Lonerider Brewing Company (Raleigh, NC) has a crazy good stout dubbed Pistols at Dawn. The roasty stout is brewed with locally sourced coffee and chocolate, with a touch of lactose to make the beer finish smooth.
This second release arrives in Continue Reading →
Baxter Brewing is getting ready to release another round of Phantom Punch Winter Stout.
The beer is brewed with cocoa nibs and vanilla beans to compliment the roasted chocolate and caramel malts. Look for it in Baxter’s distribution network starting in Continue Reading →
Terrapin Beer Co & Shmaltz Brewing’s “Beer For Hope” collaboration arrives for another year of good feeling drinking. This year’s release is based off of 2012′s recipe, but with a new addition – coffee. The base imperial brown ale has cocoa Continue Reading →
It has become an instant hit already. Karl Strauss’ Peanut Butter Cup Porter was first released in 2012 and 80 kegs were killed in 5 days. With more on the way, Karl is bringing a 40 barrel batch to Los Continue Reading →
You’ve got a bit of time to wait until you see this beer again. Cigar City Brewing’s Hunahpu Imperial Stout will make another appearance on March 8, 2014. Hunahpu, a massive imperial stout, is brewed with cocoa nibs, ancho and Continue Reading →
That’s not a Thanksgiving recipe. That’s what’s in Mother’s Brewing Company’s October release – Squashed. This crazy delicious sounding porter is brewed with cocoa nibs, pumpkin pie spices, squash and aged in rum barrels. That’s a recipe for a mouthful Continue Reading →
Clown Shoes (Ipswich, MA) is creating a new spin on Chocolate Sombrero, the brewery’s Mexican Sombrero with Bombay Berserker. The base beer stays the same, but Berserker sees the addition of chai tea giving the stout an Indian flair. The Continue Reading →
Lonerider Brewing Company (Raleigh, NC) has a crazy good stout dubbed Pistols at Dawn. The roasty stout is brewed with locally sourced coffee and chocolate, with a touch of lactose to make the beer finish smooth.
This second release arrives in North Carolina on November 1st, and Atlanta later in November.
Style: Stout (w/ Chocolate, Coffee)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Limited release
7.5% ABV
Baxter Brewing is getting ready to release another round of Phantom Punch Winter Stout.
The beer is brewed with cocoa nibs and vanilla beans to compliment the roasted chocolate and caramel malts. Look for it in Baxter’s distribution network starting in mid-October, 2013.
Style: Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans, Cocoa Nibs)
Arrival: October, 2013
6.8% ABV
Ed Note: Amended article to reflect the beer is returning Thanks @BrewboundFern
Terrapin Beer Co & Shmaltz Brewing’s “Beer For Hope” collaboration arrives for another year of good feeling drinking. This year’s release is based off of 2012′s recipe, but with a new addition – coffee. The base imperial brown ale has cocoa nibs from Nashville’s Olive & Sinclair, vanilla beans, and cinnamon too.
Style: Brown Ale (w/ Cinnamon, Cocoa Nibs & Shells, Vanilla Beans, Coffee)
Hops: Willamette
Malts: Pale 2 Row, Victory, Special Roast, Crystal, Brown Malt, Chocolate
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. All Terrapin markets.
8% ABV, 38 IBUs
Pic via @redstoneliquors
It has become an instant hit already. Karl Strauss’ Peanut Butter Cup Porter was first released in 2012 and 80 kegs were killed in 5 days. With more on the way, Karl is bringing a 40 barrel batch to Los Angeles Beer Week this year. That’s 80 more to last the week.
The beer is brewed with chocolate and caramel malts with some peanut powder. Cocoa nibs are added for extra chocolate flavor. The final product is roasty porter flavor with a smooth chocolate and peanut butter finish.
The brewery plans on bottling this in the future. (The next whale for sure.)
Style: Porter (w/ Peanut Powder, Chocolate)
Availability: Draft only. Fairly limited
5.6% ABV, 30 IBUs
You’ve got a bit of time to wait until you see this beer again. Cigar City Brewing’s Hunahpu Imperial Stout will make another appearance on March 8, 2014. Hunahpu, a massive imperial stout, is brewed with cocoa nibs, ancho and pasilla chilies, cinnamon, and Madagascar vanilla beans. Crazy delicious.
In Mayan mythology, Hun Hunahpu was the father of the hem twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Hun Hunahpu, with his brother Hunahpu. vies Vidal by the Dark Lords of the and slain. Hun Hunahpu’s corpse morphed into a cacao tree, his head becoming a cacao pod, which in typically awesome mythology fashion, spit upon the hand of a young maiden named, Xiquic who promptly became pregnant with the hero twins. The twins would ultimately grow up to avenge their father and uncle and defeat the Dark Lords and ascend to the heavens to become the moon and sun.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cinnamon, Vanilla beans, Chili Peppers, Cacao Nibs,)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: March 8th, 2014 (Brewery Release, Tampa)
11% ABV
Ed note: Corrected date to March 8, 2014
That’s not a Thanksgiving recipe. That’s what’s in Mother’s Brewing Company’s October release – Squashed. This crazy delicious sounding porter is brewed with cocoa nibs, pumpkin pie spices, squash and aged in rum barrels. That’s a recipe for a mouthful of awesome. Don’t like to yourself. This fall explosion will ship in early October.
Style: Porter (w/ Cocoa Nibs, Butternut Squash, Pumpkin, Spices. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 22oz bombers
7.4% ABV, 23 IBUs
Clown Shoes (Ipswich, MA) is creating a new spin on Chocolate Sombrero, the brewery’s Mexican Sombrero with Bombay Berserker. The base beer stays the same, but Berserker sees the addition of chai tea giving the stout an Indian flair. The chai adds ginger, vanilla, cardamon, and cinnamon to the chocolate exterior. Look for this one soon in bottles and draft.
“Our love for you is like a truck…. BERSERKER!”
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Chocolate, Chai Tea)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA
10% ABV
