Wheat Ale

Boulevard Bottles New Year Rounder

Boulevard Brewing (Kansas City, MO) has officially bottled their new year round offering – 80 Acre Hoppy Wheat Beer. 80 Acre is a new style for Boulevard, as they hope to grow sales in the midwest region. The beer will Continue Reading →

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale. A 2012 Great American Beer Fest experimental release. Wheat ale brewed with cabernet sauvignon grapes.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ grapes)
Availability: Draft only. Limited

8.5% ABV 

Read More: Blue Moon Brewing

Blue Moon Tongue Thai-Ed

Tongue Thai-Ed is an Blue Moon experimental release to be seen at 2012’s Great American Beer Fest. No doubt a wheat based beer brewed with lemongrass and basil.  No wide release currently planned.

Style: Wheat Ale (brewed w/ lemongrass & basil)
Availability: Draft only. Limited

8% Continue Reading →

Blue Moon Chimp, A Big 9%

Blue Moon Chimp joins a the series of experimental brews in the brand line. Chimp is an imperial wheat ale brewed with cherries. It will apparently be seen at the Great American Beer Fest this year.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ cherries)
Availability: Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Mother Earth Brewing

Peaches Next Up In Mother Earth Window Panes Series

The second edition in Mother Earth Brewing’s (Kinston, NC) Window Panes Series approaches. Panes is a series of North Carolina inspired beers (there will be 4) that will contain fruit  from the states farms, then aged in pinor noir, chardonnay, or brandy barrels. The total production per release is limited to just 20 barrels. (620 gallons.) Blackberries was the featured fruit in release #1.

Uncork a bottle of Peach Window Pane and savor the fresh flavors of North Carolina. Second in a series of four North Carolina inspired beers, Peach Window Pane is a double American wheat fermented with vast quantities of luscious North Carolina fruit, then aged in Chardonnay barrels for three months. Anticipate a prevailing aroma of fruit and chardonnay, blended with a subtle amount of oak. Also expect dominant fruit flavor joined by a slight oak character and sourness that keeps you wanting more. 

Style: Wheat Beer (w/ Peaches, Wine Barrel Aged)

Availability: 750 ml bottles, Corked/Caged. Sold at brewery & select stores
Arrival: October, 2012

8.2% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anheuser-Busch, Coming Soon, Goose Island Brewing

Goose Island 312 Being Added To AB’s Draftmark System

I can’t say I didn’t expect this. News just broke that Goose Island Brewing is going national. 50 states national. Anheuser-Busch plants around the United States will brew Honker’s Ale, 312, India Pale Ale & more. Earlier this year, AB unveiled the Draftmark refillable system for your refrigerator. Offerings include Budweiser, Amber Bock & Shock Top. 312 Urban Wheat Ale is now slated for that system. Below the bottle being added to the system.

Style: Wheat Ale

4.2% ABV

Read more: Goose Island, Draftmark Refillable System

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon, New Releases

Boulevard Bottles New Year Rounder

Boulevard Brewing (Kansas City, MO) has officially bottled their new year round offering – 80 Acre Hoppy Wheat Beer. 80 Acre is a new style for Boulevard, as they hope to grow sales in the midwest region. The beer will be available in bottles only. This newbie should be hitting shelves within the next week or so.

With roots in two of today’s most popular brewing styles, 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat Beer is the result of careful cultivation by our brewers and cellarmen. Their efforts to craft a hybrid yielded a bumper crop of flavor; a delightfully distinctive ale with the aroma of an IPA and the refreshing taste of a wheat beer.

Style: American Wheat Ale
Availability: 12oz bottles. Year round

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, NoDa Brewing, Videos

This Week At NoDa Brewing: Single Berry [Video]

This week from NoDa Brewing (Charlotte, NC) – Single Berry. An American wheat ale, brewed with blackberries.  Part of the NoDable Release Series. An easy drinking 3.9% ABV.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Blue Moon Brewing, Coming Soon

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale

Blue Moon Vintage Rouge Ale. A 2012 Great American Beer Fest experimental release. Wheat ale brewed with cabernet sauvignon grapes.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ grapes)
Availability: Draft only. Limited

8.5% ABV 

Read More: Blue Moon Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Blue Moon Brewing, Coming Soon

Blue Moon Tongue Thai-Ed

Blue Moon Tongue Thai-Ed

Tongue Thai-Ed is an Blue Moon experimental release to be seen at 2012’s Great American Beer Fest. No doubt a wheat based beer brewed with lemongrass and basil.  No wide release currently planned.

Style: Wheat Ale (brewed w/ lemongrass & basil)
Availability: Draft only. Limited

8% ABV

 Read more: Blue Moon Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Blue Moon Brewing, Coming Soon

Blue Moon Chimp, A Big 9%

Blue Moon Chimp

Blue Moon Chimp joins a the series of experimental brews in the brand line. Chimp is an imperial wheat ale brewed with cherries. It will apparently be seen at the Great American Beer Fest this year.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ cherries)
Availability: Draft Only, limited

9% ABV

 Read more: Blue Moon Brewing

 

by Reid Ramsay