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Hardywood & Cigar City Collaboration: The Milkman

Joining forces for what looks like an incredible dessert beer is Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond, VA) and Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL).

The duo are creating a milk stout you won’t soon forget – The Milkman.

Hardywood/Cigar City The Milkman features chocolate Continue Reading →

Surly Brewing Eight Nearly Ready

Surly Brewing’s anniversary is technically in February, but this beer celebrating eight years is done, when it’s done. That’s a brewery saying. Every  release is vastly different than the seven before it. Head brewer Todd Haug is given carte blanche to Continue Reading →

Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Headlines

Hardywood & Cigar City Collaboration: The Milkman

Joining forces for what looks like an incredible dessert beer is Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond, VA) and Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL).

The duo are creating a milk stout you won’t soon forget – The Milkman.

Hardywood/Cigar City The Milkman features chocolate malts, cocoa nibs and milk sugar (make the beer creamy and smooth), finishing at a whopping 13.5% ABV.

Hardywood proudly combines forces with Cigar City Brewing of Tampa, Florida to bring you a whole new milk stout experience, Hardywood’s Milkman Chocolate Milk Stout packs a full body and palate coating viscosity. Heaps of chocolate malts and a massive addition of gourmet cocoa nibs meld with a generous dose of milk sugar to satisfy the biggest chocolate craving. 

This boozy chocolate beer will release in 750ml bottles.

Style: Imperial Milk Stout (w/ Cocoa Nibs. Lactose)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Arrival: TBA

13.5% ABV

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

Surly Brewing Eight Nearly Ready

Surly Brewing’s anniversary is technically in February, but this beer celebrating eight years is done, when it’s done. That’s a brewery saying. Every  release is vastly different than the seven before it. Head brewer Todd Haug is given carte blanche to create as he sees fit. Surly Eight is a described as an oat-wine style, with milk sugar and aged in High West Rye Whiskey barrels.

This beer was designed for barrel aging, so it’s been a great opportunity to work with our friends at High West Distillery® in Park City. Utah. Brewed with Golden Promise and Aromatic malt Oats, and Milk sugar fermented in stainless steel then aged in High West Rye Whiskey barrels, this golden hued Oat-Wine style ale summons notes of spicy vanilla marshmallow and aromas of honey and whIskey.

 

Style: Barleywine (w/ Lactose. Barrel Aged. Whiskey.)
Availability: 750ml Bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

Surly Anniversary Releases To Date:

One – “Quadruple Bock” 8.3% ABV
Two – Imperial Stout with cranberries. Aka “Cranimal”
Three – Black Braggot, 8.3%
Four – Double Espresso Milk Stout, 9.4%
Five – Brett Dark Ale, 7.5%
Six – aka “Syx”, American Strong Ale. 15%
Seven – “SeVIIn,  Belgian-style Strong Ale, w/ Brett

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bell's Brewing, New Beers

Bell’s Mint Chocolate Chip Double Cream Stout

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing, Headlines, New Releases, Terrapin Beer Company, Videos

Beer Street Journal Video: Terrapin & Green Flash Create Tangerine Dreamsicle

The collaboration got started with Green Flash Brewing (San Diego, CA) wanting to brew a beer called Road Warrior, to honor their employees that always travel. One hiccup, Terrapin Beer Company in Athens, GA already had dibs on the name.

Green Flash made more than one financial offer for “Road Warrior.” Terrapin decided to allow Green Flash to use the name, under one condition. You’ll find out in the above Beer Street Journal video.

Green Flash’s brewmaster Chuck Silva joins Terrapin brewmaster and co-founder “Spike” Buckowski to create a different spin on an ipa. Tangerine Dreamsicle is brewed with Azacca hops (pretty new breed), and tangerine peel, along with lactose (milk sugar) to turn this beer into an orange creamsicle.

Available in Terrapin’s 12 distribution states in 22oz bombers and draft for a limited time.

Style: IPA (w/ Tangerine Peel, Lactose)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft

 6.5%ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Swamp Head Brewery

Swamp Head Udderly Calm Stout

Swamp Head Udderly Calm Stout

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Releases, Red Brick Brewing, Videos

Beer Street Journal Video: Red Brick Releases New Chai Tea Milk Stout

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) has just released new Sacred Cow Chai Tea Milk Stout.

This newbie combines the flavor of chai tea, with the creamy smoothness of a milk stout. Look for this across Red Brick’s eight state distribution network from now until January, 2014.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Lactose, Chai Tea)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Nov-Jan

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Seasonal Return

Hardywood’s Gingerbread Stout 2013 Release Set

A popular winter seasonal out of Virginia is Hardywood Park’s Gingerbread Stout. The base beer is an imperial milk stout brewed with honey, cinnamon, and ginger. As it’s been said before – it’s Christmas in a bottle.

Brewed with baby ginger from Casselmonte Farm and wildflower honey from Bearer Farms, Hardywood Gingerbread Stout captures the terroir of central Virginia in a rich, creamy libation with a velvety mouthfeel and an intriguing evolution of flavors from milk chocolate and vanilla to honeycomb and cinnamon to a snap of ginger in the finish.

Bottles go on sale at 2 pm on November 16th, 2013. 4 bottle limit. 32oz and 64oz growlers will be allowed.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Ginger, Honey, Lactose)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: November 16th, 2013

10.6% ABV, 55 IBUs

 

by Reid Ramsay