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Carolina Bauernhaus Barrel Aged Grand Ole Fuzz

Carolina Bauernhaus Barrel Aged Grand Ole Fuzz will be available at the Anderson, South Carolina on September 2nd.

The beer was brewed with RJ Rockers in Spartanburg, South Carolina, using SouthYeast Labs yeasts. Carolina Bauernhaus Barrel Aged Grand Ole Fuzz spends 11 Continue Reading →

Posted in Carolina Bauernhaus Ales, New Releases

Carolina Bauernhaus Barrel Aged Grand Ole Fuzz

Carolina Bauernhaus Barrel Aged Grand Ole Fuzz will be available at the Anderson, South Carolina on September 2nd.

The beer was brewed with RJ Rockers in Spartanburg, South Carolina, using SouthYeast Labs yeasts. Carolina Bauernhaus Barrel Aged Grand Ole Fuzz spends 11 months in freshly used Biltmore Winery Pinot Noir barrels.

…[The] barrels developing an unrepeatable, deep complexity. The extended aging lead to notes of sweet fruits and dry tannins, a mild tartness, and a pleasant earthy spice.

Carolina Bauernhaus Barrel Aged Grand Ole Fuzz will be available in 750ml bottles starting at 4pm on September 2nd. No distribution.

Style: Saison (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: 9/2/16

?? ABV 

Image: Carolina Bauernhaus 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Don't Miss This

New stout cocktail: Boulevard Imperial Stout X Manhattan

Boulevard Imperial Stout X Manhattan is ready to join the brewery’s Smokestack Series.

Recently, the Kansas City, Missouri based brewery expanded their well-known Smokestack Series to include a few entries with new treatments. The most recent example – Rye-on-Rye Sazerac. (Brewed to mimic the cocktail.)

Boulevard Imperial Stout X Manhattan incorporate the base imperial stout, aged in Jefferson’s Manhattan barrels, that were used age the cocktail

As a special treat for lovers of big, complex stouts, Boulevard Brewing Company offers the 2016 Imperial Stout “X” series. The “X” factor stands for key variables added to each of several different limited releases throughout the year. This batch was aged in cooperage that had been used to barrel finish Jefferson’s Manhattan cocktail, boding k an oaky/vanilla character with notes of earthy spice.

On shelves now is a sazerac inspired edition of Rye-on-Rye, also a part of the Smokestack Series.

Boulevard Imperial Stout X Manhattan is a 750 milliliter bottle release.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: Late August, 2016

14.4% ABV

Ed note: The alcohol by volume may prohibit distribution in some states. Image: Boulevard Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Carolina Bauernhaus Ales, New Releases

Carolina Bauernhaus 18 Mile Red Grand Cru bottles debuted this week

Carolina Bauernhaus 18 Mile Red Grand Cru bottles will be available starting this week. The Anderson, South Carolina based brewery debuted their first bottles in June.

Carolina Bauernhaus 18 Mile Red Grand Cru is the brewery’s Belgian-style red sour ale, brewed with rye malt, and aged for six months in Tempranillo barrels. The souring Lactobacillus bacteria was isolated from opuntia fruit by SouthYeast Labs in La France, South Carolina.

This is a sour red ale brewed with NC heirloom rye malt fermented and aged for six months in a single regional wine barrel. This ale has a bright acidity and is filled with dark fruit notes and an oaky character. The acidity is drawn from a strain of native lactobacillus, a blend of local yeasts, and a pair of Brettanomyces strains.

22 ounce bottles will be on sale in the brewery’s tap room starting August, 23rd.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. (Tap room)
Debut: 8/23/16

7.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, Don't Miss This

A french aperitif creates upcoming Allagash Emile

Allagash Emile will soon grace the Portland, Maine based brewery’s small bottle series. Another wild beer with a great backstory.

The American sour/wild ale has been aging in oak foudres that once held Pineau des Charentes, a French aperitif. The drink is essentially a fortified wine that is blended with a clear brandy and matured.

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Allagash Emile (named for the man that proportedly created the sibling to cognac, is a fermented Allagash house yeast, then aged in foudres with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus.

The color of mature rosewood with ruby highlights, Emile carries the aroma of black currants and elderberries with hearty, earthy undertones. Notes of both dark chocolate and dates infuse the taste, making for a beer that’s part France, part Belgium, and all Maine.

Allagash Emile will be a 12.7 ounce bottle release. The brewery will announce a release date in the near future.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Foudre Aged. Pineau des Charentes.)
Hops: Northern Brewer
Malts: 2-Row, Red Wheat, Special B, Local Oats, Midnight Wheat

Availability: 12.7oz Bottes

7.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Victory Brewing Company, Headlines

Chardonnay meets monkey in Victory Sour Monkey Remix

Just as Victory Sour Monkey hits shelves again for the second time Victory Sour Monkey Remix surfaces, a barrel aged edition of the sour/wild ale.

The base beer for this is the very well known Victory Golden Monkey, the brewery’s Belgian-style tripel ale, brewed with Westmalle yeast. Victory Sour Monkey takes shape thanks to extended fermentation using Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus (hitting shelves again now).

Victory Sour Monkey Remix takes things a step further with Chardonnay barrel-aging.

Now usually we don’t do this, but sometimes an instant classic is just begging for a Remix. Chardonnay barrel aging puts a whole new spin on our already tastefully twisted Sour Monkey, with notes of vanilla and oak, rounding out its lemony tart tang and dry finish. Experience this exclusive, next level evolution of our beloved Golden Monkey for yourself.

Victory Sour Monkey Remix will be a 750 milliliter bottle conditioned release. The brewery has not officially announced this beer.

Style: American Wild Ale (Chardonnay Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: TBA

9.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jester King Brewery, New Releases

Jester King bottles CRU 55, a “grand cru” sour red

Jester King CRU 55 goes on sale today at the brewery in Austin, Texas. Fair warning, there is not a lot of this one.

Back in February, 2013, at the genesis of the brewery’s spontaneous fermentation program, there was an extra 130 gallon puncheon ready to be filled. Jester King tapped RU55 Barrel Aged Sour Red Ale for the barrel.

That beer has sat in the brewery’s barrel room for three years. In February, the brewery filled 900 bottles of the aged “grand cru” edition the sour red. A rare treat.

Jester King CRU 55 is a 375 milliliter bottle offering, at the brewery starting on August 12th, 2016.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 375ml Bottles. $14/Bottle

Debut: 8/12/16

?? ABV

Image: Jester King Brewery

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Carolina Bauernhaus Ales, Coming Soon

Carolina Bauernhaus Feral Barrel Raspberry debuts

Carolina Bauernhaus Feral Barrel Raspberry will be the third bottle release by the Anderson, South Carolina based brewery.

The base beer for Feral Barrel Raspberry is a dark wild ale, brewed with South Carolina region malts. It is initially aged for four months in sorghum rum barrels with native wild yeast from SouthYeast labs and two Brettanomyces strains.

For the past two months, Feral was aged on what the brewery calls a “massive” amount of red raspberries and tart cherries. 

A dark wild ale featuring regional malts fermented and aged four months in sorghum rum barrels with a blend of native yeasts and brettanomyces.We added a massive amount of red raspberries and tart cherries and then aged for two more months. Jammy fruit notes are balanced by a rich malt forward body and a tart dry finish.

The brewery’s first bottle came in June – June Princess, followed shortly by Raspberry Petite Sour in July.

Carolina Bauernhaus Feral Barrel Raspberry will available in 750 milliliter bottles at the brewery on August 9th. Limited distribution to follow shortly after.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Cherries, Raspberries. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: 8/9/16

7.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay