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Posted in Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co., Don't Miss This, New Releases

Brewed with waffles. Arizona Wilderness & Tired Hands team up.

This weekend, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. debuted a new beer collaboration – a dream for breakfast food lovers and brunchers alike. Pour another cup of coffee and read on.

Arizona Wilderness Leggo my Ego, a collaboration with Tired Hands, is brewed with waffles. Despite what the name suggests, the brewing team used waffles from Phoenix, Arizona local Welcome Chicken & Donuts. Note in the pic above, the a hop back full of said waffles. The wort was run through the stacks of waffles on the way to the fermenter.

Leggo my Ego, an Imperial IPA,  is brewed with maple syrup, lactose milk sugar, and biscuit malt. Hops for the interested – Belma and Simcoe.

Arizona Wilderness packaged Leggo My Ego in 32 ounce crowlers, available starting Saturday.

Add this to a list of epic, or soon to be epic breakfast themed foods, like Founders Breakfast Stout, and upcoming Dogfish Head Beer for Breakfast.

Is there any limit to what we can do with breakfast food? Let’s hope not.

Image: Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Short's Brewing, Don't Miss This, Seasonal Return

Short’s Strawberry Short’s Cake is alcoholic dessert

Short’s Strawberry Short’s Cake is back for Summer 2016.

The base beer for this perennial favorite a golden ale, brewed with fresh strawberries and milk sugar. (That’s lactose for those science-y folks). The end result is a creamy dessert beer that smells and tastes just as it’s billed.

The flavors of shortcake and fresh strawberries transform this beer into rose-colored party nectar that is pleasingly sweet with hints of cream. Biscuit flavors and aromas arise from the use of large amounts of Victory malt.

Summer of 2016 is when we finally got to try this beer for the first time. The strawberries are fresh, the beer is smooth (thanks to the milk sugar), and really reminds us of a a dessert at a hot summer barbecue. So much so, there was a point where you almost want to chew it. Trust us, drinking it is easier.

Short’s Strawberry Short’s Cake is a 12 ounce bottle and draft offering. Seasonally.

Style: Fruit Beer (w/ Strawberries)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Summer Seasonal.
Latest Return: Late June, 2016

5% ABV, 10 IBUs

Image: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing, Headlines

Green Flash Cosmic Ristretto launches year-round in February

Green Flash Cosmic Ristretto will join the brewery’s year-round lineup in February, 2016. A graduate of the brewery’s small-batch “Genius” program.

Green Flash Cosmic Ristretto‘s base is a baltic porter, that has been infused with espresso, candi sugar, and lactose milk sugar. The beer first appeared as a part of the brewery’s pilot beer program, available in the San Diego tap room. “Ristretto” is a strong espresso drink.

Marvel at its rich black appearance with bruleed edges and mocha-colored beer foam. Breathe in its coffee aroma and sweet malts, and savor its smooth, espresso, chocolate flavor.

Green Flash Cosmic Ristretto will be a 22 ounce bottle and draft offering, starting in February, 2016.

Style: Baltic Porter (w/ Espresso)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round

Release: February, 2016

8.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bronx Brewery, New Releases

Bronx Uptown Milk Stout joins B-Sides Series

Bronx Uptown Milk Stout joins the brewery’s B-Sides lineup this month. Interestingly, this is the first time the brewery has released a stout.

The Bronx, New York based brewery makes their living on Bronx Pale Ale, an English pale ale meets American hops hybrid. Since it is finally cold this winter, it’s time for the brewery to go dark.

Bronx Uptown Milk Stout features small-batch roasted Ethiopian coffee from the brewery’s next door neighbor, Uptown Coffee Roasters. In additional to the lactose milk sugar for creaminess, the brewery adds caramel and chocolate malt. Bronx tells Beer Street Journal the finish is “a rich, full bodied stout that delivers a dark roasted and chocolate taste that would make any coffee drinker smile.”

Bronx Uptown Milk Stout is available on draft only, where Bronx is sold.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Lactose, Coffee)
Hops: Willamette
Malts: Briess 2-row malt , Briess 2-row chocolate malt, Briess BlackPrinz malt, Briess Roasted Barley, Briess 80L Caramel

Availability: Draft only
Release: Mid-January, 2016

6.8% ABV, 36 IBUs

Image provided to Beer Street Journal by Bronx Brewery

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Tallgrass Brewing, Don't Miss This

Spotlight: Tallgrass Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat

Tallgrass Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat is a part of the brewery’s Explorer Series. It might be our favorite in the bunch. You’ll hate us for this, but it’s not in season right now.

The Manhattan, Kansas brewery has taken their oatmeal cream stout Buffalo Sweat, and created variants, including Bourbon Barrel Aged Buffalo Sweat, and is sexy can, Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat. That cream stout is enhanced by cinnamon, bourbon (from the barrel-aging, and of course – vanilla beans.

While this is a seasonal that comes out at the end of the year, (and well – it’s June now), do yourself a favor and keep an eye out for Buffalo Sweat, Bourbon Barrel Aged Buffalo Sweat, and this vanilla edition. It’s dessert in a can. Great by itself, or with ice cream. Or pizza. You chose.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans, Cinnamon, Lactose. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)

Availability: 12oz Cans. Limited Seasonal,
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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, The Veil Brewing

The Veil Brewing Hornswoggler

The Veil Brewing Hornswoggler

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Asheville Brewing Company, New Releases

Asheville Brewing Love Ninja kicks in January 1st

Asheville Brewing Love Ninja kicks off 2016 on January 1st.

This seasonal ninja is a porter brewed with lactose (a milk porter), plus additions of vanilla beans, strawberries, and cocoa powder from French Broad Chocolate Lounge in Asheville, North Carolina.

“The aroma is fantastic,” says Scott Stuhr, lead cellar man at Asheville Brewing Company. “This beer smells like strawberry-chocolate cake. The aroma will knock your head off.”

Asheville Brewing Love Ninja is a 22 ounce bottles offering, that follows December’s Ninjabread Man.

Style: Milk Porter (w/ Strawberries, Chocolate, Vanilla Beans)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft
Release: 1/1/2016

5.2% ABV, 26 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay