Topic Archives: Red Ales
Another Jailhouse Conjugal Visit
Jailhouse Brewing (Hampton, GA) has released another round of Conjugal Visit, a red ale.
When the brewery originally released Conjugal Visit, they wanted a lower abv beer with a complex hop & malt characteristic. (Flavorful, without being boozy.) However, with the weighing demand of the year round beers, especially Slammer Wheat in the summer, Conjugal Visit had to be shifted to the winter. It’s cold in the Jailhouse (just as it is pretty much everywhere) so the brewing team bumped up the ABV to 8%.
Personally, the little extra heat is really what this beer needed. Available in Georgia for a limited time on draft and 22oz bombers.
A Beer Street Journal Video is coming soon on this returning ginger….
Style: Red Ale
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
Arrival: February, 2014 (First release, 2011)
8% ABV
It’s Nugget Nectar Season Again
Troeg’s Brewing (Hershey, PA) has released their highly sought after Nugget Nectar. Bottles have shown up across Central Pennsylvania. f Distribution should continue throughout the week to all regions in which the brewery distributes.
With a heady collection of American hops, Nugget Nectar will rekindle your romance with the intense pucker your palate has come to expect from this bold Imperial Amber Ale. Drenched with a healthy dose of the freshest hops we’re able to source, Nugget Nectar is further intensified with additional whole flower Nugget cones added to our hopback vessel. The result is an explosive hop experience that will deliver hopheads to nirvana!
Style: Red Ale
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Drafty
7.5% ABV
Terrapin Mosaic Back in Bottles
Terrapin Beer Company (Athens, GA) has just bottled Mosaic for the second time. The base beer is a red ale.
The mosaic hop is gaining a popularity amongst American craft brewers. Basically a child of Simcoe hops, many people call it Citra hops on steroids. It’s full of mango, tropical fruit, & citrus flavors.
For the round, Terrapin will reduce the bottle size from 22 ounces to 12 ounces. Release details to follow.
Spiteful Brewing Negative Nancy Imperial Red
Coming soon from Spiteful Brewing is Negative Nancy Imperial Red. The label takes a shot at Nancy Reagan, the widow of Ronald Reagan. Best known for here “Say No To Drugs” campaign in the 80’s.
Style: Imperial Red Ale
Availability: 22oz Bombers
8.6% ABV
Heavy Seas Bottles 2013 Yule Tide
Heavy Seas (Baltimore, MD) is busy today bottling 2013 Yule Tide. The beer was a Belgian-style tripel in the past before taking a year off. (I hear it has relatives in Spain.)
In a Beer Street Journal interview with Hugh Sisson earlier this year, he mentioned that Yule Tide will return in the Uncharted Waters Series this year, with the style changing annually.
This year’s edition is an imperial red ale, brewed with ginger, and aged in Jamaican rum barrels. What’s not to love about this?
Look for this final Uncharted Waters release of this year to hit shelves mid-month.
Style: Imperial Red Ale (w/ Ginger, Barrel Aged. Rum)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: November, 2013
9% ABV
Beer Street Journal Video: SweetWater Releases Red Hot Mama
Red Mama from BeerStreetJournal.com on Vimeo.
SweetWater Brewery’s (Atlanta) newest addition to the Dank Tank Series, Red Hot Mama arrives this week. This edition is an imperial red ale, brewed with fresh picked centennial hops. The hops were picked on a Monday, and were in the kettle the next day.
The release is limited to just 200 barrels, bottle and draft. Arrives this week until it sells out.
Style: Imperial Red Ale
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
8.6% ABV
SweetWater Has a Red Hot Mama
Coming soon to SweetWater Brewing Company’s Dank Tank Series is this lady, Red Hot Mama. El Danko, the man, the myth, the legend, AND the inspiration behind the series, has another chick to brag about. She’s an imperial red ale brewed with fresh (hot) centennial hops.
Just like the other Dank Tank predecessors, there’s a backstory:
Red Hot Mama The Red Hot Mama from Yakima was one bad Itch, running through fanners like they were her personal toys. She especially had her way with our old buddy Vinny from Van Horn Farms and left him drained in the field as she hitched her way out of town with a dress full of fresh hops. This Red Hot Mama was not one to mess with. She hooked up with a Harley gang, and made her way down to Atlanta looking bra soul to steal. She met her match with El Danko, and the two of them got nasty in the brewhouse together; clothes and hops were flying all over the place. The load of fresh Centennial hops were dropped, and Head Brewer Nick Nock scrambled to use ’em as they smelled extra dank! After hosing off, El Danko showed her the door. He knew he didn’t have enough left in him for another round. Ride on, Red Hot Mama. Girl, you sure look good to me!
Style: Imperial Red Ale
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: October, 2013
8.6% ABV
Read more: Dank Tank Series
