Collaborations

Swamp Head Preps Barrel Aged Roosevelt

We’ve been expecting this one, especially because Cigar City is working on a barrel aged edition of “Church on a Hill.” Quick flashback: Swamp Head and Cigar City each brewed a barleywine. Cigar City’s was an English style barleywine dubbed Continue Reading →

Lost Abbey’s Edition Of Mo Betta Bretta

Mo’ Betta Bretta has officially hit the streets starting in both California (Lost Abbey) and Colorado (New Belgium) where the collaboration was brewed.  This isn’t the first release of this collaboration beer either.  It was brewed by the Continue Reading →

Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Mikkeller & Three Floyds Team Up Again For Risgoop

These two brewers make some good shiz. Mikkeller and Three Floyds are teaming up again to bring you Risgoop. This is the fifth time that the the brewery’s have teamed up. One edition will be brewed in Indiana, the other in Denmark.

Behold! The fifth collaborative effort of Three Floyds and Mikkeller. This complex ale is just the beverage for canal boat trips in Copenhagen or the brutal Chicago winter. This year’s offering will be brewed in both Europe and Chicago. Looks for both editions and the subtle differences of each. Cheers and thanks for supporting craft beer.

Style:
Availability: 22oz Bombers
Arrival: TBA

10.4% ABV 

Other recent Mikkeller/Three Floyds collabs include: Boogoop, Barrel Aged Boogoop, and Baller Stout

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Brouwerij De Molen, Coming Soon

De Molen To Release Version Of Three Floyds Collab Too

Three Floyds brewed Zes Zes Zes (aka Six Six Six) with De Molen in Indiana.  Mentioned on the label, Three Floyds will brew one over in Holland too. While the recipe is the same, the flavor nuances will be different.  The label tells the story:

Now this is a saison! This refereshing Belgian-style ale is the combined effort of Three Floyds Brewing and De Molen’s fantastic brewer Menno (the real Dutch Hercules).This spicy and bracing ale was brewed in Munster, Indiana, but look out for the one we brew in Holland at De Molen.Each beer will be the same recipe, but the different breweries will lend their own house flavors to this saison.  Cheers and drost!

Future release.

Above: An art snippet from the Zes Zes Zes label.  Read More: Collaborations

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Brouwerij De Molen, Coming Soon

Three Floyds & De Molen Create Zes Zes Zes

Three Floyds Brewing (Munster, IN) and Brouwerij De Molen have teamed up to create Zes Zes Zes. The beer was brewed on June 15th, while the folks at De Molen were touring the United States leading up to The Festival.  The beer is a big saison, fermented warm, and dry hopped. It’s evil to boot. Zes Zes Zes translates to “6 6 6” the saison of the beast.  So, so metal.

Now this is a saison! This refereshing Belgian-style ale is the combined effort of Three Floyds Brewing and De Molen’s fantastic brewer Menno (the real Dutch Hercules). This spicy and bracing ale was brewed in Munster, Indiana, but look out for the one we brew in Holland at De Molen.Each beer will be the same recipe, but the different breweries will lend their own house flavors to this saison.  Cheers and drost!

Style: Saison
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

8.5% ABV 

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Swamp Head Brewery

Swamp Head Preps Barrel Aged Roosevelt

We’ve been expecting this one, especially because Cigar City is working on a barrel aged edition of “Church on a Hill.” Quick flashback: Swamp Head and Cigar City each brewed a barleywine. Cigar City’s was an English style barleywine dubbed Churchill (until his estate shut that down.)  It was then named to Church on a Hill.

Swamp Head brewed an American barleywine, dubbed Roosevelt.  A little while later, we learned of Cognac Barrel Aged Church on a Hill. It is only natural that Roosevelt would spend some time in barrels too. 20 year old Pappy Van Winkle barrels to be exact.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.  FDR

Style: American Barleywine (w/ Pecans, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA (When it’s ready to come out of the barrels)

?? ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jester King Brewery, Mikkeller

Jester King & Mikkeller’s Whiskey Barrel Rodeo

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 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.  

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

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: August, 2012

10.1% ABV

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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). 

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Dogfish Head, Stone Brewing Co., Victory Brewing Company, Videos

Dogfish Head/Victory/Stone Saison Du Buff [Video]

Enjoy the offical 2012 video for the Dogfish Head/Victory/Stone Saison Du Buff collaboration.  This year marks the second release of the beer, that has taken 10 years to be fullyl realized.

Back in 2003, three intrepid craft brewers formed Brewers United for Freedom of Flavor, or BUFF, to bring publicity to their crusade for artfully crafted, flavorful beers. To further the cause, Sam Calagione, Bill Covaleski, and Greg Koch got together in 2010 to brew an audacious collaboration beer enhanced with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Emboldened by the beer’s enthusiastic reception, the BUFF team reconvened in 2012 to brew an updated version with lemon thyme from Stone Farms. And the rest is history…

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lost Abbey, New Belgium

Lost Abbey’s Edition Of Mo Betta Bretta

Mo’ Betta Bretta has officially hit the streets starting in both California (Lost Abbey) and Colorado (New Belgium) where the collaboration was brewed.  This isn’t the first release of this collaboration beer either.  It was brewed by the pair once before, circa 2004. Notice the allusion to some pretty famous beer frogs of the past…

On the Imagination River live some very curious Bullfrogs.  Rumor has it they LOVE funky and wild beer.  But it wasn’t alway this way.  Like most her drinking frogs they started out drinking mass produced beer.  And for the most part, each was content drinking this her.  But then a new frog took up residence next door.  He embraced funk and his inner wild child.  

One day while lounging on the lily pads, he broke out a special bottle of Mo Betta Bretta a delicious blonde ale with a decidedly 100% wild fermentation carried out by Brettanomyces.  Everything changed that day.  Now when you get close to the reeds and listen you can hear them croaking in unison… Mo Betta Bretta.  And for that, we’re thankful these frogs have great taste in beer. 

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles, corked & caged
Released: 6/16/12, at Lost Abbey

6.3% ABV 

Video on the collaboration…

by Reid Ramsay