American Wild Ales

Jester King’s New “Fēn táo”

Jester King Brewery’s next release will be 分 桃 (pronounced Fēn táo) , a barrel-aged wild beer refermented with peaches from their home state of Texas.

Fēn táo was slated to release last year, until a last freeze destroyed the peach Continue Reading →

Perennial Savant Blanc Bottles Released

Perennial Artisan Ales (St. Louis, MO) is releasing a limited amount of a new wine barrel offering, Savant Blanc.

Savant Blanc is a Belgian-style blonde Ale, 100% fermented with Brettanomyces, aged 5 months in Chardonnay grapes with Chardonel grapes. (a white wine Continue Reading →

Commons Brewery Releases Blackcurrant Sour

The Commons Brewery (Portland, OR) releases a new seasonal today, Biere Royale. The funky beer debuts during the annual Puckerfest.

Biere Royale a sour ale brewed with black currants. It’s modeled French cocktail Kir Royale, typically made with white wine and Continue Reading →

Allagash Coolship Cerise Returns

Allagash  Coolship Cerise.

The fruit lambic is brewed with Montmorency and Balaton cherries, and aged in oak barrels. Limited offering.

Style: Lambic (w/ Cherries)
Availability: 375 mL bottles
Latest Release: 

8.1% ABV 

Posted in Don't Miss This, Jester King Brewery

Jester King’s New “Fēn táo”

Jester King Brewery’s next release will be 分 桃 (pronounced Fēn táo) , a barrel-aged wild beer refermented with peaches from their home state of Texas.

Fēn táo was slated to release last year, until a last freeze destroyed the peach crop. The base beer is an ale with wild yeast, and local sour bacteria, racked to the brewery’s foudres (oak vats) with the fresh peaches from Vogel Orchard in Fredericksburg, Texas. Jester King doesn’t just add the peaches for flavoring. The peaches are refermented along with the beer, much like wine.

分 桃 will be released on Friday, September 12th at Jester King at 4pm. Limited 1 per person, per day. $16.

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged. Peaches)
Availability: 500ml Bottles (150 cases available)
Arrival: 9/12/14

6.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Releases, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Lusus Naturae Celebrates Tasty Beverage

Wicked Weed Brewing (Asheville, NC) has announced a new hop-meets-funk offering, Lusus Naturae. The brew a hoppy imperial IPA, finished with Wicked Weed’s house strain of Brettanomyces. Brewed in collaboration with Tasty Beverage Company in Raleigh, North Carolina in honor of their third anniversary.

Lusus Naturae is a dry, North Carolina Double IPA brewed with thoroughbred Riverbend Malt and 30 lbs of fresh-off-the vine Cascade wet hops from Echo View farms. It is dry hoped with over 3 lbs per barrel and finished with our house Brettanomyces strain. Drink this hoppy goodness fresh or lay it down to bring out the funk.

Wicked Weed Lusus Naturae will be able 500 ml bottles across North Carolina. 

Style: American Wild Ale
Hops: Cascade

Availability: 500ml bottles
Arrival: 8/29/14

8.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Perennial Artisan Ales

Perennial Savant Blanc Bottles Released

Perennial Artisan Ales (St. Louis, MO) is releasing a limited amount of a new wine barrel offering, Savant Blanc.

Savant Blanc is a Belgian-style blonde Ale, 100% fermented with Brettanomyces, aged 5 months in Chardonnay grapes with Chardonel grapes. (a white wine hybrid grape.)

Perennial Savant Blanc is available today (7/31) in the tap room in 750ml bottles ($20) and will hit distribution in very limited quantities.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Grapes. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 750ml bottles

?? ABV

Image via Perennial

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Pizza Boy Brewing

Pizza Boy Brewing Abascio-Cell 2014 Release Base Beer

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Almanac Beer Co., Don't Miss This

Summer Wild: Almanac Cerise Sour Blond

Slated to come any now is Almanac Beer Co.’s Cerise Sour Blond. Meant for hot summers like the one in San Joaquin Valley of California, Cerise Sour Blond uses fresh cherries, then aged in wine barrels. An American wild ale built to beat the heat.

This beer is inspired by the long and hot summer days in the San Joaquin Valley—the fertile basin that yields much of California’s bountiful produce. This tart blond ale was brewed with Rainier and Bing cherries from Bella Viva Orchards and fermented with our house sour culture and aged for many months in used wine barrels to create a tart, cherry-kissed wild ale.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Cherries. Wine Aged.)
Availability: 375ml bottles, Limited Draft.
Arrival: Late July, 2014

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, The Commons Brewery

Commons Brewery Releases Blackcurrant Sour

The Commons Brewery (Portland, OR) releases a new seasonal today, Biere Royale. The funky beer debuts during the annual Puckerfest.

Biere Royale a sour ale brewed with black currants. It’s modeled French cocktail Kir Royale, typically made with white wine and blackcurrant liqueur.

The Commons Brewery Biere Royale will be available in 750ml capped bottles and in limited draft.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blackcurrants)
Hops: Saaz
Malts: Pilsner, Malted Spelt, Flaked Wheat, Acidulated Malt

Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft. Mid-July – Mid-August

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, Seasonal Return

Allagash Coolship Cerise Returns

Allagash  Coolship Cerise.

The fruit lambic is brewed with Montmorency and Balaton cherries, and aged in oak barrels. Limited offering.

Style: Lambic (w/ Cherries)
Availability: 375 mL bottles
Latest Release: 

8.1% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay