Posted in New Beers, Pipeworks Brewing

Pipeworks Hyper Dog

by Reid Ramsay May 16, 2012

Posted in Coming Soon, Jester King Brewery, Mikkeller

Weasel Rodeo is the Next Jester King/Mikkeller Collab

Weasel Rodeois the 2nd collaboration between Jester King and Mikkeller. (First was Ale/Malt Liquor In TX’ Geek Brunch.) This new weasel is based of Mikkeller’s Beer Geek Brunch Weasel, a beer brewed with “weasel coffee,” the most expensive coffee in the world. You might have heard it called “poop coffee” because the kopi luwak “weasel” eats the berries of the plant, and excretes the coffee beans. Vietnamese roaster, Trung Nguyen, provided the Kopi Luwak coffee. Weasel Rodeo is brewed with smoked malt and ground chipotle pepper.

Why, upon seeing a testosterone-fueled beast angrily thrashing about, did someone once think, “Betcha I can stay on that horse longer ‘n you.” How come the first time a searing hot pepper was popped into a mouth it wasn’t the last? And what about stepping in coffee bean-studded weasel poo provoked the human brain to ask the unreasonable question, “Reckon’ diesel’ make a decent cup of Joe?’ Even beer itself began with the thought, “Let’s squeeze the liquid out of those soggy, sprouting grains, leave it around for a few days until it starts to smell funny, and then drink it.” When the curious urge to do seemingly stupid things doesn’t kill us, it can sometimes yield bizarre and splendid results. Bottoms up! Jester King Craft Brewery is an authentic farmhouse brewery in the beautiful ‘Texas Hill Countty, on the outskirts of Austin. We brew what we like, drink what we want and offer the rest to those who share our tastes.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ coffee, chipotle peppers)
Hops: Millenium, Saaz, Cascade, Columbus
Malts: Mans Otter, dark crystal malt, brown malt, chocolate malt, smoked malt

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: Draft already debuted. Bottles? August, 2012.

10.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay May 13, 2012

Posted in Coming Soon, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Cask Conditioned Pilsner (Coffee Beans & Honey)

Sierra Nevada Cask-Conditioned Pilsner. Brewed with coffee beans & honey.

Availability: Draft only (10.8 gal = cask)
Arrival: TBA

5% ABV

Elysian Celebrates Seattle Beer Week With Split Shot

Elysian Brewing Company’s Split Shot Espresso Milk Stout is brewed in celebration of Seattle Beer Week (May 1oth -20th, 2012.) The milk stout features Lighthouse Coffee from Lighthouse Roasters in Seattle.

Espresso Milk Stout Beer and coffee are Seattle siblings, jealously dividing the day. Split Shot combines the talents of Elysian’s brewers with a pound per barrel of cold-infused, Seattle-produced Lighthouse coffee. It’ll open your eyes to a delicious new beer. Split Shot is the Official Beer of 2012 Seattle Beer Week.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Coffee)
Availability: 22 oz bombers
Arrival: May, 2012

5.6% ABV

More about Seattle’s Week: http://www.seattlebeerweek.com/

by Reid Ramsay April 16, 2012

Posted in Jester King Brewery, Mikkeller

Jester King/Mikkeller Collab: Beer Geek Rodeo

Beer Geek Rodeo is a peppery, coffee laden collaboration between Mikkeller and Jester King

Beer geeks and rodeos don’t often go together, but if ever there were a place where the two would meet, it would be Denmark No one from Jester King has ever been to Denmark, but our friends Mikkel and Thomas tell us the entire country is inhabited by craft beer drinking, spicy food loving Viking cowboys and cowgirls, and we think that sounds awesome. So as they say in Danish, bunden i vejret eller resten i haret, which we believe is pro-nounced “Yee-haw!” Jester King Craft Brewery is an authentic farm-house brewery in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, on the outskirts of Austin. We brew what we like, drink what we want and offer the rest to those who share our tastes.

Style: Imperial Stout (Chipotle Peppers, Coffee, Brown Sugar)
Hops: Millenium, Saaz, Cascade, Columbus
Malts: Flaked Oats, Roasted Barley, Maris Otter, Dark Crystal, Brown, Chocolate, Smoked, Pale.

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

10.1% ABV, 53 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay March 28, 2012

Posted in Avery Brewing

Avery’s “Tweak” Is Black & Strong

Avery Brewing’s Tweak, a stout with coffee. Not interested yet? Tweak is a whopping 15.5% ABV. Black and strong indeed.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ coffee)
Availability: Draft only, as of 3/22/12

15.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay March 22, 2012

Posted in Cigar City Brewing

Cigar City In Cans: Cubano-Style Espresso

Cigar City Brewing is sweating it out in Florida right now assembling a canning line they purchased from New Belgium. The can artwork is starting to appear. Cubano-Style Espresso is a brown ale brewed with vanilla, cacao, and coffee beans.

This rich brown ale is redolent with Cuban-style roasted espresso beans, sweet caramel and toffee and hints of dry nuttiness. Cuban Espresso is a popular drink in the Cigar City of Tampa owing to its many Sicilian and Cuban immigrants. The beans for Cubano-Style Espresso Brown Ale are roasted locally by Mazzaro’s Italian Market and Deli in St. Petersburg to our exact specifications.

Style: Brown Ale (brewed w/ vanilla, cacao, and coffee beans.)
Availability: Draft, 12 oz bottles, 12 oz cans.

5.5% ABV, 25 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay March 15, 2012

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