Oak Aged

A Smoked Imperial Stout Coming to Cigar City

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) is expanding their Humidor Series with a smokey offering. English-Style Smoked Imperial Stout is brewed with three different smoked malts and aged on Spanish cedar.

Each beer in the Humidor Series is aged on Spanish cedar, Continue Reading →

Mikkeller Brews a Lambic with Beetroot

Mikkeller has been releasing a new round of Spontaneous Series beers in 2013. This list is pretty long and diverse, and continues to follow that trend. For the offering you see above, beetroot (the earthy tasting taproot) is added to the Continue Reading →

Allagash Merveilleux Releases Next Week

Allagash Brewing Comapany (Portland, ME) is ready to release a new wild ale Merveilleux next week. The name means “wonderful” and there is no doubt that’s the case. Merveilleux will hit the brewery store next week, and shortly after that, Continue Reading →

Posted in Headlines, New Holland Brewing

New Holland’s Incorrigible Coming to Cellar Series

The New Holland Cellar Series is a dream come true for folks looking for a wild, and funky experience. Blue Sunday, the brewery’s sour, releases every January.

A new entry is coming soon to the Cellar Series – Incorrigible. The house of New Holland funk has allowed wild yeasts and bacteria run free in a wheat beer. While the final abv hasn’t been revealed, expect it to be closer to a sessionable offering. (Lower abv.)

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: October, 2013

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

A Smoked Imperial Stout Coming to Cigar City

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) is expanding their Humidor Series with a smokey offering. English-Style Smoked Imperial Stout is brewed with three different smoked malts and aged on Spanish cedar.

Each beer in the Humidor Series is aged on Spanish cedar, the same wood found in cigar boxes. Get the connection?

Style: Smoke Beer (Imperial Stout. Oak Aged. Spanish Cedar)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV

Read more: Humidor Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin’s Oak Aged Big Hoppy Returns

Terrapin Beer Co’s big red ale is headed back to shelves. Oaked Big Hoppy Monster is not for the faint of palate. This monster is indeed, a monster. Big malt backbone, lots of hops, and aged on French oak.

Style: Red Ale (Oak Aged)
Hops: Centennial, Cascade, Bravo, Amarillo, Simcoe
Malts: 2 Row Pale, Caramunich, Crystal 77, Amber, Crystal 45

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Fall seasonal

9.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Mikkeller

Mikkeller Brews a Lambic with Beetroot

Mikkeller has been releasing a new round of Spontaneous Series beers in 2013. This list is pretty long and diverse, and continues to follow that trend. For the offering you see above, beetroot (the earthy tasting taproot) is added to the lambic and fermented in oak.

Mandarin will join SpontanPeach, SpontanElderflower, SpontanRosehip, SpontanRosehip, SpontanCassis, SpontanGooseberry, and SpontanMandarin.

Style: Lambic (w/ Beetroot. Oak Aged)
Availability: 11.2 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

7.7% ABV

Lambic, The Rundown. 

A lambic is a spontaneously fermented beer. What’s that? The beer is exposed to wild yeasts and bacteria. In this case (most likely) these wild yeasts live in the oak of the barrels they are aged in. The result is a tart/sour tasting beer.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Prairie Artisanal Ales

Prairie Artisanal’s Christmas Beer Features Multiple Movie References

Prairie Artisanal Ales has announced a new seasonal – The Beer That Saved Christmas. The oak aged old ale will be making its way to shelves in the coming weeks.

Interestingly, the beer label features at least five different Christmas movie references. Can you find them?

Prairie Artisanal Ales is distributed through Shelton Brothers.

Style: Old Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium

New Belgium Odd Couple

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, New Releases

Allagash Merveilleux Releases Next Week

Allagash Brewing Comapany (Portland, ME) is ready to release a new wild ale Merveilleux next week. The name means “wonderful” and there is no doubt that’s the case. Merveilleux will hit the brewery store next week, and shortly after that, nationwide distribution.

The brewery describes this new addition as oaky with a touch of sour.

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. Corked & Caged
Arrival: Late August, 2013

9.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay