Coffee

Mikkeller Jams Out with Ring Them Bells

Mikkeller teams up with up-and-coming Danish band Ring Them Bells to bring you a coffee porter appropriately named Ring Them Bells. With the purchase of your bottle you receive a download code for their mp3, but unless you enjoy getting Continue Reading →

Coffee In A Can: Sixpoint 3Beans

Sixpoint Craft Ales (Brooklyn, NY) will soon be bringing you coffee & chocolate in a can with 3Beans. Drinking in the AM just got less weird.

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans.. and put them in one Continue Reading →

Terrapin “Wake and Bake” Returns for 2012

Terrapin Beer Co’s Wake & Bake (WnB) is back for another season. “Bake” is a tasty oatmeal imperial stout featuring coffee from Jittery Joes in Athens, Georgia. Typically the last release in Terrapin’s  “Monster Beer Tour” Series each year.

Black as night, this Continue Reading →

Coming Soon: Olde Hickory “The Bean”

Olde Hickory Brewery (Hickory, NC)  has made some seriously amazing stouts as of late. I’m sure this puppy is no exception. It’s Bottle Revolution approved too, a Raleigh, North Carolina must see beer stop.

A luxurious stout with decadent Madagascar vanilla Continue Reading →

New Artwork: Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Heads up on some new artwork for your favorite oatmeal stout by Mikkeller. 

Style: Stout (w/ Coffee)
Hops: Centennial, Cascade
Malts:  Pils, Oat, Smoke, Caramunich, Brown, Pale Chocolate and Chocolate, Roasted barley, Flaked Oats

10% ABV
Artwork by: Keith Shore

Posted in Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Mikkeller Jams Out with Ring Them Bells

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Mikkeller teams up with up-and-coming Danish band Ring Them Bells to bring you a coffee porter appropriately named Ring Them Bells. With the purchase of your bottle you receive a download code for their mp3, but unless you enjoy getting Rick Rolled I would advise against attempting to redeem it. The label, which some have described as ‘creepy’, features artwork from Ring Them Bell’s first single.

P.S. Have you heard Ring Them Bells’s first single I Ride Alone? It’s definitely worth a listen!

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Coffee) Availability: 9.4 oz bottles
Arrival: TBD

10% ABV

Read more: Mikkeller, Music Collaborations

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, To Øl

To Øl Goliat Bourbon Aged

To Ol Goliat Bourbon Aged

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, New Releases

New Belgium Cascara Quad Takes Aim At Lips of Faith

Does a quadrupel ale with coffee, dates and cherries catch your attention? New Belgium Cascara Quad takes aim at the 2013 Lips Of Faith lineup. Interesting ingredients include the dried husk from coffee beans (cascara) used to make tea that is then blended into the beer.

Local roasters Novo Coffee turned us onto Central America’s Cascara, the fruit or husk that surrounds coffee beans. When dried, it can be made into a tea with hints of cherry and tobacco. Blend that into a quad fermented with gorgeous malts and date sugar for a crazy complex beer to warm winter nights. 

Style: Quadrupel (w/ Cascara, Cherries, Dates)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Last Release: 2013

11% ABV

Read more: Lips Of Faith Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sixpoint Craft Ales

Coffee In A Can: Sixpoint 3Beans

Sixpoint Craft Ales (Brooklyn, NY) will soon be bringing you coffee & chocolate in a can with 3Beans. Drinking in the AM just got less weird.

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans.. and put them in one vessel. The beans of bygone brewers, united with cacao and coffee, to create a trinity of roasted, rich, and savory flavors. 

Style:   (w/ Chocolate, Coffee)
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft
Arrival: TBA

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin “Wake and Bake” Returns for 2012

Terrapin Beer Co’s Wake & Bake (WnB) is back for another season. “Bake” is a tasty oatmeal imperial stout featuring coffee from Jittery Joes in Athens, Georgia. Typically the last release in Terrapin’s  “Monster Beer Tour” Series each year.

Black as night, this coffee stout is thick, rich and full of real coffee flavor. Brewed with the Terrapin Wake-n-Bake coffee blend created by Terrapin & Jittery Joe’s Coffee.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee)
Hops: Chinook, Northern Brewer
Malts: 2- Row Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, Flaked Barley, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt & Roasted Barley
Coffee: Premium blend of Costa Rican, Guatemalan, & Zimbabwe : Premium blend of Costa Rican, Guatemalan, & Zimbabwe

Taste Expectations: Lots of coffee, mixed w/ malt sweetness with a bit of chocolate. Creamy, smooth, complex.
Availability: 12oz/4 packs. Some draft. Special casks.
Cellar: Yes.  Brewery recommends 2-3 years. (Under proper conditions)

8.1% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Olde Hickory Brewing

Coming Soon: Olde Hickory “The Bean”

Olde Hickory The Bean

Olde Hickory Brewery (Hickory, NC)  has made some seriously amazing stouts as of late. I’m sure this puppy is no exception. It’s Bottle Revolution approved too, a Raleigh, North Carolina must see beer stop.

A luxurious stout with decadent Madagascar vanilla beans and freshly-roasted coffee. Brewed as a tribute to the worlds greatest dog. 

Style: Stout (w/ Coffee, Vanilla)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Mikkeller

New Artwork: Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Heads up on some new artwork for your favorite oatmeal stout by Mikkeller. 

Style: Stout (w/ Coffee)
Hops: Centennial, Cascade
Malts:  Pils, Oat, Smoke, Caramunich, Brown, Pale Chocolate and Chocolate, Roasted barley, Flaked Oats

10% ABV
Artwork by: Keith Shore

by Reid Ramsay