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The Bruery Fourthmeal, a collaboration with Maine Beer Company
The Bruery Fourthmeal, a collaboration with Maine Beer Company is being bottled today. The Freeport, Maine based brewery recently traveled to Placentia, California for a brew day.
The Forthmeal name is a little homage to some of Maine Beer Company’s most popular offerings, Lunch and Dinner. The beer is a hoppy, Belgian-style ale, that combines flavor elements that both breweries are known for – Maine Beer Co.:Hoppy, The Bruery: Belgian influenced.
The Bruery and Maine Beer Company got together and cooked up something special for you: fourthmeal. It isn’t brunch; it isn’t “dinner.” It’s a hoppy Belgian-style ale that brings aspects of both breweries to the table: fruity, Belgian yeast esters, a crisp, ready backbone, citrus and piney hop characteristics, and a dry, hop-forward finish. There’s no-one shouting “come n’ git it” when it’s time to dine – just mouthwatering, dry-hopped aromatics, signally that it’s time for fourthmeal.
Per The Bruery, the collaboration will be “hoppy” with limited distribution through their network. Release details to follow.
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The Bruery 8 Maids-A-Milking ships
The Bruery 8 Maids-A-Milking is the eighth verse of the brewery’s “Twelve Beers of Christmas” series.
The 2015 verse is 8 Maids-a Milking, and if you haven’t guessed the style yet, it’s a milk stout. An 11.5% alcohol by volume milk stout to be exactly. Meant to be drank now, or cellared until the series completes in 2019.
8 Maids-A-Milking is suitable for aging up to four years (soon after the release of “Twelve Drummers Drumming”) when cellared properly.
The Bruery 8 Maids-A-Milking is available in 750 milliliter bottles. Released in mid-October in the tap room, and headed to distribution towards the end of the month.
Style: Imperial Milk Stout
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft. One time release.
Arrival: October, 2015
11.5% ABV
The last seven years of releases in the series includes:
7 Swans-A-Swimming – Belgian-style quadrupel (2014)
6 Geese-A-Laying – Belgian-style Dark Ale, with cape gooseberries (2013)
5 Golden Rings – Golden Ale, with cinnamon, allspice, ginger, pineapple (2012)
4 Calling Birds – Belgian-style Dark Ale, with gingerbread spices (2011)
3 French Hens – Belgian-style Dark Ale, partial French oak aged (2010)
2 Turtles Doves – Belgian-style Dark/Porter Blend, with pecans and cocoa nibs (2009)
A Partridge in a Pear Tree – Belgian-style dark ale with candi sugar (2008)
The Bruery Ride That Goat
The Bruery Ride That Goat
The Bruery Arbe Released to Society Members
The Bruery Arbe is an Society Member exclusive release imperial stout.
Designed to explore the flavor profiles of barrel toast, The Arbe Series is aged in light toast (light char) barrels from Kelvin Cooperage in Kentucky. You’ll find the flavor profile below.
The Arbre series is an exploration of barrel toast. We brewed a rich, malty imperial stout and divided it into three parts, laying each down in brand new American oak barrels from our friends at Kelvin Cooperage in Kentucky. This variation of Arbre spent time resting in lightly toasted barrels and reveals notes of oak as well as raisins and just a hint of smoke. A remarkable beer on its own, but even more exciting when tasted side-by-side with its medium toast and dark char counterparts for a truly educational experience.
The Bruery Arbe is available starting this week to The Bruery Society members. No distribution.
Style: Imperial Stout (Oak Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: 8/5/15
11.3% ABV
Bruery Melange 12 Released
The Bruery Melange 12 is now available to Bruery Reserve Society members. Melange is blend of barrel aged strong ales.
Bruery Melange 12 features vanilla beans, cacao nibs, hazelnuts, aged in bourbon barrels.
A curious amalgam of barrel-aged beer seeping with notes of burnt marshmallows and toasty nuts.
Members of The Bruery’s Reserve and Hoarder’s Society have access. Bruery Melange 12 is available in 750ml bottles.
Style: American Strong Ale (w/ Cocoa Nibs, Vanilla Beans, Hazelnuts. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
16.8% ABV
The Bruery Geriatric Hipster Club
The Bruery Geriatric Hipster Club
The Bruery Freckle Joins Preservation Series
The Bruery Freckle joins the Preservation Series of releases. Freckle draws inspiration from Mexican mole sauce.
The base beer for Freckle is an imperial stout, brewed with cocoa nibs and spices.
Freckle is a robust imperial stout that has been infused with the essence of an elegant Mexican molé. The dark, roasted barley in this 10.8% abv stout has been accented with a touch of rich chocolate and a hint of south of the border spice for our interpretation of the unique, sweet & savory sauce used throughout southern Mexico.
The Bruery Freckle is available to Bruery Reserve Society members, plus very limited distribution.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cocoa Nibs, Spices.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles.
Release: February, 2015
10.8% ABV
