Tequila

Big Boss Rare Tequila Offering For Cinco

Big Boss Brewing (Raleigh, NC) and Raleigh Times Bar have spent months acquiring tequila barrels from Olmeca Altos Distillery in Jalisco, Mexico.

The final creation is a limited edition brew called Muerto Viviente (Living Dead). The tequila aged offering will be Continue Reading →

Avery Releasing Barrel Aged #18, Opuntia

Avery Brewing’s 18th release in the Barrel Aged Series is Opuntia, a sour ale.

As with each release in the series, this sour ale has been “dosed” with prickly pears, and aged in tequila barrels for 9 months. “Opuntia” refers to Continue Reading →

Posted in Almanac Beer Co., New Releases

Almanac Tequila Barrel Noir Now Available

Almanac Beer Company has just released a new barrel aged offering in their Farm to Barrel Series – Tequila Barrel Noir. The base beer is a stout, aged in tequila barrels.

This robust American Stout is aged in used Tequila barrels. As it matures, the toasted oak breathes in the beer, infusing the stout with hints of smoke and spice from its former life holding distilled agave. Pair with a San Francisco-style super burrito.

Almanac Tequila Barrel Noir is available in 375ml bottles.

Style: Stout (Barrel Aged. Tequila.)
Availability: 375ml Bottles
Arrival: Late Nov/Dec, 2014

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, The Bruery

The Bruery Roble Blanco Hits Reserve Society

The Bruery has revealed “Mystery Beer #1” to their Reserve Society members. Roble Blanco is on sale now, a beer that mimics a margarita.

Roble Blanco is a wheat beer aged in tequila barrels. The agave, combined with aging the beer with lime and salt, combines for a margarita (beer-rita) flavor.

Living in Southern California, we’re huge fans of both Mexican cuisine and, of course, Mexican cocktails. This is a tribute to our favorite blended fiesta beverage, the Margarita. We aged this wheat-based beer in Tequila barrels for an extended period of time, lending warmth and a roasted agave character. Coupled with a slight lime tartness and a classic, salty finish, this brew is a great approximation of the refreshing summer afternoon Margarita.

The Bruery Roble Blanco is offered in 750ml bottles.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ Lime, Salt. Barrel Aged. Tequila.)
Availability: 750ml bottles, limited to Reserve Society members
Release: October, 2014. (First release)

15% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, The Unknown Brewing Co.

Unknown Brewing’s Beer with a Really Long Name is Brewed with Scorpions

The Unknown Brewing Company (Charlotte, NC) is releasing a follow up to to the very recent Vehopcirator Imperial IPA. This name is much longer than the first – La Jordana del Escorpion en Fuego Hacia la casa del Chupacabra muerto.

This roughly translates to “The Path of the Fiery Scorpion through the House of the Dead Chupacabra”. Shortening it to Escorpion en Fuego, the beer is an imperial Mexican lager, with agave nectar, seranno peppers, and aged on tequila oak staves. Oh, just in case that wasn’t enough, 99 (food grade) scorpions.

 When asked if these scorpions would affect the flavor, head brewer and owner Brad Shell responded “I’m not sure, that’s not the point. The point is this beer needs scorpions. Some things just have to happen”.

Unknown Brewing Escorpion en Fuego releases on The Day of the Day, November 1st in 22oz bombers and draft.

Style: Mexican Lager (w/ Seranno Peppers, Agave Nectar. Scorpions. Oak Aged. Tequila.)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft.
Arrival: November 1, 2014

10.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Don't Miss This

Cigar City’s Tequila Barrels Go Off Script

Cigar City Brewing’s (Tampa, FL) Ne’er-do-well started its life intending on being El Murcielago, a double cream ale with lime peel and cumin. Thanks to the barrel changing the script on the brewers, it ended up being a little different. Some of the barrels started giving the cream ale some peanut flavor, so the brewery ran with it. Not without adding tamarind and some cayenne for good measure.

Ner-do-well began it’s life intending to be a new batch of El Murcielago. However, it ended up in a different place in its barrel life. You never know what might happen when you spend your life at the bottom of a barrel of tequila. We noticed that some of the barrels started contributing a peanut flavor to the beer so we rolled with it. We added tamarind and a bit of cayenne to create a Mexican-Thai hybrid. It simply is a ne’er-do-well.

Cigar City Ne’er-do-well will be available in 750ml bottles.

Style: Cream Ale (w/ Cayenne, Tamarind. Barrel Aged. Tequila.)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV

ne’er-do-well |ˈne(ə)r do͞o ˌwel| nouna person who is lazy and irresponsible.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Big Boss Brewing, New Releases

Big Boss Rare Tequila Offering For Cinco

Big Boss Brewing (Raleigh, NC) and Raleigh Times Bar have spent months acquiring tequila barrels from Olmeca Altos Distillery in Jalisco, Mexico.

The final creation is a limited edition brew called Muerto Viviente (Living Dead). The tequila aged offering will be released this Friday at Raleigh Times Bar in Raleigh, NC. Muerto Viviente is a Belgian strong dark ale that spent three months in the tequila barrels with agave nectar and pink peppercorn.

Big Boss Muerto Viviente is draft only.

Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale (w/ Agave Nectar, Pink Peppercorns. Barrel Aged. Tequila)
Availability: Draft Only
Arrival: May, 2014

9% ABV

If you go: 

May 2, 2014, 6 pm
Raleigh Times Bar, Raleigh, North Carolina

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Lost Abbey, New Beers

Lost Abbey Releasing New Tequila Aged Seasonal

The Lost Abbey (San Marcos, CA) is releasing a new offering in their barrel-aged portfolio, Agave Maria Ale.

Agave Maria is a strong ale brewed with agave nectar, and then aged in both Anejo and Reposado barrels for 10 months.

Agave Maria has hints of black pepper, sweet sugar, oatmeal, and oak with an earthy, bitter smoked chocolate on the finish. The base beer, a new Agave strong ale, was created specifically to pair with the spiciness of the Tequila, adding a sweet honey-like quality to the beer.

The artwork was created Sean Dominguez, the brewery’s resident artist. Lost Abbey Agave Maria Ale will be packaged in 375ml corked and caged bottles, and distributed across the brewery’s entire distribution network. Agave Maria will be a spring seasonal after this first release.

Style: American Strong Ale (w/ Agave Nectar. Barrel Aged. Tequila)
Availability: 375ml Bottles, Corked & Caged
Arrival: April, 2014

13.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Headlines, New Releases

Avery Releasing Barrel Aged #18, Opuntia

Avery Brewing’s 18th release in the Barrel Aged Series is Opuntia, a sour ale.

As with each release in the series, this sour ale has been “dosed” with prickly pears, and aged in tequila barrels for 9 months. “Opuntia” refers to the genus of catus that produces prickly pears.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Prickly Pears. Barrel Aged. Tequila)
Availability: 12oz Bottles. Limited to 263 cases
Release: February 23rd, 1 pm

6.65% ABV

by Reid Ramsay