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Goose Island Sofie Paradisi

Goose Island’s (Chicago, IL) specialty series includes Sofie, a farmhouse ale aged in wine barrels with orange peel. A new spin on Sofie is now available, Sofie Paradisi, with a fruit change- grapefruit.

The change in fruit offers a brighter citrus Continue Reading →

New Goose Island: Halia

A little Goose Island nugget – Halia. Wine barrel aged Belgian style beer with peaches. Draft only, as of 5/8/13.

 

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Posted in Goose Island Brewing, New Releases

Goose Island Sofie Paradisi

Goose Island’s (Chicago, IL) specialty series includes Sofie, a farmhouse ale aged in wine barrels with orange peel. A new spin on Sofie is now available, Sofie Paradisi, with a fruit change- grapefruit.

The change in fruit offers a brighter citrus nose and a distinctly tart finish along with the slight bittersweet characteristics common to grapefruit.

Style: Farmhouse Ale (w/ Grapefruit, Barrel Aged. Wine )
Hops: Amarillo
Malts:  Torrified Wheat, Pilsner
Availability: Draft only

6.7% ABV 

 

by Reid Ramsay
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Posted in Beer News

NoDa & New Belgium Create Limited Funkaversary

NoDa New Belgium Funkaversary

NoDa Brewing (Charlotte, NC) is hard a work today bottling Funkaversary, a blended sour ale celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Charlotte’s Brawley’s Beverage. It is that decade long commitment to craft beer that has made the Charlotte beer scene thrive.

To celebrate, NoDa Brewing and New Belgium blended two very special beers together to create Funkaversary. NoDa’s contribution is Monk’s Trunk,a Belgian style pale ale they aged in a Chardonnay barrel for a year.  That beer was blended with New Belgium’s sour ale Felix.  There will be only about 500 bottles produced. The brewery tells BSJ it is quite, quite tasty. (no sh!t?)

Style: American Wild Ale (Partially Chardonnay Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: 5/10/13

6.4% ABV

If you go:

Brawley’s Beverage – 5/10/13
Bottles on sale, 7 pm. 4 bottle limit. $10  

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Goose Island Brewing

New Goose Island: Halia

A little Goose Island nugget – Halia. Wine barrel aged Belgian style beer with peaches. Draft only, as of 5/8/13.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Nebraska Brewing, New Releases

Nebraska Brewing Launches Wine Barrel “Cowboys” This Month

Nebraska Brewing Company (Papillion, NE) is adding to beers to their Inception Series this month. What was meant to be just one beer is now to series entries. In the end, the barrels you age the beer in have the final say. The base beer is a saison, brewed with rose hips, hibiscus, and cherry juice, then aged in a chardonnay barrel. Indians, the other entry, got a little funky in the barrel. Cowboys didn’t, prompting the two releases. Poking fun at the perception that Nebraska is still like the wild west, they dubbed these two Cowboys & Indians.

Style: Saison (w/ Rose Hips, Hibiscus, Cherry Juice, Wine Barrel Aged. Chardonnay)

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: Mid May, 2013

6.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay