American Wild Ales

Wicked Weed White Angel sells out

Wicked Weed White Angel, the third release in the brewery’s Angels Series will return again in late August. Online pre-sales of this release take place again on August 14th, 12 pm (EST). This series edition is aged in wine barrels Continue Reading →

Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Seasonal Return

Wicked Weed Serenity, the brewery’s 1st bottle, gets new life

Wicked Weed Serenity, the brewery’s first ever bottle, is returning with a new look. 

First released in March of 2014, Wicked Weed Serenity is a 100% Brettanomyces fermented farmhouse/wild ale. The beer was an instant hit, seeing limited release appearances since its inception.

The August 2016 release is only a 30 barrel batch, and won’t be hitting distribution.

This being a Brettanomyces Farmhouse Ale, we felt it more appropriate to give it a similar look to the rest of our Farmhouse series. With that in mind, we wanted to pay tribute to the original label by giving some insight as to what was happening in that mysterious and ominous castle in the mist. The central female character reaches for the sun in the hopes that she may help this organic structure continue to grow. – Wicked Weed Brewing

Wicked Weed Serenity is a 500 milliliter bottle offering, available at both Wicked Weed locations in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: August, 2016

 Note: This article will continue to be updated with future appearances of this beer. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed White Angel sells out

Wicked Weed White Angel, the third release in the brewery’s Angels Series will return again in late August. Online pre-sales of this release take place again on August 14th, 12 pm (EST). This series edition is aged in wine barrels with locally grown wild muscadine and Scuppernong grapes.

This release is a part of the ongoing “Angels Series” that features Red Angel, Golden Angel and Wicked Weed Angel of Darkness.

RELATED: Wicked Weed “Angels” Series

WHITE ANGEL is an American Sour Ale blended with two pounds per gallon of locally harvested Muscadine and Scuppernong grapes and aged in white wine barrels. After eight months, another pound per gallon of Amarillo wine must is blended in stainless steel tanks for 2 months. A total of 2.5 tons of fruit and 10 total months of maturation later we give you White Angel.

Brewery co-founder and head blender Walt Dickinson tells Beer Street Journal that the 2016 edition really exceeded his expectations. The grapes really pop, making this one hard to put down.

Wicked Weed White Angel is a 500 milliliter bottle release, only at the Funkatorium in Asheville, North Carolina. Bottle pickup for the 2016 release takes place on August 27th, and 28th.

The sale this past Sunday sold out in about an hour.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Wild Muscadine Grapes. Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: August, 2016

7.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jester King Brewery, New Releases

Jester King bottles CRU 55, a “grand cru” sour red

Jester King CRU 55 goes on sale today at the brewery in Austin, Texas. Fair warning, there is not a lot of this one.

Back in February, 2013, at the genesis of the brewery’s spontaneous fermentation program, there was an extra 130 gallon puncheon ready to be filled. Jester King tapped RU55 Barrel Aged Sour Red Ale for the barrel.

That beer has sat in the brewery’s barrel room for three years. In February, the brewery filled 900 bottles of the aged “grand cru” edition the sour red. A rare treat.

Jester King CRU 55 is a 375 milliliter bottle offering, at the brewery starting on August 12th, 2016.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 375ml Bottles. $14/Bottle

Debut: 8/12/16

?? ABV

Image: Jester King Brewery

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Seasonal Return

Wicked Weed Montmaretto returns as a flagship offering

Wicked Weed Montmaretto takes leave of the brewery’s Canvas Series and returns as one of the brewery’s flagship beers this month.

In case the name was not suggestive enough, Wicked Weed Montmaretto boasts a favor reminiscent of amaretto – the Italian liqueur. The name is actually Italian for “a little bitter,” making a sour ale with almonds and cherries even more genius.

Montmaretto is aged in neutral wine barrels (barrels that have been used to the point where they are basically just oak vessels that don’t impart an flavor), when a secondary fermentation takes place on cherries. The beer is blended with beer aged on almonds, where a balance is struck for the final beer.

Wicked Weed Montmaretto is a 16.9 ounce bottle offering. The beer dons amazing new artwork, seen above.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Almonds, Cherries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 16.9oz Bottles
Latest Release: August, 2016

6.9% ABV

Wicked Weed Montmaretto

Wicked Weed Montmaretto seen in 2015, part of the Canvas Series. Pic: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Seasonal Return

Wicked Weed Brettaberry returns with hot new artwork

Wicked Weed Brettaberry is returning to shelves once again. This year it is sporting some sexy new artwork.

A ton of fruit (literally and figuratively) goes into making Wicked Weed Brettaberry. The Brettanomyces heavy beer has around one half pound per gallon of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and honey, taking fruit to the next level.

A half pound per gallon of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries are packed into this effervescent Brettanomyces ale. These berries combine with honey to create the bursting fruit flavor of a freshly baked berry pie. Blended with a light portion of our golden sour and aged in French oak foeders, Brettaberry then bottle conditions until ripe for the picking.

Wicked Weed Brettaberry is a 500 milliliter bottle offering, seasonally.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blackberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, Honey. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: August, 2016

5.5% ABV

Wicked Weed Brettaberry bottle

Last year bottle artwork. Pic: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Three Taverns Brewery, Coming Soon

Three Taverns Rapturous (raspberry sour) finally canned

Three Taverns Rapturous, an early entry in the brewery’s Sour Asylum Series, is being canned for the first time today.

Rapturous is a fruited variation of Three Taverns Sour Asylum #4, the fourth edition of the brewery’s lactobacillus kettle soured beers. The 100% pilsner malt beer was finished with California ale yeast.

Three Taverns Rapturous is aged on fresh raspberry puree, for a fruit forward finish (personally, one of our favorite beers made by the Decatur, Georgia based brewery).

Rapturous will be available in 12 ounce cans, and is already available on draft. Later this month, the brewery debuts A Night on Ponce as their second can release.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Raspberries)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Debut (Cans): TBA

5% ABV

Image: Three Taverns

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Carolina Bauernhaus Ales, Coming Soon

Carolina Bauernhaus Feral Barrel Raspberry debuts

Carolina Bauernhaus Feral Barrel Raspberry will be the third bottle release by the Anderson, South Carolina based brewery.

The base beer for Feral Barrel Raspberry is a dark wild ale, brewed with South Carolina region malts. It is initially aged for four months in sorghum rum barrels with native wild yeast from SouthYeast labs and two Brettanomyces strains.

For the past two months, Feral was aged on what the brewery calls a “massive” amount of red raspberries and tart cherries. 

A dark wild ale featuring regional malts fermented and aged four months in sorghum rum barrels with a blend of native yeasts and brettanomyces.We added a massive amount of red raspberries and tart cherries and then aged for two more months. Jammy fruit notes are balanced by a rich malt forward body and a tart dry finish.

The brewery’s first bottle came in June – June Princess, followed shortly by Raspberry Petite Sour in July.

Carolina Bauernhaus Feral Barrel Raspberry will available in 750 milliliter bottles at the brewery on August 9th. Limited distribution to follow shortly after.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Cherries, Raspberries. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: 8/9/16

7.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay