Maple Syrup

Founders Bolt Cutter Hits Shelves

Bolt Cutter, Founders Brewing Company’s 15th Anniversary celebration, is hitting shelves.  Bolt is a barleywine, with some commonalities to their famed  CBS, Curmudgeon’s Better Half, & Kentucky Breakfast Stout.  Dry hopped with cascade hops, partial aged in bourbon barrels, partially Continue Reading →

Cigar City Moat Water Celebrates Skateboarding

Cigar City Moat Water celebrates Skatepark Of Tampa’s 20th Anniversary. Moat is a milk stout aged on maple veneers with vanilla beans and coffee.

This beer was created through a unique partnership involving three Tampa, Florida natives: Cigar City Brewing, Skatepark Continue Reading →

Posted in Innis & Gunn

A New Innis & Gunn Offering: Canadian Cherrywood Aged

Innis & Gunn Canadian Cherrywood Aged

Innis & Gunn excels at wood/barrel aging. You could call them Scottish experts on the subject. Tack this one onto the repertoire – Canadian Cherrywood Aged. For this edition, a scotch ale was aged on cherrywood, and a touch of Canadian maple syrup was added.

This limited bottling of Innis & Gunn has be matured over Canadian Black Cherrywood a then finished with the addition of maple syrup. our knowledge, this is the first time th Cherrywood has been used to mature a bee The result is a really full bodied Scotch Ale with a rich lasting finish.

Style: Scotch Ales (w/ Maple Syrup. Cherrywood Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft
Arrival: June, 2013

8.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Black Husky Brewing, New Beers

Black Huskey Big Buck Brown Ale

Black Huskey Big Buck Brown Ale

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Founders Brewing, New Releases

Founders Bolt Cutter Hits Shelves

Bolt Cutter, Founders Brewing Company’s 15th Anniversary celebration, is hitting shelves.  Bolt is a barleywine, with some commonalities to their famed  CBS, Curmudgeon’s Better Half, & Kentucky Breakfast Stout.  Dry hopped with cascade hops, partial aged in bourbon barrels, partially aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels. It has been bottle maturing since July, 2012.

Years ago,” says Co-Founder, President & CEO Mike Stevens, “when our brewery was located on Monroe, we were defaulting on our loan. Eventually, the bank called and threatened to chain our doors shut if we didn’t come up with the money that we owed them. We had seven days to come up with half a million dollars.” “So I bought a pair of bolt cutters,” says Co-Founder, Vice President of Brand & Education Dave Engbers. “We were determined to keep our doors open and to keep brewing beer, no matter what it took. Luckily, we never had to use them.” Engbers keeps the bolt cutters in his office as a reminder of how far we’ve come and the journey we’ve taken since brewing our first beer in November 1997.

Style: Barleywine (Partial Bourbon, Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: Mid November, 2012

15% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 4 Hands Brewing, New Beers

4 Hands Smoked Pigasus

4 Hands Smoked Pigasus

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon

Cigar City Moat Water Celebrates Skateboarding

Cigar City Moat Water

Cigar City Moat Water celebrates Skatepark Of Tampa’s 20th Anniversary. Moat is a milk stout aged on maple veneers with vanilla beans and coffee.

This beer was created through a unique partnership involving three Tampa, Florida natives: Cigar City Brewing, Skatepark of Tampa, and PS Stix. The Canadian mapale wood veneers used in the aging process at Cigar City were then added  into SPoT’s 20 Year Anniversary desks built by PS Stix. Moat Water is the product of a collaboration that represents quality, a vested interest in the Tampa community, and most importantly, love of skateboarding. 

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans, Coffee Beans, Maple Wood Veneers)
Availability: 750 ml bottles

Arrival: TBA

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Founders Brewing

Founders Bolt Cutter Barleywine Arrives In November

Founders Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI) has announced a date for Bolt Cutter, their celebratory 15% barleywine. The beer joins the coveted Backstage Series, alongside the likes of CBS, Curmudgeon’s Better Half & more. It’s a barleywine dry hopped with cascade hops, partial aged in bourbon barrels, partially aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels. It has been bottle maturing since July, 2012.

What’s in a name? The brewery explains:

Years ago,” says Co-Founder, President & CEO Mike Stevens, “when our brewery was located on Monroe, we were defaulting on our loan. Eventually, the bank called and threatened to chain our doors shut if we didn’t come up with the money that we owed them. We had seven days to come up with half a million dollars.” “So I bought a pair of bolt cutters,” says Co-Founder, Vice President of Brand & Education Dave Engbers. “We were determined to keep our doors open and to keep brewing beer, no matter what it took. Luckily, we never had to use them.” Engbers keeps the bolt cutters in his office as a reminder of how far we’ve come and the journey we’ve taken since brewing our first beer in November 1997.

The brewery will hold a ticketed release system from 11/11- 11/16. Bottles hit stores shortly after. Founders hosts an Anniversary Party on November 17th.

Style: Barleywine (Partial Bourbon, Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: Mid November, 2012

15% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cool Stuff

Side Note: Smuckers Launches Maple Bacon Syrup

There is enough maple/bacon, even maple bacon flavors surfacing in beer these days to warrant some Smuckers love. The company just launched a Maple Bacon Syrup.

Bring fresh excitement to the day with the NEW Smuckers® Maple Bacon flavored syrup, a unique combination of two popular breakfast flavors. When you include Smucker’s in your menu, you are serving a brand with 100 years of family-made goodness and a brand people prefer in their homes. Smucker’s rounds off its complete line of sweet condiments with breakfast syrups, honey, and peanut butter. Smucker’s 1.4 oz. Maple Bacon Syrup is packaged in a round plastic portion control cup for easy pouring convenience. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be goodâ„¢.

I bet it pairs well with Rogue Voodoo Maple Bacon Donut. Right?

by Reid Ramsay