truckee. For more information on Dragonfly, visit www.dragonflycuisine.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for up-to-the-minute news and updates. Beer lovers can visit the Reno-based brewery’s site, www.buckbeanbeer.com

Summer Events With Buckbean

The following is a list of events in the next couple of months Buckbean will be a part of.
This is not our full calendar for the next few months, but a good idea of where folks outside of the Reno area can drink our beer and chat with an expert about the company.

Date Event City
24-Apr SF International Beer Festival- San Francisco
27-Apr UC Berkeley MBA Haas School of Business- Berkeley
30-Apr Celebrity Chef Challenge- Sacramento
1-May UC Berkeley City Planning Students- Berkeley
1-May Bay Area Beverage Beer Fest- Oakland
1-May Save Angel Island Wine & Beer Fest- Angel Island
8-May Boonville Beer Fest- Boonville
16-May Bay to Breakers- San Francisco
21-May Giants Vs. A's Tailgate Fiesta- Oakland
29-May CA Festival of Brewers- Pismo Beach
5-Jun Monterey Beer Fest- Monterrey
12-Jun Auburn Beer Fest- Auburn
26-Jun Walk In the Wild- Oakland
17-Jul Breast Fest- San Francisco
24-Jul Music in the Mountains- Grass Valley


If you're in the area of any of these events during the posted dates then mark your calendars and come have a beer with us!

A shot at fame for all Buckbean supporters!

Hey Buckbean patrons!

This is our "casting call" to everyone and anyone who is interested in being a part of the Buckbean Swimsuit and Beer photo op at the brewery on Tuesday April 27th at 5:30 p.m.
We're offering two free pints and cheese and crackers to those who show up in their swimwear and pose for a picture that will appear in the Celebrator Beer News Magazine

Please come down and try our new Maibock, which our brewmaster describes as a strong, pale lager is a traditional German springtime style. Straw colored with a thick, white head, the clean lager aroma strikes a delicate balance of sweet malt and fine German hops. A touch of Munich and pale Caramel malts provide fullness and depth, and a clean, moderate hop bitterness balances the malt sweetness nicely.
The perfect treat for a warm spring day!

Hope to see everyone in their summer gear and happily guzzling down some Buckbean!