Highland Brewing
Highland’s New Razor Wit
Highland Brewing officially announced last week that they would be releasing a new summer seasonal in place of Cat tail Wheat – Razor Wit.
This Belgian-style Wit, or “white” ale, is an unfiltered wheat beer brewed with traditional ingredients and a Highland twist. Wits are conventionally brewed with noble hops, pale malt, unmalted wheat, orange peel, and coriander. We have made this beer our own by adding other unique spices to create complex aromatics, a refreshing taste, and a crisp finish. Light in color with a smooth body, Razor Wit is perfect for hot summer days and sultry summer nights. Just a wee bit different. -Look for our other unique brews available in retail stores and restaurants.
Style: Witbier
Hops: Hallertau Mittelfruh, Mt. Hood
Spices: Coriander, Ginger, Sweet & Bitter Orange Peel, Grains of Paradise, Cumin
5% ABV, 25 IBUs
Highland Replacing Cattail With Razor Wit
A few weeks ago, BSJ mentioned that Highland Brewing is working on a summer ale. Unveiled today, it’s dubbed Razor Wit. This witbier is Highland’s take on the style, brewed with ginger, grains of paradise, and cumin, in addition to the traditional coriander and orange peel.
“I love the ginger,” said head brewer Joey Justice. “Ginger can dry the beer out, and grains of paradise are sort of hot, so we started with a slightly sweeter base and more body to compensate for the spices.”
There’s a lot of flavor in this summer beer. When you’re brewing with spices, it’s tricky. Boil the spices, you could get off flavors. Heating/warming gently is the way to go.
“We ground the spices, heated them in water to simulate what would happen in the boiling process, and dosed each one in a neutral beer,” said Justice. “We identified the flavors we got from each spice… and talked about how they would work together.”
Balance of flavors is key here. Nothing extreme. Just flavorful and complex. Razor Wit, like Little Hump, and Cold Mountain is named after a North Carolina mountain.
Style: Witbier
Hops: Hallertau Mittelfruh, Mt. Hood
Spices: Coriander, Ginger, Sweet & Bitter Orange Peel, Seeds of Paradise, Cumin
5% ABV, 25 IBUs
For all seasonal events and hikes, Highland partners with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC). They work to protect the NC and TN Appalachians — the world’s oldest mountains — including their unique plant and animal habitat, water, farmland and scenic beauty that is vital to Highland and the Asheville area.
Highland Working On New Summer Offering
Highland Brewing is working on a new summer offering as you read this. The only details at the moment are that it has never been brewed by Highland before. Look for it late Spring.
Highland Brewing Sourwood Blossom Ale
Highland Areola Ale
Areola Ale will be released in the upcoming weeks by Highland Brewery out of Asheville, NC in support of breast cancer awareness. It appears that this ale will be available in bottles. Stay tuned for more info…
Wash Your Hair In Beer
BRÖÖ – the shampoo and conditioner made with beer. Highland Brewing’s St. Terese’s Pale to be exact.
Sarah and Brad Pearsall, 2 lawyers created the product. Apparently his mother used to wash her hair with beer, so the idea to pursue this was born. The shampoo is simply beer, sulfate-free cleaners, & conditioners. The shampoo launches this week in Ashville, North Carolina for $14 a bottle. The company isn’t shipping yet, but has plans to do so. [Broo]
You can also wash your body in beer too, with Dogfish Head Beer Soap
Highland Adds Thunderstruck
Highland Brewing (Asheville, NC) is adding a coffee laden porter – Thunderstruck Coffee Porter. (That put a song in your head?)
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This robust porter has a full body with some hints of chocolate from the chocolate malt and midnight wheat. The mild noble hop aroma showcases the roasty flavors and subtle fruit and spice notes of the artisan roasted Fair Trade/Organic coffee of Black Mountain, NC’s Dynamite Roasting Co.
Availability: 220z Bombers. Seasonal.
Arrival: TBA
Check out the coffee providers dynamiteroasting.com
