jeudi 12 juillet 2012
Plezir | d lux brut beer
jeudi 10 février 2011
RockMill Brewery | Organic Farmhouse beers


Brewing Belgian style beers, the Rockmill Brewery is something different. Unique in the Midwest area, they use certified organic ingredients, unique water source from the farmland to make a specialty beer sold in a 750ml nicely designed bottle. Their website propose fine cheese parings. The Rockmill Brewery is located 30 minute south of Columbus in Lancaster.
samedi 5 février 2011
OHIO BEER | Columbus Brewing Company




The Columbus Brewing Co was founded in 1988 in the meaningful Brewery District of Columbus. “The Columbus Brewing Company was originally founded in 1830. In 1988, the name was once again chosen to resurrect the brewing heritage of its namesake.” The brewery was recently purchase by its master brewer Eric Bean, this is the first time in 50 years a master brewer become main owner of a brewery in the capital city. “Columbus Brewing Company’s beer is sold at local grocery stores and is available on draft at fine restaurants and pubs throughout Ohio.” They have a good IPA and I personally enjoy the Scottish Ale.
lundi 31 mai 2010
AMB | Nouvelle image de marque


Here is a new branding image for Au Maître Brasseur | AMB, a microbrewery based in Laval. More unity within packaging, this nice branding work may bring this company to another level.
vendredi 28 mai 2010
KARMI | Studio DN Pologne

I have not been a active blogger for the last month but this art work was submitted to Beer Packaging Design from DN Design Group from Poland. Nice custom bottle shape.
« Carlsberg Poland and Studio DN have launched new packaging designs for caramel beer Karmi. The new packaging was designed by branding agency Studio DN. Up to now Karmi has been available in non-alcoholic version only, but a new line – Karmi Black – overbears this trend. New bottle is well-shaped and feminine. Colour code reveals stronger, alcoholic character. Its feminine nature is emphasized by slender of the bottle and carving in shape of a shawl wrapped around the “neck” and “waist”. And you can drink it straight from the bottle!
Studio DN Design Group is a branding agency located in Poland. For over 18 years we have sought to promote like minded clients who believe that confident compelling creative work can bring their business positive returns. » Studio DN Design Group
samedi 19 décembre 2009
Microbrasserie du Lac St-Jean | TERROIR

Unique label design for this young microbrewery located at the Lac St-Jean, northern Quebec. La Microbrasserie du Lac St-Jean uses anecdotic tales to describe its four beers. Let me know if you find retailers in the Montreal area?
Bière | LA VIRE-CAPOT
«Député natif de St-Gédéon, Jos Girard était reconnu pour son beau capot en étoffe du pays. Il avait aussi la réputation d’être un redoutable opportuniste politique. Voyant que les rouges n’avaient plus la cote, il ne s’est pas gêné pour rejoindre les bleus en cours d’élection – alors que la moitié des électeurs du comté avait déjà voté ! De Blanc Sablon à La Doré, sa renommée de Vire-Capot était faite. Ale blonde, limpide et rafraîchissante, la Vire-Capot séduira elle aussi tous les publics.» microdulac.com

vendredi 11 décembre 2009
CASCADE GREEN | Carbon Offset Beer



Cascade est un brasseur australien de Tasmanie fondé en 1824. L’entreprise donne l’exemple en ayant entamé un programme de réduction de son empreinte sur l’environnement. Elle a étudié l’ensemble du cycle de vie de la Cascade Green; de la semence d’orge au recyclage des bouteilles afin de chiffrer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre pour ensuite faire de la compensation carbone (carbon offset). Une belle initiative même si ce n’est qu’un seul produit de sa gamme qui est «green». Si les consommateurs répondent ce ne sera sûrement pas la dernière.
The Cascade Brewery is an Australian, Tasmanian company founded in1824. Since more than a decade it has been making efforts in reducing its environmental footprint. After studying the complete life cycle of the Cascade Green beer, from ”picking the hops to putting the bottle in the recycle bin” the brewery decided to offset all the greenhouse gas emissions. (carbon offset) We can hope that others will follow this initiative and that consumers will be responding.

mardi 8 décembre 2009
NØRREBRO BRYGHUS | Globe Ale | Copenhagen


Directement sur place à Copenhague, la microbrasserie Nørrebro Bryghus a lancée cette année la Globe Ale; la première bière du pays à être carbone neutre, c'est-à-dire que la microbrasserie achète et détruit des quotas de CO2 pour compenser les 940 g par bouteilles qu'elle génère. Le design d'emballage a été fait par la firme Punktum Design.
The Globe Ale from the Nørrebro Bryghus microbrewery established in 2003 in Copenhagen; the first carbon neutral beer in Denmark, is "brewed with an active global environmental forethought. Every bottle of beer emits 940 g of CO2, which has been removed from the environment by buying and destroying CO2 quotas." The packaging design as been developed by Punktum Design.
jeudi 3 décembre 2009
Brasseurs Illimités | Simple Malt


Beers from the new micro brewery Brasseurs illimités are made in Saint-Eustache, north of Montreal. The Altbier (Old beer) in german, is a relatively hoppy amber ale.
« SIMPLE MALT est une gamme de bières de dégustation qui puise son inspiration des grands chefs-d'oeuvre issus des différentes traditions brassicoles de notre monde. Chaque membre de la famille SIMPLE MALT se veut aussi le reflet de nos propres influences et de nos critères de qualité, soit l'harmonie, l'équilibre, la générosité et la constance. À vous de partager notre passion pour cette noble boisson, en dégustant dans toutes ses déclinaisons la richesse des saveurs extraites du... simple malt! »
samedi 14 novembre 2009
Samuel Adams | Barrel Room Collection


Pour en savoir plus lisez l'article sur TheBeerSpot.com
The main independent craft brewery of the US, the Boston Beer Company, is launching three new beers. The new premium oak-aged beers are part of the Samuel Adams Barrel Room Collection. They are being commercialized in a new unique cork-finish bottle designed by Adam&Co, a Boston based design agency.
To learn more, read the post at TheBeerSpot.com
samedi 17 octobre 2009
MOLSON | M | Lager Microgazéifiée

Molson will be lunching a new lager beer; Molson | M, "M" for microcarbonated. A few months ago I found a different concept for a Molson | M beer. Rumors wanted that the "M" would be for Montreal, perhaps to keep the innovation top secret. If anybody knows what microcarbonated really is, please share it with us. The micro-bubbled beer should be available mid-November in Quebec.
vendredi 16 octobre 2009
St-Ambroise | CITROUILLE


It is the already the orange, brown, dark season and if you want it to taste like Halloween, the McAuslan brewery of Montreal does this pumpkin ale each year. The aromas are cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves, the pumpkin is more than subtle but the sweetness is there. The label design fits well with the concept and the graphic line of McAuslan.
vendredi 9 octobre 2009
Brasseurs de Montréal | Made in Montreal
The young microbrewery Brasseurs de Montréal located in Griffintown a few minutes from downtown, have commercialized their 6 main beers in 341ml bottles. The unique packaging concept is a wink to Montreal's cosmopolitan life style. Each beer have it's own personality. The brewpub offers tasting plates and good food.
vendredi 2 octobre 2009
NELSON | Creative OZ beer packaging
Voici deux autres bières lancées récemment par la micro brasserie Nelson de Melbourne en Australie. Le design est toujours en haut contraste, l'unique «couleur» blanche est appliquée en sérigraphie directement sur la bouteille ambrée. Son design change selon les suggestions des consommateurs, (sans doute un groupe select). La première du haut a été développé en collaboration avec un le groupe de musique The Temper Trap et celle du bas avec la fashion house Trimäpee. Voir la publication antérieure sur le sujet.
Here are two more beers launched by the Nelson microbrewery of Melbourne in Australia. Always with high contrast design, the only «color» white is screen-printed directly on the amber beer bottle. The nice thing about this is that the design changes according to suggestions from the consumers, (or close friends). The first one on top was created with the collaboration of The Temper Trap music band. The second one has been design by a Melbourne fashion house name Trimäpee. Read previous post on Nelson beer.
mardi 22 septembre 2009
Ísland Bjór |8| VIKING ÖLGERD STOUT

There must be other Icelandic beers out there (let me know) but this is the last one I personally tried during my short trip to this country. Although it does not appear on their website, this stout beer (5,8% Alc./Vol.) is probably brewed by Vifilfell Ltd based in Akureyri.
vendredi 18 septembre 2009
Ísland Bjór |7| Ölvisholt
The Ölvisholt Brugghús brewery probably is the only one offering a wide range of unique and original beers in Iceland. This brewery is located in the town of Selfoss about 60km out of Reykjavik. Like the others, the main beer; Skjálfti is a blonde lager. They also brew the surprising Lava a Smoked Imperial Stout (9,4% Alc./Vol.). The Ölvisholt Brugghús beers are in general well rated by beer tasters.
dimanche 13 septembre 2009
Ísland Bjór |6| KALDI

The Kaldi beers are made from Czech traditional recipes developed by a brewmaster from Czech Republic. All ingredients are also imported from this country except for water. There are two lager beers available in the Vínbúð liquor store, the blonde lager and the dark lager. I personally enjoyed the dark lager. The Bruggsmidjan ehf. microbrewery is located in the small village of Árskogssandur, north of Akureiry. According to their website, they also brew the Gullfoss beer.

mardi 8 septembre 2009
Ísland Bjór |5| EL GRILLO
The El Grillo (5% alc.vol.) beer is brewed by the Egill Company for Eyþór Þórisson, a restaurant owner in the small village of Seyðisfjörður, East of Iceland. The beer is made according to his own recipe and uses the name a shipwreck for brand. The El Grillo was a Brithish Oil tanker that sank close to the village in 1944, this is where the Latin beer name came from, go wonder? There is place for improvement on the label design.

Il y a un article dans le journale culturel: Reykjavik Grapevine ici.
Read more on the subect at the Reykjavik Grapevine here.
dimanche 6 septembre 2009
Ísland Bjór |4| JÖKULL
This other microbrewery beer is made out of glacier water from the famous Snæfellsjökull. The name Jökull means glacier in Icelandic. The lager beer is brewed by Mjöður ehf. in the small town of Stykkishólmur. By being certified by the Green Globe Programme, the small brewery shows that environment is a concern. It is a very light taste beer, yet refreshing, it's perfect for those who don't like beer.

mardi 1 septembre 2009
Ísland Bjór |3| GULLFOSS
The Gullfoss is a lager beer (5% alc./vol.) The brand is named after the country's most famous waterfalls the ''golden falls'' in Icelandic.
