Having inducted their first class into their Hall of Fame, the American Craft Beer Hall of Fame is now honoring pioneering beers with a Landmark Craft Beers initiative.
The program, according to their news release, was “created to honor individual beers that have left a lasting mark on American brewing and drinking culture, will recognize those singular brews that have helped define, advance, or transform the craft beer movement in the U.S.”
The first brews named to this honor are:
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale – The beer that brought Cascade hops to national prominence and helped define the American Pale Ale style.
Samuel Adams Boston Lager – An icon that helped to bring full-flavored beer to mainstream audiences in the 1980s and put American craft beer on the global map.
Anchor Steam Beer – The resurrection of a truly American beer style, and one that helped define the image and concept of craft beer for decades to come.
Celis White (Witbier) – A revival of a nearly extinct Belgian style that brought traditional wheat beer to American craft drinkers.
Anchor Liberty Ale – An early pioneer in the creation of the modern concept of American IPA, and an early standard bearer for what would become the country’s most important style of beer.
Additional inductees will be announced annually, with nominations open to the public and evaluated by a panel of beer historians, brewers, writers, and industry veterans.
And an update on the Blue Island Beer Co. situation. Last week they were informaed by the City of Blue Island that part of their space was being taken over for a new restaurant. Tuesday, the brewers posted:
On behalf of Blue Island Beer Company and the City of Blue Island, we would like to announce we have come to some clarity of the redevelopment of our building. We’re still losing our space but are working with our new neighbors to keep Olde Western the destination we’ve all come love. Thank you for all the support the last few days.
(The space they would be losing was extra space being used for shows, but it was an area for which they had done improvements.)
Additionally, the launch for Neuronova Brewing is in full swing. This was a side project led by Eric Flores of Whiskey Hill Brewing. They mysteriously appeared at last year’ Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers, and won the Fan Favorite Award for Ceres, a barrel-aged flavored imperial stout.
Featured Image: A second trio of “Wacky Packs” parodies of 60s beer labels.
