Milk Stouts

Count Chocula Beer Set to Return

Black Bottle Brewery will re-release their Count Chocula beer again, in time for the Great American Beer Festival.

The base beer is a milk stout, that is steeped in more that 40 pounds of the seasonal cereal, in a process similar Continue Reading →

Dogfish Head Scrapple Beer Returns

Dogfish Head’s Beer For Breakfast, aka Scrapple Beer, made a return to the Dogfish Head brewpub today. The meat infused beer made news when it was first released in December of last year.

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Posted in 18th Street Brewery, New Beers

18th Street Brewery Hunter Coffee

18th Street Brewery Hunter Coffee

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 18th Street Brewery, New Beers

18th Street Hunter Coconut Double Milk Stout

18th Street Hunter Coconut Double Milk Stout

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Black Bottle Brewery, Don't Miss This

Count Chocula Beer Set to Return

Black Bottle Brewery will re-release their Count Chocula beer again, in time for the Great American Beer Festival.

The base beer is a milk stout, that is steeped in more that 40 pounds of the seasonal cereal, in a process similar to dry-hopping.

You’ll find this beer by the name of Black Bottle Cerealiously, which has also has featured Cinnamon Toast Crunch. In 2014, the brewery drove all over their Fort Collins, Colorado hometown and bought up all the Count Chocula. The shortage made local news.

This year, General Mills sent the brewery their own allocation of The Count, so Fort Collins won’t go without. Interestingly enough, this isn’t General Mills only cereal beer. This month they divulged they have partnered with Fulton Beer on Hefewheaties, a hefeweizen.

Black Bottle Cerealiously is a 22 ounce bottle offering that you’ll only find local to Fort Collins.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Lactose. Count Chocula Cereal)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Limited:
Return: September, 2015

?? ABV

Black Bottle Cerealiously

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Xocoveza Extra Anejo Released in Quingenti Series

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) released a collaboration – Xocoveza Mocha Stout last year. The beer was a creation of home brewer Chris Banker, who brewed with not only the Stone team, but Cerveceria Insurgente from Mexico.

Stone Xocoveza Extra Anejo will grace the brewery’s coveted Quingente Millilitre Series, a souped-up version of the original release. In addition to the cocoa, coffee, peppers, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg that was added to Xocoveza Mocha Stout, Stone has aged this edition in both red wine barrels and tequila barrels.

The base beer is the recipe of 2014 Stone Homebrew Competition winner Chris Banker, an intensely flavorful milk stout brewed with coffee and spices to mimic the rich flavors of Mexican hot chocolate.

Stone Xocoveza Extra Anejo will be available in 500ml bottles in very limited quantities. No distribution. Bottles were released at Stone World Bistor today.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Coffee, Chocolate, Chilies, Lactose. Barrel Aged. Tequila. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 500ml bottles
Arrival: Late July, 2015

12.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Cigar City Cow Boss, a Milk Stout Aged on Cypress

Cigar City Cow Boss is a new bottle potential out of Tampa, Florida. A collaboration with Florida Cattlemen’s Foundation, Cigar City Cow Boss is a milk stout aged aged on cypress wood.

Cow Boss Imperial Milk Stout was brewed in collaboration with the Florida Cattlemen’s Foundation. We aged this big stout on Florida cypress wood, which gives the beer a Good ol’ Southern Chocolate Layer Cake character. We used hops that show subtle notes of dark fruit, orange, and anise.

Cigar City Cow Boss will be available in 22oz bottles. The brewery has not yet announced this offering.

Style: Imperial Milk Stout (Wood Aged)
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Release: TBA

?? ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Clown Shoes Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Clown Shoes Crasher In The Rye Releases This Month

Clown Shoes Crasher In The Rye joins the brewery’s lineup this month.

The base beer for Crasher is an oatmeal milk stout, aged in both bourbon and rye whiskey barrels.

Ahhh, what better smell is there than chupacabras, defeated, burning in a field of rye? Ummm, perhaps the complex aromatics of Crasher in the Rye? Texas oak smoked malt, from Blacklards Malt Company, as well as a touch of rye malt, complement the roasted bittersweet care of the brew. Aged 100% in Rye and Bourbon barrels.

Clown Shoes Crasher In The Rye will be available in 22oz bottles.

Style: Imperial Milk Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon. Rye Whiskey.)
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Release: February, 2015

11.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Dogfish Head, Seasonal Return

Dogfish Head Scrapple Beer Returns

Dogfish Head’s Beer For Breakfast, aka Scrapple Beer, made a return to the Dogfish Head brewpub today. The meat infused beer made news when it was first released in December of last year.

Being from Delaware, I feel like I have to tell you everything else about Dogfish Head’s Brewpub Exclusive, Beer for Breakfast, before mentioning scrapple so you stick with me.

The brewery has re-released a breakfast themed beer (in the realm of Chicory Stout, brewed with Mexican coffee, licorice root and chicory) but this time they are going all in. Well, as far as ingredients are concerned. The ingredients rundown looks like this:

  • Scrapple Beer contains maple syrup from the trees at Northfield Mount Hermon High School (Sam Calagione met his wife there)
  • Barley smoked over applewood from Delaware’s Fifer Orchards (Bacon anyone?)
  • Lactose (Milk. or milk sugar in this case)
  • Coffee from The Bean Factory in St. Paul, Minnesota, added post fermentation.
  • and 25 pounds of Scrapple from Rapa’s Scrapple.

Don’t know what scrapple is? As the name suggests, it’s pork scraps with spices and corn meal. It’s crazy good, don’t knock it until you try it.

Dogfish Head Beer for Breakfast (a nod to The Replacements song, Beer For Breakfast) first debuted onDecember 5th, 2014 at a special Happy Hour. And well, again today.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Coffee, Lactose, Maple Syrup, Scrapple)
Availability: Draft Only, Brewpub
Return: 2/2/15

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay