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Black Tuesday 2011 Details

Hi everyone!

As usual, we will be releasing this year’s vintage of Black Tuesday on the final Tuesday of the month of October. This year that falls on October 25th. You can read about Black Tuesday at www.thebruery.com/blacktuesday

-Sales for these bottles Continue Reading →

New Beers For The Bruery This Weekend

The Bruery welcomes 2 beers into their family this weekend – Humulus Wet, & Rub A Dub Dubbel.  That’s in addition to 100% Barrel Aged Autumn Maple bottles that go on sale today…

Humulus Wet Taps Today – 

A wet hopped beer, Continue Reading →

Bruery Humulus Wet, Dubbel Newsletter

Hi Everybody!

This weekend we are welcoming two brand new beers into the Bruery Famille lineup and we can’t wait to share them with you!

For those of you Humulus lupulus-heads who have been following it’s progress on our blog, our fresh Continue Reading →

47 Batches Make Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday, a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout by The Bruery, returns in October.  The 2011 batch is a blend of 47 barrels.  Check out details on the release. [Twitpic]

Posted in Press Releases, The Bruery

Black Tuesday 2011 Details

Hi everyone!

As usual, we will be releasing this year’s vintage of Black Tuesday on the final Tuesday of the month of October. This year that falls on October 25th. You can read about Black Tuesday at www.thebruery.com/blacktuesday

-Sales for these bottles will be online at bt.thebruery.com on 10/25/11 at 10am PST.

-There will be a 3 bottle limit per customer.

-Bottles are $30 each.

-The bottles will be available for pickup beginning the following day at The Bruery Provisions and we will hold them there until December 1, 2011 for you to pick up. They MUST be picked up before this date.

-If you plan on having someone else pick up the bottles, please make sure they are listed in the “ship to” portion of the checkout.

*Please note that the bottles are not securely yours until you have completed the checkout process. Simply being “in your cart” does not guarantee they are yours. We apologize in advance if this causes you any issues.*

While this will be the primary method for selling Black Tuesday, we plan to have further opportunities to get your hands on this beer throughout the year, so if you aren’t able to get bottles during this sale, don’t fret, you’ll have several more opportunities.

And don’t forget, LA Beer week starts today! Check www.labeerweek.com for a listing of events including many of our own!

Cheers,
The folks at The Bruery
by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, The Bruery

The Bruery Celebrates GABF Wins With Birra Basta Release

The Bruery successfully brought home a gold and two silver medals from this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO.  Reason for celebration?  The Bruery thinks so!  Tomorrow (Friday) not only will they have a special tap list and firkin at the tasting room, but they will be debuting their newest brew, Birra Basta.

Birra Basta is a beer that was brewed with Pizzeria Basta, Boulder, CO.  The idea for this 8.5% ABV Biere de Garde ale was born over a pizza making session.  Beer and pizza?  Who could ask for more right?  Birra Basta was brewed with roasted zucchini, lemon peel, fennel seeds, and cedar chips.  Six malts (Pilsner, Munich, Six Row, Biscuit, Kiln Amber, Aromatic), two hops (Columbus, Strisselspalt), and a  Belgian house yeast also went into the brew.

ABV: 8.5%

Availablity: Draft only

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Elysian Brewing, Stone Brewing Co., The Bruery

A Fall Collaboration for Stone, The Bruery, and Elysian

Mitch Steele of Stone Brewing, Patrick Rue and Tyler King of The Bruery, and Dick Cantwell of Elysian Brewing all got together at Stone Brewing a couple of weeks ago to bring an idea they’ve had for about a year to life.  Why not brew a fall collaboration beer using pumpkins grown at Stone Farms?  That is exactly what they did, adding ingredients such as yams and fenugreek suggested by The Bruery and a bushel of lemon verbena suggested by Mitch Steele.  Additional ingredients thrown in for good measure include New Zealand Motueka Hops; rye, brown, and honey malts; C-15 dextrine malt; and birch bark.  The Stone kitchens were used to roast 1,800lbs of pumpkin and 450 lbs of yams.  It was then pureed and added to the mash.

The collaboration will be named Le Citrueille Celest de Citricado, which means “the heavenly pumpkin of Citricado”.  Citricado = the street Stone Brewing is on.  As is usual with a Stone collaboration, all three brewers wrote their own label.  The beer will be served at the Elysian The Great Pumpkin Beer Festival on 10/8 & 10/9.

[Elysian]

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, The Bruery

New Beers For The Bruery This Weekend

The Bruery welcomes 2 beers into their family this weekend – Humulus Wet, & Rub A Dub Dubbel.  That’s in addition to 100% Barrel Aged Autumn Maple bottles that go on sale today…

Humulus Wet Taps Today – 

A wet hopped beer, brewed with 60 lbs of Chinook & 6o lbs of Citra hops.

The combination makes for a blast of piney, floral and citrus-y goodness that is sure to be a hit. Hoppy beers are best consumed as fresh as possible so come in as soon as possible for a pint of Wet.

Saturday is the debut of  Rub-A-Dub-Dubbel, 7.4% ABV.

Rub A Dub Dubbel is a delightful Belgian-style brown ale with plenty of bready yeast esthers balanced with a nutty, coffelike malt back bone and a dry roasty finish.

For funsies, on Sunday grab a Hottenroth Mimosa.  Berliner Weisse & orange or grape juice…  [Bruery]


 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Press Releases, The Bruery

Bruery Humulus Wet, Dubbel Newsletter

Hi Everybody!

This weekend we are welcoming two brand new beers into the Bruery Famille lineup and we can’t wait to share them with you!

For those of you Humulus lupulus-heads who have been following it’s progress on our blog, our fresh hopped beer, Humulus Wet, is finally ready for consumption. We are going to be releasing this deliciously hoppy ale brewed with 60 lbs of Chinook and 60 lbs of Citra wet hops this Friday night. The combination makes for a blast of piney, floral and citrus-y goodness that is sure to be a hit. Hoppy beers are best consumed as fresh as possible so come in as soon as possible for a pint of Wet. Do you want to read more about Humulus Wet? Check out our blog.

The fun doesn’t stop on Friday night; Saturday we are going to be releasing Rub-A-Dub-Dubbel, our 7.4% ABV Dubbel-style ale. Rub A Dub Dubbel is a delightful Belgian-style brown ale with plenty of bready yeast esthers balanced with a nutty, coffelike malt back bone and a dry roasty finish. A new classic.

Sunday we are bringing back a classic Bruery tradition – the Hottenroth mimosa. Hottenroth, our deliciously tart 3.1% ABV Berliner Weisse, pairs perfectly with some fresh orange or grapefruit juice on a laid-back Sunday afternoon. Come in and grab one of those tasty concoctions before these warm Sunday afternoons slip into the cooler Autumn months. Speaking of Autumn, this Friday we will also have bottles of our 100% Barrel Aged Autumn maple on sale, so come in and grab a bottle before they are gone. Those bottles are limited so get in early if you plan on getting your share!

Some delicious food trucks will be by this weekend to satiate the hungry masses! Friday night Home Skillet will be dishing up some of their signature grub, Saturday night we are going to be having the OC Tasting Spoon truck by to serve up some tasty treats and Sunday we will be having Slapfish by with their signature Bruery burger and more seafood fare.

See you all this weekend!

This weekend at the Tasting Room we’re pouring:

Saison Rue
Mischief*
Loakal Red*
Autumn Maple
Saison De Lente
BeRazzled
Humulus Wet*
Rub-A-Dub-Dubbel* (Saturday)
Acer Quercus
Oude Tart
Run B.M.C*
714*
Hottenroth*
Black Orchard*
Snicklefritz*
* = Growler fill available

Hope to see you there!

Cheers,
The folks at The Bruery

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Elysian Brewing, Stone Brewing Co., The Bruery

Bruery, Elysian, Stone Create La Citrueille Celeste de Citracado

Collaboration!  The Bruery, Elysian, and Stone Brewing have teamed up to create La Citrueille Celeste de Citracado 0r Celestial Pumpkin of Citracado.

This beer is brewed with pumpkin, yams, toasted fenugreek, lemon verbena, & birch bark.

The pumpkins here come from Stone farms – 100% organically grown estate gourds.

Brewed in early September.

Availability: Late October, November 2011.  Estimated yield around 350 barrels.

5% ABV

Pic: Pumpkin guts & brew day….

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cool Stuff, The Bruery

47 Batches Make Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday, a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout by The Bruery, returns in October.  The 2011 batch is a blend of 47 barrels.  Check out details on the release. [Twitpic]
by Reid Ramsay