Topic Archives: Cloves
NoDa NoDable Release: Dark-O’-Lantern
Start Looking for Heavy Seas Pumpkin Offerings
Heavy Seas Brewing (Baltimore, MD) is ready to ship (or already shipping) The Great Pumpkin & Great’ER Pumpkin. The difference? Great’ER spends time in bourbon.
The Great Pumpkin – 8.5%
Our fall seasonal, The Great Pumpkin is the pumpkin beer you spend the summer looking forward to: a robust amber ale to which we add a blend of pumpkin spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, and allspice) while it’s in the kettle. Dark brown sugar adds color and a little bit of dryness to the spicy ale. Look for it in bottles and on draft.
The Great’ER Pumpkin, the bourbon barrel-aged version of The Great Pumpkin. Our brewers wrangled fresh, just-emptied bourbon barrels from A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Virginia, then fill them with The Great Pumpkin, and let the beer age inside the barrel for three weeks–bringing out vanilla and oak notes. The Great’ER Pumpkin will come out in very limited supply, in bottles and on draft.
Style: Pumpkin Ale (w/ Cinnamon, Clove, Allspice, Nutmeg) Some, Barrel Aged
Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft
8.5% ABV
Winter Drinking? Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout
Coming to the large bottle format is Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout. Who’s ready for cold weather?
This rich dark brew entices with the aromas of the holidays, hinting at the merriment and spices within. The flavor of gingerbread comes alive beginning with the smooth sweetness and heartiness of dark roasted malts and a touch a wheat. But it’s intensity and spices of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, & ginger that add a wicked kick for a jolly playful brew full of merry mischief.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, Ginger) Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggle
Malts: Samuel Adams Two Row Pale Blend, Wheat, Special B, Paul’s Roasted Barley, Flaked Oats
Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: November, 2012
9% ABV
Cigar City Releases Good Gourd ’12
Cigar City has released Good Gourd 2012. This year’s recipe was purported tweaked by the brewery. Good news, the 2012 batch is larger than previous releases.
This high gravity gob of gourd-y goodness incorporates pumpkin in the mashing process and then gets wicked with the spices including Ceylon cinnamon, Jamaican all spice, Zanzibar cloves and nutmeg.
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Availability: 750 ml bottles.
8.5% ABV
Terrapin Pumpkinfest 2012 Ships
Terrapin Pumpkinfest is now shipping. 2012 marks the 4th year of this beer.P-fest is actually a fusion of two styles – oktoberfest and pumpkin.
I have always wanted to brew a traditional Octoberfest for the Fall season, but it seems that these darn pumpkin beers are all the rage right now. So… keeping up with Terrapin’s out of the box brewing tradition, I have decided to brew a beer that combines both of these delicious brewing styles. “Pumpkinfest” is a traditional Octoberfest brewed with over 1 pound of pumpkin per barrel along with pumpkin spices.
All of the malt of a German Fest beer and all the spice of Grandma’s pumpkin pie! Eat it up! Spike
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Hops: Vanguard, Hallertau Hershrucker
Malts: Munich, Vienna, Munich II, Catamunich II, Melanoiden
Spices: Cinnamon, Ginger, All Spice, Cloves PUMPKIN!
6.1% ABV
Long Trail Ready To Release New Imperial Pumpkin
Long Trail Brewing is ready to shop Imperial Pumpkin. The beer joins Long Trail’s Brewmaster Series. Imperial Pumpkin base is an English strong ale, with spices & pumpkin added.
Long Trail Imperial Pumpkin Ale is the latest introduction to the Long Trail Brewmaster Series. This limited release seasonal treat is small batch brewed with pumpkins, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves with increased malts and a touch of bitterness for the perfect balance.
Style: Pumpkin Ale (w/ Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Clove)
Hops: Nugget, Mt. Hood, Willamette
Malts: 2-Row, Wheat, Caramel 80L, and Caramunich malt
Arrival: August, 2012
8% ABV
Cigar City Busy With Another Round Of Good Gourd
Cigar City Brewing is spending Monday prepping for fall by brewing Good Gourd. The imperial pumpkin ale was a hit last year, and will be making another appearance this year. Couple of things the brewery noted – this year will be even better (meaning??) and definitely a higher yield. Interesting. Today CC is brewing a pumpkin beer, while others are already on shelves – IN JULY!
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Availability: 750 ml bottles. Late August release.
8.5% ABV
