Fans of Holy City‘s GABF gold medal-winning Pluff Mud Porter woke up to an early Christmas present last Saturday: News that the beer will be available in six packs beginning next year.
It’s not exactly secret the Charleston brewery was looking to get the beer in 12 oz. bottles, but an official announcement was made during the weekend. Keep an eye out for them in early 2014.
After some fits and starts with their new bottling line, the GABF gold medal-winning Pluff Mud Porter from Holy City has returned to bottled format.
With the new piece of tech properly up and running, Holy City began filling 22 oz. bombers of the beer for sale last week for only $5 a pop. (You can see the new label artwork above. No six packs yet.)
Bottles are being sold only at the brewery and in the Charleston area for the time being, but now that they have the capability to produce more bottles, the beer could see a wider distribution soon.
For now, if you want to take home a bomber or 750 of Holy City‘s growing slate of beers, you’ll have to make your way down to the brewery itself and pick some up in person. But in the near future, you’ll be able to find 22-ounce bottles of Holy City brews around the Holy City itself.
About a week ago, the brewery received its new bottling machine and on Tuesday gave it a test run with bombers of their Pluff Mud Porter. (Hmm .. that label design looks familiar.) There’s no word on when it’ll be operational, how many bottles they’ll be able to produce and when you’ll see the finished product, but all of those details will certainly be announced when everything’s up and running.
The machine will be filling 22s for the time being, but six packs are planned for the future. The greater Charleston area should begin seeing bottles around town soon. No word on expansion outside of the Lowcountry, but those of us in Columbia (and I’m sure Greenville) will keep our fingers crossed.
