As mentioned in a previous post, 21st Amendment Brewing putting Hop Crisis in cans for the first time, previously a draft only product. This hoppy beer is aged on oak spirals.
21st Amendment Brewing’s (San Francisco, CA) “Hop Crisis” has been a limited draft only offering. Judging by inventory sales sheets by a local distributor, Hop Crisis is headed for cans soon.
21st Amendment Brewing mentioned on Twitter today that their Hell Or Highwatermelon Wheat has come off the canning line today with their spiffy new artwork. Love the American theme. Apparently that bridge is being refurbished.
One of the most highly anticipated releases by 21st Amendment Brewing – “Monk’s Blood” has shipped. Monk’s Blood is a Belgian Strong Dark in a can. A head turner for nothing else if that alone. This beer is a flavor Continue Reading →
21st Amendment Brewing’s “Hell or High Watermelon” wheat ale arrives again in March 2011. Like Brew Free or Die, the beer has a new label. Sent to me by a one of their brewery reps – aka “Can Evangelists”, Continue Reading →
21st Amendment Brewing & Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery have once again collaborated on “Strong Beer Month”. As described on the webpage dedicated to the occasion:
Magnolia and 21st Amendment are proud to collaborate together once again on strong beer month. It’s Continue Reading →
Headed your way soon is 21st Amendment Brewing’s newest concoction “Bitter American”. This seasonal release intends to take an American beer style and lower the abv. Here’s a little beer geek background on this. There is a long going debate about session beers on Twitter & various beer forums. Some say the English defined it years ago at 4% or less. Some argue it’s 5% or less. (I’m not jumping into this. Those are the sides.) English bitter is actually a beer style, with an abv range of 3%-5%. Popular in England of course. Stay with me here. The American IPA is easily one of the most popular styles in the U.S, however it’s not very sessionable, as they are typically well above 6%. Bitter American seeks to change this. It’s an IPA with all the hops & flavor, with a much lower abv. (4.4%) Shawn O’Sullivan bragged recently on Twitter that Bitter American is one of best beers they have ever brewed. Check out 21A’s blog post about this release:
As mentioned in a previous post, 21st Amendment Brewing putting Hop Crisis in cans for the first time, previously a draft only product. This hoppy beer is aged on oak spirals.
Label (It reads like a conversation in the beginning): The Hop Syndicate is hoarding hops in a remote warehouse. This is not cool. We have to do something. Absolutely. It’s our duty and our right. WE have to break out of Alcatraz. and fast. No worries brotha! Wer’re gonna surf out! on ironing boards! No one as ever escaped from Alcatraz!… Except in the movies. No one has ever had a good reason before. Free the hops! Free The hops!
During the hop crisis, some brewers were forced to skimp on hops, depriving the people of their right to hoppy, aromatic beer.
21st Amendment Brewing’s (San Francisco, CA) “Hop Crisis” has been a limited draft only offering. Judging by inventory sales sheets by a local distributor, Hop Crisis is headed for cans soon.
21A Talks About Hop Crisis: Hop Crisis was our Triple IPA and was named as a challenge to the hop shortage and price increase from a few years back where some hops reached $29 a pound. Rather than relent we thought it would be fun to embrace the crisis and see it through to the other side where hop prices have now settled down.
21st Amendment Brewing mentioned on Twitter today that their Hell Or Highwatermelon Wheat has come off the canning line today with their spiffy new artwork. Love the American theme. Apparently that bridge is being refurbished.
One of the most highly anticipated releases by 21st Amendment Brewing – “Monk’s Blood” has shipped. Monk’s Blood is a Belgian Strong Dark in a can. A head turner for nothing else if that alone. This beer is a flavor kick. Love Belgian beers or Belgian style beers? Pick this one up.
Commercial Description: 21st Amendment founders Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan traveled to Belgium to develop the recipe for this special beer, visiting small, traditional breweries in the hop fields of west Flanders, not far from the famous Trappist abbey of Westvletren. Monk’s Blood is designed to pair beautifully with rich winter stews, creamy cheeses, unctuous desserts or just by itself, in a Belgian tulip glass, with a good book by the fire.
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale Hops: Magnum, Centennial (Bitter) Amarillo (Flavor) Malts: Belgian Pilsner, 2 Row Pale, Caramunich, Caravienne, Aromatic, Special B, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat Special: Dark Belgian Candi Sugar, Cinnamon, Vanilla Bean, Dried Mission Black Figs
Oak Aged
Taste Expectations: A complex beer, with flavors of dark fruits, figs, vanilla, oak & cinnamon.
21st Amendment Brewing’s “Hell or High Watermelon” wheat ale arrives again in March 2011. Like Brew Free or Die, the beer has a new label. Sent to me by a one of their brewery reps – aka “Can Evangelists”, I really like this new update.
Monk’s Blood is still set to arrive in February, followed by Hell or High Watermelon….
21st Amendment Brewing & Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery have once again collaborated on “Strong Beer Month”. As described on the webpage dedicated to the occasion:
Magnolia and 21st Amendment are proud to collaborate together once again on strong beer month. It’s an opportunity to explore the ritual & traditions of brewers commemorating seasons and occasions with special brews, usually strong in nature and intended for sipping and contemplation.
Both Magnolia & 21A have special strong brews at each of their respective locations in San Francisco, CA. By the looks of it – barleywines, imperial stouts, tripels and more. I’m sure if you aren’t in the area, there are plenty of strong beers to drink along with If you Twitter – use #StrongBeerMonth.
Headed your way soon is 21st Amendment Brewing’s newest concoction “Bitter American”. This seasonal release intends to take an American beer style and lower the abv. Here’s a little beer geek background on this. There is a long going debate about session beers on Twitter & various beer forums. Some say the English defined it years ago at 4% or less. Some argue it’s 5% or less. (I’m not jumping into this. Those are the sides.) English bitter is actually a beer style, with an abv range of 3%-5%. Popular in England of course. Stay with me here. The American IPA is easily one of the most popular styles in the U.S, however it’s not very sessionable, as they are typically well above 6%. Bitter American seeks to change this. It’s an IPA with all the hops & flavor, with a much lower abv. (4.4%) Shawn O’Sullivan bragged recently on Twitter that Bitter American is one of best beers they have ever brewed. Check out 21A’s blog post about this release:
Our Bitter American session ale is about to hit your good beer bars and stores, coming in at 4.4% ABV, 42 IBUs, with full hoppy flavors that you would find in an India Pale Ale. We use this amazing malt, Golden Promise, from Simpson’s out of the UK that gives this beer a nice malt complexity without adding too much sweetness. This is our late winter seasonal offering from January through March a time when we are all enjoying the big beers of this season; sometimes you need a moment of clarity in the sea of strong beers.
Why a session IPA? Well a few years back after looking around at the trend where India Pale Ales were headed toward the bigger, bitterer hoppier, stronger end of the arc, we thought how cool would it be to make an IPA that you could drink a few more than an Imperial/Double or Triple IPA. The bigger beers are fun to enjoy, but they sometimes get you in trouble with your significant other, the floor below your bar stool or the morning after for that matter.
The concept of the “Session IPA” or “Nor Cal Bitter” as brewer Rodger Davis from Triple Rock has coined is something that has started to gain popularity with good beer drinkers and might be an artifact of the brewer’s world as we age (gracefully of course) and require lower alcohol beers. Those big IPAs are not going anywhere nor should they, we all need hops and lots of them, but the session ale is starting to make a come back.
As most of the craft beer tradition and practices in the United States stemmed from the UK, session ale originated across the pond as well. In England session beer is a style that is lower in alcohol, whereby you can enjoy many in a single beer drinking ‘session.’ This story is from the good folks at Beer Advocate giving some insight into where the phase “Drinking Session” may have originated:
“The Drinking Session
A British expat and buddy of ours in California once suggested that a “session” referred to one of the two allowable drinking periods in England that were imposed on shell production workers during World War I. Typically the licensed sessions were 11am-3pm and 7pm-11pm, and apparently continued up until the Liquor Licensing Act 1988 was introduced. Workers would find a beer that they could adequately quaff within these restrictive 4-hour “sessions” that were laid down by the government without getting legless and return to work or not get arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Now he could be full of shite, but we’ve found some smatterings of info to back this up and it sounds like a fine origin of the term to us.”
Now go out and get one or two or three or…I can keep going with this…
As mentioned in a previous post, 21st Amendment Brewing putting Hop Crisis in cans for the first time, previously a draft only product. This hoppy beer is aged on oak spirals.
