One quick suggestion for Duck Rabbit Brewing (Farmville, NC) – they need to update their website. Anyway, Duck Rabbit’s Wee Heavy was first released in April 2006. This beer hasn’t seen much time at the bar or on shelves in Continue Reading →
The Backwoods Bastard is back. This fall seasonal from Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI) is a must have for bold tastebuds. Take a big scotch ale and throw it in a bourbon oak barrels you get a rare treat comes Continue Reading →
Innis & Gunn (Edinburgh, Scotland) has made a real name for themselves in the United States with their “Oak Aged Beer.” Quite possibly one of the most flavorful easy drinking barrel aged beers I’ve ever had. Innis & Gunn’s newest Continue Reading →
Great Divide is adding 2 more seasonal beers into its year round lineup — Hoss Rye Lager and Claymore Scotch Ale. Both beers were released in 2009 and made debuts at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Colorado. Hoss Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, February 23rd, Cypress Street will be featuring a cask of French Broad Wee Heavy-er Scotch Ale. This scotch ale has a lot of malt character, with sweet notes of caramel. Wee Heavy-er is sweet and roasty.
One quick suggestion for Duck Rabbit Brewing (Farmville, NC) – they need to update their website. Anyway, Duck Rabbit’s Wee Heavy was first released in April 2006. This beer hasn’t seen much time at the bar or on shelves in Atlanta before this season. It’s a “wee heavy” or strong scotch ale here in the United States. This beer sold out in 1 day at the distributor.
Commercial Description:
None available.
Style: Wee Heavy (Strong Scotch Ale)
Taste Expectations: Caramel & bread. Definitely for the malt forward beer lovers. Sweet. Touch of plum/dark cherry.
The Backwoods Bastard is back. This fall seasonal from Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI) is a must have for bold tastebuds. Take a big scotch ale and throw it in a bourbon oak barrels you get a rare treat comes around once a year. Love barrel aged beer? Don’t miss this.
Commercial Description: Expect lovely, warm smells of single malt scotch, oaky bourbon barrels, smoke, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice, and a scintilla of dark fruit. It’s a kick-back sipper made to excite the palate.
Style: Scotch Ale
Taste Expectations: Vanilla from the bourbon. Touch of oak. Malts are sweet, & caramel, some bread. Also a bit of dark fruits, chocolate, & a warming alcohol finish.
Availability: 12oz/4 pks. Rare Draft. Late fall seasonal.
Innis & Gunn (Edinburgh, Scotland) has made a real name for themselves in the United States with their “Oak Aged Beer.” Quite possibly one of the most flavorful easy drinking barrel aged beers I’ve ever had. Innis & Gunn’s newest barrel aged offering has arrived in the United States.
From the brewer:
“We are delighted to present this unique limited bottling of Innis & Gunn finished in oak barrels which previously contained navy rum. Maturation in special oak barrels imparts Navy rums with the sweet, spicy character for which they are renowned. We have long wondered what flavours might be imparted to our beer by finishing it in these same barrels and earlier this year we decided to find out.
We brewed a special batch of Innis & Gunn beer and matured it in oak for 60 days. Every single drop spent half of that time in American oak barrels before being refilled into selected navy rum barrels to finish the lengthy maturation. Once the beer had absorbed the unique character the barrels were emptied, the beer blended and then maturation continued for a further 47 days until all of the flavours had married together and mellowed. We think the result is absolutely delicious!”
Style: Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy
Taste Expectations: Rum oak flavors are predominate. Some malty sweetness, with a bit of alcohol. Rum flavors pop without the harsh alcohol burn.
Availability: 12oz bottles. 22oz bombers soon. Year round offering.
7.4% ABV
Looking for this? All retailers by the end of the week.
Great Divide is adding 2 more seasonal beers into its year round lineup — Hoss Rye Lager and Claymore Scotch Ale. Both beers were released in 2009 and made debuts at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Colorado. Hoss and Claymore were so well received, Great Divide decided to go full time with these offerings.
Hoss Rye Lager – is a Marzen/Octoberfest Lager. It is a Marzen full of flavor, with caramel malts and a touch of sweetness. The rye added to this marzen gives Hoss some spice. Mild noble hop notes makes this marzen balanced and drinkable. 6.2% ABV
Claymore Scotch Ale – as the name dictates is a Scotch Ale. Claymore draws its name from a medieval sword. This malt forward beer is a tribute to the Scottish Wee Heavy style. At 7.7%, the alcohol gives the drinker a warming sensation. A quite tasty Scotch Ale.
Both are now available year round in bottle and draft offerings.
On Tuesday, February 23rd, Cypress Street will be featuring a cask of French Broad Wee Heavy-er Scotch Ale. This scotch ale has a lot of malt character, with sweet notes of caramel. Wee Heavy-er is sweet and roasty.
Non cask versions of this scotch ale are available in 22 oz bombers, and draft. French Broad hails from Asheville, NC. French Broad is actually 1 of 7 breweries in just Asheville alone! They first opened their doors in 2001. Up next the brewery is a beer based on Wee Heavy-er, called Wee Heavy-est – a Belgian Scotch Ale.
Wee Heavy-er is – 7% ABV, 22 IBU’s.
Cask will tap at 7 pm (2/23), as a part of Cypress Street’s Beer Geek Tuesdays.
817 W. Peachtree Street
Suite E125
(located behind the Biltmore at the corner of 6th and Cypress Street)
One quick suggestion for Duck Rabbit Brewing (Farmville, NC) – they need to update their website. Anyway, Duck Rabbit’s Wee Heavy was first released in April 2006. This beer hasn’t seen much time at the bar or on shelves in Atlanta before this season. It’s a “wee heavy” or strong scotch ale here in the United States. This beer sold out in 1 day at the distributor.
