Wild Ale

Lost Abbey’s Framboise de Amorosa

Raspberry fiends, here’s one for you. Lost Abbey (San Marcos, CA) is releasing Framboise de Amorosa again in 2011.  LA touts this beer as “their first foray into the world of raspberry beers.”

Amorosa begins as Lost and Found Ale Continue Reading →

Avery Dihos Dactylion

Avery Brewing (Boulder, CO) has a very successful and very rare.  Only 248 cases produced.  Release date – Friday, 2/25/11.

Experimentation.
Ales and lagers that defy styles or categories. This is what we are about: our driving force, our passion. To further facilitate this innovative spirit, we’ve developed our Barrel-Aged Series where anything, and we mean ANYTHING, goes! Brewed for those as adventurous as we are!

Flavor Profile:
Aged for eighteen months in fresh Cabernet Sauvignon wine barrels, Dihos Dactylion features a primary fermentation using a proprietary blend of saison yeasts, a secondary fermentation of our house brettanomyces wild yeast strain, along with lactobacillus and pediococcus bacteria added to sour things up. Dihos Dactylion bursts with aggressive aromas of red wine and a touch of brett; delightfully sour to the taste, initial lactic acid flavors hit high in the cheekbones before transitioning to complex layers of soft fruit, oaky-tannins and red wine.

NEW RELEASE: New Belgium/Allagash Vreinden

The recent collaboration between Allagash Brewing & New Belgium.  The brewers took turns at each others breweries to come up with this off the wall recipe.  This release was brewed on site at New Belgium in Ft Collins, Colorado.  “Vreinden” Continue Reading →

NOW TAPPING: Bell’s The Wild One

Tapping tonight, and in honor of the Decatur Beer Festival tomorrow, Brick Store Pub just tapped Bell’s “The Wild One.” This hard to find beer is a Belgian style sour beer aged in oak for over a year.

Style: American Wild Continue Reading →