Table Beers are by nature – session beers. (4% or less. Debate rages on to say 5% or less.) Notch is releasing Tafelbier (table beer), a Belgian influenced beer that clocks in at a mere 2.8% ABV. It’s perfect thirst Continue Reading →
Brewdog recently packaged BB2 Pale Ale, a hoppy session beer.
We decided it was time to brew a slightly lower ABV beer with our favourite American hops giving you a thirst quenching draft ale in all our bars, just in time for the Summer! Continue Reading →
Each year, Mikkeller’s Drink’in the Sun get’s a little lower on the ABV. (2 years ago it was 3.9%) The 2012 edition is a full percentage less in ABV than the one released this time last year.
Brooklyn Brewery has officially kicked off a new series over the weekend – The Worshipful Company of Brewers. It will feature special releases from members of the brewery team. Each beer will be a brewery only release – with Continue Reading →
Jester King Brewing will be launching a new berliner weisse (sour wheat ale) in 2012. Bonnie The Rare is a beer built on extensive research on the style by the brewery. They style originated in northern Germany in the Continue Reading →
Short’s Brewing’s Prolonged Enjoyment debuted at the brewpub briefly in the fall, and was on tap at GABF also. Prolonged Enjoyment is a session beer that both sides of the session argument can agree on. It clocks in at Continue Reading →
This wreeks of Spring. Victory Brewing Co’s (Downingtown, PA) Swing Saison. A session saison. Session? Lower ABV. Drink more, pee more, throw up less. Easy drinking at 4.5% ABV
Swing. Its a lively jou rhythm, a vigorous sway, a change of view or even a roil in the proverbial hay. Now, it also means the welcome jolt of joy you’ll experience upon your first sip of this session saison. Bracing but benign, this Reigian.styie ale enlivens any experience with a spicy, aromatic start, citrus snap and fresh finish. Swing into spring with taste!
Table Beers are by nature – session beers. (4% or less. Debate rages on to say 5% or less.) Notch is releasing Tafelbier (table beer), a Belgian influenced beer that clocks in at a mere 2.8% ABV. It’s perfect thirst quencher for summer.
I kayak all the time in the summer, and I like to pack beer for lunch and breaks along the way. Kayaking is no time to be drunk, really, but having some beers along the way is FUN. Yes, beer can still be fun! Notch Tafelbier is exactly the beer for that time — light bodied, yet tasty, and perfectly acceptable to be pulled from cooler ice cold and consumed right out of the bottle. I also like to spend long days barbequing in the yard — real wood smoked barbeque, the 4 to 12 hour marathon ordeals — where you gauge the addition of more wood or charcoal with each beer you’ve consumed. If you have a pork shoulder to attend to, a 2.8% beer is your friend for the day (and night). I’m sure you have some summer rituals or activities that Notch Tafelbier could help you extend?
Table beers are making a comeback as a style, especially in the states. Stillwater Artisanal Ales just released one, a lighter ABV meant for table consumption. Interestingly, Notch’s Chris asks you to break convention, and enjoy the beer the way you want:
...people always ask me what temps to drink my beer, or what glass works with what style. I have my personal preferences, but that doesn’t require you to follow them. To each his own. But with the Tafelbier, I suggest you break convention with most of the craft beer dogma about serving temps, drinking vessels and such. Drinking straight from the bottle out of an icy cold cooler is perfectly acceptable, as is drinking it from a chilled mug from the freezer. No beer police will summons you, or question your beer geek cred. Have fun, there’s always plenty of time for serious beer contemplation later.
Hops: Saaz, Styrian Goldings Malts: Belgian, Canadian Yeast: Belgian
Brewdog recently packaged BB2 Pale Ale, a hoppy session beer.
We decided it was time to brew a slightly lower ABV beer with our favourite American hops giving you a thirst quenching draft ale in all our bars, just in time for the Summer! The new 3.8% Pale Ale is brewed with a solid malt base, moderate bitterness and masses of late hops and dry hops, specifically Citra, Simcoe and HBC. All this makes it ideal for drinking by the pint, or even by the keg. At lunchtime.
Mikkeller Drinkin’ In The Sun 2012 Boasts 1.9% ABV
Each year, Mikkeller’s Drink’in the Sun get’s a little lower on the ABV. (2 years ago it was 3.9%) The 2012 edition is a full percentage less in ABV than the one released this time last year.
Drink’in is a pale wheat ale and a year round brew for Mikkeller, produced at De Proef in Belgium. Dr. Erikschon (whom I assume is an enthusiast of Mikkeller) appears in the video below.
Ladies, gentlemen and ale lovers hark! The Worshipful Company of Brewers is upon us. The charter of this sanctified league dictates that each member of the Brooklyn Brewery brewing team will design and create a batch of his/her own draft-only beer, to be served exclusively at the Brewery Tasting Room until the last drop has been squeezed from the taps, and each with the possibility of blooming into a fully distributed Brewmaster’s Reserve.
The inaugural beer was created by Tom Villa (pictured above) a New York native. His Belgian “session” beer Oishi is an approachable 3.9% ABV
BEER #1: Oishi
Style: Single-hop Belgian-inspired session ale
ABV: 3.9%
Notes: Envisioned as a table version of the popular Sorachi Ace, Oishi means “delicious” in Japanese
Pairing: Oishi will pair excellently with sushi and curries Available: Fri, March 23 until it’s gone!
BREWER #1: Tom Villa, Lead Brewer
Born: Hyde Park, NY
Started at Brooklyn Brewery: 1998
Favorite place to drink: The Diamond
Jester King Brewing will be launching a new berliner weisse (sour wheat ale) in 2012. Bonnie The Rare is a beer built on extensive research on the style by the brewery. They style originated in northern Germany in the 16th century. A one time, the style was so populare that almost 700 breweries brewed it. By the early 1900’s, only a handful of German breweries were producing it. Bonnie uses harvested rain water, along with local well water.
The Concept: A traditional Berlin-style sour wheat beer, based on the meticulous research of beer historian Ron Pattinson. Big thanks to Kristen England of Pour Decisions Brewery for all of his help along the way and to our good friend Andrew Pogue, whose test batch first inspired the idea.
Label: Is it wrong that an anthropomorphic bear happens to enjoy doing housework while wearing women s clothes? Would society col-lapse if a fizzy, little, pale yellow beer had flavor, and if its flavors were a bit strange? Camouflage cans lie before us like ancient throbbing pillars of masculinity, their con-tents as bland as the roles they attempt to force upon us. For those who dare to ques-tion the gender roles of 1950’s television, or to live outside the so-called social norms, we offer Bonnie the Rare-our own challenge to expectation. Jester King Craft Brewery is an authentic farmhouse-brewery in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, on the outskirts of Austin. We brew what we like, drink what we want and offer the rest to those who share our tastes.
Style: Berliner Weisse Hops: Czech Saaz Malts: Pale Wheat, Belgian Pilsener, Caramunich, Acidulated Malt Water: Harvesterd Rain and/or Hill Country Well Water Yeast: English Dry Ale and/or Farmhouse Yeast Bacteria: Lactobacillus
Short’s Brewing’s Prolonged Enjoyment debuted at the brewpub briefly in the fall, and was on tap at GABF also. Prolonged Enjoyment is a session beer that both sides of the session argument can agree on. It clocks in at a mere 3.5% ABV. Short’s appears to have bottle intentions for the “light” pale ale.
Unquestionably quaffable for those long days need to remain upright and refreshed at the same time.
Style: American Pale Ale Availability: Draft. Potential 12oz bottles Arrival: TBA
