Wine Aged

Avery Muscat d’Amour

Future addition to Avery Brewing’s Barrel Aged Series: Muscat d’ Amour (Muscat Love).  Brewed with grape must. Must is fresh pressed grape juice, that contains the skin, juice, seeds, etc.

Brewed with Rocky Mountain water. Malted barley, malted-wheat, Muscat Blanc must, Continue Reading →

Deschutes The Abyss Releases 11/15

Ready? Set? Go!  Run on down to Deschutes’ Bend or Portland Pubs starting Tuesday, November 15th at 11am for the much anticipated The Abyss 2011 Reserve.  There will be a 6 bottle per person limit.  Make sure you stick around Continue Reading →

On Deck For Anchorage

Some news from Alaska, Anchorage Brewing has a good bit brewing.

Tide and it’s Takers Triple is next for the young brewery – a triple with Sorachi Ace & Stryian Golding hops, aged in French oak with brett.

Anadromous Belgian Black Bier. Continue Reading →

Evolution’s Fall Migration 2011

Evolution Brewing’s (Del Mar, DE) Barrel Aged Series is called the “Migration Series” released once a season.  Each “Migration” is a different style with different aging.

Fall 2011 Migration will be Belgian Style Ale aged in Chardonnay barrels with brettanomyces (wild Continue Reading →

Posted in Avery Brewing, Coming Soon

Avery Muscat d’Amour

Avery Muscat D AmourFuture addition to Avery Brewing’s Barrel Aged Series: Muscat d’ Amour (Muscat Love).  Brewed with grape must. Must is fresh pressed grape juice, that contains the skin, juice, seeds, etc.

Brewed with Rocky Mountain water. Malted barley, malted-wheat, Muscat Blanc must, imported speciality Belgian malted barley, hops, saccharomyces yeast and brettanomyces yeast. 

Style: American Wild Ale
Yeast: Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces
Availability: 12oz bottles.  Limited to 188 cases

Arrival: TBA

8.82% ABV 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Napa Smith Brewing, New Releases

Napa Smith Hopageddon, A Post-ahopalyptic Beer

Napa Smith Brewing (Napa, CA) is soon to release Hopageddon, a barrel aged imperial IPA.  It truly is a Hopageddon, as this imperial IPA not only wet-hopped, but aged in Chardonnay & Cabernet barrels.

Hopageddon is an end-of-the-world imperial IPA that defies expectations and induces an intense hop-stupor that will leave you wondering what just happened.  At 144 IBUs, Hopageddon glows with a gorgeous fiery orange color and showcases a distinct, full white head.  The added character given by the Chardonnay and Cabernet barrels accentuates explosive papaya and lychee flavors along with herbaceous aromas.  Chewy, grassy, wet-hop flavors, hints of dried apricot, and impressions of barrel tannins are evident in mutiple layers. The distinct Barrel-hopped flavors and shockwave of bitterness lingers on the palate and leaves hopheads with a Post-ahopalyptic yearning for more.  

Style: Imperial IPA (barrel aged)
Hops: Chinook, Cascade, Warrior, Columbus, Mt. Hood, Centennial

Availability: Draft only, 5.2 gal kegs
Arrival: Nov-Dec, 2011

9.2% ABV, 144 IBUs 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Deschutes Brewing, Seasonal Return

Deschutes The Abyss Releases 11/15

Ready? Set? Go!  Run on down to Deschutes’ Bend or Portland Pubs starting Tuesday, November 15th at 11am for the much anticipated The Abyss 2011 Reserve.  There will be a 6 bottle per person limit.  Make sure you stick around (or at least come back later) because that evening starting at 5pm Deschutes will offer a vertical flight of The Abyss including years 2008, 2009, 2010, & 2011.

The Abyss is an imperial stout that is ranked one of the top 15 beers in the world in BeerAdvocate.com.  The beer is brewed with black strap molasses, licorice, with cherry bark and vanilla added with 6% aged in oak bourbon barrels, 11% aged in oak barrels and 11% aged in oak wine barrels.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Wild Heaven Craft Beers

Wild Heaven Winter Returns In November

Wild Heaven will be releasing Ode To Mercy Special Winter Ale again in November.  Eric Johnson took Ode To Mercy, and added bourbon soaked oak chips.  The result is a winter beer with oak, vanilla, coffee, with a semi sweet finish.  The flavor definitely gets more complex as it warms.

Style: American Brown Ale (bourbon oak chips)

Availability: Draft only.

8.2% ABV

Also, more Eschaton, their new wine oak Quad arrive in November also.  Expect 12oz bottles beginning of 2012.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anchorage Brewing Company, Coming Soon

On Deck For Anchorage

Some news from Alaska, Anchorage Brewing has a good bit brewing.

Tide and it’s Takers Triple is next for the young brewery – a triple with Sorachi Ace & Stryian Golding hops, aged in French oak with brett.

Anadromous Belgian Black Bier.  Summit Hops.  Pinot Noir barrels. Brewed with Kodiak Salmon Berries and brett.  Triple Fermented. 8.5% ABV & 30 IBU’s. November release.

Darkest Hour Belgian Imperial Stout.  Summit Hops  Brewed with molasses, brown sugar & Italian black licorice. Double barrel aging: Rye Whiskey & Pinot Noir barrels. 13% ABV & 33 IBU’s.  December Release.

Anchorage also is debuting (or debuted at this point) Anticipation Imperial Stout, 9%.  A collaboration with Gabe Fletcher of Anchorage, and Sleepy Lady Brewing.

The above beers join Bitter Monk & Love Buzz Saison, and Whiteout Wit.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Wild Heaven Craft Beers

Wild Heaven’s 4th Beer “Eschaton” Ships

Wild Heaven just crossed the 1 year mark.  That calls for a beer celebration.  Today the brewery shipped Eschaton, their 4th release since launch.

First lets tackle the name – Eschaton. Translated from Greek it means “End Of Time.”  Note the Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse on the label.   Artist Adam Houston based it on a pencil sketch by  German artist Albrecht Dürer.  The beer is a Belgian quadrupel aged on pinot noir oak chips.  No candi sugar of any kind was used in the brew.  Believe me, you want this one.  Wild Heaven is truly giving you something to geek out about.  This is just a glimpse at great things to come from them.

Draft will be available in Georgia by the end of the week.  12oz bottles by the end of the year.

In other Wild Heaven news, the brewery is working on a lower ABV beer due out in the spring, alongside prepping for their brewery build in Decatur, Georgia.

10.5% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Evolution Brewing

Evolution’s Fall Migration 2011

Evolution Brewing’s (Del Mar, DE) Barrel Aged Series is called the “Migration Series” released once a season.  Each “Migration” is a different style with different aging.

Fall 2011 Migration will be Belgian Style Ale aged in Chardonnay barrels with brettanomyces (wild yeast).  Previous Migrations: Winter ’10 Bourbon Barrel Dark Ale, Spring ’11 Golden Ale in Rum.

Availability: 750ml bottles. 1 time release.

7.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay