Barrel Aged

Bruery Melange 12 Released

The Bruery Melange 12 is now available to Bruery Reserve Society members. Melange is blend of barrel aged strong ales.

Bruery Melange 12 features vanilla beans, cacao nibs, hazelnuts, aged in bourbon barrels.

A curious amalgam of barrel-aged beer seeping with notes Continue Reading →

Posted in New Releases, The Bruery

Bruery Melange 12 Released

The Bruery Melange 12 is now available to Bruery Reserve Society members. Melange is blend of barrel aged strong ales.

Bruery Melange 12 features vanilla beans, cacao nibs, hazelnuts, aged in bourbon barrels.

A curious amalgam of barrel-aged beer seeping with notes of burnt marshmallows and toasty nuts.

Members of The Bruery’s Reserve and Hoarder’s Society have access. Bruery Melange 12 is available in 750ml bottles.

Style: American Strong Ale (w/ Cocoa Nibs, Vanilla Beans, Hazelnuts. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles

16.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, OddSide Ales

Oddside Mokka Munt

Oddside Mokka Munt

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, New Releases

Allagash Invisible Orange Is So Metal [RELEASED]

Allagash Invisible Orange releases May 30th, in the brewery’s tap room in Portland, Maine.

The base beer is a Belgian-style porter, aged in French oak wine barrels for 18 months. Blood orange juice was added just prior to packaging.

Invisible Orange is a subtly-fruited Belgian Style porter aged in French oak wine barrels for 18 months. The resulting beer is dark brown in color with chocolate and roasted notes throughout the flavor and aroma. Notes of blood orange are present in the aroma and the beer finishes with a gentle acidity.

It was brewed with a blend of 2-Row, Coffee and Chocolate malts with blood orange pulp and zest added in the brewhouse. After fermenting with a Belgian Abbey yeast, it was transferred into barrels and underwent an aging period in barrels with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. Before packaging, a small amount of fresh blood orange juice was added.

As for the name, it’s so metal. Particularly death metal, when the fans or singers hold their hand in a claw-like position, like they are holding an invisible orange.

Allagash Invisible Orange is available in 12.7oz bottles.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blood Orange. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles, Corked & Caged.
Release: 5/30/15

9% ABV

As of June 1st, bottles were still available in the tap room. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing, Headlines

Green Flash Flanders Drive (Sour Ale) Joins Cellar 3, June 7th

Green Flash Flanders Drive, the brewery’s bourbon barrel aged sour ale returns again this month. The beer joins the new “Cellar 3” series.

You’ve seen Green Flash Flanders Drive in limited quantities in the past in 12oz bottles. Recently, the brewery opened a new barrel aged location/warehouse/tap room dubbed Cellar 3, from which beers like Flanders Drive and recently released Silva Stout have emerged.

Green Flash Flanders Drive will be available in 750ml bottles starting June 7th. Distribution shortly after.

Style: Flanders Red Ale/ Sour Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon Barrels.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Corked & Caged. Limited release.
Arrival: 6/7/15

6.9% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Releases, Upslope Brewing Company

Upslope Manhattan Style Rye Ale (Aged in Whiskey) Hits Cans in June

Upslope Manhattan Style Rye Ale is joining the brewery’s Lee Hill Series. This fourth edition in the series is a rye beer, aged in Leopold Brothers Maryland-style Rye Whiskey barrels. The goal is to have Upslope Manhattan Style Rye Ale mimic flavors of a manhattan cocktail.

“I love a good Manhattan with rye whiskey and have always wanted to brew a beer that could replicate the great flavors of this classic cocktail,” said Head Brewer Sam Scruby. “When presented with first use Leopold Bros. Maryland Rye Whiskey barrels, the decision was easy. I threw out the recipe book and went outside the box for this cocktail-inspired Manhattan Style Rye Ale.“

Upslope Manhattan Style Rye Ale will release on June 4th in 19.2oz cans at the brewery in Boulder, Colorado. $10 dollars per can.

Recent additions to Upslope’s Lee Hill Series includes: Barrel Aged Brown, Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, and Wild Saison.

Style: Rye Beer (Barrel Aged. Rye Whiskey.)
Availability: 19.2oz Cans
Release: 6/4/15

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lonerider Brewing Company, New Releases

Lonerider Tombstone Reserve Oak Aged Rye Stout in Tallboys

Lonerider Tombstone Reserve Oak Aged Rye Stout is on shelves now in 16oz cans.

In fall of 2014, the Raleigh, North Carolina brewery released Lonerider Tombstone, a rye stout, on draft only. Pleased with the offering, Lonerider saved some of that release, plus re-brewed a fresh batch, and aged it on bourbon oak staves.

This could be your huckleberry (no fruit added, it’s word play.) Boasting flavors from chocolate and rye malts and aged on bourbon oak, Tombstone Reserve Rye Stout is our winter Most Wanted offering. The addition of of flaked rye adds an earthy character in this full bodied stout that finishes smooth.

Lonerider Tombstone Reserve Oak Aged Rye Stout is on shelves now in 16oz cans.

Style: Rye Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 16oz Cans.
Release: May, 2015

5.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Clown Shoes Brewing, New Beers

Clown Shoes Pierre Ferrand Billionare

Clown Shoes Pierre Ferrand Billionare

by Reid Ramsay