American Wild Ales

Birds Fly South False Face, a sour stout

Birds Fly South False Face, a sour stout, is the next release by the Greenville, South Carolina brewery.

The base beer is a sweet stout that has been fermented in open wine vats with a mix of lactobacillus souring bacteria, house yeast, Continue Reading →

Wicked Weed Red Angel returns March 26th

Wicked Weed Red Angel returns once again on March 26, 2016. The sour and wild “Angel” series has been a very successful one for the Asheville, North Carolina based brewery.

Based on fan’s love of the brewery’s second-ever bottle release, Black Angel, and the extra barrel Continue Reading →

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collab

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collaboration with Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. debuts this month.

The creation of Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares started back in January of 2015 when Jonathan Buford and Patrick Ware of Arizona Wilderness traveled to Jester King Continue Reading →

Wicked Weed Ferme de Grand-pere

Wicked Weed Ferme de Grand-pere will soon expand the brewery’s line of foeder-aged beers… plus it shows off what they do best. Fruited wild and sour ales.

Wicked Weed Ferme de Grand-pere is rested in the brewery’s foeders in the brewery’s Continue Reading →

Posted in Birds Fly South Ale Project, New Releases

Birds Fly South False Face, a sour stout

Birds Fly South False Face, a sour stout, is the next release by the Greenville, South Carolina brewery.

The base beer is a sweet stout that has been fermented in open wine vats with a mix of lactobacillus souring bacteria, house yeast, and Brettanomyces. Birds Fly South False Face was then aged in Four Roses Bourbon barrels with more wild and sour cultures.

This stunner of a stout was barely aged in bourbon barrels for a good long while after our house lactobacillus and yeast had a chance to play, then bottled conditioned for one month.

False Face is named for a ceremonial mask worn by some Native American tribes to cure the sick.

Kegs of Birds Fly South False Face will be available the week of March 21st  at Appalachian Ale House in Pickens, South Carolina. Bottles will be distributed in April, 2016.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Wine Aged. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft. Limited Release.
Debut: Late March, 2016

5.8% ABV

Recent releases by Birds Fly South include Rustic Sunday and Skin & Bone.

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

Wicked Weed Red Angel returns March 26th

Wicked Weed Red Angel returns once again on March 26, 2016. The sour and wild “Angel” series has been a very successful one for the Asheville, North Carolina based brewery.

Based on fan’s love of the brewery’s second-ever bottle release, Black Angel, and the extra barrel aging space in the Funkatorium, a full-on Angel series was born. The Angel lineup starts with Red Angel, and includes White Angel, Golden Angel, and Angel of Darkness.

Wicked Weed Red Angel is a red sour ale, aged in white wine barrels with raspberries. The brewery used around 1.5 pounds of raspberries per gallon in the brewing process.

Wicked Weed Red Angel pre-sale tickets have sold out once again in 2016. There will be limited day-of bottles available at the brewery’s Funkatorium on March 26th, 2016. $20/bottle.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Raspberries. Barrel Aged. Wine Aged.)
Availability: 500ml bottles
Latest Return: 3/26/16

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jester King Brewery, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co., Don't Miss This, New Releases

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collab

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collaboration with Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. debuts this month.

The creation of Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares started back in January of 2015 when Jonathan Buford and Patrick Ware of Arizona Wilderness traveled to Jester King on a cold Texas day. In hand, the duo had Arizona pecans and Sonora white wheat. Jester King’s additions included Texas pecans and local white wheat.

The result is a new American wild ale inoculated with Jester King’s coolship’s mixed culture, aged in brandy barrels that once contained Jester King Repose.

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares was  “momentum batch” for the brewery – a batch of beer designed to wake up airborne yeast and bacteria in the air for more spontaneously fermented beers to come that season.

Available at Jester King starting March 18th, at 4 pm.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Pecans. Barrel Aged. Brandy.)
Hops: Fuggle

Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft
Debut: 3/18/16

6.4% ABV

Pics via Jester King

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Wicked Weed Ferme de Grand-pere

Wicked Weed Ferme de Grand-pere will soon expand the brewery’s line of foeder-aged beers… plus it shows off what they do best. Fruited wild and sour ales.

Wicked Weed Ferme de Grand-pere is rested in the brewery’s foeders in the brewery’s downtown Funkatorium. The Brettanomyces fermented American wild ale features locally grown marionberries.

The childhood farm of our brewers is the source of the love of all things cultivated from soil, sweat, and hard-earned know-how. Their grandfather was a purveyor of preserves and jams made from berries and fruits that he harvested with his own hands. From this early inspiration the seed of our craft took root and grew into a philosophy of creating beer with integrity berry to barrel to bottle. Firm de Grand-Pere is a foeder-aged, Brettanomyces farmhouse ale. This tart, deep amber ale was rested on over a pound per gallon of marionberries and bottle conditioned in our cellar to reflect and echo the rustic farm-style beers of old.

Wicked Weed Ferme de Grand-pere is a 500 milliliter bottle offering. The brewery has not yet announced this offering.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Marionberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: TBA

7% ABV

Ferme de Grand-pere translates from French to “Grandfather’s Farm.” (Our French is rusty.)

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Hi Wire Brewing, Coming Soon

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Oak Fermented Tart Wild Ale

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Oak Fermented Tart Wild Ale is one of two beers debuting in the brewery’s new Single Barrel Series on April 1st.

The brewery’s South Slope location has become a wild and sour beer playground, now that the new production location is open just minutes away.

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Oak Fermented Tart Wild Ale is a wild ale brewed with cherries and raspberries, then aged in oak. The beer is a part of a dual bottle release, alongside Dark Saison.

Johnathan Parks, Head brewer of Hi-Wire’s specialty beer program, mentions that these initial releases will be different from what you’ll expect from the sour program in the future.

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Oak Fermented Tart Wild Ale is limited to 120, 750 mililiter bottles. Available solely at the South Slope tap room at 2pm on April 1st.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Cherries, Raspberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles. Limited.
Release: 4/1/16

4.8% ABV

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

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Dark Saison kicks off new series

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Dark Saison will be one the brewery’s first entries into their Single Barrel Series on April 1st.

After the new production brewery (The Big Top) was completed last year, Hi-Wire announced that the original South Slope (downtown Asheville) location would become a sour/wild brewery. Early 2016 would reveal what is to come from the change.

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Dark Saison is brewed with dark malts, and aged in oak with Brettanomyces yeast.

“The main purpose of the new series is experimentation,” says Head Specialty Brewer, Johnathan Parks. “These beers are very different from what you are going to see from our larger upcoming wild and sour program.”

Hi-Wire Single Barrel Dark Saison is limited to 120, 750 mililiter bottles. Sold at the brewery’s South Slope tap room at 2pm on April 1st.

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: 4/2/16

7.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Lost Abbey, Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Lost Abbey Veritas 017 tickets on sale March 24th

Tickets to purchase Lost Abbey Veritas 017 will be available online on March 24th, 2016, at 12 noon (PST).

Lost Abbey Veritas 017 follows in the line of American wild/sour beers. This iteration is aged in oak with tart blackberries.

Tart Blackberry, strong notes of oak and tannins with a strong presence of Brett leads to a very refreshing jam-like finish.

The brewery is removing proxies from this online sale. (That’s when you buy the beer, and designate a person to pick up.) For Veritas 017, the purchaser has to be the one picking up the bottle(s). Those not picking up the beer during the designated time frame of April 16th and 17th, or attempting to use a proxy, will surrender their bottles back to Lost Abbey.

Lost Abbey Veritas 017 is limited to 4 per person, $41 dollars per bottle.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Blackberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Presale: 3/24/16
Release: 4/16. 4/17

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by Reid Ramsay