Grapes

Blue Moon Makes Plans For Proximity

Proximity is an experimental wheat ale from Blue Moon, brewed with juice from Sauvignon Blanc grapes. It will be available at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. (This might be an alias for Vintage Blanc). Looks like Blue Moon is making Continue Reading →

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale. A 2012 Great American Beer Fest experimental release. Wheat ale brewed with cabernet sauvignon grapes.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ grapes)
Availability: Draft only. Limited

8.5% ABV 

Read More: Blue Moon Brewing

Boulevard Test Nelson Grape Ale

New: Boulevard Brewing Test Nelson Grape Ale.  An ale brewed with grape juice.

Availability: Draft only, as of 4/8/12
Arrival: TBA (Test brew)

4.7% ABV

Posted in Coming Soon, Odell Brewing

Odell Amuste: A Fusion of Beer & Wine

The brewing talent at Odell Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) are working on fusing the beer & wine world with Amuste, a porter. The dark brew has not only grape juice in the brewing process, but is also aged in wine barrels.

Must is to wine as wort is to beer; the primordial ooze, the source and foundation, that feeds the process of fermentation we all love so much. Amuste is the culmination of a two year endeavor to marry these two fuels into the same fire. An imperial porter aged in oak wine barrels accented with juice from Tempranillo  grapes grown on the western slope of Colorado, this harmonic combination is truly, a must. 

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Grape Juice, Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

9.3% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Blue Moon Brewing, Coming Soon

Blue Moon Makes Plans For Proximity

Proximity is an experimental wheat ale from Blue Moon, brewed with juice from Sauvignon Blanc grapes. It will be available at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. (This might be an alias for Vintage Blanc). Looks like Blue Moon is making plans to bottle Proximity, in 25.4 oz bottles.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ grapes)
Availability: Draft, Bottle.
Arrival: TBA

8.5% ABV 

Read More: Blue Moon Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Blue Moon Brewing, Coming Soon

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale. A 2012 Great American Beer Fest experimental release. Wheat ale brewed with cabernet sauvignon grapes.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ grapes)
Availability: Draft only. Limited

8.5% ABV 

Read More: Blue Moon Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Night Shift Brewing

Night Shift Brewing Quad Reserve

Night Shift Brewing Quad Reserve

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing

Boulevard Test Nelson Grape Ale

New: Boulevard Brewing Test Nelson Grape Ale.  An ale brewed with grape juice.

Availability: Draft only, as of 4/8/12
Arrival: TBA (Test brew)

4.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Perennial Artisan Ales

Perennial Artisanal “Savant Beersel” In Wine Barrels

Perennial Artisanal Savant BeerselSavant Beersel is a newbie from St. Louis based Perennial Artisanal Ales.  A 100% brettanomyces (wild yeast) fermented beer with Missouri grapes, aged in French oak cabernet wine barrels.

Style:                 (w/ Grapes, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA (Soon)

8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Lost Abbey, New Releases

Lost Abbey’s “Runnin’ With The Devil” Arrives Saturday

20120119-165855.jpgLost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Track #1 “Runnin with the Devil” arrives Saturday.  An ode to Van Halen’s 1978 track.

This Saturday, January 21, 2012 will mark the release of the first track in our ultimate Box Set, kicking off a year-long series of super-limited beer releases inspired by those great anthem rock tunes of our youth. (Feel free to wave your lighters in the air… for you younger kids that’s what we waved at the concert before cell phones with big screens.)

Track #1 – From the Fresh Track series, this is a brown beer base aged in three red wine barrels, spiked with 30 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and house-raised Brettanomyces cultures.

There will be 3 collections, 4 titles each. Representing the full lineup of Lost Abbey’s brews.

  • Re-Masters — Barrel-aged spins of The Lost Abbey mainstays
  • Re-Mixes — New blends created from The Lost Abbey archives
  • Fresh Tracks — All new beers brewed specifically for Box Set

Availability: 375ml corked/caged.  45o bottles each. Tasting Room Only.  $15.  To be opened and drank ON PREMISE!

Subsequent tracks will release on the 3rd Saturday of each month throughout the year.

The first track, an ode to Van Halen’s 1978 anthem, “Runnin’ With The Devil”, is scheduled for release January 21, 2012. Details will be available on The Lost Abbey website in mid January.

by Reid Ramsay