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Blue Stallion and Kentucky Ale Collaborate for LCBW

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Blue Stallion Brewing and Alltech Lexington Brewing Company will tap their first collaboration beer on Saturday May 10th at 2pm to kick off Lexington Craft Beer Week! The bourbon barrel Maibock will be tapped at 2pm in the Blue Stallion taproom at 610 W. Third St.

One of Blue Stallion’s most popular seasonal beers gets the barrel-aged treatment by the experts at Kentucky Ale. An early springtime version of a German bock beer, a Maibock or “bock beer of May”, features a pleasant aroma of toasted malt and a clear amber color. The creamy smooth and barrel-aged Maibock boasts caramel and fruit notes, as well as delectable flavors picked up from barrel aging, including oak and vanilla. The sweetness is balanced by noble hop bitterness, delicate carbonation and a gentle warming finish.

Blue Stallion Brewing is excited to work with another local brewery to bring this limited release beer to market. Try this incredible collaboration brew before it’s gone!

Check out Blue Stallion’s full event schedule for Lexington Craft Beer Week.

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Blue Stallion Dunkel Finds New Taps This Week

We’re excited to announce the next step of project distribution. Starting this week, you’ll be able to find Blue Stallion Dunkel on tap in several bars and restaurants around Lexington.

Here’s a list of establishments that will be putting Dunkel on tap sometime this week (starting Feb 4th):

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  • Apollo Pizza & Beer Emporium
  • Arcadium
  • Blue Heron Steakhouse
  • The Grey Goose
  • Old Chicago
  • The Pub
  • Shorty’s Urban Market & Taproom
  • Willie’s Locally Known

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You’ll need to check in with these bars and restaurants to find out what day they plan to put on Blue Stallion.

We’ll keep a running list  of places serving our beer on the Where to Buy page. Check back often!

 

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Blue Stallion is Expanding & Distributing Beer!

Tired of us running out of your favorite Blue Stallion beer? Ready to order a Blue Stallion pint from your preferred craft beer spots in the Lexington area? Then you’ll be excited about this announcement! We’re working on something big in the brewery to solve those two problems.

We’re in the middle of installing a 367 sq. ft. cooler in the brewery portion of the building. Currently, the only cooler servicing the brewery is the one behind the bar and at only 190 sq. ft. it’s barely large enough to handle the demand for kegs in the taproom.

Right now the size of our current cooler is the biggest production bottleneck we have. Several times we’ve run into the problem of having beer ready and then having to wait a few weeks because we don’t have the room to store more kegs. That won’t be an issue any longer. The new cooler will triple our current cold room capacity.

Completion of the new cooler is planned for the end of January, which will allow us to begin distributing beer to local restaurants and bars in early February.

We plan to begin distribution with four of the brewery’s most popular beer styles: Hefeweizen, German Pilsner, Helles and Munich Dunkel. Distribution will start with roughly 7 barrels of beer (14 kegs) per week and grow from there. Seasonal and limited release beers, like Blue Stallion’s Smoked Lager, will also see distribution.

Once distribution begins, we’ll publish a list of establishments serving Blue Stallion beer on the Where to Buy page.

Help Us Spread the Word

If there’s an establishment where you’d like to see Blue Stallion beer on tap, you can help us out. Next time you’re in said establishment ask if they serve Blue Stallion and let them know you’d like to see it on tap. We really appreciate the support!

Cooler Construction Photos

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Download: Press Release

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Welcoming the New Year at Blue Stallion Brewing

We rang in the new year with some good folk! It was a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate.

2013 was great! We moved a brewery, finished the build out, opened the doors in July, partied for Oktoberfest, released some new beers, listened to some live music, played some trivia and met some great beer lovers. We appreciate all the incredible support during our first few months. We’ve got some big things planned for 2014 and can’t wait to share them with you. Happy New Year!

Check out this photo gallery of the festivities:

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Test Batch Tuesday Begins

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Want to know how we plan to come up with new beer recipes in the future? Beginning on December 3rd, 2013, we are excited for the first edition of Test Batch Tuesday!

We’re working on several new beer recipes that may be considered for a full production batch. Before we invest in bringing a new beer to full production, we want to make sure it’s as good as we can make it. The recipes need to be perfected before consideration, and we need your feedback to refine the recipes. Each test batch is extremely limited in quantity (approximately 30 pints), so it will run out quickly.

You can find all upcoming Test Batch Tuesday events in our online calendar.

 

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Introducing Wednesday Night Live

If you’ve been in the taproom the past few Wednesday nights, then you’ve probably already had the pleasure of hearing some musical talent perform. We’re pleased to announce we will be continuing live music in the lounge on Wednesday nights starting at 7pm.

We already have several acts lined up for November and December. You can find the Wednesday Night Live lineup on the event page.

Some of the upcoming shows include:

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All shows are free admission, so come on out and enjoy some great music and locally crafted beer!

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Events Calendar Now Online

[frame src=”/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/OnlineCalendar1.png” width=”400″ height=”325″ lightbox=”on” title=”Online Calendar” align=”left” ]Ever wondered what food truck is scheduled for today or next week? Want to know when the next band will be performing in the lounge? Need to plan your visit to Blue Stallion, but only have your smartphone on hand? We’ve got you covered!

Our event calendar is now live on the website. From food trucks and live music to special events and beer festivals, you can check the calendar any time to see what’s happening at Blue Stallion Brewing.

The calendar works on any desktop or mobile browser and you can even subscribe to it with your own calendar app!

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Don’t forget to check our live tap list for a real time look at the beers we’re pouring in the taproom.

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Cornhole Tournament to Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation

2nd Annual BCC Cornhole Tourney

September 29th, 2013

Blue Stallion Brewing is proud to partner with Blue Core Charity to host a cornhole tournament to benefit the Make-A-Wish foundation.

The tournament will be held on the first Sunday of our Oktoberfest celebration. Registration will begin at 11:00am on Sunday Sept. 29th, 2013. To pre-register your team, contact J. Morgan Klingshirn at 859-382-9576. The tournament will begin at 1:00pm.

All are welcome! Registration is only $30 per 2 person team.

50% of all entry fees will support the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The rest will make up hundreds of dollars in 1st and 2nd place prizes!

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Oktoberfest Festivities 2013

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When:

Sept. 27th – 29th & Oct. 4th – 6th

Where:

Blue Stallion Brewing Co.
610 W. Third St.
Lexington, KY 40508

What:

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  • Oktoberfest Bier
  • Bavarian Pretzels
  • Brats
  • Music & Games
  • Cornhole
  • More…

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It’s that time of year! Time to mark your calendar for the 2013 Blue Stallion Brewing Oktoberfest celebration.

Join us starting September 27th for the festivities. We’ll be tapping the first kegs of our very own authentic Oktoberfest bier that day.

The real action will be on the weekends: September 27th – 29th & October 4th – 6th

We have a limited amount of the Oktoberfest bier on hand, so when it’s gone, it’s GONE!

We’ll also have traditional Bavarian-style pretzels made right here in Lexington. The staff and owners will even be decked out in lederhosen and dirndls! And rumor has it we have live music scheduled for Saturday 9/28.

Music:

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  • Friday 10/4 – Ponderous (Bluegrass) @ 7pm
  • Saturday 10/5 – Chris Campbell (Folk) @ 7:30pm

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Food:

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  • Authentic Bavarian-style pretzels
  • Brats cooked in Blue Stallion beer
    • Sauerkraut
    • Sauteed peppers and onions

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Check out the event on Facebook. It’s going to be a great time. Join us!

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Current Tap List Now Live

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This isn’t your run of the mill list maintained by some brewery intern when they can get around to it. This is the same list of beers showing on the main TV in the taproom. When we put on a new keg at the brewery, it’s going to show up immediately here on the website too.

So if you’re out and about, wondering whether we’ve got the Hefeweizen back on tap (we do), just pull up our website on your smart phone and check! Want to know what guest taps we have at the moment? Now you can find out from anywhere in seconds. The What’s On Tap page is located under the “Beer” menu item in the top navigation bar.

A big thanks to our friends at DigitalPour for making this possible.