Collaborations

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Hoppelbock, with Troegs

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Hoppelbock is the latest the brewery’s “Partner Ships” Series in 2016. The first release was with Maine Beer Co.

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Hoppelbock is brewed with Hershey, Pennsylvania’s Troegs Independent Brewing. This aggressively hopped doppelbock earned it’s new name, Continue Reading →

Posted in Jester King Brewery, Don't Miss This

Jester King Fantome Del Rey (Texas Edition) release day

Jester King Fantome Del Rey, the Texas edition and follow up to the 2014 Fantome collaboration releases today.

The Texas edition of Jester King Fantome Del Rey is a blend of old and young barrel aged beer. (AKA Bière de Courage.) The older piece of this blend is the 2014 edition from 2014, brewed with barley, dark candi syrup, coriander, and black peppercorns. That beer was fermented in stainless steel with truffle honey before headed to oak barrels.

Sadly, thanks to restrictive beer laws in Jester’s home state, the beer couldn’t be released there.

In 2015, Jester King brewed the young edition of the collaboration, and blended it with the old.

Jester King Fantome Del Rey (Texas Edition) will be available by the glass, and to-go in 750 milliliter bottles when the tap room opens on May 6th, 2016.

Style: Farmhouse Ale (w/ Peppercorns, Candi Sugar, Coriander, Honey. Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft.  9,000 bottles.
Release: 5/6/16

8.8% ABV, 19 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Heavy Seas, Coming Soon, Headlines, Troegs Brewing

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Hoppelbock, with Troegs

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Hoppelbock is the latest the brewery’s “Partner Ships” Series in 2016. The first release was with Maine Beer Co.

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Hoppelbock is brewed with Hershey, Pennsylvania’s Troegs Independent Brewing. This aggressively hopped doppelbock earned it’s new name, Hoppelbock. Between beers like Troegs Nugget Nectar, and Heavy Seas Loose Cannon, the extra hops make perfect sense.

We’ve added copious amounts of spicy, floral German hops to a ready, rich malt base to create this expression of regional collaborative ingenuity. Employing a generous dose of locally malted barley and massive dry-hopping, this lager can only be categorized as a “Hoppelbock”.

Heavy Seas Partner Ships Hoppelbock is now a 22 ounce bottle, and draft release.

Style: Doppelbock
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Debut: May, 2016

7.25% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Oskar Blues Brewing, New Releases, NOLA Brewing

Oskar Blues The Wolf and The Lamb, a NOLA collaboration

Oskar Blues The Wolf and the Lamb, a new collaboration with NOLA Brewing Company, launches in the Louisiana market this week.

The team created a “double” pilsner-style beer, brewed with pilsner malt, and Czech Agnes and Styrian Wolf hops.

Crisp and spicy aromas dotted with floral, sage-like undertones of berries, pineapple, and citrus. A slightly bready medium bodied lager flavor continues the European hop onPilsslaught with more herbal and spicy fruity character.

The artwork for Oskar Blues The Wolf and the Lamb is a custom piece created in the spirit of the New Orleans Jazz Fest by legendary artist J Pierrel.

This partnership marks Oskar Blues one-year anniversary in the Louisiana market. Available in 12 ounce cans in Colorado as well. 

Style: Pilsner
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: Week of 4/20/16

7% ABV

Special edition “The Wolf and the Lamb” signed and numbered giclee prints will be available from J. Pierre on 100lb hot press paper at the following events

–Avenue Pub 4/20 (Wednesday) @ 4:20pm
-The Bulldog Uptown 4/20 (Wednesday) @ 7pm
-World of Beer Warehouse District 4/21 (Thursday) @ 7pm
-Howlin Wolf  4/23 (Saturday) @ 8pmPiklspils
-Maison on Frenchmen St. 4/24 (Sunday) @ 8pm

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Creature Comforts, Don't Miss This, Other Half Brewing

Creature Comforts The King’s Ransom, a collab with Other Half

Creature Comforts The King’s Ransom, a collaboration with Brooklyn, New York’s Other Half Brewing, has been canned.

The Athens, Georgia based brewery has been teasing the collaboration for weeks on social media. The King’s Ransom is a Baltic porter, which stylistically is a higher in alcohol, more robust porter (when comparing to traditional English styles.)

“Creature Comforts is well-versed in lager brewing because of our experience dialing in the Bibo recipe over the course of a few years now, and Other Half is very versatile when it comes to recipe creation. So they brought a wealth of knowledge on flavor development. – Adam Beauchamp, Co-Founder, Brewmaster”

Distribution was not mentioned by Creature Comforts. The beer will available at the brewery and select events around Atlanta and Athens, Georgia starting April 8th, 2016.

Style: Baltic Porter
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Release: April 8th, 2016

10.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jester King Brewery, 18th Street Brewery, Don't Miss This, New Releases

Jester King Multifarious, a collab with 18th Street

Jester King Multifarious, a new collaboration with 18th Street Brewery (Gary, Indiana) releases this Friday.

The duo brewed the beer at Jester King’s farmhouse brewery in November of 2015. The base beer is an oatmeal stout, nuanced by the addition of smoked malt, and a of wild yeast and sour bacteria.

It was brewed with the mindset of creating a beer that is subtle, succinct, and above all — drinkable.

This collaboration is created with the idea of high quality brewing with restraint. A simple, subtle, yet very inviting beer. This stainless steel fermented beer was bottled in January, and has been bottle conditioning since then.

750 milliliter bottles of Jester King Multifarious will be available at when the tap room opens at 4 pm on March 25th.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Wild Stout)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: 3/25/16

6.6% ABV, 34 IBUs

Jester King Multifarious collab day

Jeffrey Stuffings, Drew Fox, Ron Extract on brew day in Austin, Texas

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Funkwerks, New Beers

Funkwerks Deux Funk

Funkwerks Deux Funk

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, Avery Brewing, New Beers

New Belgium Fat Wild Ale

New Belgium Fat Wild Ale

by Reid Ramsay