American Wild Ales

Goose Island Matilda Gets Funky w/ Brett

Goose Island (Chicago) is taking Matilda Belgian Pale Ale and re-fermenting it with brettanomyces. “Brett” is a funky yeast that is used in wine and beer making. It makes an off flavor that gives the beverage a new characteristic. Matilda Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Westbrook Brewing Co

Westbrook & Charleston Beer Collab: Funky Old Time

Westbrook Funky Old Time

Westbrook Brewing (Mt Pleasant, SC) and one of the United State’s best beer stores The Charleston Beer exchange teamed up on Funky Old Time (above).  This is the first in a series of posts of the two collaborating.

The base beer “Old Time” is a Belgian style dark ale brewed in July, 2011. It was then added to oak barrels that one contained red wine.  That’s where Funky Old Time has been the last 18 months with a series of wild yeasts.  Look for bottles and draft emerging soon.

Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml Bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV

Posted in Bell's Brewing, Coming Soon

Bell’s The Raspberry Wild One In Just a Few Bottles

Bells The Raspberry Wild One

Interesting. Awesome. And completely hard to get. Bell’s Brewery (Kalmazoo, MI) will be putting The Raspberry Wild One in big bottles.

Each of these large format releases sneak onto the shelves at the Eccentric Cafe in Kalamazoo, typically without any warning. The above beer is an American wild ale aged in wine barrels with raspberries. A fruity take on another rare draft and bottle offering – The Wild One. There is a Flo Rida song stuff in my head now.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Raspberries, Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Limited Draft
Arrival: TBA (Bottles)

Posted in New Belgium, Yazoo Brewing

Yazoo & New Belgium To Collaborate on a Sour Beer

Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) and New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins, Colorado) have plans on collaborating on a new sour beer in the near future. Brandon Jones & Linus Hall of Yazoo have been busy building out one of the few sour programs in the southeast.

No immediate details are available until the final blends are confirmed – but put this one on your radar. Check out the Beer Street Journal Video on the new Yazoo Sour Program in the meantime.

UPDATE 4/3/13, 6:00 pm: Draft only. Tennessee only.

Posted in Coming Soon, Troegs Brewing

Troegs Splinter Gold 2013 Release Looms [PICS]

Troegs Splinter Gold

Troegs Brewing (Hershey, PA) is preparing another release of Splinter Gold. The brew is an American wild ale aged 3 years in wine barrels.  The barrels are dosed with brettanomyces (a popular funky yeast).  Gold has been bottled for a few months now, quietly carbonating. The brewery tells Beer Street Journal that they are gearing up for the release, dates to come soon.

Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: 2013 Release Date TBA

12% ABV

Posted in Goose Island Brewing

Goose Island Matilda Gets Funky w/ Brett

Goose Island Matilda Lambicus

Goose Island (Chicago) is taking Matilda Belgian Pale Ale and re-fermenting it with brettanomyces. “Brett” is a funky yeast that is used in wine and beer making. It makes an off flavor that gives the beverage a new characteristic. Matilda is about to get more funky.

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: Draft only, as of 3/20/13
Arrival: ??

7% ABV 

Posted in Allagash Brewing

Allagash Barrel Ages Coolship in “Single Barrel One”

Allagash Coolship Single Barrel One

Allagash Brewing (Portland, ME) has room separate from the main brewhouse that contains a coolship, which is literally looks a bit like a bathtub. It allows airborne yeast to fall into the beer, spontaneously fermenting the beer. These funky beers are referred to as the Coolship Series.  Above – meet a barrel aged edition of the Coolship Series – Single Barrel One. Aged in bourbon barrels. Release dates TBA.

Style: American Wild Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

8.1% ABV 

Posted in Crooked Stave, New Releases

Limited Release: Crooked Stave Origins, Batch 1

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project will release the  first batch of Origins bottles on March 22. The release honors Colorado Craft Beer Week.

Origins is our hommage to the history of barrel-aging and those who have influenced us along the way. This Burgundy Sour Ale is made up of two blends, the first sitting in French Oak barrels for two years, and the second for one and a half years.

Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bottles. 3 Bottle Limited
Arrival: March 22, 2013