Almanac Beer Co.
San Jose, California
Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Strawberry Released
Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Strawberry is the latest release in the brewery’s Farm to Barrel Series. Each release features local fruit, picked at peak season to nuance the Almanac’s very barrel aged ales.
Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Strawberry is a blond sour ale that features coastal Seascape Strawberries grown at Dirty Girl Farms in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains.
These delicious juicy berries are swept by cool evening ocean breezes and drenched in warm daytime sun before being hand-picked and added to this tart and refreshing ale. Enjoy paired with classic charcuterie and summer salads.
Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Strawberry is available in 375ml bottles.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Strawberries. Barrel Aged. Wine Aged.)
Availability: 375ml bottles
Release: March, 2015
7% ABV
Almanac Rum Barrel Peche Coming to Farm to Barrel
Almanac Rum Barrel Peche takes aim at the brewery’s Farm to Barrel Series.
This edition features summer peaches, a sour blonde ale, and rum barrels.
Historically, fruit-infused sour beer were a way of preserving the summer harvest. In that tradition, this blonde ale was added to rum barrels with high-summer peaches, hand-picked by the Loewen Family at Blossom Bluff Orchards in Reedley, California. We aged this liquid gold for six months until we needed a reminder that summer will come again.
Almanac Rum Barrel Peche will be available in 375ml bottles. The brewery has not yet announced this offering.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Peaches. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 375ml Bottles
Release: TBA
7% ABV
Almanac Valencia Gold Headed to Bottles
Almanac Valencia Gold is headed to bottles in the near future. Embodying some of the best products of California, Almanac Valencia Gold uses orange blossom honey, and Valencia oranges. Sounds like beaches and sunlight.
Valencia Gold is an aromatic Belgian-style ale that celebrates the vibrant and pioneering history of San Francisco’s sunny Mission District. This imperial ale is brewed with fragrant orange blossom honey and fresh Valencia Oranges from California’s Central Valley and dry-hopped with tangerine-scented Mandarina Bavaria hops. Pour this pure California sunshine into your favorite tulip glass and enjoy with fresh Dungeness Crab or winter citrus salads. ¡Salud
Almanac Valencia Gold has already made draft appearances for San Francisco Beer Week. 22oz bottles will release in the near future.
Style: Belgian-style Strong Ale (w/ Honey, Oranges)
Availability: Draft, 22oz Bottles
Bottle Release: TBA
8.5% ABV
Almanac Valley of the Hearts Delight, Batch 2
Almanac Valley of the Hearts Delight is back for round two. The sour ale is inspired by the agricultural history of Santa Clara Valley, California.
Now Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Valley was once known as Valley of the Heart’s Delight, the land of fruit orchards. For this release of Heart’s Delight, Almanac uses foraged apricots handpicked by the Garden To Table non-profit, promoting urban farming in San Jose.
Almanac Valley of the Hearts Delight uses a blend of wild and sour cultures from a few of the brewery’s other offerings. Aged in wine barrels with the foraged apricots. Available again in 375ml bottles.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Apricots. Barrel Aged)
Availability: 375ml bottles, corked & caged.
Return: February, 2015 (Batch 2)
7% ABV
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Almanac Farm to Barrel Blueberry Released
Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Blueberry is now available. The newest Farm to Barrel Series release features blueberries sour ale, aged in wine barrels.
We selected the very best hand-picked blueberries grown in the hills of Butte County, California, and added them to a sour golden ale aged in wine barrels. The resulting beer is infused with a delicate blueberry essence, a reminder of far off summer days.
Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Blueberry is available in 375ml bottles, and draft.
Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Barrel Aged. Wine Aged.)
Availability: 375ml Bottles, Draft. Limited.
Release: Late January, 2015
7% ABV
Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir Looks to Join Farm To Barrel Series
Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir takes aim at the brewery’s Farm to Barrel Series. These small batch barrel aged offerings typical feature local fruits, mixed with wine, bourbon or spirits barrels.
Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir is a base imperial stout that spent some time with popular cognac, Rémy Martin.
This very limited release is a love letter to barrel aging. We started with an imperial stout brewed with our favorite dark malts. We aged the beer for over a year in large Remy Martin Cognac puncheons where the beer breathed in the rich oak, vanilla and cognac aromatics of the barrels – resulting in this contemplative black ale.
Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir will be available in 375ml bottles.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Cognac.)
Availability: 375ml Bottles
Release: TBA
10% ABV
Almanac Tequila Barrel Noir Now Available
Almanac Beer Company has just released a new barrel aged offering in their Farm to Barrel Series – Tequila Barrel Noir. The base beer is a stout, aged in tequila barrels.
This robust American Stout is aged in used Tequila barrels. As it matures, the toasted oak breathes in the beer, infusing the stout with hints of smoke and spice from its former life holding distilled agave. Pair with a San Francisco-style super burrito.
Almanac Tequila Barrel Noir is available in 375ml bottles.
Style: Stout (Barrel Aged. Tequila.)
Availability: 375ml Bottles
Arrival: Late Nov/Dec, 2014
10% ABV
