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Beer Dinner 11/14: Terrapin Beer Co at Le Giverny

Le Giverny hosts Terrapin on 11/14/12 in Atlanta. 

Our friends in Athens produce some of the Southeast’s top hops. Their sophisticated craft beers have subtle nuances and flavor profiles that are the perfect complement to Remy’s wonderful autumn menu. Here’s what’s on tap:

 

Duck prosciutto Continue Reading →

Posted in Beer News

Atlanta’s Craft Beer Speakeasy Celebrates 3 Years Today

The Fred Bar celebrates 3 Years today… 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Wild Heaven Craft Beers

Wild Heaven Ode To Mercy Special Winter Ale Returns Late November

Wild Heaven Ode To Mercy Special Winter Ale

has become a seasonal Atlanta favorite over the past few years. The Avondale Estates, Georgia based brewery will bring the beer back to taps in a few weeks. Brewmaster Eric Johnson took Ode To Mercy, and added bourbon soaked oak chips.  The result is a winter beer with oak, vanilla, coffee, with a semi sweet finish.

Style: American Brown Ale (bourbon oak chips)

Availability: Draft only. Winter seasonal

8.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer Dinners

Beer Dinner 11/14: Terrapin Beer Co at Le Giverny

Le Giverny hosts Terrapin on 11/14/12 in Atlanta. 

Our friends in Athens produce some of the Southeast’s top hops. Their sophisticated craft beers have subtle nuances and flavor profiles that are the perfect complement to Remy’s wonderful autumn menu. Here’s what’s on tap:

 

Duck prosciutto mini-sandwiches with romesco butter

Easy Rider Ale

Salad of endive, goat cheese, grilled pears, champagne vinaigrette

Monk’s Revenge

Butternut squash bisque, roquefort crème fraiche

Pumpkin Fest

Braised short ribs, smoked gouda and roasted shallot polenta,  

apple cider & beer reduction

Hopsecutioner IPA

Cappuccino crème brulée

Moo-Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout

 Live music, featuring the incomparable Berne Poliakoff, is also on the menu!

Make your reservation today! Call 404-325-7252 or reserve online.

  $40 (exclusive of tax and gratuity)

Le Giverny
1641 Clifton Road Northeast  Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 325-7252

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Terrapin Beer Company

Get Your Chocolate Fix. Terrapin Moo Hoo Returns

Terrapin Beer Co’s instantly popular chocolate offering Moo Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout has returned. The creamy sweet offering features cocoa nibs from Olive & Sinclair in Nashville, Tennessee and milk sugar for a silky feel. Look for it in 4 packs and draft through the first of the year.

Style: Milk Stout (Cocoa Nibs, Cocoa Shells & Lactose)

Hops: Nugget, Willamette
Malt: 2 Row Pale, Flaked Oat, Chocolate, Crystal 85, Carafa III Special, Roasted Barley

6% ABV, 30 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, SweetWater Brewing

Bring Out The Gimp! SweetWater Readies New Dank Tank Release

SweetWater The Gimp

SweetWater Brewery (Atlanta, GA) will unleash The Gimp before the end of the year. This highly cellarable release is a aggressive, and deserves a spanking. I think you’re just the person to give him one.

The Gimp A love story! A wide open Old Ale, The Gimp gags up Alc.10.3% by Vol. and is bred to be stashed in a Dank dark cellar only to be brought out for your most “special” guests! This full-bodied Gimp gives off sweet scents of caramel and toffee and, as legend has it, warm sensations of malt balanced by low voltage doses of hops delivering a SHOCKER you’ll actually want to receive. Don’t keep The Gimp’s leash too tight, as he will mellow with age and become more experienced the longer he stays locked up in the cellar. Bring out The Gimp!

Style: Old Ale
Availability: 22 oz bombers
Arrival: Late 2012

10.3% ABV 

Read more: SweetWater Dank Tank Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Founder’s Backwoods Bastard Returns To Atlanta

Backwoods Bastard is back in the A.  This fall seasonal from Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI) is a must have for bold tastebuds.  Take a big scotch ale and throw it in a bourbon oak barrels you get a rare treat comes around once a year.  Love barrel aged beer?  Don’t miss this.

Expect lovely, warm smells of single malt scotch, oaky bourbon barrels, smoke, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice, and a scintilla of dark fruit. It’s a kick-back sipper made to excite the palate.

Style: Scotch Ale (Barrel Aged)

Taste Expectations: Vanilla from the bourbon.  Touch of oak. Malts are sweet, & caramel, some bread.  Also a bit of dark fruits, chocolate, & a warming alcohol finish.

Availability: 12oz/4 pks.  Draft.  Late fall seasonal.

10.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin Indiana Krunkles Leads Election For 2013 Return

Terrapin Beer Co’s Indiana Krunkles is leading Terrapin’s “You Vote” Election. Fans have the opportunity to vote for which brew to bring back in 2013.  As of 11:30 AM, the leaders are:

Indiana Krunkles (3,353 votes)

Dos Cocoas (2,479)

Sunray Wheat ( 1, 248)

Hop Shortage (1,124)

Today, cast two votes. One for your next POTUS, and one for the Terrapin Beer you want back. Go Here —-> http://terrapinbeer.com/vote/

by Reid Ramsay