Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) runs the largest barrel aging program in the United States. Today, they received 200 more barrels for aging various beers – like Matilda, or Sophie.
The Lost Abbey will release Track #4 “Sympathy For The Devil,” the most recent release in series of musical releases this year. (Click here for the Track List thus far.)
What is Track #4?
Each of the the three predecessors have been Continue Reading →
Avery Brewing’s 12th release in their barrel aged series – Oud Floris Barrel Aged Sour Brown. This beer is a sour brown ale blended from 3 different barrels.
Dank u wel for all the help, Gast! It’s been very relevant! An expansive Continue Reading →
This year Stoudts Brewing Company turns 25 years old. (Thus the 25 above.) The Black Angus Restaurant & Pub turns 50 this year also. (Thus the 50.) Sour Belgian Style Quad Ale is a celebration of both.
The next beer Continue Reading →
Goose Island Scarlett. This Belgian inspired ale debuted in June, 2011. This saison ale is aged in wine barrels with brett yeast. Another round of this beer will appear this year.
Brewed with the Saison and farmhouse ales of Belgium in Continue Reading →
Lost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Track #1 “Runnin with the Devil” arrives Saturday. An ode to Van Halen’s 1978 track.
This Saturday, January 21, 2012 will mark the release of the first track in our ultimate Box Set, kicking off a Continue Reading →
Avery Brewing Re´colte Sauvage (Wild Harvest) is another addition to the brewery’s expanding Barrel-Aged Series. This 11th edition is a wild ale made with grape must (squished grapes with the juice/skins etc) like #10 Muscat d’Amour.
Ah, the wonders of nature! Continue Reading →
Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) runs the largest barrel aging program in the United States. Today, they received 200 more barrels for aging various beers – like Matilda, or Sophie.
The Lost Abbey will release Track #4 “Sympathy For The Devil,” the most recent release in series of musical releases this year. (Click here for the Track List thus far.)
What is Track #4?
Each of the the three predecessors have been various blends of barrels, and Lost Abbey beers, culminating a beer meets rock symphony that melts your face off. (Too much?) The blend for Track #4 starts with two barrels from one of the base components of 2011’s Veritas 009 (Sour Ale), and two barrels of Port Hot Rocks (Aged in red wine w/ brett). Blend it all together and you have Track #4. The art pays homage to The Rolling Stone’s Sympathy For The Devil, released in 1968. Musical refresher course in the video below…
Liner Notes:
Another epic blend of beers not widely seen out side our tasting bar. The base for Track #4 starts off as two freshly emptied barrels which were to be part of our Veritas 009 blend. To these barrels we have married two French Oak red wine barrels that have been harboring Hot Rocks Lager for nearly two years. The base beer sports a deep black color with crimson highlights. Flavors of leather, tobacco and a wine like jammy quality were developed as the base beer.
The addition of Hot Rocks Lager aged in Wine barrels brings a strain of Brettanomyces not normally found in our beers (wine strain we found in the barrels as we did not inoculate them here at the brewery). As is our hope for all these blends, the sum of all the parts has yielded great results. Perhaps one of the more subtle yet harmonious blends to date for our brewers, this one promises to deliver another great Lost Abbey experience.
Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged, w/ Cherries)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. (Consumed on site only) $15/bottle.
11.33% ABV
Note: Framboise de Amorosa releases the same day. Check out Lost Abbey’s notes on the release if you’re going.
Avery Brewing’s 12th release in their barrel aged series – Oud Floris Barrel Aged Sour Brown. This beer is a sour brown ale blended from 3 different barrels.
Dank u wel for all the help, Gast! It’s been very relevant! An expansive Flanders-esque blend as complex, assertive, and infectious as its namesake – although quite a bit more acidic and less injury prone. Proost!
Style: Flanders Oud Bruin (Barrel Aged)
Yeast: Saccharomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Brettanomyces
Availability: 12 oz bottles. 225 case yield. Bottled early April
Arrival: TBA
9.53% ABV
This year Stoudts Brewing Company turns 25 years old. (Thus the 25 above.) The Black Angus Restaurant & Pub turns 50 this year also. (Thus the 50.) Sour Belgian Style Quad Ale is a celebration of both.
The next beer is the 5025 which is a full bodied and tart brew started with our Quad recipe aged in red wine barrels for 17 months. Over the course of that time frame, the beer picked up slight hints of oak, a subtle sweetness, and red wine characteristics. Truly a one of a kind beer, and a first for Stoudts!
Style: Sour Quadrupel (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 25.85 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
In addition to 5025, Stouts is releasing Amber 25.
Amber 25. This light bodied, refreshing brew uses a small amount of caramel malt to give it a nice amber color with a hint of sweetness. Lower hopping rates and a smooth dry finish make this the perfect session beer to help you celebrate 25 years of Stoudt’s beers!
Goose Island Scarlett. This Belgian inspired ale debuted in June, 2011. This saison ale is aged in wine barrels with brett yeast. Another round of this beer will appear this year.
Brewed with the Saison and farmhouse ales of Belgium in mind, we added fresh Raspberries and Brettanomyces to a wine barrel and aged the Saison base for 9 months.
Style: Saison (Barrel Aged), w/ raspberries.
Availability: Draft only
7.8% ABV
Lost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set Track #1 “Runnin with the Devil” arrives Saturday. An ode to Van Halen’s 1978 track.
This Saturday, January 21, 2012 will mark the release of the first track in our ultimate Box Set, kicking off a year-long series of super-limited beer releases inspired by those great anthem rock tunes of our youth. (Feel free to wave your lighters in the air… for you younger kids that’s what we waved at the concert before cell phones with big screens.)
Track #1 – From the Fresh Track series, this is a brown beer base aged in three red wine barrels, spiked with 30 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and house-raised Brettanomyces cultures.
There will be 3 collections, 4 titles each. Representing the full lineup of Lost Abbey’s brews.
Availability: 375ml corked/caged. 45o bottles each. Tasting Room Only. $15. To be opened and drank ON PREMISE!
Subsequent tracks will release on the 3rd Saturday of each month throughout the year.
The first track, an ode to Van Halen’s 1978 anthem, “Runnin’ With The Devil”, is scheduled for release January 21, 2012. Details will be available on The Lost Abbey website in mid January.
Avery Brewing Re´colte Sauvage (Wild Harvest) is another addition to the brewery’s expanding Barrel-Aged Series. This 11th edition is a wild ale made with grape must (squished grapes with the juice/skins etc) like #10 Muscat d’Amour.
Ah, the wonders of nature! Wild yeast spontaneously flourishing upon the freshly harvested Cabernet Sauvignon grape skins begat this sanguine and abstruse beauty. Aged for 14 months in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels.
Style: American Wild Ale
Yeast: Brettanomyces
Availability: 12oz bottles. Bottled: November, 2011. Total Production 128 cases
Arrival: TBA
8.58% ABV
