Topic Archives: Peppercorns
Deschutes Zarabanda Bottles This Fall
Deschutes Brewery’s (Bend, OR) Zarabanda will find its way into bottles this fall. Zarabanda is a chef driven saison, meant to be paired with food. The list of ingredients include lemon verbena, pink peppercorn, sumac (a tart spice), and dried lime. Spicy saisons offset food flavors beautifully.
We looked to acclaimed Chef Joe Andres to help us create a Spanish take on the farmhouse style saison. The addition of Lemon Verbena, pink peppercorn, sumac, and dried lime infuse the chef’s distinctive flavors into the brew – an ale purposefully crafted to compliment all your culinary endeavors. Or be savored all by itself.
Chef Jose Andres worked with Deschutes on this creation, debuting it at Aspen Food & Wine in June. Zarabanda will be available in 22oz bottles.
Style: Saison (w/ Pink Peppercorn, Sumac, Lemon Verbena, Dried Lime)
Available: Draft (Previously), 22oz Bottles soon.
Arrival: TBA
6.1% ABV
Hardywood Saison Rustica
Big Boss Rare Tequila Offering For Cinco
Big Boss Brewing (Raleigh, NC) and Raleigh Times Bar have spent months acquiring tequila barrels from Olmeca Altos Distillery in Jalisco, Mexico.
The final creation is a limited edition brew called Muerto Viviente (Living Dead). The tequila aged offering will be released this Friday at Raleigh Times Bar in Raleigh, NC. Muerto Viviente is a Belgian strong dark ale that spent three months in the tequila barrels with agave nectar and pink peppercorn.
Big Boss Muerto Viviente is draft only.
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale (w/ Agave Nectar, Pink Peppercorns. Barrel Aged. Tequila)
Availability: Draft Only
Arrival: May, 2014
9% ABV
If you go:
May 2, 2014, 6 pm
Raleigh Times Bar, Raleigh, North Carolina
Collaboration: Jolly Pumpkin & Anchorage
Love it when craft brewers collaborate? Then get behind this. Alaska’s Anchorage Brewing and Jolly Pumpkin (Dexter, MI) have created Calabaza Boreal.
Keeping with Jolly Pumpkin’s tradition of funky beer, this Belgian style beer is aged in oak barrels with grapefruit, grapefruit juice, and peppercorns. The name is a mash up of the two brewery’s identities – “boreal” or northern region and “calabaza” meaning pumpkin.
When introspection fails, it’s time to look outward for inspiration. Perhaps Northward! One of the people who inspired me this past year is my friend Gabe Fletcher. of Anchorage Brewing Co. We brewed this beer together. I hope it inspires you.
Jolly Pumpkin & Anchorage Calabaza Boreal will be available in 750ml bottles.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Grapefruit, Grapefruit juice, Peppercorns.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Arrival: TBA
7% ABV
Widmer Brothers Collaborates with Breakside Brewery
While craft breweries are popping up across the U.S., some breweries have been doing this for 30 years. Widmer Brothers Brewing (Portland, OR) has been at it for three decades, setting new standards for craft beer in the world. A series of collaborations is planned to mark the occasion, like this new saison.
Widmer Brothers Saison à Fleurs is brewed with Portland’s Breakside Brewery. The farmhouse style ale features chrysanthemum, jasmine, and Szechuan peppercorns.
Inspired by the vibrant late spring and early summer seasons, Saison Fieurs Is a lively farmhouse style ale brewed with Chrysanthemum, Jasmine and Szechuan Peppercorn. A collaboration between Portland’s Breakside Brewery and Widmer Brothers Brewing, Salson a Fieurs Is a unique take on a traditional farmhouse style, marrying rich floral and tropical notes and white pepper yeast character with distinctive spice flavors of the Far East.
Widmer Brothers Saison a Fleurs will be available in 22oz bottles across currently serviced markets.
Style: Saison (w/ Chrysanthemum, Jasmine, Szechuan Peppercorn)
Availability: 22oz Bombers
Arrival: TBA
6.7% ABV
Lost Abbey’s Tomme on New “Blanc”
The Lost Abbey has released Saison Blanc has been released – a saison with golden raisins and white pepper.
Lost Abbey doing a saison? Shocking right? Sarcasm aside, the above is Saison Blanc, an homage to farmers. We are getting close to harvest season, a physically rough time for those who work the fields, making the grain in your brew. Brewed with golden raisins and white pepper.
Style: Saison (Golden Raisins, White Pepper)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles, Corked & Caged. Draft.
5.5% ABV
Beer Street Journal Video: Brewing a Tomato Saison with Wild Heaven
Beer Street Journal joined Wild Heaven Craft Beers brewmaster Eric Johnson on a backyard brew day in rural Winterville, Georgia. This 50-gallon setup is the birthplace of Wild Heaven. This wasn’t any old pale ale brew day, we were on a special mission. Brew a special tomato-based beer for JCT Kitchen’s Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Festival.
Honestly, I can’t think of a single beer brewed with tomatoes. Neither could Eric, so when he went looking around brewers forums, not a lot of people thought it was a good idea. This is something you need to know about Eric Johnson. You can’t tell him no. For this first edition, the base beer is White Blackbird, an upcoming saison release by the brewery. Heirloom tomatoes were selected to add to the mash, then spiced with white peppercorns. For added depth, the saison was aged on cacao nibs and Madeira oak.
If you are in Atlanta, you’ll get a shot at this brew this weekend.
Style: Saison (w/ Tomatoes, White Peppercorns, Cacao Nibs, Oak Aged. Madeira)
Availability: Draft only. Festival Limited
7.4% ABV
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