Goose Island’s Bramble Rye has just shipped out of the brewery. Check out the brewers talking about this soon to be scarce beer.
Goose Island Scarlett. This Belgian inspired ale debuted in June, 2011. This saison ale is aged in wine barrels with brett yeast. Another round of this beer will appear this year.
Brewed with the Saison and farmhouse ales of Belgium in Continue Reading →
Coming this Spring – An insanely good sounding Widmer Brothers Kill Devil Brown Ale. 90% of this ale is brewed with palm sugar and molasses, aged in rum barrels. 10% is barreled straight brown ale. The Brother’s Reserve is Continue Reading →
Goose Island Brewing’s berry/whiskey laden beer will be leaving the brewery on February 1st. Imagine Bourbon County Stout (aged in rye whiskey), with raspberries and blackberries and you’re imaging Bramble Rye. It follows on the heels of Coffee Continue Reading →
By the looks of it, Bell’s Brewing recently tapped Dagger Stout, brewed with brewer’s licorice and molasses. (Eccentric Cafe by the looks of it.) Meet version#2, Bourbon Barrel Aged Dagger Stout.
Style: Stout (barrel aged)
Availability: Draft only, as of 1/23/12
?? ABV
You can start reserving Upland Brewing’s latest sour ditty starting at 12 pm (Eastern) on 1/25/12. http://gilgamesh.eventbrite.com Each bottle will run you $25. Pick up runs February 1st -22nd at the brewpub. Note: A friend with a photocopy of your Continue Reading →
Lost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Track #1 “Runnin with the Devil” arrives Saturday. An ode to Van Halen’s 1978 track.
This Saturday, January 21, 2012 will mark the release of the first track in our ultimate Box Set, kicking off a Continue Reading →
Goose Island’s Bramble Rye has just shipped out of the brewery. Check out the brewers talking about this soon to be scarce beer.
Goose Island Scarlett. This Belgian inspired ale debuted in June, 2011. This saison ale is aged in wine barrels with brett yeast. Another round of this beer will appear this year.
Brewed with the Saison and farmhouse ales of Belgium in mind, we added fresh Raspberries and Brettanomyces to a wine barrel and aged the Saison base for 9 months.
Style: Saison (Barrel Aged), w/ raspberries.
Availability: Draft only
7.8% ABV
Coming this Spring – An insanely good sounding Widmer Brothers Kill Devil Brown Ale. 90% of this ale is brewed with palm sugar and molasses, aged in rum barrels. 10% is barreled straight brown ale. The Brother’s Reserve is a series of 22oz bombers (presented in a nice box) that ranges from barleywines, braggots, wheat ales and more. Kill Devil is the 6th release.
Sweet barbados and blackstrap molasses provide touches of toasted sugar, black licorice, and blackened toffee to this brown ale while the palms sugars invite notes of subtle sweetness. Conditioned in Puerto Rican rum barrels, the vanilla and oak flavors and aromas integrate with the calypso hop’s soft tropical and stone fruit aromas.
Style: Brown Ale (Barrel Aged, Rum)
Availability: 22oz bombers. Limited Draft.
9.5% ABV
Goose Island Brewing’s berry/whiskey laden beer will be leaving the brewery on February 1st. Imagine Bourbon County Stout (aged in rye whiskey), with raspberries and blackberries and you’re imaging Bramble Rye. It follows on the heels of Coffee County, making it’s way on shelves now.
Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
13% ABV
A couple of months ago, GI blended the barrels for this beer with John Hall’s watchful eye.
By the looks of it, Bell’s Brewing recently tapped Dagger Stout, brewed with brewer’s licorice and molasses. (Eccentric Cafe by the looks of it.) Meet version#2, Bourbon Barrel Aged Dagger Stout.
Style: Stout (barrel aged)
Availability: Draft only, as of 1/23/12
?? ABV
You can start reserving Upland Brewing’s latest sour ditty starting at 12 pm (Eastern) on 1/25/12. http://gilgamesh.eventbrite.
Upland’s latest adventure into the world of sour brewing, Gilgamesh, is a beer fit for the legendary king of Uruk himself. This Flanders Red style beer is our strongest sour ale, at 10.5% ABV, and possesses a fruity Belgian yeast character, creamy mouthfeel contributed by flaked maize, tart highlights produced by wild microorganisms, and hints of oak texture from slightly neutral bourbon barrel aging.
Gilgamesh won the gold medal in its category and runner up for Best in Show at Chicago’s Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers in November 2011.
Gilgamesh is a Sumerian god that ruled for 126 years, starting in 2500 B.C. Upland started the sour program in 2006 with just 4 barrels. Today they make 11 sour ales.
Lost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Track #1 “Runnin with the Devil” arrives Saturday. An ode to Van Halen’s 1978 track.
This Saturday, January 21, 2012 will mark the release of the first track in our ultimate Box Set, kicking off a year-long series of super-limited beer releases inspired by those great anthem rock tunes of our youth. (Feel free to wave your lighters in the air… for you younger kids that’s what we waved at the concert before cell phones with big screens.)
Track #1 – From the Fresh Track series, this is a brown beer base aged in three red wine barrels, spiked with 30 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and house-raised Brettanomyces cultures.
There will be 3 collections, 4 titles each. Representing the full lineup of Lost Abbey’s brews.
Availability: 375ml corked/caged. 45o bottles each. Tasting Room Only. $15. To be opened and drank ON PREMISE!
Subsequent tracks will release on the 3rd Saturday of each month throughout the year.
The first track, an ode to Van Halen’s 1978 anthem, “Runnin’ With The Devil”, is scheduled for release January 21, 2012. Details will be available on The Lost Abbey website in mid January.
