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Southern Tier Cherry Gose hits shelves

Southern Tier Cherry Gose is one of the latest releases from the Lakewood, New York based brewery.

The gose style hails from Germany. At least 50% of the base beer is brewed with wheat, plus adjuncts like salt and coriander. Most Continue Reading →

Epic Brewing Los Locos debuts

Epic Brewing Los Locos Mexican-Style Lager debuts on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th. Duh.)

The warm weather inspired beer boasts “a hint of malt sweetness, a dash of sea salt and a refreshing splash of lime.”

Troy Guard is the Denver chef with Continue Reading →

Jolly Pumpkin Clementina releases March 30th

Jolly Pumpkin Clementina Saison releases at all the brewery’s locations on March 30, 2016.

True to brewery form, Jolly Pumpkin Clementina is more than a saison. The beer features lime peel, yuzu peel, coriander, salt, and the headliner – Clementine. Sounds Continue Reading →

Posted in Southern Tier Brewing, Don't Miss This, New Releases

Southern Tier Salted Caramel smells and tastes like dessert

Southern Tier Salted Caramel has joined the brewery’s ongoing Blackwater Series. The series is known for beers like Creme Brûlée, and Choklot.

Salted Caramel takes a base imperial milk stout (brewed with lactose), Himalayan pink sea salt, and caramelized sugar to mimic the flavor of the candy. Much like other beers in the Blackwater Series, this dessert beer finishes at 10% alcohol by volume.

Recently, the brewery started moving these big stouts into 12 ounce bottles. Southern Tier Salted Caramel follows that 12 ounce, 4-pack trend.

How does it taste? The name pretty much says it all. Creme Brûlée smells and tastes like a boozy, beer incarnate of the dessert. Salted Caramel smells like caramel, and tastes like a sweet, roasted malt/caramel-y imperial stout with a touch of salt. Find yourself a big glass and some vanilla ice cream.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Pink Sea Salt, Caramelized Sugar.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: June, 2016 (Bottles hitting markets in July)

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Southern Tier Brewing, New Releases

Southern Tier Cherry Gose hits shelves

Southern Tier Cherry Gose is one of the latest releases from the Lakewood, New York based brewery.

The gose style hails from Germany. At least 50% of the base beer is brewed with wheat, plus adjuncts like salt and coriander. Most goes-style beers are around 4 to 5.5% alcohol by volume.

Southern Tier Cherry Gose incorporates tart cherry juice in an imperial edition of the style. The brewery’s home state of New York ranks 4th in the United States in tart cherry production. A unnamed grower near the brewery provided the cherry puree.

Cherry Gose is soured over the course of three days using Lactobacillus buchneri, a strain of souring bacteria.

Quantitatively, this beer is quite sweet, but we find that this level of residual sweetness is just enough to balance the acidity and that the overall perception of the beer is actually quite dry.

The beer will be available in 12 ounce bottles and draft as a limited release.

Style: Gose (w/ Pink Sea Salt, Cherry Juice) 
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Debut: Late June/July, 2016

8.3% ABV, 7 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Tin Roof Brewing, Coming Soon

Tin Roof Gose with the Flow debuts today

Tin Roof Gose with the Flow debuts today, with bottles hitting shelves by July. This is a completely new beer by the Louisiana based brewery.

Typical of the nose style (which is on fire in the U.S. these days), Tin Roof Gose with the Flow uses coriander and Himalayan Pink Sea Salt in the brewing process. Lactic bacteria and ale yeast create the tartness. The result is a great heat-beating beer.

This is our take on an old German beer that was almost extinct. We used a mix of wheat and barley, spiced it up with Coriander and Himalayan Pink Salt and finally fermented with both yeast and lactic bacteria. The result is a smooth flavor with almost no bitterness and a slight sour spiciness, followed by citrusy zest. The finish is crisp and dry with a mouth puckering sensation. Enjoy this very refreshing brew after mowing the yard or a day at the beach.

Tin Roof Gose with the Flow will be a 22 ounce bottle and draft offering starting in July, 2016.

Style: Gose (w/ Sea Salt, Coriander)
Hops: Saaz, Liberty
Malts: Wheat, 2-Row, Pilsner

Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: 6/24/2016

4.6% ABV, 12 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Hi Wire Brewing, New Releases

Hi-Wire Gose is brewery’s first in style & can

Hi-Wire Gose is the first in that style released by the Asheville, North Carolina brewery, as well as the brewery’s first can.

Gose is brewed with Himalayan pink sea salt, and coriander. The brewery’s house strain of Lactobacillus is responsible for the tart flavor of this beer.

…subtle notes of stone fruit and apricot in this hazy, sessionable sour wheat beer.

Hi-Wire Gose is available in 12 ounce cans and draft year-round.

Style: Gose (w/ Sea Salt, Coriander)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Year-round
Release: June, 2016

4.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in EPIC Brewing Company, New Releases

Epic Brewing Los Locos debuts

Epic Brewing Los Locos Mexican-Style Lager debuts on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th. Duh.)

The warm weather inspired beer boasts “a hint of malt sweetness, a dash of sea salt and a refreshing splash of lime.”

Troy Guard is the Denver chef with a Mexican restaurant so badass we can even put the name on this can. While enjoying his food we had a crazy idea: brew Mexican-style lager with corn, natural lime juice.

Epic Brewing Los Locos Mexican-Style Lager is a 12 ounce can offering for a limited time.

Style: Lager (w/ Lime, Sea Salt)
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft.
Release: 5/5/2016

4.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jolly-Pumpkin, Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Jolly Pumpkin Clementina releases March 30th

Jolly Pumpkin Clementina Saison releases at all the brewery’s locations on March 30, 2016.

True to brewery form, Jolly Pumpkin Clementina is more than a saison. The beer features lime peel, yuzu peel, coriander, salt, and the headliner – Clementine. Sounds crazy in a good way? You’re probably right.

If you cut us, do we not bleed Clementines?

Jolly Pumpkin Clementina will be available in 750 milliliter bottles on March 30th. No distribution is planned at this time according to the brewery.

Style: Saison (w/ Clementines (Tangerine), Yuzu Peel, Lime Peel, Salt, Coriander.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: 3/30/16

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Fonta Flora Brewery

Fonta Flora Sal De Gusano joins triple bottle release day

Fonta Flora Sal De Gusano will join two other special releases on January 16th.

While the other two releases – Sun Gold, and Land Trust are lighter offerings, Fonta Flora Sal De Gusano is an imperial stout. The 11.2% alcohol by volume imperial stout has been aged in mezcal barrels with cacao nibs from Asheville, North Carolina’s French Broad Chocolates. Additionally the beer features organic vanilla beans and Outer Banks sea salt.

All three beers release at a special brewery party on January 16th.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cacao Nibs, Vanilla Beans, Sea Salt. Barrel Aged. Mezcal.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles. Limited.

Release: 1/16/16

11.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay