American Wild Ales

Allagash Golden Brett Bottles Released

Allagash Brewing (Portland, ME) has just released bottles of Golden Brett today at the brewery.

Golden Brett was fermented with the brewery’s house brettanomyces yeast, and aged in 800 gallon oak foudres. The last step was to dry hop it with Continue Reading →

Collaboration: Jolly Pumpkin & Anchorage

Love it when craft brewers collaborate? Then get behind this. Alaska’s Anchorage Brewing and Jolly Pumpkin (Dexter, MI) have created Calabaza Boreal.

Keeping with Jolly Pumpkin’s tradition of funky beer, this Belgian style beer is aged in oak barrels with grapefruit, Continue Reading →

Upland & New Belgium Team Up On Wild Collab

When Upland Brewing and New Belgium Brewing get together, you can be sure something funky will come out of it. Namely – Darksynth.

Darksynth is a blend of some special offerings from each collaborator’s repertoire:

New Belgium’s Oscar, an ale aged in Continue Reading →

Sneek Peek: Avery Rufus Corvus

Avery Brewing (Boulder, CO) will be launching the 18th in their Barrel Aged Series Opuntia this week. The sour ale is brewed with prickly pears and aged in tequila barrels.

Number #19 isn’t far behind, called Rufus Corvus.

An artful and massively Continue Reading →

Avery Releasing Barrel Aged #18, Opuntia

Avery Brewing’s 18th release in the Barrel Aged Series is Opuntia, a sour ale.

As with each release in the series, this sour ale has been “dosed” with prickly pears, and aged in tequila barrels for 9 months. “Opuntia” refers to Continue Reading →