Peaches

Great Divide Peach Grand Cru Hits Shelves

Craft beer and Colorado Palisade peaches collide in Great Divide Peach Grand Cru. The beer was first released in October, 2013.

Peach Grand Cru is Great Divide’s newest limited offering.  Brewed with Colorado fruit picked right at the peak of ripeness, Continue Reading →

Jester King’s New “Fēn táo”

Jester King Brewery’s next release will be 分 桃 (pronounced Fēn táo) , a barrel-aged wild beer refermented with peaches from their home state of Texas.

Fēn táo was slated to release last year, until a last freeze destroyed the peach Continue Reading →

Lexington Brewing’s Bourbon Peach Wheat

Lexington Brewing Company is gearing up for another barrel aged offering – Kentucky Peach Barrel Wheat.

The peach flavored beer is aged in bourbon barrels. Peach Barrel Wheat looks to join Bourbon Barrel Barleywine, Pumpkin Barrel Ale, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, Continue Reading →

Posted in Great Divide, Seasonal Return

Great Divide Peach Grand Cru Hits Shelves

Craft beer and Colorado Palisade peaches collide in Great Divide Peach Grand Cru. The beer was first released in October, 2013.

Peach Grand Cru is Great Divide’s newest limited offering.  Brewed with Colorado fruit picked right at the peak of ripeness, this Belgian-style ale marries two of our home state’s well-known offerings: great beer and fresh Palisade peaches.  Both sophisticated and balanced, this extraordinary, aromatic ale was born to be savored beyond the orchard.

Great Divide Peach Grand Cru is on shelves now, in 750ml bottles.

Style: Belgian Strong Ale (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: December, 2014

12% ABV

Image via Ale Yeah

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Modern Times Beer

Modern Times Sour Bottles On Sale December 4th

Modern Times Beer (San Diego, CA) is gearing up for a sour beer release on December 11th, 2014. This will be the brewery’s first public release.

The release features five sour/wild offerings, each spent 15 months aging in red wine barrels with a mix of souring bacteria. Each beer was fermented in stainless first, then transferred to barrels. Each barrel contained a mix of more than 40 strains of Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, & Pediococius from all over the world.

The lineup:

Empty Hats – Oud Bruin. The flavor starts with a big red wine component, quickly followed by a strong tartness, funk, and a hint of warm malt on the finish, which lingers for ages.

New from Nowhere – Flanders Red. The flavor starts out with raspberry, strawberry, and oak, quickly followed by a puckering sourness, and a long, red fruit-drenched finish.

Rampart Junction – Peach Sour. After 11 months in red wine barrels, we added 50lbs per barrel of fresh, organic, heirloom peaches, which spent 5 months in the barrels before bottling.

Oracle of the Bottle – Cabernet Grape Sour. (News From Nowhere is the base beer.) After 11 months in red wine barrels, we added 50lbs per barrel of Cabernet grapes, which spent 5 months in the barrels before bottling.

Palace of the Cracked Heads – Nectarine Sour. (Empty Hats is the base beer.) After 11 months in red wine barrels, we added 50lbs per barrel of fresh, organic, heirloom nectarines, which spent 5 months in the barrels before bottling.

Bottles retail for $25 – $30 dollars each and can be pre-purchased online starting December 4th, 2014. You must pick them up in person before February 12, 2015. (No Proxies).

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

Allagash Farm to Face Releases November 3rd

Allagash Brewing (Portland, ME) releases Farm To Face will go on sale at the brewery on November 3rd, 2014. After that, the beer will ship in limited quantities to the brewery’s distribution area.

Allagash Farm to Face starts as a pale ale, fermented in stainless steel with house yeast. After that fermentation, pedicocccus and lactobacillus (souring bacteria) is added to the beer, along with peaches from Applecrest Farm Orchards in New Hampshire.

…Ten months later, the finshed beer is bright amber in color with peach, graham cracker and green apple in the aroma. Drinking this medium bodied beer is like biting into a juicy peach with tartness throughout!

Allagash Farm to Face will be available in limited quantities in 12.7oz bottles.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 375ml bottles, corked & caged
Arrival: 11/3/14

5.7% ABV

 

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

Jester King’s New “Fēn táo”

Jester King Brewery’s next release will be 分 桃 (pronounced Fēn táo) , a barrel-aged wild beer refermented with peaches from their home state of Texas.

Fēn táo was slated to release last year, until a last freeze destroyed the peach crop. The base beer is an ale with wild yeast, and local sour bacteria, racked to the brewery’s foudres (oak vats) with the fresh peaches from Vogel Orchard in Fredericksburg, Texas. Jester King doesn’t just add the peaches for flavoring. The peaches are refermented along with the beer, much like wine.

分 桃 will be released on Friday, September 12th at Jester King at 4pm. Limited 1 per person, per day. $16.

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged. Peaches)
Availability: 500ml Bottles (150 cases available)
Arrival: 9/12/14

6.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Three Taverns Brewery

Three Taverns Creates New Saison with Georgia Peaches

Three Taverns Craft Brewery (Decatur, GA) is rounding out the summer heat in true Georgia style. The forthcoming beer, Three Taverns Le Peche Mode, is a saison fermented with Georgia Peaches.

Three Taverns founder and brewmaster Brian Purcell tells Beer Street Journal that Le Peche uses peach juice from Lane Farms in the fermenter in lieu of Belgian candi sugar. The result raises the ABV a little bit, and gives the saison just hint of peach flavor.

Le Peche Mode is fermented with natural peach juice from Peach County, Georgia. Peaches, introduced to our state by Franciscan monks in 1571, add a subtle complexity to this traditional Belgian farmhouse ale enhancing it’s refreshing malt character and long, dry finish.

Three Taverns Le Peche Mode has already been brewed, and is slated for release in late August, 2014.

Style: Saison (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft
Arrival: Late August, 2014

6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Pizza Boy Brewing

Pizza Boy Brewing Peachfunker

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lexington Brewing and Distilling

Lexington Brewing’s Bourbon Peach Wheat

Lexington Brewing Company is gearing up for another barrel aged offering – Kentucky Peach Barrel Wheat.

The peach flavored beer is aged in bourbon barrels. Peach Barrel Wheat looks to join Bourbon Barrel Barleywine, Pumpkin Barrel Ale, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, and Bourbon Barrel Stout.

Lexington Peach Barrel Wheat will be packaged in 12oz bottles.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ Peaches. Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay