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The Bruery Jardinier Launches Year Round

The Bruery Jardinier joins the brewery’s year-round lineup this month. The beer is the first new year-round offering in more than two years. Jardinier is a Belgian-style pale ale, a beer designed to be full of flavor, while also being Continue Reading →

The Bruery Sourrento Now Available to Members

The Bruery is now offering Sourrento, a sour ale inspired by the spirit Limoncello, to their Reserve and Preservation Society members.

Sourrento is a sour ale that was inspired by the lemon flavored spirt, Limoncello,which hails from the city of Sorrento, Italy. Continue Reading →

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The Bruery OR XATA, a Horchata Inspired Seasonal

The Bruery (Placentia, CA) is just launched a new nationally distributed, seasonal release, OR XATA. The new offering is based on horchata, a Spanish/Latin American milky drink, made from crushed almonds or rice.

The Bruery OR XATA is a base blonde ale, brewed with rice, cinnamon, vanilla beans and lactose, to give the beer a creamy mouthfeel.

Horchata is a traditional, sweet, milky drink originating in Spain and Latin America that has become quite popular in Southern California, particularly with Mexican cuisine. Our take on the traditionally non-alcoholic drink is a blonde ale brewed with a heavy dosing of rice, cinnamon and fresh vanilla beans along with lactose for a litle extra creamy character. If you didn’t know better, you’d think it was carbonated horchata. The flavor is hard to describe, but for those who know it, you know you love it.

The Bruery OR XATA is available in 750ml bottles.

Style: Blonde Ale (w/ Cinnamon, Vanilla Beans, Lactose.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles.
Release: February, 2015

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
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The Bruery Jardinier Launches Year Round

The Bruery Jardinier joins the brewery’s year-round lineup this month. The beer is the first new year-round offering in more than two years. Jardinier is a Belgian-style pale ale, a beer designed to be full of flavor, while also being lower in alcohol.

Jardinier, which is French for “gardner” was inspired by the fresh, sessionable beers on the Belgian dinner table. A perfect beer for any occasion, casual, or ornate. Jardinier is best enjoyed fresh.

The Bruery Jardinier will be available in 750ml bottles, year round.

Style: Belgian-style Pale Ale
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft. Year-round.
Release: January, 2015, SoCal, first.

4.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, The Bruery

The Bruery Mocha Wednesday makes a reappearance

The Bruery Mocha Wednesday was released this week to Reserve Society members.

The Bruery Mocha Wednesday is a massive imperial stout, featuring coffee and TCHO chocolate. Aged in bourbon barrels.

There is a two bottle limit for members for Mocha. (In addition to the two already allocated.) On sale now through 1/23/14. $33.99 per bottle.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee, Chocolate. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml bottles. Bruery Reserve Society only.
Return: January, 2015

18.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
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The Bruery Chronology:6 Released to Reserve Society Members

The Bruery Chronology:6 is now available to Reserve Society members. This particular offering kicks off a series of barrel aged offerings.

Chronology:6 is a bourbon barrel aged ale, aged six months in barrels. A new chronology will be released at six month intervals in order to show how time in the barrels change the beer flavor.

Bottles are $21.25 each, with a two bottle limit. Available now until 1/24/15.

Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 750ml bottles. Reserve Society only.
Released: January, 2015

16.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
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The Bruery Sourrento Now Available to Members

The Bruery is now offering Sourrento, a sour ale inspired by the spirit Limoncello, to their Reserve and Preservation Society members.

Sourrento is a sour ale that was inspired by the lemon flavored spirt, Limoncello,which hails from the city of Sorrento, Italy. To create this unique, sweetly sour flavor, we aged our sour blonde ale with both lemon zest and fresh vanilla beans. The resulting beer is somewhere between a classic sour ale, a delightful Italian apertif, and a lemon meringue pie.

The Bruery Sourrento is available in 750ml bottles, for $16.99.

Style: Sour/Wild Ale (w/ Lemon Zest, Vanilla Beans. Oak Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: December, 2014

7.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
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The Bruery So Happens It’s Tuesday Will Not Be Released

The Bruery (Placentia, CA) has an unforgettable imperial stout, Black Tuesday. This barrel aged beast in aged in bourbon, and clocks in around 18% ABV.  Black Tuesday big and bold, and sneaks up on you. Enter So Happens It’s Tuesday, a less “intense” edition of Black Tuesday. This edition is brewed in the spirit of Black Tuesday, but finishes at just 11.3%.

In 1929, America was devastated by a great stock market crash that led to The Great Depression. Our infamous Black Tuesday stout is named in honor of the largest trading day of that crash, which led to some very dark times for our country. “So Happens it’s Tuesday” is a slightly less intense incarnation of Black Tuesday, reminding us that there is always some good to be found within the bad. Things happen, life goes on, and this beer can be enjoyed in all of those moments.

The Bruery So Happens It’s Tuesday is in 750ml bottles, just like the rest of the brewery’s lineup. Available to The Reserve Society this December.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Arrival: December, 2014

11.3% ABV

Update: 12/8. The Bruery has updated its members that the final beer does not meet their standards and will not be released.

As for So Happens It’s Tuesday, which was to be included with your membership, we unfortunately have to announce that it isn’t holding up to our standards.  We do enjoy this beer a lot and will make complimentary samples available for a short while at our Tasting Room beginning soon, but we don’t feel comfortable sending these out as initially intended.  We will automatically refund your credit card on file with the full value of this beer ($20+tax) before the end of December.  We apologize for this inconvenience.

 

by Reid Ramsay
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The Bruery Roble Blanco Hits Reserve Society

The Bruery has revealed “Mystery Beer #1” to their Reserve Society members. Roble Blanco is on sale now, a beer that mimics a margarita.

Roble Blanco is a wheat beer aged in tequila barrels. The agave, combined with aging the beer with lime and salt, combines for a margarita (beer-rita) flavor.

Living in Southern California, we’re huge fans of both Mexican cuisine and, of course, Mexican cocktails. This is a tribute to our favorite blended fiesta beverage, the Margarita. We aged this wheat-based beer in Tequila barrels for an extended period of time, lending warmth and a roasted agave character. Coupled with a slight lime tartness and a classic, salty finish, this brew is a great approximation of the refreshing summer afternoon Margarita.

The Bruery Roble Blanco is offered in 750ml bottles.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ Lime, Salt. Barrel Aged. Tequila.)
Availability: 750ml bottles, limited to Reserve Society members
Release: October, 2014. (First release)

15% ABV

by Reid Ramsay