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Upper Hand Old Fighter debuts in May

Upper Hand Old Fighter, an American barleywine, hits shelves in May.

The strong ale uses eight different hops, and seven different grains, including locally grown rye.

“Everyone in the U.P. has their own story of this mythical Northern Pike. While hooked countless Continue Reading →

Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown coming in May

Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown is the next specialty offering by the Grand Rapids, Michigan based brewery.

Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown has the look and feel of a beer from the brewery’s Backstage Series – Frangelic Mountain Brown Ale. While that edition was Continue Reading →

Odell Prop Culture releases April 15th

Odell Prop Culture joins the brewery’s Cellar Series on April 15th.

The basis for this project is the magic that yeast performs. Odell has been experimenting by PROPagating different Belgian yeast strains. The cultures have been blended in different primary and Continue Reading →

Posted in Creature Comforts, Coming Soon

Creature Comforts Curious 6 joins lineup April 30th

Creature Comforts Curious 6 will be available to-go during a special tour on April 30th, 2016.

This sixth edition in the Curious Series starts as another one of the brewery’s very popular releases – Emergence, that has aged on Georgia peaches. In case you are’t familiar, Emergence is an American wild ale, fermented with the brewery’s house mixed culture yeast strain, aged in wine barrels.

Creature Comforts collaborated with Fort Valley, Georgia based Pearson Farms for Curious 6, selecting fresh peaches at the perfect time in order for the fruit to really pop in this beer.

“When drinking The Curious No. 6 you can expect the aroma to be as if you’ve sunk your teeth into the best peach you’ve ever had,” said Head Brewer and Co-Founder David Stein.

Above, brewmaster Adam Beauchamp pours Beer Street Journal a preview taste of this upcoming release. The peaches really do shine in this edition. Honestly, while you could very much cellar a wild ale, maybe considering drinking this one sooner rather than later. Keep those fresh peaches on the forefront of this beer.

Creature Comforts Curious 6 is limited to just a few hundred bottles, tour release only.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: 4/30/16

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Upper Hand Brewery, Coming Soon

Upper Hand Old Fighter debuts in May

Upper Hand Old Fighter, an American barleywine, hits shelves in May.

The strong ale uses eight different hops, and seven different grains, including locally grown rye.

“Everyone in the U.P. has their own story of this mythical Northern Pike. While hooked countless times, this massive fish has never been landed. Our Barley Wine is the perfect beer to reminisce your own Old Fighter stories over,” commented Larry Bell, President and Founder of Upper Hand Brewery and Bell’s Brewery, Inc.

Upper Hand Old Fighter will be available in Michigan’s Upper Penninsula and North Wisconsin in Mid-May, for a limited time.

Style: Barleywine
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. R
Debut: Mid-May, 2016

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Founders Brewing

Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown coming in May

Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown is the next specialty offering by the Grand Rapids, Michigan based brewery.

Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown has the look and feel of a beer from the brewery’s Backstage Series – Frangelic Mountain Brown Ale. While that edition was brewed with hazelnut coffee, this “mountain” brown ale is brewed with Sumatran coffee.

The is bold brown ale gets its body form a team of malts, including caramel malt for sweetness, flaked barley for dense foam, a bit of chocolate malt for color, and aromatic and munich malts for added depth. German and perle hops add a touch of bitterness to balance the sweetness. The addition of rich Sumatra coffee takes this perfectly balance brown ale to a decadent level.

Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown will be a 12 ounce bottle release. Tap room on April 29th, Distribution starting May 2, 2016.

Style: Imperial Brown Ale (w/ Coffee)
Hops: German, Perle
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: May, 2016

9% ABV

Other coffee infused beers by Founders includes: Breakfast Stout, Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Canadian Breakfast Stout and Frangelic Mountain Brown.

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, Coming Soon, Headlines

New Belgium Lips Of Faith Flowering Citrus Ale, with De Konnick

New Belgium Lips Of Faith Flowering Citrus Ale is destined for the brewery’s Lips of Faith Series. This beer is brewed in collaboration with a Belgian brewer De Konnick. Interestingly, this is the second Belgian collaboration this year – hitting shelves now is a Golden Ale brewed with Hof Ten Dormaal.

New Belgium Lips Of Faith Flowering Citrus Ale is designed for summer sipping, brewed with hibiscus and rose petals. The Mistral hops highlighted in this beer are a new variety from France, boasting flavors of passion fruit and kumquat.

No need to jet to Antwerp when you can open up a bouquet of Flowing Citrus Ale. Thanks to our friends at De Konnick Brewery, we brewed up a summery ale bursting with key lime and whole lemons that mingle with the fragrance of hibiscus, rose petals and strawberry-tinged Mistral hops. Open up and let Belgian summer bloom.

New Belgium Lips Of Faith Flowering Citrus Ale will be a 12 ounce bottle offering. The brewery has not yet announced this release.

Style:          (w/ Hibiscus, Roses)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: TBA

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Odell Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Odell Prop Culture releases April 15th

Odell Prop Culture joins the brewery’s Cellar Series on April 15th.

The basis for this project is the magic that yeast performs. Odell has been experimenting by PROPagating different Belgian yeast strains. The cultures have been blended in different primary and secondary fermentations.

We let the Saccharomyces cultures do the heavy lifting by converting the bulk of the wort sugars while the Brettanomyces cultures did the fine tuning to round out the flavor profile. The result of our experimentation led to PROP CULTURE, a project of 10+ yeast strains working together to create a fruit forward collage of flavors like pineapple, pear, mango, and banana balanced by a clove like spiciness.

Odell Prop Culture will be available in 750 milliliter bottles starting April 15th. Full availability details are forthcoming.

Style: Belgian-style Strong Ale
Availability; 750ml Bottles
Release: 4/15/16

7.1% ABV, 27 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon

Wild Ginger Wild Docta’, a new boozy soda

Wild Ginger Wild Docta’ looks to be the third addition to the brewery’s alcoholic soda lineup.

The Nashville, Tennessee based W. G. Brewing Co. kicked off their lineup last year with Wild Ginger, an alcoholic ginger beer. Since boozy root beer is very much a thing these days, Wild Root followed shortly after.

Wild Ginger Wild Docta’ is an alcoholic rock & rye soda. For those not living in Detroit, Michigan, the soda company Faygo, makes a rock & rye soda, described as   “A dreamy vanilla cream soda with just a kick of something that may or not be cherry.”

Like the two previous releases, Wild Docta’ will be a 12 ounce can offering.

Style: Hard Soda
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: TBA

5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in JailHouse Brewing, Coming Soon

Jailhouse Brewing 5150, a future can

Jailhouse Brewing 5150 is on deck as a future can release by the Hampton, Georgia based brewery. This recipe, an India pale ale, is a new one for the brewery.

The name is an old police code, for when there is a “crazy”on the loose.  Believe me, if you’ve met the folks at Jailhouse Brewing, chances are it’s one of them.

First up in cans is Jailhouse Alibi. A golden ale brewed with stone ground grits. That canning day is coming in April.

Jailhouse Brewing 5150 will be a 12 ounce can offering. Glenn Golden, the brewery’s owner and founder tells Beer Street Journal they hope to can this IPA in mid to late 2016.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: Mid/Late, 2016

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay