American Wild Ales

Allagash Little Sal Hits Tap Room

Allagash Little Sal the brewery’s first beer brewed with brewed with blueberries was released in the brewery’s Portland, Maine taproom.

Little Sal is a sour, red beer, aged on two pounds of blueberries per gallon for six months in Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Monday Night Brewing

Monday Night Spirit Animal, the Brewery’s First Sour

Monday Night Spirit Animal takes aim at the brewery’s elite Black Tie Series in 2015. Important to note, this beer is a sour.

Monday Night’s Black Tie Series has featured medal winning Bourbon Barrel Aged Drafty Kilt (a scotch ale), Master Splinter (Imperial red ale) and Hipster Fresh Hop Harvest, just to name a few. A sour beer changes the game a bit.

Crouching below the surface, hidden in the bubbles, prowling in the tang of the yeast of Spirit Animal, is a wolf. Wild and untamed, this sour ale echoes a time when beer was fermented in the open air in the moonlight.

This wolf is hungry, and he’s preying on your tastebuds. Prepare to be smote. Smiled. Smitten. Whatever.

Monday Night Spirit Animal is aged on toasted French oak and rose hips. Available in 22oz bottles. Monday Night tells Beer Street Journal that Spirit Animal is nearly ready, and will be shooting for an early July release.

A Beer Street Journal video short is coming soon.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Rose Hips, Oak Aged)
Hops: Chinook, Columbus, Willamette
Malts: Pilsner, Wheat

Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: Early July, 2015

5.5% ABV, 15 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in De Garde Brewing, New Beers

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, New Releases

Allagash Little Sal Hits Tap Room

Allagash Little Sal the brewery’s first beer brewed with brewed with blueberries was released in the brewery’s Portland, Maine taproom.

Little Sal is a sour, red beer, aged on two pounds of blueberries per gallon for six months in a red wine barrel. The finished beer is dark violet in color, with earthy aromas of blueberry and oak, and juicy, tart flavors of blueberry.

Allagash Little Sal is available in 375ml bottles, in the brewery’s tap room. No distribution for this offering.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blueberries. Red Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 375ml bottles
Released: 5/30/15

6.5% ABV

Article updated to include release details. Image via Allagash Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, New Releases

Allagash Invisible Orange Is So Metal [RELEASED]

Allagash Invisible Orange releases May 30th, in the brewery’s tap room in Portland, Maine.

The base beer is a Belgian-style porter, aged in French oak wine barrels for 18 months. Blood orange juice was added just prior to packaging.

Invisible Orange is a subtly-fruited Belgian Style porter aged in French oak wine barrels for 18 months. The resulting beer is dark brown in color with chocolate and roasted notes throughout the flavor and aroma. Notes of blood orange are present in the aroma and the beer finishes with a gentle acidity.

It was brewed with a blend of 2-Row, Coffee and Chocolate malts with blood orange pulp and zest added in the brewhouse. After fermenting with a Belgian Abbey yeast, it was transferred into barrels and underwent an aging period in barrels with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. Before packaging, a small amount of fresh blood orange juice was added.

As for the name, it’s so metal. Particularly death metal, when the fans or singers hold their hand in a claw-like position, like they are holding an invisible orange.

Allagash Invisible Orange is available in 12.7oz bottles.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blood Orange. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles, Corked & Caged.
Release: 5/30/15

9% ABV

As of June 1st, bottles were still available in the tap room. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing, Headlines

Green Flash Flanders Drive (Sour Ale) Joins Cellar 3, June 7th

Green Flash Flanders Drive, the brewery’s bourbon barrel aged sour ale returns again this month. The beer joins the new “Cellar 3” series.

You’ve seen Green Flash Flanders Drive in limited quantities in the past in 12oz bottles. Recently, the brewery opened a new barrel aged location/warehouse/tap room dubbed Cellar 3, from which beers like Flanders Drive and recently released Silva Stout have emerged.

Green Flash Flanders Drive will be available in 750ml bottles starting June 7th. Distribution shortly after.

Style: Flanders Red Ale/ Sour Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon Barrels.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Corked & Caged. Limited release.
Arrival: 6/7/15

6.9% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bruery Terreux, Headlines, New Releases

Bruery Terreux Beret (Sour with Raspberries) now year round

Bruery Terreux Beret has joined the newly renamed and specialized sour and wild lineup year-round. To create Bruery Terreux Beret, the brewery soured a witbier in oak, with a plethora of spices and raspberries.

Beret is an imperial sour wit beer, fermented in oak with raspberries added for just a hint of fresh fruit flavor before bottling. Balanced, fruity, and bright, this will be a delicious addition to shelves and draft faucets near you.

Bruery Terreux Beret joins, Humulus Terreux, as new year round releases.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Raspberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft. Year round.
Released: Late Summer, 2015

9% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bruery Terreux, Coming Soon, Headlines

Bruery Terreux Humulus Terreux Coming This Summer

Bruery Terreux Humulus Terreux is slated to join the new wild and funky division of The Bruery’s lineup this summer. A year-round offering, the beer is a Brettanomyces spin on a blonde ale, with a strong dry-hopped finish.

Humulus Terreux is our final year-round offering from Bruery Terreux. This one is a bit of an amalgamation of what we love about beer. It’s a riff on a country-style blonde ale fermented with Brettanomyces and a heap of dry hops at the end for a fresh, lemony zing.

Bruery Terreux Humulus Terreux joins Hottenroth and Saison Rue in the “redesigned” series in 750ml bottles.

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 750ml Bottles. Year-Round
Release: Summer, 2015

6.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay