Bottleworks is a specialty beer store in Seattle, Washington. They have close to 1,000 bottles, growlers, and cellared beers, even chocolate. Over the weekend, Bottleworks celebrated they 12 Anniversary. Best way to do that is with a specialty beer from Continue Reading →
Here is the skinny on the upcoming The Bruery/ Cigar City Collaboration headed to shelves this spring.
From The Bruery :
In 2008, The Bruery of Orange County, California and Cigar City Brewing of Tampa, Florida were occupying their time with much of the same madness. Patrick Rue and Joey Redner, the respective founders, were busy buying fermenters and bottling lines, figuring out health codes, zoning laws and taxation procedures and in their spare time, working on recipes for what would eventually be their first few brews.
In California? Going to California? Reserve Society Member? Head over the The Bruery’s Provisions Store. Cuádruple, a Belgian-style ale brewed with Agave just hit shelves.
Description:
Cuádruple – If the monks of Belgium had access to the agave plants of Central Continue Reading →
I still can’t believe the success The Bruery (Placienta, CA) has had in 3 years. With good reason. The beers are great. Like this one – Chocolate Rain.
Chocolate Rain has been a draft only, rare offering by The Bruery. Even Continue Reading →
Taste testing different barrels of our collaboration beer with Cigar City… it’s coming along splendidly. Can’t wait to bottle this up.
Not many people knew about this beer… but it exists!!! No word on the style, Continue Reading →
Bottleworks is a specialty beer store in Seattle, Washington. They have close to 1,000 bottles, growlers, and cellared beers, even chocolate. Over the weekend, Bottleworks celebrated they 12 Anniversary. Best way to do that is with a specialty beer from The Bruery.
The beer is XII a part of the “Bottleworks Imagination Series.” XII is an imperial sour wit ale brewed with spices, then aged in red wine barrels with raspberries.
Even without tasting the beer sounds nothing short of amazing. Sold in 750ml bottles AT the Bottleworks in Seattle only. Or Ebay by now.
Here is the skinny on the upcoming The Bruery/ Cigar City Collaboration headed to shelves this spring.
From The Bruery :
In 2008, The Bruery of Orange County, California and Cigar City Brewing of Tampa, Florida were occupying their time with much of the same madness. Patrick Rue and Joey Redner, the respective founders, were busy buying fermenters and bottling lines, figuring out health codes, zoning laws and taxation procedures and in their spare time, working on recipes for what would eventually be their first few brews.
Not even three years later, both of these breweries have risen to levels far beyond their early projections. Geographically a country apart, but following similar paths, an immediate connection was felt between The Bruery and Cigar City. Both had spent time cultivating recipes that expanded the borders of what a beer could be through the use of specialty ingredients like guava or Thai basil and using processes such as aging beers in wooden barrels to further increase the complexity and character of their product.
The brewers from each company met each other for the first time during the 2009 Great American Beer Festival while enjoying a few pints at Falling Rock Tap House and it was there that the general concept for a recipe was developed. Not long after, Wayne, Cigar City’s head brewer, flew out to Orange County to finish up the recipe and brew it along with The Bruery.
An Imperial Oud Bruin developed from a mutual love of classic Belgian technique blended with modern American ingenuity. Spending over a year in barrels, both bourbon and wine, has left this dark sour ale layered with notes of cranberries, tropical fruits, leather and aged balsamic vinegar, balanced by wood tannins and roasted malt.
Raise a glass and toast to the success of fledging breweries across this great nation!
Release: All Bruery Distributed Regions, Spring 2011 8.5% ABV 15 IBU’s
In California? Going to California? Reserve Society Member? Head over the The Bruery’s Provisions Store. Cuádruple, a Belgian-style ale brewed with Agave just hit shelves.
Description: Cuádruple – If the monks of Belgium had access to the agave plants of Central America, this is the beer they would have brewed. We used heaping amounts of dark agave nectar in place of the typical sugars in our version of the classic Belgian Quadruple.
According to this page, it is available to Bruery Reserve Society Members only, bottle limit of 2. Sold to non-members on 2/14/11.
UPDATE: Some of the beer plans have changed. The Bruery had plans of using Black Zapote, but the flavors produced weren’t desirable. More info to follow!!
I still can’t believe the success The Bruery (Placienta, CA) has had in 3 years. With good reason. The beers are great. Like this one – Chocolate Rain.
Chocolate Rain has been a draft only, rare offering by The Bruery. Even a bit more rare than “Black Tuesday” an imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels. Why? Its actually Black Tuesday with vanilla bean, & cocoa nibs. Just to recap: Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels. Take that tasty treat and add vanilla bean & cocoa nibs. Excuse me while I go get a bib.
This tasty treat is headed for bottles for the first time.
Taste testing different barrels of our collaboration beer with Cigar City… it’s coming along splendidly. Can’t wait to bottle this up.
Not many people knew about this beer… but it exists!!! No word on the style, or who will receive this beer… BUT!!! Starting in 2011, Cigar City Brewingwill be distributed in Georgia. Can’t wait to see how this beer pans out. The Bruery & Cigar City Brewing. Sounds like a match made in heaven.
Bottleworks is a specialty beer store in Seattle, Washington. They have close to 1,000 bottles, growlers, and cellared beers, even chocolate. Over the weekend, Bottleworks celebrated they 12 Anniversary. Best way to do that is with a specialty beer from The Bruery.
