Topic Archives: Brown Sugar
Widmer Kill Devil Released This Weekend
Widmer Brother’s had a “pre-release” of their new Kill Devil this weekend at the brewery in Portland, Oregon. Kill Devil is a brown ale brewed with barbados sugar and blackstrap molasses, aged in rum barrels. Start looking for it in your market in the next week or two.
Style: Brown Ale (Barrel Aged, Rum)
Availability: 22oz bombers. Limited Draft.
Arrival: May, 2012
9.5% ABV
Jester King/Mikkeller Collab: Beer Geek Rodeo
Beer Geek Rodeo is a peppery, coffee laden collaboration between Mikkeller and Jester King
Beer geeks and rodeos don’t often go together, but if ever there were a place where the two would meet, it would be Denmark No one from Jester King has ever been to Denmark, but our friends Mikkel and Thomas tell us the entire country is inhabited by craft beer drinking, spicy food loving Viking cowboys and cowgirls, and we think that sounds awesome. So as they say in Danish, bunden i vejret eller resten i haret, which we believe is pro-nounced “Yee-haw!” Jester King Craft Brewery is an authentic farm-house brewery in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, on the outskirts of Austin. We brew what we like, drink what we want and offer the rest to those who share our tastes.
Style: Imperial Stout (Chipotle Peppers, Coffee, Brown Sugar)
Hops: Millenium, Saaz, Cascade, Columbus
Malts: Flaked Oats, Roasted Barley, Maris Otter, Dark Crystal, Brown, Chocolate, Smoked, Pale.
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
10.1% ABV, 53 IBUs
Stone/ Fat Head’s/ Bear Republic “TBA” Now Available
Yesterday, Stone Brewing released a new collaboration, dubbed “Bear Republic â„ Fat Head’s â„ Stone TBA.
Per Stone:
This particular beer pays homage to a relatively little—known beer style called Texas Brown Ale, which, strangely enough, has its roots in California. It originated as a hopped up version of a brown ale recipe, and it got pretty popular with a group of NorCal homebrewers in the early 1980s.
“These California guys were tweaking an English-style brown,” explains Matt Cole, Head Brewer of Fat Head’s Brewery. “They added some Crystal and Chocolate malts, and supercharged it with a bunch of Cascade hops to get a bigger version with more hop forward aromas and flavors.”
While delicious, these beers failed to fare well in homebrew competitions, since there was no recognized category they could be entered in. They were far too hoppy and bitter to be considered a traditional brown ale. But when a competition in Houston, TX, accepted entries for what they named the “California Dark” category, the American Homebrewers Association followed suit soon after, though they perplexingly changed the name to Texas Brown Ale.
“Bear Republic â„ Fat Head’s â„ Stone TBA” revisits this uncommon style, incorporating a few new twists. “Everyone got to add elements that they feel are special to them for that style of beer,” notes Richard Norgrove, Jr., Brewmaster at Bear Republic Brewing Co., who added brown sugar and molasses to the recipe for added complexity. “That’s what’s cool about collaborations. You get to work with two other brewers you respect, and you all have different thoughts and ideas on how to make a great beer together.”
“Collaborations give us a chance to get really creative,” adds Mitch Steele, Brewmaster at Stone Brewing Co. “We get to make a beer that we otherwise wouldn’t normally brew.”
Style: Brown Ale (Molasses, Brown Sugar)
Hops: Bravo, Brewer’s Gold, Cascade, and Columbus
Malts: Pale 2—Row, Crystal 60, Toasted Wheat, Victory, and Chocolate Malt
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Distribution: AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, NC, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, VT, WA
7.1% abv, 81 IBUs
Brewers:
- Richard Norgrove, Jr. (Brewmaster, Bear Republic Brewing Co. | Healdsburg, CA | @brbcbrew)
- Matt Cole (Head Brewer, Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon | Cleveland, OH |@FatHeadsBeer)
- Mitch Steele (Brewmaster, Stone Brewing Co. | Escondido, CA |@StoneBrewingCo)
Twitter hashtag: #stonecollab
Our other Collaboration Beers: Stone Collaborations
