Collaborations

Half Acre Anicca India Pale Ale 2014

Half Acre Brewing (Chicago, IL) and 3 Floyds (Muenster, IN) team up again to bring you Anicca India Pale Ale. The collaboration is built on Mosaic hops, which have really grown in popularity recently.

…Far flung exotic notes of tropical fruit Continue Reading →

Boulevard & Ommegang Release Spiced Saison

Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO) is ready to release the fourth offering in their collaborative series. Each of the prior releases features a hand pictured brewery with a unique story. This edition features a another brewery in Boulevard Brewing’s new family, Ommegang. Continue Reading →

Deschutes Zarabanda Bottles This Fall

Deschutes Brewery’s (Bend, OR) Zarabanda will find its way into bottles this fall. Zarabanda is a chef driven saison, meant to be paired with food. The list of ingredients include lemon verbena, pink peppercorn, sumac (a tart spice), and dried lime. Continue Reading →

Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Half Acre Brewing, Seasonal Return

Half Acre Anicca India Pale Ale 2014

Half Acre Brewing (Chicago, IL) and 3 Floyds (Muenster, IN) team up again to bring you Anicca India Pale Ale. The collaboration is built on Mosaic hops, which have really grown in popularity recently.

…Far flung exotic notes of tropical fruit and electric pine squat on shoulders of chewy grain. With some semblance of balance, the mighty Mosaic pounds its chest above all. In the end, this is raw, unmodified fire water rumbling the furthest reaches of your inner caves.

Half Acre/3 Floyds Anicca India Pale Ale returns September 19th, 2014 at 12 noon in the brewery tap room.

Style: IPA
Hops: Mosaic

Availability: 22oz Bombers. No growler fills
Arrival: 9/19/2014

7.3% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Evil Twin Brewing, Prairie Artisanal Ales

800 Bottles: Prairie/Evil Twin Coolship Truck

Prairie Artisan Ales and Evil Twin Brewing started this project late last year.

The two breweries co-brewed a new American wild ale, using a coolship on wheels (in a truck.) A coolship is a basically a shallow tub that allows for a lot of surface area exposure for hot wort. The wort cools overnight, while collecting airborne yeast that will spontaneously ferment the beer.

Last month, Prairie tweeted that around 800 bottles of Coolship Truck have made it into existence.

To the best of my knowledge, the bottles have not been released yet. There are some Untappd ratings from the tap room .

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Limited.
Release: TBA

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Don't Miss This, Ommegang

Boulevard & Ommegang Release Spiced Saison

Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO) is ready to release the fourth offering in their collaborative series. Each of the prior releases features a hand pictured brewery with a unique story. This edition features a another brewery in Boulevard Brewing’s new family, Ommegang. Both breweries are part of the Duvel Moortgat family, after Boulevard was purchased by the parent company last year.

Boulevard Collaboration No. 4 Spiced Saison was brewed at Boulevard Brewing, featuring their house yeasts. Spiced Saison was split into two fermentation tanks, one with Boulevard’s Belgian yeast, and one with Ommegang’s house yeast. The two beers were blended together during filtration.

Collaboration No. 4 will be bottled in 750ml bottles, and draft for a limited time.

Style: Saison (w/ Sweet Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Coriander, Grains of Paradise)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft. (1/6 kegs)
Arrival: TBA

7.3% ABV

Previous Collaborations:

No. 1 – Imperial Pilsner, with Belgian brewer Jean-Marie Rock
No. 2 – White India Pale Ale, with Deschutes Brewery
No. 3 – Stingo, with Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Deschutes Brewing, Headlines

Deschutes Zarabanda Bottles This Fall

Deschutes Brewery’s (Bend, OR) Zarabanda will find its way into bottles this fall. Zarabanda is a chef driven saison, meant to be paired with food. The list of ingredients include lemon verbena, pink peppercorn, sumac (a tart spice), and dried lime. Spicy saisons offset food flavors beautifully.

We looked to acclaimed Chef Joe Andres to help us create a Spanish take on the farmhouse style saison. The addition of Lemon Verbena, pink peppercorn, sumac, and dried lime infuse the chef’s distinctive flavors into the brew – an ale purposefully crafted to compliment all your culinary endeavors. Or be savored all by itself. 

Chef Jose Andres worked with Deschutes on this creation, debuting it at Aspen Food & Wine in June. Zarabanda will be available in 22oz bottles.

Style: Saison (w/ Pink Peppercorn, Sumac, Lemon Verbena, Dried Lime)
Available: Draft (Previously), 22oz Bottles soon.
Arrival: TBA

6.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Don't Miss This, New Releases, Seasonal Return, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada & Boulevard Terra Incognita Returns

Three years ago, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Boulevard Brewing Company created Terra Incognita, a special offering for SAVOR, a a Brewers Association beer and food event. The beer was so much fun to make, the two breweries released it again in 2013, this time with Brettanomyces yeast. 

The 2014 edition does not include wild yeast, but let us assure you after trying it right after bottling, it’s better than you can imagine. This year is a 55% blend of wine barrel ale, 32% bourbon barrel aged ale, and 13% fresh ale. The base beer is a hoppy, imperial brown ale.

“The base beer is a roasty, hopped-up brown ale that evolves in such interesting ways when it spends time in wine and whiskey barrels,” said Sierra Nevada Head Brewer Steve Dresler. “We hosted Boulevard at our Chico brewery and together tasted various blending ratios until we had a final beer that captivated us. We imagine craft beer drinkers will be similarly impressed.”

Sierra Nevada/Boulevard Brewing Terra Incognita will be available in 750 ml bottles for a limited time.

Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon. Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles. Limited Release.

9.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Maui Brewing Company, Stone Brewing Co., Videos

Stone Groundbreaking Collab: Stone & Maui Brewing

Stone Brewing Co. just opened another “Ground Breaking Collaboration,” this time with Hawaii’s Maui Brewing.

The beer is called Aloha Berlin!The 1.5 liter bottle runs $30 dollars, and has to be picked up in Escondido, California, Berlin, Germany, or the yet-to-be named east coast brewery.

Grab yours now [IndiGoGo]

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 10 Barrel Brewing, Don't Miss This, New Releases, Widmer Brothers Brewing

Widmer Brothers & 10 Barrel Brewing Create “Fizz”

Widmer Brothers Brewing (Portland, OR) celebrates 30 years of craft brewing with a series of collaborations. The third collab is with 10 Barrel Brewing out of Bend, Oregon.

Meet Widmer Fizz, an interesting hybrid beer. Fizz is brewed with Meyer lemons, fresh ginger, and finished with champagne yeast. The result is an effervescent, bubby, summer offering.

“We got together with the 10 Barrel team, and they helped push this beer way out of the box,” said Ben Dobler, innovation brewer at Widmer Brothers Brewing. “We’re calling Fizz a ‘spritzer-style ale’ because the beer was inspired by spritzer champagne cocktails, and we feel like it’s a great description of what the beer actually delivers. The champagne yeast, Meyer lemon, and fresh ginger give it a really refreshing summertime taste.”

Widmer Brothers Fizz will be available in limited quantities in 22oz bottles, and draft.

Style: Herbed/Spice Beer (w/ Ginger, Lemons)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Distribution: Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Minneapolis, NYC, Boston, Philadelphia

5.5% ABV, 20 IBUs 

by Reid Ramsay