Heavy Seas Uncharted Waters Line

Heavy Seas: Holy Sh*t This Is Good!

Holy Sheet! is back from Heavy Seas Brewing (Baltimore, MD). Just when you thought this beer couldn’t get any better, the Belgian style abbey ale spent time in a brandy barrel. Sheet is the third release in the new Uncharted Continue Reading →

Heavy Seas Oak Aging Big DIPA

2013 will mark a return of The Big DIPA the Heavy Seas lineup, into the newly renamed Uncharted Waters Line. Each beer in this line will feature wood or barrel treatments. DIPA will be oaked in the coming year.

Style: Imperial IPA (Oak Aged)
Hops: Amarillo, Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Heavy Seas

Heavy Seas Yule Tide Features Ginger & Rum Barrels

Heavy Seas (Baltimore, MD) Yule Tide was a Belgian-style tripel in the past.  It actually took at least one season off. In a Beer Street Journal interview with Hugh Sisson earlier this year, he mentioned that Yule Tide will return in the Uncharted Waters Series, changing each year.

The wait is over to wonder what 2013’s edition will be. As a reward to you awesome drinkers of Heavy Seas will come an imperial red ale, brewed with ginger, and aged in Jamaican rum barrels. Should be a great way to round out the year.

Style: Imperial Red Ale (w/ Ginger, Barrel Aged. Rum)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: November, 2013

9% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Heavy Seas, Seasonal Return

Heavy Seas Bourbon Pumpkin Offering Arrives

Today I saw Halloween merchandise being put out at Target. Then I saw Heavy Seas GreatER Pumpkin bottles on the shelf. Fall is coming together nicely.

Heavy Seas takes an imperial pumpkin ale and ages it in bourbon barrels for months prior to release. Flavor from Heavy Seas – Heady aromas of bourbon, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and clove linger seductively over the thick white head of this tremendous brew, with oak, vanilla, and bourbon.

Style: Pumpkin Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Sept-Oct Release

10% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Heavy Seas, New Releases

Heavy Seas: Holy Sh*t This Is Good!

Heavy Seas Uncharted Waters Holy Sheet

Holy Sheet! is back from Heavy Seas Brewing (Baltimore, MD). Just when you thought this beer couldn’t get any better, the Belgian style abbey ale spent time in a brandy barrel. Sheet is the third release in the new Uncharted Waters Series. (Previously Mutiny Fleet). Start looking for the brandy aged bottle of sexy this month.

Rich, complex and unique, Abbey style ales are transcendent, and ours stands proudly in the ranks. Aged in brandy barrels, Holy Sheet is a mahogany ale brewed with Belgian Abbey yeast, candi sucre, and unique crystal malts. Rounded, spicy caramel flavors mixed with vinous notes and oak overtones, this ale pairs well with quiet contemplation…

Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale (w/ Candi Sugar. Barrel Aged, Brandy)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft (Limited)
Release: May, 2013

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Heavy Seas

Heavy Seas Yule Tide Might Not Be A Tripel This Year

The Heavy Seas Uncharted Waters Series is the replacement for the brewery’s Mutiny Fleet. Each edition in the series this year will feature wood/barrel aging. The last time Heavy Seas released Yule Tide was in 2011. The beer will round out Uncharted in 2013, but style has yet to be determined. Stay Tuned.

Read More: Uncharted Waters Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Heavy Seas

Heavy Oak Aged “the Big DIPA” (Official Art)

Heavy Seas’s new Uncharted Waters lineup will be an exciting addition to 2013. Bourbon Aged Siren Noire will kick off the series in January. Not long after, expect a the Big DIPA’s return, as an oak aged version of it’s former self.

The English used to ship their biggest pale ales to India in oak barrels. Big DIPA harkens to that time, when beer had a distinctive oak character and a full herbal and earthy hop flavor. To round out the obscene among of hops and strong malt backbone in this beer, we add oak spirals to the tanks, allowing the beer to mellow as if on it’s own voyage.

Style: Imperial IPA (Oak Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: March, 2013

10.5% ABV 

Read more: The Uncharted Waters

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Heavy Seas

Sexy New Artwork: Heavy Seas Uncharted Waters Series

In 2013, Heavy Seas Beer is making some pretty big changes. The Mutiny Fleet will change to the Uncharted Waters Series. A few marooned beers from the Mutiny Fleet will return, influenced by wood and barrel aging.  Of course, this calls for some sexy new artwork. Here is a sneak peak. What you see above is the all new bourbon barrel edition of Siren Noire.  The above artwork is still tentative. Don’t be surprised if you see some changes. ETA on this siren is January, 2013.

Read more: The Uncharted Waters Lineup

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Heavy Seas

Heavy Seas Oak Aging Big DIPA

2013 will mark a return of The Big DIPA the Heavy Seas lineup, into the newly renamed Uncharted Waters Line. Each beer in this line will feature wood or barrel treatments. DIPA will be oaked in the coming year.

Style: Imperial IPA (Oak Aged)
Hops: Amarillo, Centennial, Simcoe
Malts:  2-row, Biscuit, Crystal

Arrival: ETA March, 2013

10.6% ABV, 75 IBUs

note: The above is a poorly done BSJ mock. 

by Reid Ramsay