Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) and California based Cigar City Brewing are teaming up to bring you Jurata Baltic Porter.
The key this beer is the name – Jurata. Named for the Lithuanian mythological goddess Jūratė or Jurata (in Polish). She lived Continue Reading →
Oskar Blues (Colorado & North Carolina) recently collaborated abroad with Scottish craft brewer Brewdog. The duo brewed a boozy barleywine that clocks in at 10.5% ABV. The beer is aggressive; a beer “for people who enjoy nonsense and walking on Continue Reading →
Just a bit more on the upcoming Alesmith/ Cigar City Brewing collaboration, Dubbel Dare. The brewery travelled down to Tampa recently to create a tropical collaboration.
The result is this 80’s throwback, Dubbel Dare suitable for a physical challenge. When you Continue Reading →
Natural Selection, a collaboration between Flying Dog and Evolution Brewing Company has returned. Genus One was an old stock ale. This year’s Genus Two is brewed by Evolution – aged in bourbon barrels. 750ml bottles for this edition.
Genus Three is Continue Reading →
Terrapin Beer Co & Shmaltz Brewing’s “Beer For Hope” collaboration arrives for another year of good feeling drinking. This year’s release is based off of 2012′s recipe, but with a new addition – coffee. The base imperial brown ale has cocoa Continue Reading →
Shmaltz Brewing has released a new collaboration – St. Lenny’s Belgian Style Rye Double IPA, aka the Immaculate Collaboration. St. Lenny’s is a collab with St. Louis, Missouri’s Cathedral Square Brewery.
This beer is the brewery’s Lenny’s RIPA, with Belgian Ale yeast. Hops, rye, Continue Reading →
After six years of running Beer Street Journal, and doing A LOT of beer drinking, sometimes a brewery just stands out. A brewery that makes you love craft beer that much more. For me, that’s Jailhouse Brewing in Hampton, Georgia.
This Continue Reading →
Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) and California based Cigar City Brewing are teaming up to bring you Jurata Baltic Porter.
The key this beer is the name – Jurata. Named for the Lithuanian mythological goddess Jūratė or Jurata (in Polish). She lived in a castle under the Baltic Sea. A fitting homage to a porter brewed by two seaside breweries.
Style: Baltic Porter
Availability: 22oz Bombers
Arrival: TBA
8% ABV
Note: This will be distributed in Coronado’s network.
Oskar Blues (Colorado & North Carolina) recently collaborated abroad with Scottish craft brewer Brewdog. The duo brewed a boozy barleywine that clocks in at 10.5% ABV. The beer is aggressive; a beer “for people who enjoy nonsense and walking on tightropes.”
This is available in Brewdog’s shop if you want bottles stateside.
Style: Barleywine
Hops: Chinook, Cascade, Citra
Malts: Extra Pale, Munich, Crystal, Chocolate
Availability: 12oz bottles
10.5% ABV
Just a bit more on the upcoming Alesmith/ Cigar City Brewing collaboration, Dubbel Dare. The brewery travelled down to Tampa recently to create a tropical collaboration.
The result is this 80’s throwback, Dubbel Dare suitable for a physical challenge. When you think about Florida, you think beaches right? Coconuts, palm trees, etc? There’s the inspiration for a tropical Belgian-style dubbel. Coconut palm sugar was used in place of candi sugar. Deglet Noor dates and Black Mission figs were added to the fermentation. An abbey yeast strain rounds out the flavor. Now you have a “dubbel coast” collaboration.
Cigar City will bottle this in 750ml bottles for Florida distribution.
Style: Dubbel (w/ Coconut Palm Sugar, Deglet Noor Dates, Black Mission Figs)
Availability: 25.4oz Bottles
Arrival: TBA
Natural Selection, a collaboration between Flying Dog and Evolution Brewing Company has returned. Genus One was an old stock ale. This year’s Genus Two is brewed by Evolution – aged in bourbon barrels. 750ml bottles for this edition.
Genus Three is Flying Dog’s edition, dry hopped with Galaxy hops and available in six packs.
That’s your heads up. Limited to Maryland and surrounding region.
Terrapin Beer Co & Shmaltz Brewing’s “Beer For Hope” collaboration arrives for another year of good feeling drinking. This year’s release is based off of 2012′s recipe, but with a new addition – coffee. The base imperial brown ale has cocoa nibs from Nashville’s Olive & Sinclair, vanilla beans, and cinnamon too.
Style: Brown Ale (w/ Cinnamon, Cocoa Nibs & Shells, Vanilla Beans, Coffee)
Hops: Willamette
Malts: Pale 2 Row, Victory, Special Roast, Crystal, Brown Malt, Chocolate
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. All Terrapin markets.
8% ABV, 38 IBUs
Pic via @redstoneliquors
Shmaltz Brewing has released a new collaboration – St. Lenny’s Belgian Style Rye Double IPA, aka the Immaculate Collaboration. St. Lenny’s is a collab with St. Louis, Missouri’s Cathedral Square Brewery.
This beer is the brewery’s Lenny’s RIPA, with Belgian Ale yeast. Hops, rye, and a little Belgian flair.
Style: Belgian IPA
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
10% ABV
After six years of running Beer Street Journal, and doing A LOT of beer drinking, sometimes a brewery just stands out. A brewery that makes you love craft beer that much more. For me, that’s Jailhouse Brewing in Hampton, Georgia.
This small, hot, town south of Atlanta could almost be missed if you weren’t looking for it. Main street consists of a single stop sign. Rush hour consists of about 7 cars. It’s quiet and peaceful when compared to neighboring Atlanta.
The brewery is built in a circa 1900 old jail/courthouse that still has bars on most of the windows. It’s almost as if you would see Andy Griffith and Barney sitting at the front desk.
I’m sitting here on the stoop in this small, crowded brewhouse, sipping a Reprieve Saison taking in the brew day. It’s hot for 10 am. Over 90 degrees already. The doors are open but that’s not helping. You sweat. You have no choice. There’s a mix of bluegrass and southern rock booming through the speakers while the smell of soaking grain is in the air. Everyone has a beard here except me. This is southern brewing. This is the south.
Ale Sharpton, Jailhouse founder Glen Golden, and I are brewing a special collaboration today. Something we’ve never really seen brewed in Atlanta. Personally when I think of the south I think about sweet tea. Why can’t that be a beer? No one has tried it before. Why not us?
So that’s what we did. We created an amber ale heavy on caramel malt. While the base was boiling, we made separate whirlpools of orange pekoe tea (that’s sweet tea if you’re wondering), orange peel and coriander. Those flavor additions went in near the end of the boil. Later we will add a little more tea to the brite tank. A team of brewers and reps from various craft breweries are here to help taste test it.
If you are in or around Atlanta, join me for the first ever Beer Street Journal party at Cypress Street. We are going to celebrate southern craft brewing, food, art, music and more. I promise you there’s no better way to spend a Saturday.
