Monday Brewing (Atlanta, GA) has been dialing in their 3rd offering offering. The newbie will be a Belgian style witbier, brewed with ginger juice. The young brewery recently teamed up with Scoutmob pick a name. The winner? FuManbrew. Continue Reading →
More pumpkin laden brew on the way from the makers of Samuel Adams. Fat Jack looks to be making an appearance in the Small Batch Series.
This rich and luscious brew indulges in flavor with over 28Ibs of pumpkin per barrel, for a full Continue Reading →
Harpoon is releasing the 42nd Session in the 100 Barrel Series this month. Ginger Wheat will be bottled this week. This isn’t the first time that this Ginger has seen the series, last packaged in 2009.
The Harpoon 100 Barrel Series 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 →
Twisted Pine Brewing Company will release Big Easy Offbeat Brown Ale , the fifth beer in its Artisan Ale Series. Big Easy is brewed with wasabi, ginger, and horseradish.
Big Easy Offbeat Brown is a medium-bodied brown ale brewed with wasabi, horseradish and ginger. For Continue Reading →
A new addition to the Saranac High Peaks Series- Lemon Ginger. A saison. Lemon Ginger joins Imperial IPA, Chocolate Orange, and Imperial Porter.
Style: Saison
Availability: 22 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
8.5% ABV
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 →
Monday Brewing (Atlanta, GA) has been dialing in their 3rd offering offering. The newbie will be a Belgian style witbier, brewed with ginger juice. The young brewery recently teamed up with Scoutmob pick a name. The winner? FuManbrew. Headed to tap handles early this summer.
Style: Witbier (w/ ginger juice)
Availability: Draft only. Brewery has packing in planning
Arrival: TBA
4.5% ABV
More pumpkin laden brew on the way from the makers of Samuel Adams. Fat Jack looks to be making an appearance in the Small Batch Series.
This rich and luscious brew indulges in flavor with over 28Ibs of pumpkin per barrel, for a full bodied sweetness and deep russet color. Classic pumpkin pie spices of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice ignite a warmth and spark that’s deepened by an undercurrent of roasty smoked malts. The result is a delectable brew full of enveloping layers of flavor and spice.
At Samuel Adams we love experimenting. This series of limited edition brews represents some of our favorite small batch creations.
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggle
Malts: Samuel Adams Two-Row Pale Malt Blend, Caramel 60, Special B, Smoked Malt
Extras: Real Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Allspice
Availability: 22oz bottles
Arrival: Initial release: August, 2012
8.5% ABV
READ MORE: Small Batch Series
Harpoon is releasing the 42nd Session in the 100 Barrel Series this month. Ginger Wheat will be bottled this week. This isn’t the first time that this Ginger has seen the series, last packaged in 2009.
The Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Ginger Wheat Ale is an ode to brewer Scott Shirley’s favorite spice, ginger. The earthy, warming flavor of this golden-hued ale is derived from fresh ginger. Honey from a local New Hampshire farm yields a slight sweetness to balance the ginger spiciness. A hint of lemon adds acidity and rounds out the ginger flavor. Cheers!
Style: Wheat Beer (w/ Ginger)
Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: May, 2012
6.2% ABV
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.
Twisted Pine Brewing Company will release Big Easy Offbeat Brown Ale , the fifth beer in its Artisan Ale Series. Big Easy is brewed with wasabi, ginger, and horseradish.
Big Easy Offbeat Brown is a medium-bodied brown ale brewed with wasabi, horseradish and ginger. For the Artisan Ale Project, Twisted Pine developed twelve distinct new beers and then enlisted the help of a dozen talented Colorado artists for artwork to adorn the labels.
The label art is “Red Hot Jazz” by Perry Bergman. The release party will also be an artshow for the featured artist that month.
Style: Brown Ale
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Draft. Limited to Colorado.
Arrival: 5/5/12
A new addition to the Saranac High Peaks Series- Lemon Ginger. A saison. Lemon Ginger joins Imperial IPA, Chocolate Orange, and Imperial Porter.
Style: Saison
Availability: 22 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
8.5% ABV
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.
