Conquest announces details for The Finisher release

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This Saturday, January 25, Conquest will celebrate its first anniversary with an all-day party at the brewery. The highlight of that party will be the release of The Finisher, Conquest’s 17.5% imperial stout brewed with honey and brown sugar and fermented with champagne yeast. With the release of the highly desired beer just a few days away, the brewery on Wednesday announced details about how Saturday’s release will proceed.

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Barley’s wins “Most Arrogant Bar” title. Again.

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In 2012, Barley’s in Greenville participated in Stone‘s “Most Arrogant Bar” challenge to see which bar could sell the highest number of Stone’s “Arrogant” beers. They won, beating out around 360 bars nationwide, and as as a result got to throw a huge party with a killer tap list and a visit from Stone CEO Greg Koch.

And they’ve done it again. Thursday afternoon, the bar announced it had claimed back-to-back titles. Once again, they beat out more than 300 bars to win the crown once again.

The requisite party is already in the work, but since Koch will be taking a sabbatical, brewery Co-founder Steve Wagner and Brewmaster Mitch Steele will be on hand to celebrate. Keep an eye out for more details soon.

Conquest launches 4 new beers Halloween night

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Whether you need something to help you get through trick-or-treating or prefer an adult beverage in your bag in place of candy, Conquest has just the thing for you Thursday night: A Halloween party that includes the launch of four brand new beers.

In what’s shaping up to be the Columbia brewery’s biggest party since opening day, Conquest is hosting a party the evening of the 31st. The event is family friendly, but those in the 21+ crowd are in for quite a treat of their own in the form of a handful of new releases:

  • Harlequin, a spiced imperial stout brewed with cinnamon, clove, vanilla and more. While there’s no pumpkin in it, fans of that style will be pleased as punch. (Be sure to track down Matt and tell him you love the pumpkin beer.)
  • A currently unnamed Farmhouse IPA, the brewery’s first funky offering. This one is a blend of Conquest’s Warrior Heart IPA and the experimental saison yours truly brewed with the crew a few months ago.
  • The second release in the Cyclops series, a single-hopped Newport Black IPA, which is pretty self-explanatory. This thing’s a palate wrecker, but not a night ender: It’s a session IPA clocking in at around only 4% ABV.
  • Novemberfest, an Oktoberfest that was a little late to the party.

In addition to the new brews, The Wurst Wagon will be slinging brats and more, there will be tours of the “haunted” brewery and a best and worst costume contest will be held.

The tasting room will be open for extended hours for the night, opening at 5 PM and running until 10:30 PM.