Topic Archives: Red Ales
First Time: Flying Dog Lucky SOB Bottles (w/ 4-Leaf Clovers)
I always thought those who drink are the lucky lucky SOBs. Flying Dog’s beer by the same name will return soon, and this year – in bottles. Billed as an Irish Red for those whose lives always fall into place…and also for the rest of us who curse those blessed bastards.
No joke, this beer is brewed with 4-leaf clovers, one of the more interesting adjuncts (fancy word for extras) I’ve seen. Drink in the luck of the Irish with this gingery concoction.
As our brewers added the four-leaf clovers to the brew, they recited the following limerick:
Here’s to a long life and a merry one,
A quick death and an easy one,
A pretty girl and an honest one,
A cold beer and another one!
Style: Red Ale (w/ 4-Leaf Clovers)
Availability: Draft, 12oz bottles (New for 2013!)
5% ABV
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp: Blood Shot Imperial Red
Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp: Blood Shot Imperial Red Ale.
Style: Imperial Red Ale
Availability: Draft only, Limited
Arrival: Handful of kegs made
9.6% ABV
Read more: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp
Nugget Nectar is Here!
Per the Tröeg’s Facebook page, Nugget Nectar has arrived in bottles throughout the Central Pennsylvania footprint (Harrisburg, York, Lancaster, etc.) as well as their general store at the brewery. Distribution should continue throughout the week to all regions. Who’s grabbing a bottle today?
Style: Red Ale
Availability: 12 oz bottles, on tap soon
Arrival: January 14, 2013
7.5%ABV
Chad & NoDa Find The End Of The Rainbow [VID]
NoDa Brewing (Charlotte, NC) debuts Irish Red Ale in the NoDable Series today.
Your Nugget Nectar Fix is On Its Way
Hop heads nationwide will rejoice knowing that Nugget Nectar is almost here! Just 6 days ago sightings of Nugget Nectar on Tröeg’s bottling line began popping up on Twitter and Facebook ensuring its freshness when it becomes available in a week or so.
“Nugget Nectar was inspired by fresh new hops rolling in from the harvest,” said John Trogner. Nugget Nectar is intensified with whole flower Nugget cones added to our hopback vessel and dry-hopped with our patented HopsCycloneâ„¢ technique. Keeping freshness in mind, we are shipping Nugget Nectar as fast as it is packaged. You can expect cases, six-packs, and bombers to start appearing in Central Pennsylvania in mid-January and expanding through our eight-state distribution area over the following four weeks. Draft Nugget Nectar will be released in mid-February and into early March.”
You hop fix has almost arrived, in fact, you can grab some of the first glasses of this year’s batch at Tröegs’ Full Moon Firkin on January 26th featuring firkins of both Nugget Nectar and Perpetual IPA. See you at 3pm in hop lover’s heaven?
Style: Red Ale
Hops: Nugget, Warrior, Tomahawk, Simcoe, Palisade
Malts: Pilsner, Vienna, Munich
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Seasonal release (1st of year)
7.5% ABV
4 Hands Brewing Wine Aged “No Place Like Home”
No Place Like Home is the barrel-aged sister of 4 Hands other first anniversary beer, Home. Both beers will be launched in conjunction with their first anniversary party on January 12 2013.
“No Place Like Home is our barrel aged version of Home and our first anniversary beer. NPLH is a double red we aged in Cabernet wine barrels for 6 months. NPLH pours a dark amber with mahogany highlights – aromas of toffee, stone fruit, and oak dominate this rich and beautiful beer. Enjoy now or cellar up to 5 years”
With pairing suggestions of desserts and cigars it seems safe to say that we aren’t in Kansas in anymore!
Style: Red Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: January 2012
9.5% ABV
4 Hands Brewing Introduces Anniversary Beers
Time sure does fly when you’re having fun and to celebrate their first year of success 4 Hands Brewing throwing a huge music festival party and launching two special beers. The first of which will be Home, a double red ale.
“To commemorate our first anniversary, we decided to brew two delicious to celebrate. Home, a double red, is our non-barrel aged version. Home pours dark crimson in color with aromas of caramel, stone fruit, and toffee. Enjoy h0me by itself or with its barrel aged counterpart, No Place Like Home”
Four Hands insists that this beer pairs well with sharp cheddar and desserts – maybe like their first anniversary birthday cake? Cheers to a successful first year!
Style: Red Ale
Availability: on tap, 22 oz bottles
Arrival: January, 2013
9% ABV
