Flanders Red Ales

Really big rabbits and Odell Flemish Giant

Odell Flemish Giant, a future potential release in the brewery’s Cellar Series.

Consider this beer a tribute to the Belgian Flanders-style that is inspiring so many brewers in America. Odell Flemish Giant will have spent a year hidden a way in oak by Continue Reading →

Upland Sour Public Lottery: January, 2015

On January 29th, Upland Brewing Company (Bloomington, IN) will open up an online lottery for the purchase of five sour ales. Winners can purchase 2 bottles of each style.  Details on the five styles are in the gallery below.

The five releases Continue Reading →

Wicked Weed Oblivion Returns Mid-January

Wicked Weed Oblivion bottles head back to shelves this month.

Oblivion is a sour red, aged with  blackberries and dates in red wine barrels for 12 months.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale  (w/ Blackberries, Dates. Barrel Aged. Wine.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Return: January, 2015

8.5% ABV

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Posted in Rodenbach Brewery, Headlines

Rodenbach Fruitage marks the brewery’s first cans in the U.S.

Rodenbach Fruitage the first cans in the United States by the Belgian brewery, debuts in March.

This new innovation by the world renown sour maker is blend of old and young beer. 25% of the final beer is 2 year old traditional Rodenbach foeder beer, and 75% young ale.

The blend was then aged on cherries and elderberries.

Rodenbach Fruitage is a sessionable 4.2% alcohol by volume, and be available in 8.5 ounce “slim” cans, in 4 packs. The price looks to be quite tempting as well, expected to retail around $6.99 per 4-pack.

Distributors are welcome to make orders in the U.S. ahead of the March, 2017 debut.

Style: Flanders Red Ale (w/ Elderberries, Cherries)
Availability: 8.5oz Cans
Debut: March, 2017

4.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Odell Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Really big rabbits and Odell Flemish Giant

Odell Flemish Giant, a future potential release in the brewery’s Cellar Series.

Consider this beer a tribute to the Belgian Flanders-style that is inspiring so many brewers in America. Odell Flemish Giant will have spent a year hidden a way in oak by the time you have this in your hands. Flemish Giant features flavors of raisins, figs and plum.

Recently, the brewery released Prop Culture in the Cellar Series.

Native to Belgium, the Flemish Giant is a breed of rabbit that dates back to the 16th century and tips the scales at 20 lbs. Burrowed in oak barrels for a year, Flemish Giant is our tribute to this prodigious hare and it’s homeland, the birthplace of the Flanders-style Sour Red Ale. Look for notes of tart ruby grapefruit and cherry to hop to the nose while sweet raisin, fig and plum favors thump the palette.

Ghent, Belgium is thank for one of the largest rabbits on earth – the Flemish Giant. First bred in the 16th century, the rabbit weighs on average around 15 pounds. (Honestly, there is a Monty Python movie sense that comes to mind.)

Odell Flemish Giant will be a 750 milliliter bottle release. The brewery has not yet announced this beer.

Style: Flanders Red Ale (Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: TBA

6.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Short's Brewing, New Releases

Short’s Hi-Dilly-Ho (Yeah, like Ned Flanders)

Short’s Hi-Dilly-Ho debuts in bottles on Friday, June 10th. What was once a Private Stache Series release is getting a larger release.

The base beer is a Flanders-style red ale (thus the Simpson reference), stocked with flavors of cherry, currant and oak.

If you aren’t around Michigan to pick up this beer, next stop is the 2016 Great American Beer Festival in October.

Short’s Hi-Dilly-Ho is a 16.9 ounce bottle offering.

Style: Flanders Red Ale (Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 16.9oz Bottles
Debut: 6/10/16

6.6% ABV, IBUS

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Rodenbach Brewery, Headlines

Rodenbach Alexander returning after 16 years

Rodenbach Alexander will be available to U.S. market in April, 2016.

Alexander is a blend: 2/3 is two-year foeder matured beer, and 1/3 young ale, with macerated sour cherries. The last time this sour was available in the states was in 2000.

“We were inspired to brew RODENBACH Alexander over two years ago, due in large part to the popular requests among beer connoisseurs, bar owners and beer lovers throughout the United States“

Alexander is a part of a special 2016 draft and bottle sour program. The brewery alludes to more releases coming to this series later this year. Look for 750 milliliter bottles and draft starting in April.

Style: Flanders Red Ale (w/ Cherries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft.
Return: April, 2016

5.6% ABV

The bottle features Alexander, one of the four Rodenbach brothers (Pedro, Alexander, Ferdinand and Constantijn) who founded the brewery in 1821.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Upland Beer

Upland Sour Public Lottery: January, 2015

On January 29th, Upland Brewing Company (Bloomington, IN) will open up an online lottery for the purchase of five sour ales. Winners can purchase 2 bottles of each style.  Details on the five styles are in the gallery below.

The five releases include: Upland Blueberry Lambic, Dantalion Dark Wild Ale, Blackberry Lambic, Vinosynth White, Vinosynth Red.

The lottery opens up at 12 noon, EDT and ends February 5th, 2015. Bottles are $25 dollars each, and must be picked up at the specified location by March 4th.

Click images below for descriptions.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Oblivion Returns Mid-January

Wicked Weed Oblivion bottles head back to shelves this month.

Oblivion is a sour red, aged with  blackberries and dates in red wine barrels for 12 months.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale  (w/ Blackberries, Dates. Barrel Aged. Wine.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Return: January, 2015

8.5% ABV

Image via Wicked Weed

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Upland Beer

Upland Brewing’s Gilgamesh Now Malefactor

Upland Brewing Malefactor

Upland Brewing (Bloomington, IN) has renamed the epic sour ale Gilgamesh to Malefactor. The barrel aged Flanders style red ale is released once a year.

Continuing our adventure into the realm of sour ale brewing, we designed a recipe to create an Upland version of a traditional Flanders Red. Melding flaked maize into a turbid mash and adding Belgian candi sugar during a long kettle boil, we prepared this ale for epic proportions. We then incorporated wild yeasts and other acetic and lactic acid producing microorganisms for a year-long oak fermentation in bourbon barrels, which had previously been utilized to age beer. The journey was worth the hardships.

Style: Flanders Red Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 750 ml bottles. Corked & Caged
Next Arrival: TBA

 

by Reid Ramsay