Coffee

Prairie Artisanal Prairie Noir 12oz Bottles

Prairie Artisanal Ales (Oklahoma) is expanding their lineup with 12oz bottles. This is Prairie Noir. Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels with coffee? Yeah that will do.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee Beans. Barrel Aged. Whiskey)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV

Thomas Creek Adding Coffee Oatmeal

Thomas Creek Brewery (Greenville, SC) is adding a few newbies to their lineup. A pumpkin offering will ship soon (alongside Oktoberfest this year). Be on the lookout for Coffee Oatmeal Stout joining the fold soon to

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Mikkeller Brews Again with Expensive Coffee

Mikkeller loves to brew with the world’s most expensive coffee- the Koppi Luwak. The beans pass through the intestinal tract of the civet, and is harvested from the feces. As disgusting as it sounds, this process makes some amazing coffee.

Mikkeller has Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Prairie Artisanal Ales

Prairie Artisanal Prairie Noir 12oz Bottles

Prairie Artisanal Ales (Oklahoma) is expanding their lineup with 12oz bottles. This is Prairie Noir. Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels with coffee? Yeah that will do.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee Beans. Barrel Aged. Whiskey)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV

Posted in Shmaltz Brewing, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin & Shmaltz Team Up Again on Cancer Fighting Brew

Shmaltz Brewing Company (Clifton Park, NY), Terrapin Beer Company (Athens, GA), Alan Shapiro (SBS Imports) have teamed up to release another round of Reunion Ale. Subtitled A Beer For H0pe, a portion of the proceeds is donated to the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer.

This year’s feel good 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. Look for bottles of this beer to hit shelves soon alongside fundraising events.

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. Late September, 2013

8% ABV, 38 IBUs 

Worldwide, over 1,000 people per day are diagnosed with this cancer of the plasma. IMBCR is one of the world’s leading independent researchers. Their work not only affects myeloma patients, it also produces benefits in areas such as lymphoma and breast cancer.

Posted in Mikkeller, New Releases

Mikkeller’s Latest Beer Geek Hits Shelves

The latest in a series of “Geek” brews from Mikkeller has arrived. Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shakeis an oatmeal stout brewd with coffee, and vanilla. This edition is described as boozy (13% ABV) and slightly sweet, a bit like a shot of Kahlua.

Vanilla Shake is imported through Shelton Brothers, and available in 11.2 oz bottles.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Oatmeal, Vanilla, Coffee)
Availability: 11.2 oz bottles

13% ABV

Pic via @RedstoneLiquors

Posted in Thomas Creek Brewing

Thomas Creek Adding Coffee Oatmeal

Thomas Creek Coffee Oatmeal Stout

Thomas Creek Brewery (Greenville, SC) is adding a few newbies to their lineup. A pumpkin offering will ship soon (alongside Oktoberfest this year). Be on the lookout for Coffee Oatmeal Stout joining the fold soon to

A creamy oatmeal stout with a dark roasted flavor and coffee aroma.

Style: Oatmeal Stout (w/ Coffee)
Hops: Chinook, Warrior, Cascade
Malts: Pale, Black Patent, Chocolate, Crystal, Roasted Barley and Flaked Oats

Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

8% ABV

 

Posted in The Bruery, Headlines, New Releases

The Bruery Mash & Grind, featuring coffee and bourbon

The Bruery Mash & Grind, a barrel-aged barleywine from the California based brewer.

The English-style barleywine (more malt forward than American barleywines) is aged in bourbon barrels, with coffee from Portola Coffee Lab in Costa Mesa. I’m sure you get where the name comes from by now – Mash (beer) & Grind (coffee beans).

Mash & Grind is Mash with the addition of Portola Coffee Lab’s Lucio Delgado (Columbia) at a rate of 1 lbs. per 10 gallons. This has contributed an intense coffee aroma and some additional body, with flavors of raspberry jam, tart pineapple and maple brown sugar. Mash & Grind is certainly delicious on its own, but we deliberately sought a strong coffee aroma and flavor so you could try your own blending, 

The Bruery Mash & Grind is a 750 milliliter, limited bottle offering.

Style: Barleywine (w/ Coffee. Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Debut:

12.5% ABV

PIC: Beer Street Journal 

Posted in Swamp Head Brewery

The Love Of Stouts & Sex Brings Catherine’s Passion

Swamp Head Brewery (Gainesville, FL) has taken a little Russian inspiration for this upcoming imperial stout. 18th Century pretty lady Catherine II is said to have been the muse for the invention of the Russian Imperial Stout, due to her love of deep, roasty beers. She apparently was quite sexually hungry too. Are imperial stouts an aphrodisiac? I wonder if she has a 21st century sister. I’d love to meet her. Catherine’s Passion has fair trade coffee and cocoa nibs added for extra sexiness.

Catherine II, the 18th century Empress of Russia, is said to have been the Inspiration behind the creation of the Imperial Russian – Stout, an intensely flavored, robust, dark ale with a noticeable alcohol – presence. Legend has it that Catherine also had a voracious sexual appetite; she was known to have many lovers, but the story about the stallion was probably a myth. We infused our Imperial Russian Stout with cocoa nibs and fair trade coffee, to create a sensual stout with an extra kick. We think Catherine’s Passion would be aroused by this stout…ale.

Style: Russian Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee, Cocoa Nibs)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

10% ABV

Posted in Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Mikkeller Brews Again with Expensive Coffee

Mikkeller loves to brew with the world’s most expensive coffee- the Koppi Luwak. The beans pass through the intestinal tract of the civet, and is harvested from the feces. As disgusting as it sounds, this process makes some amazing coffee.

Mikkeller has selected the coffee for Cù’t  Ca Phê Bia, an imperial stout. The name in Vietnamese means cut coffee brewing. (Yeah, I used Google Translator).

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee)
Availability: 11.2 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV