Wine Aged

Boulevard Love Child #4: June

Boulevard’s Love Child Series is among some of the best American wild ales produced in the United States. Typically, the beer is released in March in the Smokestack Series.

Fans of the beer can expect it to start hitting shelves this Continue Reading →

Upland & New Belgium Team Up On Wild Collab

When Upland Brewing and New Belgium Brewing get together, you can be sure something funky will come out of it. Namely – Darksynth.

Darksynth is a blend of some special offerings from each collaborator’s repertoire:

New Belgium’s Oscar, an ale aged in Continue Reading →

Mother Earth “Raspberries” Returns

Mother Earth Brewing (Kinston, NC) is re-releasing Raspberry from the Windowpanes Series. Each of the four beers in the series features North Carolina grown fruit, aged in various barrels. Raspberry is the fourth release in the series.  Mother Earth took Continue Reading →

Coming Soon: Cigar City Nouveau Bruin

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) will soon brewing you Nouveau Bruin, a wine barrel aged oud bruin ale.

Oud Bruin (old brown) is a Belgian beer style that undergoes extended aging and multiple fermentations. The resulting beer is full of caramel, Continue Reading →

Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon

Boulevard Love Child #4: June

Boulevard’s Love Child Series is among some of the best American wild ales produced in the United States. Typically, the beer is released in March in the Smokestack Series.

Fans of the beer can expect it to start hitting shelves this June.

Boulevard Love Child #4 is a blend of whiskey and wine barrel aged ales, fermented with Lactobacillus (yeast that beer sour) and Brettanomyces (yeast that adds a “funky” flavor.

Expect Love Child #4 in 750ml bottles, corked & caged.

Style: American Wild Ale (Barrel Aged. Whiskey. Wine Barrels)
Arrival: June, 2014

8.8% ABV

Read more: Boulevard Smokestack Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Belgium, Upland Beer

Upland & New Belgium Team Up On Wild Collab

When Upland Brewing and New Belgium Brewing get together, you can be sure something funky will come out of it. Namely – Darksynth.

Darksynth is a blend of some special offerings from each collaborator’s repertoire:

New Belgium’s Oscar, an ale aged in the brewery’s oak foeders (60%)
Upland Dantalion Ale (American Wild Ale, Red Wine Barrels) (40%)
Raspberry Lambic (Oak Aged, Raspberries) (10%)

Upland/New Belgium Darksynth will be released in 750ml bottles, by Upland Brewing Co.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Raspberries. Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles

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Read more: Collaborations

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Tahoe Mountain Brewing

Tahoe Mountain Brewing Saison Savoureuse

 

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Mother Earth Brewing, Seasonal Return

Mother Earth “Raspberries” Returns

Mother Earth Brewing (Kinston, NC) is re-releasing Raspberry from the Windowpanes Series. Each of the four beers in the series features North Carolina grown fruit, aged in various barrels. Raspberry is the fourth release in the series.  Mother Earth took a wheat beer and aged in both chardonnay and pinot noir barrels with of course – raspberries.

Uncork a bottle of Raspberry Window Pane and savor the fresh flavors of North Carolina. Fourth in a series of four North Carolina inspired beers, Raspberry Window Pane is a double American Wheat beer fermented with vast quantities of this treasured North Carolina fruit, then aged in pinot noir and chardonnay barrels for three months.   Anticipate a prevailing aroma of berry, blended with spice, vanilla and oak: and a dominate berry flavor joined by a slight oak character and sourness.

Style: Witbier (w/ Raspberries. Wine Aged. Pinot Noir & Chardonnay Barrels)
Availability: 750 ml Bottles, Corked & Caged
Arrival: 2/8/14

8.3% ABV

If you go:
Mother Earth Brewing, Kinston NC
Saturday February 8th, 2014 with tastings

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Holland Brewing, Seasonal Return

New Holland Blue Sunday Returns January 12

Easily one of the best beers in New Holland’s portfolio is Blue Sunday Sour Ale. You’ll see it again in less than a month.

The brewery has announced the next release of Blue Sunday will be January 12th, 2014. The beer will be shipping to retailers shortly after the brewery release party.

Blue Sunday Sour was first released in 2007. The American wild ale is a blend of various wine barrel aged sours. Right before bottling, the beer is topped off with fresh beer. The result is a complex, yet tart beer with a nice wine backbone.

New Holland Blue Sunday Sour is available in 22oz bombers, and limited draft.

Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. January

8.5% ABV

If you go: 

Blue Sunday Release Schedule (At the brewery)
January 12th:
12:00 pm – Specialty Cellar Tour at Production Campus
3:00 pm – Blue Sunday is Released at Downtown Holland Pub
3:00 pm – Live Music Begins at Downtown Holland Pub
7:00 pm – Special Beer Toast at Downtown Holland Pub

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Headlines

Coming Soon: Cigar City Nouveau Bruin

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) will soon brewing you Nouveau Bruin, a wine barrel aged oud bruin ale.

Oud Bruin (old brown) is a Belgian beer style that undergoes extended aging and multiple fermentations. The resulting beer is full of caramel, dark fruits, and is slightly acidic thanks to different bacterias used in the aging process.

For this release, Cigar City aged the beer in red wine barrels, after dry hopping it with Pacific Gem hops.

Cigar City Nouveau Bruin release details to follow.

Style: Oud Bruin (Red Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Smuttynose Brewing

Smuttynose Scotch Ale 2013 Has Some Wine Aging

More Smuttynose news this week. The brewery’s Big Scotch Ale is less than a month away. The 2013 release will feature a little variation, a blend of red wine barrel aged Scotch Ale.

The red wine blend should add an interesting complexity to an already bold beer. The brewery describes the base beer flavor as: …caramel and subtle roasted malt flavors, Scotch ales can feature smoky flavors (derived from a small measure of peated malt) or, more traditionally, no smoky flavor.

Look for this in 22oz bombers in mid-October.

Style: Scotch Ale (Partially Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers. October
Arrival: October, 2013

8ish% ABV

by Reid Ramsay