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Avery Ruminate, Barrel-Aged Series #38

Avery Ruminate looks to be the brewery’s Barrel-Aged Series 38th entry.

The base beer is a Belgian-style dubbel, aged in rum barrels with orange zest. Avery says the put their own personal twist on this. Rum and orange zest? We’d say they Continue Reading →

4 Hands Contact High seasonally returns

4 Hands Contact High has made spring 2016 return.

This spring and summer seasonal is brewed with orange zest, and Pacific Northwest hops. The brewery touts it as bit like a beermosa.

Contact High pours a bright orange hue with a big citrus aroma.

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Sierra Nevada introduces Ovila Mix Packs

The Sierra Nevada monastic collaborative series, “Ovila” will soon have a mixed pack for it’s fans this month.

A collaboration with California based Abbey of New Clairvaux, Ovila Abbey Ales is a modern take on Belgian-style abbey ales. When possible, the Continue Reading →

Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To debuts

Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To is a new seasonal joining the Delaware based brewery’s today. A special party is planning at the Milton, Delaware brewery.

Dogfish Head is no stranger to beer and music collaborations – (see Positive Contact, American Continue Reading →

Posted in Don't Miss This

Brewery creates beer from belly button lint

One thing is certain, breweries can always find a new ingredient to put in beer. Fruit is pretty common of course, but then there are additions like scorpions, beard follicles, or even cotton candy. Now – belly button lint.

Australian based 7 Cent Brewery has created a new beer using a yeast strain found in belly button lint. That’s right. The stuff you pick out of that hole in the middle of your stomach. They call it – Belly Button Beer.

Brewers swabbed samples of the brewer’s belly buttons and swabbing the samples on agar plates. After incubation, the brewery found and selected yeast colonies, grew the yeast to pitchable quantities, and well. It’s beer time.

The base beer is a Belgian-style witbier (with license of course), brewed with orange zest and coriander. The belly button yeast gives the beer the Belgian character, with hints of clove and light banana. (And body soap?)

The orange zest and coriander seeds were used to help complement the yeast and a calculated amount of Riwaka and Mosaic hops were added to increase the citrus qualities and give it a refreshing hop kick.  Four different grains were also used to add both body and complexity including: barley, wheat, oats and rye.

For those that might be a little grossed out right now, yeast is yeast, everywhere. Of course there is good and bad, and 7 Cent chose the good to make this beer happen.

I guess at the end of the day, what the hell? Why not? The bigger question is… would you drink it?

Style: Witbier (w/ Coriander, Orange Zest, Belly Button Yeast)
Availability: Australia

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Don't Miss This

Avery Ruminate, Barrel-Aged Series #38

Avery Ruminate looks to be the brewery’s Barrel-Aged Series 38th entry.

The base beer is a Belgian-style dubbel, aged in rum barrels with orange zest. Avery says the put their own personal twist on this. Rum and orange zest? We’d say they did.

We’ve been thinking long and hard about one of our all-time favorites and how to put our personal lil twist on it. Or is this a big twist? Hmmm. We’ll have to think, and drink, on that one.

Avery Ruminate is a 12 ounce bottle offering. The brewery has not yet announced this release.

Style: Belgian-style Dubbel (w/ Orange Zest. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Release: TBA

10% ABV

Avery will release #36 in the series on March 20th

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 4 Hands Brewing, Seasonal Return

4 Hands Contact High seasonally returns

4 Hands Contact High has made spring 2016 return.

This spring and summer seasonal is brewed with orange zest, and Pacific Northwest hops. The brewery touts it as bit like a beermosa.

Contact High pours a bright orange hue with a big citrus aroma.

4 Hands Contact High is available in 12 ounce cans, and draft. Distribution starts March 15th.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ Orange Zest)
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft. Seasonal.
Latest Return: Mid-March, 2016

5% ABV

Image via 4 Hands

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sierra Nevada, Don't Miss This

Sierra Nevada introduces Ovila Mix Packs

The Sierra Nevada monastic collaborative series, “Ovila” will soon have a mixed pack for it’s fans this month.

A collaboration with California based Abbey of New Clairvaux, Ovila Abbey Ales is a modern take on Belgian-style abbey ales. When possible, the beers feature ingredients grown and harvests on the monks’ 600 acre working farm.

Instead of releasing a bottle one at a time throughout 2016, the brewery is releasing all three in a mixed pack. Each box features three different 750 milliliter bottles of Ovila.  The styles include:

  • Ovila Quad with Cherries
  • Ovila Brown with Mandarin & Cocoa
  • Ovila Saison with Sage

The Sierra Nevada Ovila Mixed Pack is available across the United States while supplies last.

Sierra Nevada Ovila bottles

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Dogfish Head, New Releases

Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To debuts

Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To is a new seasonal joining the Delaware based brewery’s today. A special party is planning at the Milton, Delaware brewery.

Dogfish Head is no stranger to beer and music collaborations – (see Positive Contact, American Beauty, Beer Thousand, etc.) This time, the beer be will be for whatever you want to listen to. Meet the official beer of Record Store Day – Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To.

In case you vinyl isn’t your thing, Record Store Day is the third Saturday in April, that celebrates independently owned record stores worldwide.

As for Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To, the base beer is a Belgian-style tripel, brewed with Sweet Orange Peel, Green Cardamon, Peppercorns, Vanilla.

While the beer debuts today at the brewery, markets should see 12 ounce bottles and draft in the weeks to come.

Style: Belgian-style Tripel (w/ Sweet Orange Peel, Green Cardamon, Peppercorns, Vanilla Beans)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Released: February, 2016

9% ABV

Image: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Ballast Point Brewing, Headlines

Ballast Point Orange Vanilla Fathom, a bottle potential

Ballast Point Orange Vanilla Fathom takes aim at the brewery’s bottle lineup. The beer has been available the past on tap.

If you haven’t caught on by now, the has taken a few of year-round offerings, and added a twist to the recipe. Examples include Peppermint Victory at Sea, and Pineapple Sculpin IPA. Playing on a little childhood nostalgia is Ballast Point Orange Vanilla Fathom. This recipe should remind you of an orange creamcicle, if the brewery hits the mark.

Our Orange Vanilla Fathom India-Style Pale Lager continues our quest for exploration. The piney and citrus hop aromas of our India-Style Pale Lager combine with sweet orange and creamy vanilla – while staying true to classic lagering techniques. Brewed with a touch of nostalgia, it may remind you of a childhood treat, but this one is just for adults.

Ballast Point Orange Vanilla Fathom is brewed with orange and vanilla. To be available in 22 ounce bottles.

Style: India Pale Lager (w/ Orange, Vanilla)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: TBA

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Belgium, New Releases

New Belgium Citradelic Tangerine IPA hits shelves year-round

New Belgium Citradelic Tangerine IPA joins the brewery’s year-round lineup this month.

New Belgium Citradelic Tangerine IPA features tangerine, orange peel, plus a plethora of citrusy hops, including Citra, Mandarina Bavaria, and Azacca.

“This hop profile really lends itself to that big citrusy, juicy fruit nose, so the next logical step was to riff off of that with actual Tangerine,” said Assistant Brewmaster Grady Hull. “The result is a brightly citrus, slightly bitter, and pleasantly balanced IPA.”

New Belgium Citradelic Tangerine IPA is a draft and 12 ounce bottle offering.

Style: IPA (Orange Peel, Tangerine)
Hops: Citra, Mandarina Bavaria, Azacca
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round
Release: January, 2016

6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay