American Wild Ales

Wicked Weed Horta-Glory Joins Terra Locale Series

Wicked Weed Horti-Glory is the first release in the Terra Locale Series this year. The series focuses on local ingredients.

Wicked Weed Horti-Glory is brewed with elderflowers, hyssop, honeysuckle, and fermented with the brewery’s house Brettanomyces.

On shelves now in 500ml bottles.

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Troegs Wild Elf On the Horizon

Troegs Brewing Co. is teasing a new offering in their coveted “Elf” series this week. Here in July, the brewery has already released Naked Elf, the base beer for October’s release – Mad Elf once again. Troegs Mad Elf is Continue Reading →

Posted in New Releases, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Succession, a Collab with Biltmore Wines debuts

Wicked Weed Succession, the brewery’s collaboration with Asheville’s Biltimore Wines has debuted.

Wicked Weed Succession is a barrel-aged golden sour, brewed with riesling must (fresh pressed grapes with skins, seeds and stems.)

The wine barrel aged offering tapped on Sunday, July 12th at the Biltmore Estates, and is now available at the Funkatorium in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Grape Must. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: 7/12/15

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Horta-Glory Joins Terra Locale Series

Wicked Weed Horti-Glory is the first release in the Terra Locale Series this year. The series focuses on local ingredients.

Wicked Weed Horti-Glory is brewed with elderflowers, hyssop, honeysuckle, and fermented with the brewery’s house Brettanomyces.

On shelves now in 500ml bottles.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Hyssop, Honeysuckle, Elderflower)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: Early July, 2015

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Image: Wicked Weed Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Troegs Brewing

Troegs Wild Elf On the Horizon

Troegs Brewing Co. is teasing a new offering in their coveted “Elf” series this week. Here in July, the brewery has already released Naked Elf, the base beer for October’s release – Mad Elf once again. Troegs Mad Elf is a Belgian-style strong ale is brewed with honey, and cherries.

Troegs Wild Elf is coming soon. A wild/sour edition of the perennial favorite, aged in the brewery’s wood foeders.

Enter the #foeder! These sour cherries are about to join the party inside the wood. #WildElf

No mention of Troegs Wild Elf release. Our best guess is that it will arrive near the October – December range, close to Mad Elf’s return.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Cherries, Honey)
Release: TBA

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Image: Troegs Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Crooked Stave, Don't Miss This, New Releases

Crooked Stave Key Lime Tau (2π) Releases July 15th

Crooked Stave Key Lime Tau (2π) releases July 15th. A special collaboration with Hawkshead Brewery based in the United Kingdom.

Crooked Stave Key Lime Tau (2π) is part of the Tran-Atlantic Rainbow Project, a series that challenges brewers to brew a beer inspired by a color. To create Key Lime Tau, the brewery created a mixed culture fermentation wild ale, aged in oak with lactose, fresh lime peel, and lemongrass.

“Key Lime Tau is a riff on a friend of ours’ beer Limoncello. We decided to put our own spin on a Limoncello and it came out very much like a Key Lime Pie,” said Yakobson. “We chose to call this beer Key Lime Tau as ‘tau’ is mathematically 2π and since the collaboration was brewed at both Hawkshead and Crooked Stave, two versions exist making it two Pies.”

Crooked Stave Key Lime Tau (2π) will be available in their taproom at 3350 Brighton Blvd at 6 pm on July 15th.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Lemongrass, Lime Peel, Lactose. Oak Aged)
Availability:
Release: 7/15/15

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Don't Miss This, New Releases

Avery Ill Dolia: The Most Rare & Expensive Barrels, July 12th

Avery Ill Dolia is #29 in the brewery’s coveted barrel aged series. This release breaks the bank, as the brewery filled the rarest and most expensive barrels they have in their arsenal.

Avery Ill Dolia is an American wild ale, 44% aged in Madeira, 31% in Cabernet Sauvignon, and 25% Carcavelos barrels.

No. 29 is a Byzantine and beautiful blend from the rarest and most expensive barrels we’ve ever filled. And worth every damn penny.

Avery Ill Dolia was bottled in May, 2015. The beer will release on Sunday, July 12th.

Avery Fortuna (No. 28) was just recently released.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Barrel Aged. Wine Aged.)
Availability: 12oz bottles. 285 cases produced.
Release: 7/12/15

8.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Burnt Hickory Brewery, Coming Soon

Burnt Hickory General Joe’s Quickstep American Sour Ale Headed to Bottles

Burnt Hickory General Joe’s Quickstep American Sour Ale will be among the first sour/wild ales released in bottles by the Kennesaw, Georgia brewery.

The beer is kettle soured, and finishes at just 5.5% ABV.

With three corps in front of him, General Joe Hooker decided to set up camp and turn Stilesboro Road into his personal party zone. Bawdy and badass, this kettle soured ale is for sure to put a jump in your day and a bump in your night.

Burnt Hickory General Joe’s Quickstep American Sour Ale will be a 22 ounce bottle offering.

Style: American Sour/Wild Ale
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Release: TBA

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, Seasonal Return

New Belgium Eric’s Ale Returns to Lips of Faith Series

New Belgium Eric’s Ale makes a return to the brewery’s Lips of Faith Series lineup this month.

New Belgium Eric’s Ale is a sour ale “spiked” with peaches, named for the brewery’s Eric Salazar. To create New Belgium Eric’s Ale, Salazar blended threads of Felix, a sour base beer, and a golden strong ale. (Plus peaches, of course.)

Eric’s Ale pours a hazy golden-orange with subtle fuzzy ripe peach and vanilla aromas. It’s both sweet and tart and finishes warm and crisp. Woody notes are drawn out from the oak foeders to round out this middle-of-the-road sour. 

New Belgium Eric’s Ale is now available in 22 ounce bottles and draft, across the brewery’s distribution network.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Peaches, Oak Aged.)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Return: July, 2015

7% ABV, 16 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay