Shock Top Wheat I.P.A. will join Anheuser-Busch’s Draftmark System soon. The system holds a full gallon of Shock Top, and keep the beer fresh and pressured for 30 days. There is a “jar” that is inserted into system that lives in Continue Reading →
Funkwerks (Ft. Collins, CO) released White in bottles today.
The beer you are holding is a different take on a White beer. We use a saison yeast strain to create a beer with citrus aromas and flavor. Like our Saison Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, BSJ mentioned that Highland Brewing is working on a summer ale. Unveiled today, it’s dubbed Razor Wit. This witbier is Highland’s take on the style, brewed with ginger, grains of paradise, and cumin, in Continue Reading →
Cigar City and The Bruery ”Dos Costas Oeste” Variation #2. Saison is brewed with coriander, ginger, and sweet orange peel. Aged on lemon wood spirals. Variation #1 – Cedar Spirals. Variant #2 – Grapefruit Wood. Variant #3 – Lemon Wood (above.)
Dos Costas Oeste Continue Reading →
Cigar City and The Bruery have another collaboration coming out, following Marron Acidife – ”Dos Costas Oeste.” Translation: Two West Coasts. (Bruery in Cali, Cigar City on Florida’s west coast in Tampa.) The saison is brewed with coriander, ginger, Continue Reading →
Shock Top Wheat I.P.A. will join Anheuser-Busch’s Draftmark System soon. The system holds a full gallon of Shock Top, and keep the beer fresh and pressured for 30 days. There is a “jar” that is inserted into system that lives in your fridge.
After the beer is in, you pour.
Funkwerks (Ft. Collins, CO) released White in bottles today.
The beer you are holding is a different take on a White beer. We use a saison yeast strain to create a beer with citrus aromas and flavor. Like our Saison we use an extended secondary maturation and bottle conditioning to ensure all these unique qualities are preserved and evolve over time. Serve at 45°F in a tulip glass.
Style: Witbier
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft.
A few weeks ago, BSJ mentioned that Highland Brewing is working on a summer ale. Unveiled today, it’s dubbed Razor Wit. This witbier is Highland’s take on the style, brewed with ginger, grains of paradise, and cumin, in addition to the traditional coriander and orange peel.
“I love the ginger,” said head brewer Joey Justice. “Ginger can dry the beer out, and grains of paradise are sort of hot, so we started with a slightly sweeter base and more body to compensate for the spices.”
There’s a lot of flavor in this summer beer. When you’re brewing with spices, it’s tricky. Boil the spices, you could get off flavors. Heating/warming gently is the way to go.
“We ground the spices, heated them in water to simulate what would happen in the boiling process, and dosed each one in a neutral beer,” said Justice. “We identified the flavors we got from each spice… and talked about how they would work together.”
Balance of flavors is key here. Nothing extreme. Just flavorful and complex. Razor Wit, like Little Hump, and Cold Mountain is named after a North Carolina mountain.
Style: Witbier
Hops: Hallertau Mittelfruh, Mt. Hood
Spices: Coriander, Ginger, Sweet & Bitter Orange Peel, Seeds of Paradise, Cumin
5% ABV, 25 IBUs
For all seasonal events and hikes, Highland partners with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC). They work to protect the NC and TN Appalachians — the world’s oldest mountains — including their unique plant and animal habitat, water, farmland and scenic beauty that is vital to Highland and the Asheville area.
Cigar City and The Bruery ”Dos Costas Oeste” Variation #2. Saison is brewed with coriander, ginger, and sweet orange peel. Aged on lemon wood spirals. Variation #1 – Cedar Spirals. Variant #2 – Grapefruit Wood. Variant #3 – Lemon Wood (above.)
Dos Costas Oeste is the result of a collaborative brewing effort between Cigar City Brewing of Florida’s Gulf (West) Coast and The Bruery of Placentia, CA. 
Like the breweries involved with its creation, this ale cheerfully meanders off the beaten path. Join us in celebrating this West Coast to West Coast collaboration.
To be bottled by Cigar City.
Style: Saison
Availability: 750ml bottles, tap room draft?
Arrival: TBA
9% ABV
Cigar City and The Bruery have another collaboration coming out, following Marron Acidife – ”Dos Costas Oeste.” Translation: Two West Coasts. (Bruery in Cali, Cigar City on Florida’s west coast in Tampa.) The saison is brewed with coriander, ginger, and sweet orange peel. Aged on cedar spirals. Above is Variation #2 – aged on grapefruit wood spirals.
Dos Costas Oeste is the result of a collaborative brewing effort between Cigar City Brewing of Florida’s Gulf (West) Coast and The Bruery of Placentia, CA.Like the breweries involved with its creation, this ale cheerfully meanders off the beaten path. Join us in celebrating this West Coast to West Coast collaboration.To be bottled by Cigar City.
Style: Saison
Availability: 750ml bottles, tap room draft?
Arrival: TBA
9% ABV
