Jolly Pumpkin (Dexter, MI) plans on releasing a beer benefiting their hometown after a tornado. Tragically, parts of Dexter were damaged thanks to a tornado that missed the brewery but not some of their neighbors.
Founders Brewing’s newest release in the Backstage Series arrives today in the Grand Rapids, Michigan taproom. Frangelic Mountain Brown features flavors of hazelnut coffee. Look for this beer making its way through the brewery’s distribution footprint this week.
Introducing a barrel aged edition of Jester King/Mikkeller’s Weasel Rodeo. Why weasel? The original beer was based off of Mikkeller’s Beer Geek Brunch, brewed with Kopi Luwak coffee. Weasel Barrel Rodeo is an oatmeal stout, brewed with chipotle peppers, Kopi Continue Reading →
The next edition in Founders Backstage Series – Frangelic Mountain Brown is officially in bottles. The follow up to Curmudgeon’s Better Half, this brown ale is brewed with hazelnut coffee. Releasing July 2, 2012.
Mikkeller would like to immediate recognize that their newest offering – Spontankoppi is anything but traditional. A spontaneously fermented beer (exposed to wild yeast in the air), brewed with coffee. Spontankoppi is anything but traditional.
Jolly Pumpkin (Dexter, MI) plans on releasing a beer benefiting their hometown after a tornado. Tragically, parts of Dexter were damaged thanks to a tornado that missed the brewery but not some of their neighbors.
March 15th, 2012 a tornado tore through Dexter, missing the brewery, but not all of our neighbors. What could we do to help? Hmmm. We do know how to make beer. So make beer is what we did. This beer. Teaming up with co conspirators Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company and Schera’s/ The Abu Nawas Beverage Company to create a collaborative beer like noneother.
A dark and smoky sour Saison full of rich aromatic coffee and the spicy heat of a secret Algerian spice blend. Proceeds go to the Dexter Relief Fund.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Coffee) Availability: 750 ml bottles Arrival: TBA
Founders Brewing’s newest release in the Backstage Series arrives today in the Grand Rapids, Michigan taproom. Frangelic Mountain Brown features flavors of hazelnut coffee. Look for this beer making its way through the brewery’s distribution footprint this week.
Frangelic Mountain Brown is the 16th iteration in the series of popular brown ales–and it likely won’t be the last. The singular characteristic of this beer comes from the use of hazelnut coffees in the brewing process. The beer has distinct aromatics with sweet and nutty flavors beautifully balanced. Founders is known for its beers made with coffee (i.e., the Breakfast Stout series), but this is both the brewery’s first brown ale and its first beer brewed with hazelnut coffees to be bottled. It clocks in at 9% ABV.
Introducing a barrel aged edition of Jester King/Mikkeller’sWeasel Rodeo. Why weasel? The original beer was based off of Mikkeller’s Beer Geek Brunch, brewed with Kopi Luwak coffee. Weasel Barrel Rodeo is an oatmeal stout, brewed with chipotle peppers, Kopi Luwak coffee, then aged in whiskey barrels.
Inside the hops and staves of oaken whiskey barrels, magical things can sometimes happen. Even ancient enemies like weasels and rodeo clowns can overcome their conflicts and learn to work together as one. Feral monkeys are a different story, though. It turns out that even in barrels, they’re really not much fun at all.
Jester King thinks this beer could be the most expensive sold in Texas… or another, it means that the whiskey barrel aged version, which we’re calling “Whiskey Rodeo” is now going to be the most ludicrously expensive beer ever sold in the State of Texas, and this initial batch of non whiskey barrel aged Whiskey Rodeo will be a little less so. Seriously, if you’re thinking of buying a bottle of Whiskey Rodeo, start saving now. Kopi Luwak costs over $200/lb (as compared with Legendee which costs a mere $35/lb).
The next edition in Founders Backstage Series – Frangelic Mountain Brown is officially in bottles. The follow up to Curmudgeon’s Better Half, this brown ale is brewed with hazelnut coffee. Releasing July 2, 2012.
A Spontaneously Fermented Coffee Beer From Mikkeller
Mikkeller would like to immediate recognize that their newest offering – Spontankoppi is anything but traditional. A spontaneously fermented beer (exposed to wild yeast in the air), brewed with coffee. Spontankoppi is anything but traditional.
There are probably several lambic brewers who rotate in their graves at the thought of this beer. And there are probably many more conservative-minded beer drinkers who’ll shake their heads. But for all of us adventurous beer geeks who are always on the lookout for a new and exciting taste, this is certainly an exciting novelty.
Style: Lambic (loosely based on style) Brewed w/ coffee Availability: 750 ml bottles. Arrival: Late Summer, 2012
Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown Is Next Backstage Release
Arriving in July, Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown will join the Backstage Series. Frangelic following Curmudgeon’s Better Half. Per Founders:
Part of what makes Founders Backstage Series so much fun is the period of speculation before the next release is announced. But the purpose of the series is to bring some of our most sought-after beers, which have been available primarily in the taproom and at a few select events, to a much larger audience. Frangelic Mountain Brown will be the fourth release in the series, joining Blushing Monk and Canadian Breakfast Stout from 2011 and Curmudgeon’s Better Half, which was released in February of this year.
Frangelic Mountain Brown is the quintessential taproom “one-off” beer: Founders’ brewers created the Mountain Brown series for their taproom in Grand Rapids in 2007. Frangelic Mountain Brown is the 16th iteration in the series of popular brown ales–and it likely won’t be the last. The singular characteristic of this beer comes from the use of hazelnut coffees in the brewing process. The beer has distinct aromatics with sweet and nutty flavors beautifully balanced. Founders is known for its beers made with coffee (i.e., the Breakfast Stout series), but this is both the brewery’s first brown ale and its first beer brewed with hazelnut coffees to be bottled. It clocks in at 9% ABV.
“The goal of the Backstage Series is to allow those beer enthusiasts who don’t have the ability to make it to our taproom an opportunity to experience some of the beers that, historically, have been limited to our taproom and a handful of high exposure events,” Engbers said. “Although these beers are not brewed in large volume, it is our intention to distribute them to all of our markets.”
While there will not be an official release party for Frangelic Mountain Brown at the brewery’s taproom in Grand Rapids, the beer will be available on draft in the taproom beginning Monday, July 2. The focus of bottle sales will be in Founders’ distribution footprint.
The next beer to be released in the series later this year will be a celebration of the brewery’s fifteenth anniversary, though the beer’s style is yet-to-be revealed. The release party for this beer in November will be Founders’ first to require advance tickets. The KBS release party in spring of 2013 is expected to be an even larger festival-type event—be on the lookout for more detail to come.
Ok, so it’s a pilot beer for a pilot system but still sounds rocking. The description of Lumberjack Breakfast Stout:
The beer we brewed was devised by Tim and is a Lumberjack Breakfast Stout. A decadent, indulgent and encapsulating malt base that benefits from the addition of oats and smoked malt in the mash tun. Generous amounts of blueberries and maple syrup was added to the kettle during the boil and we added some killer artisinal coffee at the end of the boil. Oh and we also added some bacon.
