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The Bruery Sourrento Now Available to Members

The Bruery is now offering Sourrento, a sour ale inspired by the spirit Limoncello, to their Reserve and Preservation Society members.

Sourrento is a sour ale that was inspired by the lemon flavored spirt, Limoncello,which hails from the city of Sorrento, Italy. Continue Reading →

Odell Woodcut #8 Releases October 1st

Odell Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) releases Woodcut #8 on October 1st, 2014.

Odell chose a barleywine as a tribute to the brewery’s English-style brewing roots. Woodcut #8 is aged in virgin oak barrels that are retired after use.

Woodcut No. 8 has Continue Reading →

Posted in New Releases, The Bruery

The Bruery Sourrento Now Available to Members

The Bruery is now offering Sourrento, a sour ale inspired by the spirit Limoncello, to their Reserve and Preservation Society members.

Sourrento is a sour ale that was inspired by the lemon flavored spirt, Limoncello,which hails from the city of Sorrento, Italy. To create this unique, sweetly sour flavor, we aged our sour blonde ale with both lemon zest and fresh vanilla beans. The resulting beer is somewhere between a classic sour ale, a delightful Italian apertif, and a lemon meringue pie.

The Bruery Sourrento is available in 750ml bottles, for $16.99.

Style: Sour/Wild Ale (w/ Lemon Zest, Vanilla Beans. Oak Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: December, 2014

7.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Jester King Brewery, New Releases

Jester King Colour Five Releases on Halloween

Jester King Brewery (Austin, TX) will release Colour Five on Halloween. Colour Five is a blend of barrel aged sour beer with Texas blueberries.

The first attempt at this blueberry barrel aged sour beer failed in 2013. That batch was too vinegary (i.e. too much acetic acid.) The brewery decided to do something different for Colour Five.

This batch is 89% Das Uberkind, and 11% RU55. (The failed batch was all RU55 Sour Red.) The blueberries were frozen prior to refermentation to stave off acetobacter (makes acetic acid) and was allowed to ferment in stainless steel, where the brewery can push away oxygen (again, inhibiting acetobacter.) These steps (simplified for the story) helped Jester King bring Colour Five to fruition.

Jester King Colour Five will be available when the brewery opens at 4pm. By the glass, or 500ml bottles. ($16)

Style: American Wild Ale/Sour Ale (w/ Blueberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 500ml bottles, Draft. 2,000 bottles produced.
Release: 10/31/14

7.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Firestone Walker Brewing

Firestone Walker El Gourdo Coming to Barrelworks

Firestone Walker’s Barrelworks will release El Gourdo in November, 2013. The beer got its start last year, when a local pumpkin patch ask the brewery to take in orphaned Cinderella pumpkins.

The pumpkins were fire roasted with bay leaf and walnuts, in an oven fueled by brandy and white oak staves. 500 pounds of the roasted pumpkins were added to the base beer blend to ferment and oak age for nearly a year.

…The resulting beer is subtle yet firm. Roasting releases naturally sweet spicy pumpkin, brown sugar, and nutty flavors and aromas, which mingle nicely with an earthy funk, toasted oak and assertive acidity.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Pumpkin, Walnuts, Bay Leaf. Oak Aged)
Availability: 375ml Bottles, Draft. Limited
Arrival: November, 2014

5.8% ABV, 5 IBUs

The blending components below…

012 Lil Mikkel                 Saison                                 66%        24 months                             French & American Oak

2013 Agrestic Ale              American Wild Red         33%        12 months                              French & American Oak

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, The Lost Abbey

Lost Abbey Announces Veritas 014 Release

Lost Abbey (San Marcos, CA) will release one of their rarest offering, Veritas 014 at a special event on November 8, 2014.

Veritas 014 is an blended oak aged sour ale with cherries. Veritas will only be available for the 2014 Lost Abbey Barrel Night in San Marcos. Tickets go on sale at 12pm on Monday, October 13th. The $125 dollar ticket gets the holder entry to the evening, and two bottles of Veritas 014. (With the option of buying one more bottle at the event, $40.) Limited to 150 guests.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Cherries, Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Corked & Caged.
Arrival: 11/8/14

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Update 10/13: Tickets sold out to this year’s release in less than 60 seconds… 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Jester King Brewery, Seasonal Return

Jester King Omniscience & Proselytism Blend 2 Releases Oct 8

Jester King Brewery (Austin, TX) will release bottles of their second blend of Omniscience & Proselytism wild ale on October 10th, 2014. This is the second release of the beer.

The brewery matured sour/wild beer in oak for a few months, the transferred it to a foudre filled with fresh Oregon raspberries. (Last release was Texas strawberries.) The wild yeast and bacteria re-fermented the sugars from the berries, drying out the final beer. The fruit is fermented the same way wine grapes fermented.

Jester King Omniscience & Proselytism Blend 2 (2014) will be available by the bottle at the brewery starting Friday, October 10th. $16 dollars, one per person.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Strawberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles

5.3% ABV

Image via Jester King

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Releases, Odell Brewing

Odell Woodcut #8 Releases October 1st

Odell Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) releases Woodcut #8 on October 1st, 2014.

Odell chose a barleywine as a tribute to the brewery’s English-style brewing roots. Woodcut #8 is aged in virgin oak barrels that are retired after use.

Woodcut No. 8 has a rich malt base with notes of dried fruit that mingle with hints of toasted coconut, vanilla and turbinado sugar from the new oak. Slightly warming and sweet, the beer boasts delicate crème brûlée character that will evolve and mellow with age.

Odell Woodcut #8 will hit the tap room on October 1st. 750ml bottles will be distributed across the brewery’s 8 state distribution.

Style: Barleywine (Oak Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Corked & caged. Draft. Limited release.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Firestone Walker Brewing, New Releases

Firestone Walker Feral Vinifera from the Barrelworks

Feral Vinifera was born of a collaborative effort with local grape growers and winemakers in Barrelworks’ backyard of the Santa Ynez Valley. Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc and Orange Muscat grapes were co-fermented with wheat-based wort, then inoculated with proprietary wild yeast to create this trailblazing hybrid.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Grapes)
Availability: 375ml bottles
Arrival: 9/20/14

9.1% ABV

 

Feral Vinifera Blend:

Barrel Ratio: 100% French Oak

Barrel             Blend                                     Ratio Maturation time

French Oak    Sauvignon Blanc/wheat beer        35%     12 months

French Oak    Chenin Blanc/wheat beer              35%     12months

French Oak    Orange Muscat/wheat beer           5%       12 months

French Oak    Bretta Weisse                                   25%     8 months

 

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    by Reid Ramsay