Mo’ Betta Bretta is a wild & funky collaboration between New Belgium and Lost Abbey. Each brewery travelled to the other brewery in order to create this wild ale. (Just like they did years ago.) New Belgium is releasing their Continue Reading →
Russian River & Sierra Nevada are currently debuting a new collaboration – Brux . Brux (aka Brettanomyces bruxellensis) is so named for the yeast you’ll find in these bottles. The collab is brewed at Sierra Nevada (who doesn’t use much wild yeast at Continue Reading →
Surly Brewing’s future satanic offering – Pentagram. A wild ale aged in red wine barrels. This evil beer looks like it would fly around the room if it could. Surly mentioned this release back at GABF in October. It might Continue Reading →
Lost Abbey (San Marcos, CA) is releasing a series of musically-themed beers this year. Once a month, the beer wizards at Lost Abbey a new rock-related concoction never seen before. Track #5 “Shout At The Devil.” Don’t go looking for Continue Reading →
This Mikkeller was brewed in Alaska, at Anchorage Brewing Co. The Invasion title marks an unofficial series of beers from Mikkeller brewed stateside in the United States. (The brewery has done some stateside collaborations before, but the Invasions are the Continue Reading →
Jolly Pumpkin Artisanal Ales celebrates Plum Market’s 5th Anniversary with Cinco Anos. Plum Market is a Michigan based market specializing in natural, organic, & local products. Their motto: Live Well, With Taste. What better way to commemorate Plum Market’s 5th year than with Continue Reading →
Mo Betta’ Bretta. Brewed once in 2004. Back again in May, 2012. A collaboration between The Lost Abbey & New Belgium. Tomme Arthur (Lost Abbey) and Peter Bouckaert (New Belgium) travelled to each others brewery’s to create this beer.
Mo’ Betta Bretta is a wild & funky collaboration between New Belgium and Lost Abbey. Each brewery travelled to the other brewery in order to create this wild ale. (Just like they did years ago.) New Belgium is releasing their edition of the collaboration in the Lips Of Faith series in the future.
This Saturday, Lost Abbey will will release their edition in San Marcos, California at 12 noon. Bottles are $7.99 a piece.
Vodcast #11 The Lost Abbey Propaganda from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.
Russian River & Sierra Nevada are currently debuting a new collaboration – Brux . Brux (aka Brettanomyces bruxellensis) is so named for the yeast you’ll find in these bottles. The collab is brewed at Sierra Nevada (who doesn’t use much wild yeast at their facility.) Because the yeast will essentially “infect” the bottling line, and potentially the brewhouse, a special procedure was introduced to make this happen. Right before the beer was sealed, a small bit of brett was shot into the bottle. That way, the risk of having this unique yeast getting into other Sierra Nevada beers is reduced.
Brux is shipping through Sierra Nevada’s distribution network. Bottles have already started surfacing. Below, Brian Grossman and Russian River’s Vinnie Ciluruzo introduce this collaboration during Asheville Beer Week.
Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 750ml bottles, corked & caged.
Arrival: July, 2012
8.3% ABV
Surly Brewing’s future satanic offering – Pentagram. A wild ale aged in red wine barrels. This evil beer looks like it would fly around the room if it could. Surly mentioned this release back at GABF in October. It might become an annual release. It was apparently known as Surly Five from a year ago.
This Arcane Seal guards an enigmatic brew that is FUNKY, DARK, and SOUR. If you choose t0 break the seal, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! 100% Brettanomyces Dark beer fermented stainless and aged in used red wine barrels. “Brett” is a unique yeast strain that produces flavors that would be considered offensive if they were not intentional. Flavors of sour cherry, tobacco, oak and classic “Brett” barnyard funk balanced by dark munich mall chewiness. Enjoy immediately or age at cellar temperature for a couple years.
UNLEASH PENTAGRAM. You have been warned!
Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
?? ABV
Surly also is working on their 6th Anniversary beer – SŸX.
note: The above is tentative. Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel.
Lost Abbey (San Marcos, CA) is releasing a series of musically-themed beers this year. Once a month, the beer wizards at Lost Abbey a new rock-related concoction never seen before. Track #5 “Shout At The Devil.” Don’t go looking for this in stores, you can only buy this at the brewery. (And can only drink it there too.) #5 is a blend of Red Poppy & Framboise de Amorosa. Shout At The Devil is Mötley Crüe’s second album.
Track 5 is a blend of two of our best fruited sour beers. An equal blend of Red Poppy and Framboise de Amorosa. Once the beers were blended we added additional fruit and let them rest in another set of French Oak barrels. The aroma is an explosion of red wine and oak notes. A jammy fruit presence dominates the mid-palate of the beer before a bracing tannin-laced dryness pervades the finish.
All told an exceptionally complex marriage between fruit, oak, and red wine expressions.
Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged, w/ raspberries & cherries)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. Brewery release only.
Arrival: 5/19/12
7.7% ABV
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This Mikkeller was brewed in Alaska, at Anchorage Brewing Co. The Invasion title marks an unofficial series of beers from Mikkeller brewed stateside in the United States. (The brewery has done some stateside collaborations before, but the Invasions are the first on their own.) Invasion Farmhouse IPA is brewed with brettanomyces yeast.
Style: Wild Ale
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
8% ABV
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Jolly Pumpkin Artisanal Ales celebrates Plum Market’s 5th Anniversary with Cinco Anos. Plum Market is a Michigan based market specializing in natural, organic, & local products. Their motto: Live Well, With Taste. What better way to commemorate Plum Market’s 5th year than with a sour ale brewed with plums.
We hope you enjoy this special Plum Market, Jolly Pumpkin collaborative ale, brewed specifically in celebration of Plum Market’s five year anniversary. A special sour blend, aged on ever exotic Royal Diamond plumbs; amber with a hint of roast, malty, sweet and sour and the delicate aroma and delicious flavor of more plumbs than you can shake a stick at. Five years goes far too fast. Here’s to the next five! Cheers Nahalo plenty!
Style: American Wild Ale (Brewed w/ Plums)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
?? ABV
Mo Betta’ Bretta. Brewed once in 2004. Back again in May, 2012. A collaboration between The Lost Abbey & New Belgium. Tomme Arthur (Lost Abbey) and Peter Bouckaert (New Belgium) travelled to each others brewery’s to create this beer.
