Posted in Coming Soon, Founders Brewing

Founders Bottles 15th Anniversary Beer [PIC]

Founders celebrates their 15th birthday this year. They’ll will celebrate with Bolt Cutter Barleywine. As of today, the beer is in the bottle where it will condition for a few months. Release date is set for Fall, 2012.

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by Reid Ramsay July 20, 2012

Posted in Brasserie Franches-Montagnes, Coming Soon, Schneider & Sons

Schneider & BFM’s Wine Barrel Creation Headed Stateside

B. United will be importing a new one from Schneider & Sons. Cuvee Barrique is a collaboration between Brasserie Franches-Montagnes’s Jerome Rebetez in Switzerland and Hans-Peter Drexler. Schneider took their wheat doppelbock (Aventinus?) and aged in one of Jerome’s wine barrels. Start salivating.

Style: Wheat Doppelbock (Barrel Aged, Wine Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles

9.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay July 20, 2012

Posted in Coming Soon, Shipyard Brewing

Shipyard Bourbon Barrel Aged Double ESB

A very special edition of Shipyard’s ESB is in the works. Double ESB is extra special thanks to 100+ days in bourbon barrels. The brewery touts an unlimited shelf life.

Our Bourbon Barrel Aged ales are brewed and carefully cellar-aged in small batches in decanted bourbon barrels at our brewery in Portland, Maine.

Style: ESB (Barrel Aged)
Hops: Progress, Challenger, Goldings
Malts: 2 Row Pale, Crystal, Chocolate Yeast: English

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

13.2% ABV, 80 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay July 19, 2012

Posted in Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick 17th Anniversary Blending [PICS]

Red Brick Brewing is on the eve of the 3rd barrel aged anniversary release. Last week, BeerStreetJournal was on site at the brewery when Dave McClure and his brewing team in Atlanta, Georgia pulled the next Brick Mason Series brew from the the barrels. The 2012 release marks 17 years, and is a brown ale aged in Jim Beam barrels. Before the blending, all 72 barrels were placed in the cooler overnight. The next day, the barrels were forklifted two at a time to the tank area for blending. Every barrel had to be tasted to ensure the flavor quality before blending.

You see below, each barrel is opened, sampled then pumped (with CO2) into the brite tank. Red Brick 17th Anniversary has been bottled and will start shipping over the next week.

Style: Brown Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Limited Draft.

8.5% ABV