American Wild Ales

Now Shipping: Goose Island Juliet

Goose Island’s Juliet just left the brewery.  Juliet is brewed with wild yeast, and aged in cabernet barrels with blackberries.

Taste Expectations: (Per GI) Juliet is a tart, fruity, complex ale. Notes of wood, tannin, dark fruit and spice make Juliet Continue Reading →

Hell’s Bells: Lost Abbey Track #3

The Lost Abbey releases Track #3 of their ongoing Ultimate Box Set this Saturday. The beer, shown briefly in this video, is a blend of two barrels of Mellow Yellow, and Phunky Duck (a base beer in the blend that becomes Duck Continue Reading →

Allagash Old HLT Releases 3/31

Allagash Brewing is releasing Old HLT on March 31, 2012.     The beer has been aged in stainless steel for 2 years with cherries.  HLT stands for Hot Liquor Tank.  The brewery aged the beer in a decommissioned HLT.

A release Continue Reading →

Jester King Das Wunderkind Released

Jester King’s newest release – Das Wunderkind has shipped.  

About Das Wunderkind:

Traditional, sour, low gravity saison aged in oak wine and whiskey barrels with naturally occurring wild yeast and bacteria from the Texas Hill Country.

Packages: 750ml bottles
Availability: Limited
OG: 1.038  FG: Continue Reading →

Lost Abbey Track #2: Stairway To Heaven

The second release of Lost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Series releases this Saturday, February 18th, 2012.

The Beer:
From the Remixed Tracks, this is a blend of Cuvee from bourbon barrels blended into The Angel’s Share (bourbon) with peaches and topped off Continue Reading →

Posted in Goose Island Brewing, Seasonal Return

Now Shipping: Goose Island Juliet

Goose Island’s Juliet just left the brewery.  Juliet is brewed with wild yeast, and aged in cabernet barrels with blackberries.

Taste Expectations: (Per GI) Juliet is a tart, fruity, complex ale. Notes of wood, tannin, dark fruit and spice make Juliet an ideal beer to suggest to Pinot Noir enthusiasts and beer drinkers who are fond of Belgian sour ales.

Style: American Wild Ale (Barrel Aged, w/ Blackberries)
Hops: Pilgrim
Malts: Pale, Rye, Munich, Rye Flake

Cellar? Yes, up to 5 years

Availability: 22oz bottles

6.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Lost Abbey

Hell’s Bells: Lost Abbey Track #3

The Lost Abbey releases Track #3 of their ongoing Ultimate Box Set this Saturday. The beer, shown briefly in this video, is a blend of two barrels of Mellow Yellow, and Phunky Duck (a base beer in the blend that becomes Duck Duck Gooze.

Liner Notes

The beer is a blend of some our favorite components. The clean lactic notes from Mellow Yellow combined with the heavier earthy twang we get from the Phunky Duck barrels. It’s a non fruited blond sour which if you take into account our successes with Isabelle, Cable Car and Duck Duck ought to be enough to have people lining up like it’s Black Friday in March.

The Album Art and Text

The majestic bell tower is all that remains of this Gothic cathedral. Somehow, it escaped the ravages of wars and continues to weather the centuries of neglect. Shrouded in a fog of mystical wonder, the Devil maintains it for his personal playground. At dusk, Lucifer emerges to dance between the shadows of a silvering moon as he returns to the bell tower launching a cadence for the newly departed. Gong… Gong… Gong echoes the bell in a Satanic trance as a chorus of bats take flight from the tower-like thunder consuming the silence. For centuries the nearby townspeople have tried to unravel the mysteries of the bell tower only being left to conclude it is haunted. For the wind, they cannot make a Bell Toll like that. But the Devil can and nightly he conducts a Requiem for the souls he has acquired. Shhh… Listen quietly! You can almost hear it now…

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. Sold for consumption on-premise only. $15 each.
Release: 3/17/12

7.55% ABV

Some notes on the release day:

Red Poppy will also be released on March 17, so we are doing things a bit differently.PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE INFO.

  • Extended Tasting Room Hours: Because we are expecting larger than usual crowds (two releases and St Patrick’s Day), we will be opening our doors from 9am to 7pm. The MIHO Gastrotruck will be onsite with breakfast specials from 8am — 11am and a special lunch menu from 11am -7pm.
  • Beer Reservations: We know many will want both Track 3 and Red Poppy, so we will begin IDing and wristbanding people for the beers at 8am. If you arrive early (i.e., before 9am) to ensure you get bottles, please line up on the loading ramp leading into the tasting room. As with previous releases you will be able to pay in line and be issued a ticket/receipt that ensures your allotment.
  • Allotments and Restrictions:
    • Track 3 — As with all Box Set releases, the beers must be consumed on-site, same day. Bottles may not be carried out. The bottles are 375ml and are $15 each.
    • Red Poppy — As with past releases, Red Poppy is also 375ml bottles; $15 each with a six-bottle per patron limit.(Yes, you can take Red Poppy away with you).
  • Special Taps: Red Poppy will be on draft as 4-ounce tasters only. Tasters are $3 each.
by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing

Allagash Old HLT Releases 3/31

Allagash Brewing is releasing Old HLT on March 31, 2012.     The beer has been aged in stainless steel for 2 years with cherries.  HLT stands for Hot Liquor Tank.  The brewery aged the beer in a decommissioned HLT.

A release party will be held at the brewery at 9 am.  Beer goes on sale at 10 am.

$10 per bottle, 4 bottle limit.

Style: American Wild Ale

Allagash Brewing
50 Industrial Way
Portland, ME  

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lost Abbey, Videos

Lost Abbey Track #3 Arrives 3/17. Check Out The Blend [Video]

Lost Abbey’s Track #3 in their  Ultimate Box Set will release on 3/17/12.  The beer is a blend of 4 barrels. 2 parts Duck Duck Gooze, 2 Parts Mellow Yellow.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lost Abbey, Videos

Inside Lost Abbey’s Track #2 [Video]

Lost Abbey’s Box Set Track #2  from the Ultimate Box Set was just released last Saturday.  #2 is a blend of 60% Angel’s Share, 20% Cuvee De Tomme, and 20% Project X.  They are only sold at Lost Abbey, for sale at Lost Abbey.  The dreamy Laurie Delk from 100 Beers 30 Days chats with Lost Abbey’s hospitality manager Kevin Hopkins.

LBW-Lost Abbey Box Set 2 from Laurie Delk on Vimeo.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases

Jester King Das Wunderkind Released

Jester King’s newest release – Das Wunderkind has shipped.  

About Das Wunderkind:

Traditional, sour, low gravity saison aged in oak wine and whiskey barrels with naturally occurring wild yeast and bacteria from the Texas Hill Country.

Packages: 750ml bottles
Availability: Limited
OG: 1.038  FG: 1.005  ABV: 4.2%
Water: Harvesterd Rain and/or Hill Country Well Water
Malts: Belgian Pilsener, Organic Two
Row, Dark Wheat, Munich, Acidulated Malt
Hops: Tettnang, Czech Saaz, Styrian Goldings
Yeast: Farmhouse Yeast, Wild Yeast from the Texas Hill County.
Bacteria: Lactobacillus and Pediococcus.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lost Abbey, New Releases

Lost Abbey Track #2: Stairway To Heaven

The second release of Lost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Series releases this Saturday, February 18th, 2012.

The Beer:
From the Remixed Tracks, this is a blend of Cuvee from bourbon barrels blended into The Angel’s Share (bourbon) with peaches and topped off with Project X (our wild fermentation project) to balance the peaches’ sweetness with some acidity. The blend proportions are 60% Angel’s Share, 20% Cuvee de Tomme and 20% Project X.

ABV: 12.5%

Backstory (Liner Notes):

You ever wonder how we’re going to know for sure which Stairway might actually lead us towards heaven?  At Rapture, God’s probably going to roll out some bunk ass rickety rope ladder as one last test of our faith based resolution and seemingly an absolute confirmation for inclusion in his Kingdom.

Devious Satan will unveil his own stairway for us. Under a storm of panic like a captain trolling for lost souls, he’ll take delight harvesting a bounty of smelted riches from that sea of chaos. Baiting a simple blinking neon sign announcing the doors to heaven are open will have the ignorant and sinful gulping the tasty treats of his “easy” step Escalator to Heaven. Upon reaching Faux Heaven, St Peter won’t be there overseeing GSA Angels and their full soul body scanners for souls. For they choose poorly once again revealing all the shame and sin!

Oh the horror, enjoy the Golden Glistening Plunge…

Release: Each individual track release is limited to 350 bottles, so they won’t make distribution. Bottles will be for sale only in the brewery tasting room and must be consumed onsite – no take away. Additionally, these beers are available strictly on a first come, first serve basis; no reservations will be accepted.

 

by Reid Ramsay