Topic Archives: Brandy
Heavy Seas: Holy Sh*t This Is Good!
Holy Sheet! is back from Heavy Seas Brewing (Baltimore, MD). Just when you thought this beer couldn’t get any better, the Belgian style abbey ale spent time in a brandy barrel. Sheet is the third release in the new Uncharted Waters Series. (Previously Mutiny Fleet). Start looking for the brandy aged bottle of sexy this month.
Rich, complex and unique, Abbey style ales are transcendent, and ours stands proudly in the ranks. Aged in brandy barrels, Holy Sheet is a mahogany ale brewed with Belgian Abbey yeast, candi sucre, and unique crystal malts. Rounded, spicy caramel flavors mixed with vinous notes and oak overtones, this ale pairs well with quiet contemplation…
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale (w/ Candi Sugar. Barrel Aged, Brandy)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft (Limited)
Release: May, 2013
9% ABV
Mikkeller George Back in 2013
Mikkeller’s George Imperial Stout and its barrel aged variations look to make a 2013 return. This edition? Calvados brandy barrels. Also, a full percentage point higher this year. (Up from 11.11% last year.)
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged, Brandy)
Availability: 11.2oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
12.12% ABV
Westbrook & Charleston Beer Exchange: Grumpy Old Time
Westbrook Brewing (Mt Pleasant, SC) and one of the United State’s best beer stores The Charleston Beer exchange teamed up on a series of “Old Time” collaborations. Above, is Grumpy Old Time. Grumpy joins Funky Old Time, in this series of collaborations between the two.
The base beer “Old Time” is a Belgian style dark ale brewed in July, 2011. It was then added to apple brandy barrels. So for nearly a year and a half, Grumpy Old Time has been funking out with some wild yeasts. Look for bottles and draft soon. (Draft may already be around)
Style: American Wild Ale (Brandy Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml Bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA
11% ABV
Mother Earth Fig & Raisin Bottled, Arrives Saturday
Mother Earth Brewing’s (Kinston, NC) has bottled release #3 in the Window Panes Series – Fig & Raisin. Bottles will hit the tap room this Saturday. Look for it around North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia in the coming weeks. Belgian style dubbel with locally sourced figs and raisins, aged in apple brandy barrels.
Style: Dubbel (w/ Figs, Raisins, Barrel Aged. Brandy)
Availability: 750 bottles, Corked & Caged
Arrival: 2/9/13 (Tap room release)
?? ABV
Read more: Windowpanes Series, Mother Earth
Cigar City Capricho Oscuro Batch #5 (Blended, Barrel Aged) Bottled
The 5th edition of Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, Florida)’s Capricho Oscuro Ale is upon us. The brewery bottled it today. The beer is a blend of 5 beers aged in different barrels:
Hot Blooded Foreign Stout – Foreign Stout, 7%
Puppy’s Breath Robust Porter – Porter, 8%
Warmer Winter Winter Warmer – Barleywine aged on cedar. 10%
Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged, Brandy & Cognac)
Availability: 12 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
?? ABV
Series Recap:
Release 1: blend of Humidor Imperial Stout, an American Imperial Stout, Bolita Double Nut Brown, Puppy’s Breath Porter and a smoky kiss of our 110K+OT Series #1 Der Rauch Gott.
Release 2: blend of Big Sound Scotch Ale, 110k+OT Series #2, and Bolita Double Nut Brown, aged in Makers Mark Barrel.
Release 3: blend of Bolita Double Nut Brown Ale, Improv Oatmeal Rye India-style Brown Ale, and Big Sound Scotch Ale, aged in a Maker’s Mark bourbon barrel.
Release 4: blend of Soggy Loaf Rye Porter, Warmer Winter Winter Warmer, and Big Sound Scotch Ale.
Green Flash Sleepin’ with Shaggy: 4 Years in Brandy Barrels
Four years ago, Green Flash Brewing Co. put their barleywine Shaggy in brandy barrels. In 2013, it’s time to wake Shaggy up. Sleepin’ With Shaggy arrives January 28th.
After spending 4 years in Brandy barrels it became time to unleash the dark monster within. Thick toffee aromatics exude with dense layers of fig, molasses, caramel, and a medley of dark fruits. Sweet flavors of toffee and caramel mingle with the warming spice of vanilla, sherry-like notes, and brandy barrel oak tannin. When served above 55 degrees Fahrenheit (highly recommended) more dark fruits like plum, date, raisin, and fig are further revealed.Our CEO/Founder Mike Hinkley has enjoyed pairing this Brandy Barrel Aged Barleywine with a big stuffed “Shaggy” dog that came from the local fair carnies and therefore we now have “Sleepin with Shaggy”.
Tickets on sale here for the release.
Style: Barleywine (Barrel Aged, Brandy)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: 1/28/13
12.5% ABV
A Tale Of Two Barrels: Olde Hickory Saison Revolution
Introducing Olde Hickory Saison Revolution. This saison snubs it’s nose at the “bourbon barrel” establishment” giving rise to a new world. Apple brandy barrel aging. (Which, by the way makes damn good beer.) Saison Rev is part of an emerging series by the North Carolina brewery – A Tale of Two Barrels.
A humble, earthy Saison fights for recognition in a world of imperials. Eschewing the bourbon barrel establishment, Saison Revolution reaches toward a new future through aging in local apple brandy barrels with ardent cherries. Is it the time for the rise of a new class of barrels?
Style: Saison (w/ Cherries, Barrel Aged. Apple Brandy)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
8.5% ABV
