Topic Archives: Belgian Strong Ales
SweetWater’s Next Dank Tank Has a Gameshow Vibe & a Love Child [Updated]
SweetWater Brewery’s (Atlanta, GA) next experimental brew in their Dank Tank Series features a Belgian influence. This new offering has a daytime gameshow vibe, as the adventures of El Danko continue. Take a read below and question whether that coffee you’re drinking is strong enough.
Workin’ as a caddy at Bushwood, El Danko was stoked to find out he would be shouldering Boob Barker’s bag. Figuring Boob was a swell guy who liked to have fun, El Danko slipped an exploding golf ball onto the first tee. Boob was so enraged after the ball blew, he threw a haymaker at El Danko and broke his high heel. Fearing a big lawsuit and being hammed in the tabloids, Boob offered him a rigged spot on The Price is Wrong to keep him quiet. Sure enough, down in Studio City 42 days later. Rod Roddy bellowed out to 0 Danko “Come on down!” He was ecstatic as they wheeled out some fancy leather chaps and some extra crisping hair mouse which he just purchased last week. Bidding $420 m the lot El Danko nailed it! With a kiss from Barker’s Beauties as the bonus, he strutted on stage and with a wink he gave a slap on the ass to Boob Barker himself.
On to the big prize, El Danko was confronted with the infamous Cliff Hanger climb! Just as the yodeler was about to cliff dive off the ledge, he came to a screeching halt. The Dankster had pulled it off. Claiming the prize behind Door #2: Pimpin’ high heels and some private the behind Curtain 43 with Ester-y, the Belgian Barker Beauty, who 9 months later delivered the biggest strprise of all! Blam!!! El Danko is a dad living in Belgium. Jobless, he got a gig at Easte-y’s family brewery to pay for his Price is Wrong lovechild, Barnold Schwarzenkegger. The Boob Barker Belgian Behemoth Boogieboy. Benjoy
Style: Belgian-Style Strong Ale
Hops: Nugget, Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo
Malts: Marris Otter, Pilsner, 2-Row, Wheat
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft
Arrival: August 13th, 2013
9% ABV
Update: Launch date added
Mikkeller It’s Alive In White Wine Hits Shelves
A white wine edition of Mikkeller’s It’s Alive is now on shelves. It’s Alive is a Belgian strong ale homage to the Trappist beer Orval. There is a Grand Marnier barrel aged edition in the works too.
Style: Belgian Strong Ale (Barrel Aged, White Wine)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles
8% ABV
Pic via @GreensBeer
Mikkeller’s It’s Alive! In White Wine Barrels
Mikkeller has a barrel aged edition of It’s Alive! coming soon. Alive a Belgian strong ale brewed by Mikkeller at De Proef. The edition spent time in white wine barrels.
Style: Belgian Strong Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles.
Arrival: TBA
8% ABV
New Evil Twin Beers Arrive
New Evil Twin beers arrive stateside:
Molotov Cocktail. Imperial IPA, 13% ABV. A literal explosion of hops in your mouth.
9th Symphony – Blonde Ale aged in Austrian wine barrels. 9% ABV
Ron and the Beast Ryan – Saison, 7%. Evil Twin’s Ryan & The Beaster Bunny brewed with Jolly Pumpkin Brett.
Evil Twin Monk Suffers Serious Sugar Rush On Barbados – Belgian Strong Ale, 8% ABV. Belgian ale infused with local muscovado sugar, aka Barbados sugar.
pic: @aleyeahbeer
Stone Brewing’s Old Guardian Belgo Arrives
Stone Brewing launched a new program for 2 of their most popular beers – Old Guardian and Russian Imperial Stout. The idea was to “Belgianize” the beers for odd years. (2011, 2013, 2015 etc) A great idea for sure, turned to public outcry when drinkers found out they will not be able to have their barlywine & stout in 2011. Stone caved and said they will be producing both in 2011. The first edition of the “Odd Beers” has arrived.
What you need to know:
It’s Stone’s Old Guardian Barleywine. Ale yeast out. Belgian yeast in.
Description:
When our illustrious brewing team spiked a few barrels of the Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine with our Belgian yeast strain last year, we absolutely loved it. So much, in fact, that we knew we needed an excuse to make more. So, in our unending quest to constantly challenge the status quo (even our own), we came up with Odd Beers for Odd Years, a program to release odd beers — e.g. Stone Old Guardian BELGO Barley Wine — in odd years (2011, 2013, 2015…). It was met with a bit of resistance (to say the least) since we weren’t originally offering the traditional Old Guardian alongside it, but we’ve mended our ways and decided to make both. You’re welcome.
Style: Barleywine (Belgianized)
Hops & Malts: Unspecified, other than lots.
Taste Expectations: Caramel and toffee. Dark fruits from the bananas interlace throughout. Bit of booze, hop bitterness. Good balance.
Availability: 22oz bombers. Draft. Seasonal, odd years. Next brew, 2013.
12% ABV
