Topic Archives: Apricots
Red Hare Whabbit Wheat released in cans
Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, GA) has canned a new wheat beer, Whabbit Wheat.
Red Hare Whabbit Wheat is now available in 12oz cans and draft, seasonally.
Style: Wheat Ale (w/ Apricots, Peaches)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Debut: Spring, 2015
6.5% ABV
Almanac Valley of the Hearts Delight, Batch 2
Almanac Valley of the Hearts Delight is back for round two. The sour ale is inspired by the agricultural history of Santa Clara Valley, California.
Now Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Valley was once known as Valley of the Heart’s Delight, the land of fruit orchards. For this release of Heart’s Delight, Almanac uses foraged apricots handpicked by the Garden To Table non-profit, promoting urban farming in San Jose.
Almanac Valley of the Hearts Delight uses a blend of wild and sour cultures from a few of the brewery’s other offerings. Aged in wine barrels with the foraged apricots. Available again in 375ml bottles.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Apricots. Barrel Aged)
Availability: 375ml bottles, corked & caged.
Return: February, 2015 (Batch 2)
7% ABV
Image via Almanac Beer Co.
Dogfish Head Aprihop Gets Artistic Update
Dogfish Head’s spring seasonal, Aprihop, will feature new label art from Pittsburgh illustrator Rich Kelly. All 12oz bottles will feature the fresh artwork.
Kelly has created posters for big name musical acts like Phish, Primus, Dave Matthews Band, The Black Keys, and movie and tv’s Django Unchained, Breaking Bad.
When I started out, I recorded all of the information I could regarding the different ingredients, the geography of their origins and the process of brewing. Then it was a matter of creating visuals to accompany that information and then combining those visuals into one cohesive image…
Dogfish Head Aprihop is the brewery’s spring seasonal, brewed with apricot juice. It makes a seasonal return in March, 2015. Rich describes the creative process on Dogfish Head’s website.
Style: IPA (w/ Apricots)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Distribution: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, VT, WA
7% ABV
Hangar 24 Barrel Roll “Chandelle” on Black Friday
Hanger 24 Barrel Roll #5 is Chandelle, releasing on November 28th, 2014.
Chandelle is a sour blonde, aged for a year in white wine barrels with 850 pounds of Golden Sweet apricots.
The fulsome and earthy apricot aromas float on the bracingly sour base developed in the barrel, coming together in a wonderfully complex final beer. This is our first major sour release in over two years, and represents the first of many delicious beers that will be emerging from our new sour program in the coming months.
Hanger 24 Barrel Roll Chandelle will be available in 22oz bombers, debuting at 10 Am on Black Friday (November 28th.)
Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Apricots. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 22oz Bombers. Limited Release
Arrival: 11/28/14
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Bell’s “Venus” Ready to Ship
The second edition in Bell’s Brewery’s Planetary Series, Venus has been bottled and ready to ship. This edition is a blonde ale with apricot, honey, cardamon, and vanilla.
The second release in our Planets Series starts with spicy, fruity and light citrus notes along with herbal notes from cardamom in the aroma. Apricots contribute a very distinct tart character and sweetness from the vanilla rounds out the finish. More than 60 pounds of hand sliced vanilla beans were used to ferment this strong fruit and spice beer with a complex herbal fruit character.
Bell’s Venus is available in 12oz bottles. In Roman mythology, Venus was a goddess that encompassed love, sex, prosperity and fertility. The first release in the Plantary Series was Mars, The Bringer of War.
Style: Blonde Ale (w/ Vanilla Beans, Cardamom, Honey, Apricot Juice)
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Arrival: December, 2014
7.5% ABV
Read more: Bell’s Planetary Series
Image via Bell’s
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Bell’s Planetary Spotlight: Venus
Bell’s Brewery (Comstock, MI) celebrates Gustav Holst’s classical masterpiece “The Planets”, with a specialty beer series that starts this year.
Each offering is a different interpretation of the composer’s movements, like the above Venus, The Bringer of Peace. This edition is first and foremost a blonde ale, brewed with apricot juice, honey, cardamom, and vanilla beans.
Expect Bell’s Venus sometime in October, 2014.
Style: Blonde Ale (w/ Vanilla Beans, Cardamom, Honey, Apricot Juice)
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Arrival: Mid-October, 2014
7.5% ABV
Read more: Bell’s Planetary Series
