Jailhouse Brewing just made their first foray into barrel aging. Yesterday (at least 2) Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon barrels. Let’s hope it’s Breakout Stout.
Stone’s Quingenti Millitre Series kicked off in July. It’s Stone’s new barrel aging program. A great idea from one of the fastest growing breweries in the United States with only one problem. The beers are extremely rare. Unless Continue Reading →
Checking in on Nebraska Brewing:
The first batch of the season – Wick For Brains Pumpkin Ale has all but sold out at the brewpub. More is on the way. Wick is an amber ale based beer, brewed with pumpkin & Continue Reading →
Epic Brewing (Salt Lake City, UT) presents Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout. Brewed with cocoa nibs and coffee. Aged in whiskey barrels. This Baptist joins Epic’s expanding line of Exponential Series releases. It is unclear if this is a take Continue Reading →
Too early to say ’tis the season? Not if you love Halloween.
Heavy Seas Brewing is about to bring out the gourds again this year. Great & Great’er Pumpkin are about to ship. 2011 is the 2nd release of Continue Reading →
Stillwater Artisanal Ale’s Barrel Aged Existent is now available for your drinking pleasure.
Existent is a dark saison featuring the visage of Frederick Nietzsche. This saison has a dark malt, fruit, spice & cocoa flavor.
Existent represents the philosophy behind Stillwater Continue Reading →
Here’s a press release containing all you needed to know about Founder’s Canadian Breakfast Stout release.
Founders Brewing Vice President/Director of Marketing Dave Engbers announced last month that the highly anticipated Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) will be the second Continue Reading →
Jailhouse Brewing just made their first foray into barrel aging. Yesterday (at least 2) Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon barrels. Let’s hope it’s Breakout Stout.
Stone’s Quingenti Millitre Series kicked off in July. It’s Stone’s new barrel aging program. A great idea from one of the fastest growing breweries in the United States with only one problem. The beers are extremely rare. Unless you are reading this in or geographically near to San Diego, California, there is little change you will taste the awesome that lies within these bottles. However being beer geeks, or at the very least- beer interested, we like to know what’s up. So here’s whats up.
The Quingenti series has featured 2 beers to date. Stone/Maui/Ken Schmidt Coconut Porter, and 2010 Stone Old Guardian Barleywine aged in bourbon. Next 2 releases feature Stone’s Belgian edition of OG, aged in bourbon and red wine barrels.
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I write this the Tuesday following out Stone 15th Anniversary Celebration. More than 6,500 folks came out to help us celebrate our 15 years of vein in the biz. And as with every other year, we are blessed to find this one filled with many many interesting and exciting things. New “Stone Quingenti Millilitre” 500ml cork-and-wire-bale program announced? Check. New coffee table worthy book The Craft Of Stone Brewing Co: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes & Unabashed Arrogance released Late Sept 2011? Check. Another tome I co-authored called The Brewer’s Apprentice also coming out in Sept? Check. New Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens -Liberty Station announced? Check. New “Stone Company Store” in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego opened? Check. Stone Europe announced? The idea, check. The announcement of A building expansion to the south of the brewery that may allow us to eventually brew a half a million barrels per year? Check. Impending secession from the city-state of Escondido to form our own Stonelandia? Uh, no, not yet. We like Escondido! Although it’s pretty amusing to ponder the thought… hmmm.. Stonelandia. I like the sound of it! Heh. OK back to the moment. The thing I left out in the list above was the announcement that along with the hotel and event space mentioned, we’ll have a new barrel-aging room. Enough room from many hundreds of barrels, which will mean a future filled with a lot more of the likes of what you have here in your hands. You could call it “a tasty barrel-aged future” if you like. I think I will.
Style: Barleywine (Belgian yeast)
Availability: 500ml bottles. Estimated 550 bottle yield.
Release: Stone will announce how they will be released
12% ABV
Checking in on Nebraska Brewing:
The first batch of the season – Wick For Brains Pumpkin Ale has all but sold out at the brewpub. More is on the way. Wick is an amber ale based beer, brewed with pumpkin & spices.
The next Reserve Series brews will be released simultaneously. The brewery brags they are the best they’ve made to date. They are:
Fathead: was aged in barrels that had already been used by Black Betty in an attempt to take the alcohol bite down just a notch or 2 – and it worked fantastically. We’re still completely amazed and extremely pleased – these will launch and be gone in an instant.
BA Hop God: Is a Belgian IPA with some barrel aging.
Release dates to be announced soon…
Epic Brewing (Salt Lake City, UT) presents Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout. Brewed with cocoa nibs and coffee. Aged in whiskey barrels. This Baptist joins Epic’s expanding line of Exponential Series releases. It is unclear if this is a take off of the Imperial Stout already appearing in the series.
Closer to release, Epic will release more details.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBD
Read more about Epic’s Exponential Releases…
Too early to say ’tis the season? Not if you love Halloween.
Heavy Seas Brewing is about to bring out the gourds again this year. Great & Great’er Pumpkin are about to ship. 2011 is the 2nd release of Great’er Pumpkin in bottles. Great’er Pumpkin is Great, with some barel aging
Style: Pumpkin Beer, Pumpkin Beer (Barrel Aged)
Taste Expectations: Pumpkin, malts, fall spices (Nutmeg, cinnamon) Barrel aged version: Add vanilla, oak & a touch of alcohol warming.
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Early Fall release.
8% ABV
Stillwater Artisanal Ale’s Barrel Aged Existent is now available for your drinking pleasure.
Existent is a dark saison featuring the visage of Frederick Nietzsche. This saison has a dark malt, fruit, spice & cocoa flavor.
Existent represents the philosophy behind Stillwater Artisanal. We strive to define ourselves through our passion and sincerity while accepting that not all aspects of life are readily explainable. To manifest this ideology we present an ale of intrigue. Deep & dark though deceptively dry, braced by a firm yet smooth bitterness and accented with an earthy hop and mild roast aroma. This is an ale for you to define..
That beer, in bourbon barrels, is what you see before you.
Style: Dark saison (bourbon barrel aged)
Taste Expectations: Milk chocolate, oaky vanilla, bourbon. Light saison spice, dark fruits & funk.
Availability: 11.2 oz bottles.
Distro Area: Limited to 44 cases. Potential in areas: WA, OR, CA, AZ, MO, IL, WI, OH, GA, FL, SC, NC, VA, PA, DC, MD, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, ME
7.6% ABV
Here’s a press release containing all you needed to know about Founder’s Canadian Breakfast Stout release.
Founders Brewing Vice President/Director of Marketing Dave Engbers announced last month that the highly anticipated Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) will be the second release in the company’s 750mL “Backstage Series”. It will be released to the market on October 3, 2011, with a taproom release party on October 1.
The taproom release at 235 Grandville Ave SE in downtown Grand Rapids will begin at 11 a.m. on October 1. There will be about 1700 bottles available for purchase at $18 each. A strict limit of two (2) bottles per person will apply, and all bottles will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Because a line is expected to form before 11 a.m., numbers will be handed out so that the line can remain intact once the taproom doors open. CBS will be featured on draft, and CBS merchandise will be available in the Founders company store, which is on the north end of the taproom. As with all Founders specialty products, growler fills will not be available for CBS.
There has been a great deal of anticipation and speculation regarding the upcoming release after the success of Blushing Monk, the series’ debut, earlier this year. Canadian Breakfast Stout is the epitome of why Founders launched the Backstage Series: it brings some of the brewery’s most sought-after beers, which have been available primarily at the taproom or at a few select events, to a much larger audience.
Canadian Breakfast Stout is an Imperial Stout brewed with a blend of coffees and imported chocolates, then aged in spent bourbon barrels that have most recently been aging pure Michigan maple syrup. The final product has had stellar reviews and is currently the fifth highest rated beer in the world on www.BeerAdvocate.com.
“Releasing small specialty batches is a great way for us to connect to our core beer enthusiast,” Engbers explains. “Fundamentally, we are a small brewery, and we love to do things our own way. This isn’t about flooding the shelves with a beer that we hope people will try; it’s about producing the best damn beer we can brew and offering it to those enthusiasts who have supported our passion for great beer.”
The company is not revealing any additional releases in the series, but Engbers says they will consist of many of the “popular one-offs” that have been offered in the taproom over the years and have become favorites among patrons and brewery staff. “I think part of what people love about Founders, besides our beer, is that we listen to what they are saying,” says President Mike Stevens. “With our new line, now we can offer them more of what they’ve been asking for.”
The company expects to release one more product in the 2011 Backstage Series later this year.
Founders Brewing Company opened their doors in 1997 with the vision of creating some of the most unique craft beer in the world. Today, Founders has a loyal following with several beers lauded as winners of national and international awards in their respective categories. In 2009, they were ranked as the second fastest growing brewery in the United States, and they are currently rated the second highest brewery in the world by RateBeer.com.
