Terrapin Beer Co (Athens, GA) is spending Monday bottling Reunion Beer 2012. A collaboration with Shmaltz Brewing, benefitting The Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer research (www.imbcr.org). This year’s edition drops the chilis for cinnamon.
Style: Brown Ale(w/ Vanilla, Cocoa Nibs, Cinnamon)
Availability: 220z bombers, draft. Released annually, style Continue Reading →
You want a beer that drinks like a dessert? Look no further. Southern Tier’s Creme Brulee is back again for 2012.
“We are not the harbingers of truth as some may suggest but it may indeed be argued that our brewing Continue Reading →
Jason Fields and Kevin Sheppard’s previous homebrew contest winning Cherry Chocolate Stout will find it’s way into rye whiskey barrels soon. The beer was brewed last year as a three-way collaboration between the home brews, Stone Brewing Co, and Continue Reading →
Last years release of Reunion: A Beer For Hope found great success. The collaboration was brewed to raise money for the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer research (www.imbcr.org). Virginia McLean, partner in the Reunion project, died from complications from multiple myeloma in June, Continue Reading →
Sound familiar? It’s a lot like Michelob Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale (Another A-B product.) Anheuser-Busch looks to be doing a little more barrel aging with Batch 539 joins, Batch 541 joins 537, 538, 542 in this (currently secretive) Brewmaster’s Small Batch series coming soon Continue Reading →
One of the most interesting collaborations yet in 2012 has to be Snack Attack! A three way brew with Bluejacket Brewery (opening in 2013), Funky Buddha and Cigar City. The beer is inspired by movie theater food. The beer Continue Reading →
Terrapin Beer Co (Athens, GA) is spending Monday bottling Reunion Beer 2012. A collaboration with Shmaltz Brewing, benefitting The Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer research (www.imbcr.org). This year’s edition drops the chilis for cinnamon.
Style: Brown Ale(w/ Vanilla, Cocoa Nibs, Cinnamon)
Availability: 220z bombers, draft. Released annually, style changes each year.
ETA: August, 2012
7.6% ABV
You want a beer that drinks like a dessert? Look no further. Southern Tier’s Creme Brulee is back again for 2012.
“We are not the harbingers of truth as some may suggest but it may indeed be argued that our brewing philosophy is tantamount to a dessert with a bellicose past. How, you may ask, would a brewery determine a likeness to hard-coated custard? Our response is simple; it’s all in the power of history, and of course, the extra finesse needed to top off a contentious treat with definition.
By comprehending the labyrinthine movement of time, one would not think it strange to trace the errant path of an ordinary object such as a cream dessert only to discover that it has been the cause of cultural disputes since the middle ages. The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French Crème Brûlée, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent our deliciously creamy brew.”
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans)
Hops: Columbus, Horizon.
Malts: 2 Row Malt, Dark Caramel Malt
Other: Lactose Sugar
10% ABV
Jason Fields and Kevin Sheppard’s previous homebrew contest winning Cherry Chocolate Stout will find it’s way into rye whiskey barrels soon. The beer was brewed last year as a three-way collaboration between the home brews, Stone Brewing Co, and Troegs Brewing. Cherry Chocolate Stout is brewed with 250 lbs of cocoa, vanilla beans, and sour cherries.
This was a ton of fun to brew So far, the most memorable part about it was sampling the first wort which had been mashed with lots of specialty grains and about 250 lbs of pure cocoa. It was amazingly smooth, velvety sweet, and rich with chocolate. I felt like I was tasting the luscious sweetness of a chocolate river. It was a natural match to age this brew in rye whiskey barrels. – Mitch Steele (Head Brewer, Stone Brewing Co.)
While the bottles don’t have the Quingenti Millilitre series explicitly on the label anymore, this edition joins a series of very small batch, barrel aged brews.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans, Chocolate, Cherries, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 5oo ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
11.6% ABV
Last years release of Reunion: A Beer For Hope found great success. The collaboration was brewed to raise money for the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer research (www.imbcr.org). Virginia McLean, partner in the Reunion project, died from complications from multiple myeloma in June, 2007. She had a fantastic quote “Cancer can cause my death, but it can only take my life if I give it that.”
The 2012 edition of Reunion finds the old gang back together, with Shmaltz Brewing , Terrapin & Olive & Sinclair.
The 2012 edition of Renunion is much like 2011, except cinnamon is substituted for chili peppers.
Style: Brown Ale(w/ Vanilla, Cocoa Nibs, Cinnamon)
Availability: 220z bombers, draft. Released annually, style changes each year.
ETA: August, 2012
7.6% ABV
Sound familiar? It’s a lot like Michelob Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale (Another A-B product.) Anheuser-Busch looks to be doing a little more barrel aging with Batch 539 joins, Batch 541 joins 537, 538, 542 in this (currently secretive) Brewmaster’s Small Batch series coming soon from Anheuser-Busch.
This one, just like the others, has a geographic location on the label, corresponding to AB brewery/production location. Batch 538: St. Louis, MO. Batch 537: Los Angeles, CA. Batch 542: Fairfield, California. Batch 541: Baldwinsville, NY. 539: Williamsburg, VA.
Style: ?? (w/ vanilla, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
7% ABV
Read More: Brewmaster’s Small Batch Series
Not the first barrel aged A-B product…
One of the most interesting collaborations yet in 2012 has to be Snack Attack! A three way brew with Bluejacket Brewery (opening in 2013), Funky Buddha and Cigar City. The beer is inspired by movie theater food. The beer is brewed with Florida sea salt, cacao nibs, vanilla beans and dry-roasted peanuts. Cigar City says expect this flavor when you’re drinking.
…peanut butter cups, milk duds, black licorice, chocolate-covered peanuts and salted caramel.
First available in Cigar City’s tap room on Thursday at 11 am. No growlers.
