Oak Aged

Burial Anno Domini MMXVI celebrates 3 years

Burial Anno Domini MMXVI, the Asheville, North Carolina brewery’s anniversary beer, returns later this month.

This year’s iteration of Burial Anno Domini is a dark rye saison, fermented in red wine barrels with blackberries. (MMXVI= 2016)

Burial Anno Domini MMXVI releases at the brewery on Continue Reading →

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is the 8th entry in the brewery’s ongoing Lee Hill Series.

This edition is a sour blonde ale, that has been aging in neutral oak. Neutral oak has lost most, if not all it’s ability to Continue Reading →

Posted in Jolly-Pumpkin, Don't Miss This, Jester King Brewery

Jester King Space Waves, a dream collab with Jolly Pumpkin

Jester King Space Waves, a new collaboration with Dexter, Michigan’s Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, debuts this week.

Getting immediately down to business – the beer. Back in April, Jolly Pumpkin brewed a farmhouse ale brewed with Texas wheat and lime salt, that was ultimately blended with Jester King Montmorency vs. Balafon which was brewed with cherries.

The farmhouse ale features a large addition of hops in the boil in order to keep the bacteria and house mixed culture scaled back pending the 12 to 1 blend of Montmorency. The final blend was bottled on May 31st, and allowed to naturally re-ferment in bottles.

Jester King really dotes on this collaboration, as Jolly Pumpkin has been a strong influence on the Austin, Texas brewery since their inception.

Even appearing in the same sentence as Jolly Pumpkin, let alone collaborating with them, is a surreal experience for which we are extremely grateful. I’m not shy at all to say that Jolly Pumpkin is Jester King’s greatest influence. – Jeffery Stuffings, Founder

Jester King Space Waves is a 750ml bottle release on August 5th. Limited to 3,000 bottles with no distribution.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Lime Salt, Cherries. Partially Oak Aged.)
Availability: 750m Bottles.
Debut: 8/5/16

5.6% ABV, 41 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Firestone Walker Brewing, Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Firestone Walker Helldorado 2016 Vintage releases this weekend

Firestone Walker Helldorado 2016 will debut this weekend.

Dark beers and barleywines are quite popular to use in retired spirits barrels. (For good reason, they make damn good barrel-aged beers.) If you are reading this, you already know Firestone Walker is incredibly gifted when it comes to barrel-aging finesse.

A couple of years ago, the brewery thought a blonde barleywine, one brewed with a lighter base malt, would go well in oak barrels.

The bready, honeyed flavors of pale malts pull out rich wildflower honey, vanilla and coconut notes from the oak, creating an overall flavor evocative of bourbon-glazed graham crackers that stands as singularly unique in our Vintage lineup. Helldorado may be lighter in color but it is a full-bodied and densely concentrated sipper at 11.8% ABV.

Firestone Walker Helldorado 2016 debuts once again on August 6th, in 22 ounce bottles and draft. Both very limited.

Style: Barleywine (Oak Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Limited Release.
Latest Return: 8/6/16

11.8% ABV

Image: Firestone Walker

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Lost Abbey

Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze is ready to return for a 3rd time

Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze is about to make a return to the beer scene. You can almost hear the whale hunters breathing heavy.

The American wild ale is a blend of 1, 2, and 3 year old beers that has been aged in French oak barrels. The first release of this beer was in 2009, and in 2016, this only it’s third ever release.

“We’re more than excited to release the third version of Duck Duck Gooze.” Said Tomme Arthur, COO and Co-Founder at The Lost Abbey. “Waiting for barrels to mature over the last three years has been a journey on its own, but the finished beer proves the wait was worth it.”

How to get it.

Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze sales will start on Tuesday, July 26th, 2016, at 12pm PT. As long as the servers don’t crash again, those logging in will be able to purchase up to six bottles, at $41 dollars a bottle. No shipping. No proxies, either. The person that buys the ticket, picks it up on either August 27th, or 28th. If you don’t, the bottles will be surrendered back to Lost Abbey, and a refund issued. The brewery will publish a link on the 25th.

Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze is a 750 milliliter bottle offering.

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged. 3 Year Blend)
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Corked & Caged. Rare.

7% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Seasonal Return

Wicked Weed Bombadile returns to Canvas Series

Wicked Weed Bombadile, available once in the past, will soon return to the Canvas Series.

The base farmhouse ale has been fermented with Brettanomyces yeast, and fresh Florida grown strawberries in a French oak foeder.

The Florida forest is a fight for life from undergrowth to treetop. The woodland encircles itself, squelching sections as others grab hold and flourish. The live oak observes this scramble from its perch of power and permanence. Amidst the hurricanes and heat waves, the alligators and oranges, emerges the true crimson crown of our southern peninsula. Ripened and radiant from the Florida sunshine, the strawberry is king of this bountiful land. Bombadile is a Brettanomyces farmhouse ale fermented with a half pound per gallon of ripe Florida strawberries and delicately aged in a French oak foeder.

Wicked Weed Bombadile has beautiful artwork update in time for this return. Available in 500 milliliter bottles.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Strawberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Return: July, 2016

4.2% ABV

Image: Wicked Weed

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Burial Beer Co, Coming Soon

Burial Anno Domini MMXVI celebrates 3 years

Burial Anno Domini MMXVI, the Asheville, North Carolina brewery’s anniversary beer, returns later this month.

This year’s iteration of Burial Anno Domini is a dark rye saison, fermented in red wine barrels with blackberries. (MMXVI= 2016)

Burial Anno Domini MMXVI releases at the brewery on June 19th, 2016.

Style: Saison (w/ Blackberries. Oak Aged.)
Availability:
Release: 6/19/16

7.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Natty Greene's, New Releases

Natty Greene’s American Sour 2016, a 2 year process

Natty Greene’s American Sour 2016 has been released by the Greensboro, North Carolina brewery. The 2015 release of this American Sour was one of Beer Street Journal’s favorite releases of the year.

In keeping with the Flanders red ale tradition, the brewery has created a 70/30 blend of an amber ale and brown ale, and re-ferment them in oak barrels with a blend of wild & sour bacteria and yeast. The process takes at least two years.

“American Sour is so much more than a beer. It’s the result of 18+ months of nurturing and aging. It’s true mix of art and science that our Brewmaster and founder of Natty Greene’s Sour Program, Scott Christofell, has perfected,” said co-founder of Natty Greene’s Kayne Fisher. “It’s only appropriate that it’s label matches the beer’s history and flavor.”

Natty Greene’s American Sour 2016 is available in 750 milliliter bottles in limited quantities.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Oak Aged)
Hops: Magnum, Willamette, Santiam
Malts: Base, Munich 1, Cara 2.0, Cara B, Cara Munich 3, Special B.

Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: June, 2016

6.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Upslope Brewing Company, New Releases

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is the 8th entry in the brewery’s ongoing Lee Hill Series.

This edition is a sour blonde ale, that has been aging in neutral oak. Neutral oak has lost most, if not all it’s ability to import oak flavors or flavors from anything that has previously aged in it.

The brewery really shows some versatility with this release. Upslope has made a name for themselves by brewing great beers to style. (Their Brown Ale just won awards.) We still wholeheartedly believe that if you can brew a solid IPA, pale ale, or brown ale, you can brew anything. Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is exactly that example.

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is the 8th edition in the Lee Hill Series. Available in 19.2 ounce cans in a very limited release run.

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 19.2oz Cans. Limited taproom release.
Debut: Late Spring, 2016

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay