Wine Aged

Victory Red Thunder Arrives November 21

Victory Brewing Company is prepping their first ever wine barrel aged release Red Thunder. The brewery took Baltic Thunder and has been aging it in red wine barrels from Wente Vineyards.

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Victory Red Thunder, Aged in Red Wine

Potential release from Victory Brewing Company: Red Thunder. The Downingtown, PA brewery has aged their a porter (Baltic Thunder?) in red wine barrels.

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The Next Avery Barrel Aged: Odio Equum

Avery Brewing’s Barrel Aged Series will soon find a new member – Odio Equum. Number 13 in the series, Odio Equum sour ale is brewed with raspberries and aged in wine barrels. Odio Equum translates to “Despite the horse”, perhaps Continue Reading →

Surly Begins Brewing Pentagram

Today Surly is brewing Pentagram, an American Wild Ale that will age in red wine barrels until 2013. Surly has mentioned that they hope Pentagram will be an annual bottle release.

Posted in Coming Soon, Victory Brewing Company

Victory Red Thunder Arrives November 21

Victory Brewing Company is prepping their first ever wine barrel aged release Red Thunder. The brewery took Baltic Thunder and has been aging it in red wine barrels from Wente Vineyards.

“While enjoying our first batch of Baltic Thunder in 2007, Ron and I immediately sensed that the deep complexities of this nuanced brew left almost no room for improvement,” said Victory Brewing Company President and Co-Brewmaster Bill Covaleski. “But as our experience with Baltic Thunder grew, we became intrigued with barrel-aging it, and red wine barrels proved to deliver the perfect level of flavor enhancement.”

Flavor?

…The burnished cocoa creaminess of the Baltic-style porter is accented by the tannic dryness of the wood to produce a rich, fruity final product.

Red Thunder arrives on November 21, 2012. Only available in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio

Style: Baltic Porter (Aged in Red Wine)
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Corked & Caged

8.5% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
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 Coming Soon, Victory Brewing Company

Victory Red Thunder, Aged in Red Wine

Victory Red Thunder

Potential release from Victory Brewing Company: Red Thunder. The Downingtown, PA brewery has aged their a porter (Baltic Thunder?) in red wine barrels.

First brewed in England in the 18th century, porter-style beers were transported to Baltic maritime cities in oak casks. As the style roamed through Europe, it picked up flavor influences along the way. We guessed that this drifting, vagabond style would enjoy a bit of downtime, so we gave it a new home for a few months. We filled oak barrels that previously held red wine with our Baltic Thunder and waited patiently for results.Subtle and seductive, the burnished cocoa creaminess of this beer is now accented with the tannic dryness that the wood imparts. Like our Baltic Thunder, Red Thunder honors the Baltic god of heavenly rumblings, as the ever-changing porter is as unpredictable, yet romantic, as an evening storm.

Style: Porter (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Coming Soon

The Next Avery Barrel Aged: Odio Equum

Avery Odio Equum

Avery Brewing’s Barrel Aged Series will soon find a new member – Odio Equum. Number 13 in the series, Odio Equum sour ale is brewed with raspberries and aged in wine barrels. Odio Equum translates to “Despite the horse”, perhaps a backhanded reference to “horse blanket” flavors that brettanomyces yeast can give to beer.

Such a strong and ugly word, but unfortunately true. Our vintner friend just doesn’t appreciate the depth and character of the aromas and flavors that Brettanomyces creates like we do. Like you do. But hte dude has some seriously fine Cabernet Sauvignon barrels that he shared with us to help create this wonderous sour ale. Our lucky #13 in this series. Aged for 12 months in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Raspberries, Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12 oz bottles. 465 cases produced
Arrival: To be bottled in September, 2012

7.89% ABV 

Read more: Avery, Barrel Aged Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Coming Soon, Surly Brewing

Surly Begins Brewing Pentagram

Today Surly is brewing Pentagram, an American Wild Ale that will age in red wine barrels until 2013. Surly has mentioned that they hope Pentagram will be an annual bottle release.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Goose Island Brewing

Look! Goose’s Madame Rose Is Bottled

This one of my personal favorites. I basically have to trade babies on the black market to even get a bottle. Goose Island just bottled Madame Rose, the brewery’s Belgian style brown ale.  Madame is brewed with sour cherries, and aged in wine barrels. It’s a funky, fun, complex beer. Plus it gives you a one-up for those wine snobs in your life. Brian Taylor from GI is seen here showing the Madame some love.

Goose Island will be announcing a release date soon.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Cherries, Wine Barrel Aged)

6.5% ABV

Read more:  Goose Island

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brasserie Franches-Montagnes, Coming Soon, Schneider & Sons

Schneider & BFM’s Wine Barrel Creation Headed Stateside

 B. United will be importing a new one from Schneider & Sons.  Cuvee Barrique is a collaboration between Brasserie Franches-Montagnes’s Jerome Rebetez in Switzerland and Hans-Peter Drexler. Schneider took their wheat doppelbock (Aventinus?) and aged in one of Jerome’s wine barrels. Start salivating.

Style: Wheat Doppelbock (Barrel Aged, Wine Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles

9.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay