Oatmeal Stout

Anderson Valley Bringing Barney Flats To Cans

Anderson Valley Brewing Company will be making the latest addition to its series of canned beers with Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout.  Barney Flats, Anderson Valley’s first gold medal winning beer, will be available early next year starting January 1st.  This Continue Reading →

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout.

Barney Flats is the Boontling name for Hendy Woods State Park, a deep redwood forrest with a tree canopy so thick it can seem like nighttime at high noon.

It is no wonder that Anderson Valley Brewing Continue Reading →

Le Bilboquet Expands To U.S.

Le Bilboquet Microbrasserie was founded in 1990 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.  It’s a brewpub with an Irish flair.  Previously on available locally, Le Bilboquet recently expanded around Canada and now the United States.  There are 2 sides to their brewing, ones brewed Continue Reading →

NEW BREWERY TO GA: Howe Sound Brewing

Just launched in Georgia is Howe Sound Brewing.  Howe Sound hails from Squamish, British Colombia.  The brewery first opened their doors in 2006 and has been expanding ever since.

History:
We opened our doors in Squamish, BC on July 26, 1996.  The founders of the business were Stephen Shard, David Fenn and the Fenn family.  Stephen Shard left the company in 2001, and today the company remains a family owned enterprise.

We operate out of a beautiful, wooden craft style building, build for our purposes.  The inn consists of a pub, restaurant, banquet room, 20 guest rooms and microbrewery.  The brewery distributes products under the Howe Sound name to over 300 stores and pubs in BC.  In 2009, we began shipments to our beer to the United States and Alberta.

Posted in New Beers

Epic Epicurean Coffee & Fig Imperial Oatmeal Stout 2011

Epic Epicurean Coffee & Fig Imperial Oatmeal Stout 2011

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Beer News

Anderson Valley Bringing Barney Flats To Cans

Anderson Valley Brewing Company will be making the latest addition to its series of canned beers with Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout.  Barney Flats, Anderson Valley’s first gold medal winning beer, will be available early next year starting January 1st.  This will be Anderson Valley’s 5th canned beer release.

Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout clocks in at 5.7% ABV and 13 IBU’s.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anderson Valley Brewing Company, New Beers

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout.

Barney Flats is the Boontling name for Hendy Woods State Park, a deep redwood forrest with a tree canopy so thick it can seem like nighttime at high noon.

It is no wonder that Anderson Valley Brewing Company named its deep, rich, dark oatmeal stout after Barney Flats. Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is full-bodied with a decadent mocha character and smooth mouthfeel balanced by a subtle hop bite. Near and dear to our hearts, Barney Flats was our first gold medal winner in 1990, but recently took bronze at the 2010 World Beer Cup.

Great on its own or as the perfect desert beer. Pair with chocolate and you’ll never have anything else.

As with all of our products, Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is never sterile filtered nor heat pasteurized.

Style: Oatmeal Stout
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft

5.7% ABV,  13 IBU

“It’s not just shy sluggin gorms neemer.”

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Distribution Expansion, New Releases

Le Bilboquet Expands To U.S.

Le Bilboquet Microbrasserie was founded in 1990 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.  It’s a brewpub with an Irish flair.  Previously on available locally, Le Bilboquet recently expanded around Canada and now the United States.  There are 2 sides to their brewing, ones brewed and available just at the brewpub, and ones that are available for distribution.

4 beers just hit larger distribution:

L’Archange – Hefeweizen, 5% abv.  Wheat, malted barley, hallertau hops. Flavors are creamy banana & pear.

La Corriveau – Oatmeal Stout, 5.5% abv.  Beautiful roasty nose.  Flavors of coffee/chocolate. Roasted Barley, oats, Kent Golding.

Mac Kroken Flower – Scotch Ale, 10.8% abv. A big beer, with caramel & honey flavors. Kent Golding hops.

L’Affriolante – Herbed/Spiced Beer, 7% abv.  Malted barley, honey, curacao, coriander, hallertau. Spicy, complex, sweet.

All 4 beers are available in 500 ml bottles, capped.  No specified draft offerings in the U.S.  All the above beers are interesting & complex.  Great beers for those looking for something different.  I dote on the L’Archange & La Corriveau.

More about the brewery —> http://www.lebilboquet.qc.ca/

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Terrapin Beer Company, Uncategorized

COMING SOON: Terrapin Wake & Bake 2010

This year’s release of Terrapin Brewing’s Wake & Bake is about 2 weeks away. Seasonally released in November each year – this coffee oatmeal imperial stout is always a pleaser. The coffee in the beer comes from Jittery Joes in Athens, Georgia. Even more fun, is that that the coffee blend is available for purchase also.

Commercial Description:
Black as night, this coffee stout is thick, rich and full of real coffee flavor. Brewed with the Terrapin Wake-n-Bake coffee blend created by Terrapin & Jittery Joe’s Coffee.

Style: Oatmeal Stout

Arrival: Late November 2010

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Howe Sound Brewing, New Launches, New Releases

NEW BREWERY TO GA: Howe Sound Brewing

Just launched in Georgia is Howe Sound Brewing.  Howe Sound hails from Squamish, British Colombia.  The brewery first opened their doors in 2006 and has been expanding ever since.

History:
We opened our doors in Squamish, BC on July 26, 1996.  The founders of the business were Stephen Shard, David Fenn and the Fenn family.  Stephen Shard left the company in 2001, and today the company remains a family owned enterprise.

We operate out of a beautiful, wooden craft style building, build for our purposes.  The inn consists of a pub, restaurant, banquet room, 20 guest rooms and microbrewery.  The brewery distributes products under the Howe Sound name to over 300 stores and pubs in BC.  In 2009, we began shipments to our beer to the United States and Alberta.

The brewery has won many accolades for the quality of its beers. At the 2007 North American Beer Awards, it won a gold medal for Garibaldi Honey Pale Ale and a bronze medal for Diamond Head Oatmeal Stout.  In 2009, it won a silver medal for Bailout Bitter and a bronze medal for Baldwin and Cooper Best Bitter.  In the winter of 2008, Bailout Bitter received international attention as a recession-fighting beer, and was featured in worldwide media, including Good Morning America, the Globe and Mail, Global TV, and European and Asian press.

Launch Beers:

Howe Sound brings 2 beers with it’s initial launch, in very unique swing tops bottles.

Diamond Head Oatmeal Stout
Hops: Willamette, Nugget.
Flavor: Roasty & Bold.  Oatmeal gives the body a creamy flavor.
5% ABV
16 IBU’s

Rail Ale Nut Brown
Style: American Brown Ale
Flavor: Nutty hints.  Chocolate with a touch of licorice.  Brewed with only hops, malts, water, & yeast.
5% ABV

More beers to follow from this brewery.

Availability: 22oz Swing Top Bottles.  No Draft in 2010.

Looking for these? Only place I have seen it is Hop City currently.

Website: http://www.howesound.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/howesoundbeer

by Reid Ramsay