New Beer Arrivals 2/22-2/26
Let your wallets recover from the last couple weeks, this week is more about quality than quantity. Some excellent beers arriving this week! Take a look!
Sixpoint Hi-Res- “To see the hop cone up close, we zoomed in microscopic, and found a hi-res view. In Hi-Resolution, the hop optic was magnified; our perception, fully amplified. It’s microscopic. It’s telescopic. It’s off-topic. It’s Mad Science.” This intense hop bomb is highly anticipated and will go quickly, get yours Thursday!!
Madtree Identity Crisis- “Not a ray of light penetrates the soul of this beer. Combining the roasted malt backbone of a Porter with a huge amount of earthy and citrusy hops typical in many IPA’s, this unique ale will leave you questioning it’s identity and maybe yours.”
Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To- This Belgian-style Tripel is brewed with sweet orange peel, green cardamom, peppercorns and vanilla. It’s the perfect marriage of beer and music and best when paired with some of your favorite tunes. Clocking in at 9% ABV, Beer To Drink Music To is a golden orange brew with forward notes of toffee, cardamom, cloves and subtle notes of vanilla.
Prairie Artisan Ales Funky Gold Simcoe- Funky Gold Simcoe is a dry-hopped (the Simcoe Hop variant) sour ale conditioned with brettanomyces.
Ommegang Shadow Brewer- Pours jet black with a thick tan head. Roasted malt, coffee and chocolate lead – giving way to rich dark fruit notes and hints of spicy piney hops. Layers of malt, roast and chocolate cone through in the front pallet with moderate hop bitterness. The finish is thick and chewy, with oatmeal creaminess and pleasant lingering roast.
Crafted Bananas Foster Mead- Banana and brown sugar notes in a Honey Wine.
Evil Twin Even More Jesus- “A few times in the history of craft beer it has happened that a highly praised beer rises beyond mortal stardom into a higher godly league. Usually the recipe to make such heavenly drops is thick fudge-like body, pitch black color, amazingly overwhelming aromas of chocolate, coffee, dark fruits and muscovado sugar, obviously only made in limited amounts and most crucial of all – it must taste rare!” Brewed at Westbrook Brewing in SC.
Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break- “The Roman Empire had a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ – festive food culture, extravagant architecture and spectacular live entertainment. Some might argue the Emperors were brutal, mad and hungry for power, and the people vain when taking baths and working out all day. Listen – that’s still all part of the secret Imperial ingredient – keep it cool, clean, confident, arrogant and flamboyant. Forza Imperiale.” Also brewed at Westbrook.
Evil Twin Modern IPA- “This is a tasty tribute to a beloved and iconic beer style – the India Pale Ale. The style goes 200 years back – has been through every spectrum of the flavor palette and had it’s ups and downs on the IBU scale. This time around we re-created a contemporary style IPA – basically the taste of the perfect IPA right now. Understated hop flavors, fruity and crisp. The future is now.” Brewed at Two Roads Brewing Co. in CT.
Omnipollo Abrahadabra- Abrahadabra is a smoothie inspired IPA aimed at bringing a creamy yet dry texture. Brewed with oats, wheat, lactose sugar, berries and citra hops.
Omnipollo Bianca Mango- A Gose brewed with rock salt, lactose and mango purée.
Blackberry Farms Noble Cuvee- “In keeping with the spirit of traditional Old-World Farmhouse Ales, we have crafted a golden, dry-hopped Saison featuring German Select, Tettnanger, East Kent Golding hops. This beer’s floor-malted pilsner grain bill and classic Belgian Saison yeast create a pleasantly light and balanced beer, accentuated by subtle earth and spice notes from the Noble dry hop addition. Extended bottle conditioning before release creates a light effervescent carbonation and a thick, creamy head when poured.”
Urban Family Brewing Death to Cereal- Death To Cereal by Urban Family brewing is a 6.64% ABV Milk Stout brewed with coffee beans and lactose. Forget cereal for breakfast, have a tasty coffee beer instead!
Warped Wing BrassPunk Pils- A German style Pilsner that is straw/golden in color with aromas that are slightly floral and spicy from Noble Hallertauer German hops. The use of German hops for bittering creates an assertive clean, crisp bitterness. The German lager yeast employed at cold temperatures results in a dry, crisp, elegant pilsner flavor.
Come out and grab a few new brews!! And don’t miss our special Ballast Point Pint Night this Thursday!! Cheers!
Fat Head’s Hop Juju-“The magical hops cast their spell, the natives chant and the drums beat… First let us confirm that there is no witchcraft used in creating this fine brew. None. Really. Well maybe a little. A supernatural beer with a powerhouse of hops creating aromas and flavors of citrus, pine and tropical fruit with a juicy resiny hop finish. Hakuna Matata.” This once a year release is highly sought after and will go quickly! If you miss it, get some on tap this Saturday at our Fat Head’s Tap Takeover!! ABV: 9%.
Braxton Crank Shaft- New to Ohio!! A more approachable version of the typical American IPA, Crank Shaft has hop flavor and is aroma forward. Notes of citrus, mangoes, and tropical fruit dominate. The bitterness is more rounded than most, due to primarily late hop additions, as well as dry hopping. The use of three different types of malts give this brew a more balanced body and slight amber/light Caramel color. ABV: 6%.
Braxton Storm- New to Ohio!! This golden cream ale features a medium body with a creamy palate feel. The aroma is a balance between subtle corn and malt-like notes with a very slight earthy and spicy hop presence. Pale straw in color with brilliant lightning-like clarity, Storm makes a great session beer being low in alcohol and bitterness, but complete with flavor. However, unlike the typical cream ale, no DMS or harsh corn like aroma is present. ABV: 4.8%.
Flying Monkeys The Tribe- A brand new offering from one of my personal favorite breweries, Flying Monkeys (out of Barrie, Ontario). This stout is a pure coconut BOMB, it drinks great on its own, but I can’t wait to blend it with a great chocolate stout (perhaps chocolate manifesto?). If you like coconut, you definitely need to try this one! ABV: 6.3%.
The Bruery Saison Rue- Saison Rue is an unfiltered, bottle conditioned, Belgian/French-style farmhouse ale. This is a beer of subtlety and complexity, with malted rye, spicy, fruity yeast notes, biscuit-like malt backbone and a slight citrus hop character. With age, this beer will dry out and will become more complex with rustic notes of leather and earth from the contribution of a wild yeast strain. Being a saison, Saison Rue is ambiguous unto itself as it is a different beer when fresh and when aged. ABV: 8.5%.
The Bruery Rueuze- Rueuze is their take on the traditional Belgian-style blend of lambics of different ages. They carefully select a number of oak barrels from their warehouse that have been aging their sour blonde ale for anywhere from several months to several years and blend the beers together to what they find to be the ideal flavor. This is one complex beer. Notes of hay, barnyard funk, apricots and olives play wonderfully with the balanced acidity. ABV: 5.9%.
Boulevard Imperial Stout with Coconut- As a base beer, Imperial Stout serves as a ridiculously sturdy starting point for layering flavors by incorporating new ingredients or barrel aging methods. Imperial Stout has a huge grain bill featuring several types of malted barley, wheat, rye, oats, and spelt. Robust grain and chocolate/coffee flavors are counterbalanced by date and plum notes from Scottish yeast. Using the base beer for Imperial Stout as a starting point, their brewers suspended just over 2 pounds per barrel of raw and toasted coconut flakes in porous bags in one of their stainless steel fermentation vessels. Finished, cooled beer was then transferred onto the flakes and allowed to rest for 48 hours to infuse the aroma and flavor of the coconut into the base beer. The resulting beer is a marriage of huge, round, chocolate and caramel notes from Imperial Stout, with smooth layers of sweet, toasted coconut notes. ABV: 11%.
Warped Wing Bourbon Barrel Aged Pirogue- The Bourbon Barrel Aged variant of their Pirogue. Pirogue is a Belgian Style Black Tripel has a nose of coffee and bakers chocolate with a touch of fruity and spicy yeast aroma. From there you will taste sweet flavors of brown sugar and figs that dissipate into a slightly vinous note contributed by the coffee followed by drying roastiness, slight notes of dark stone fruit, and finally a dry Belgian Style Tripel finish credited to the abbey strain of yeast. ABV: 10%.
Stone Old Guardian Dry Hopped w/ Pekko Hops- “From time to time, we like to tweak the recipes of some of our most long-standing beers—like Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine—to create unique variations. This year we’re taking it to the next level by dry-hopping it with Pekko hops—a new varietal from Washington’s Yakima Valley—which in turn add notes of stone fruit, orange, lemon and mint to this bready, toffee-like beast of a beer.” ABV: 11%.
Ballast Point Pineapple Sculpin- Pineapple Sculpin IPA came from one of many small-batch cask experiments to enhance the flavor of their signature IPA. With so many tropical hop notes in Sculpin, how could they not try adding some sweet, juicy pineapple? The combination of fruity flavors and hop intensity definitely packs a punch. This will be a year round release, but limited upon the initial release. ABV: 7%.
Ballast Point Mango Even Keel- Mango Even Keel is the ideal beer for easy drinking. This hoppy, session ale gets a flavor boost from mango, which perfectly plays off the citrusy hop bouquet. With fruit, hops, and a low ABV, this beer truly is on another level. ABV: 3.8%.
Ballast Point Ginger Big Eye- They take their year-round production Big Eye IPA and infuse fresh skinned, sliced ginger root into the beer post fermentation. The spicy Centennial hops used in Big Eye go very well with the spicy taste and aromatics from the fresh ginger root. The solid malt backbone of Big Eye also lends itself well to ginger, almost adding a candied component as it blends across your palate. ABV: 7%.
Green Flash Passion Fruit Kicker- A jaw-dropping, mouth-watering, smooth brew with sweet, tart, fruity flavor. They layer passion fruit tea and passion fruit juice with wheat malt and 2-row malted barley to bring you this exhilarating crowd pleaser. Your palate will do a 360 for more of this luscious wheat ale. ABV: 5.5%.
Bells Consecrator Doppelbock- Reddish brown in color with a mild hop profiles, Consecrator Dopplebock is a well balanced, full bodied lager with hints of caramel and molasses in its smooth, malty finish. As with their other lager brands, Consecrator, undergoes a lengthy lagering period. Unlike the 6 week profile of the other two brands, Consecrator experiences a full three months in the fermenting vessel, giving it an exceptionally smooth character. ABV: 8%.
Schlafly Double Bean Blonde Ale- Brewed with Ghanaian cocoa nibs and blended with a toddy of Tanzanian beans roasted by St. Louis’ own Kaldi’s Coffee, this luscious golden ale delivers the unmistakable flavors and aromas of coffee and the smooth richness of chocolate. ABV: 6.3%.
New Belgium La Folie- La Folie, French for “the folly,” is a beer steeped in New Belgium brewing tradition. This wood-aged, sour brown spends one to three years in big, oak barrels, known as foeders. And when the beer finally hits the glass, La Folie is sharp and sour, full of green apple, cherry, and plum-skin notes. Pouring a deep mahogany, the mouthfeel will get you puckering while the smooth finish will get you smiling. Not a beer for the timid, La Folie is a sour delight that will turn your tongue on its head. Find out why it’s considered one of the 
New Belgium Transatlantique Kriek- In a never-ending quest to create new beers and defy category, New Belgium Brewing and Old Beersel of Belgium have partnered to create Transatlantique Kriek, a spontaneously fermented lambic ale made with sour cherries. The 2016 edition of Transatlantique Kriek began life in the oaken vessels of Gert Christiaens’ Oud Beersel, a 130-year-old Belgian lambic brewery. After time spent aging in wood, Oud Beersel’s lambic was blended with tart cherries and shipped across the Atlantic to New Belgium. In concert with Oud Beersel’s cherry lambic, or kriek, they blended in a portion of their own sour Felix from their foeder forest, and created a golden brew to mix in, and round out, the engaging beer. The intense cherry nose leads to a pleasing tart, sweet flash across the palate. Crisp and effervescent, Transatlantique Kriek is a trip worth taking. ABV: 8%.
Bell’s HopSlam- The highly sought after, once a year release from Bell’s Brewing. six different hop varietals are used specifically because of their aromatic qualities, these Pacific Northwest varieties contribute a pungent blend of grapefruit, stone fruit, and floral notes. A generous malt bill and a solid dollop of honey provide just enough body to keep the balance in check, resulting in a remarkably drinkable rendition of the Double India Pale Ale style. Available this year in cans and a limited number of mini kegs. ABV: 10%.
Troegs Nugget Nectar- Once a year, as the newest humulus lupulus harvest arrives at Tröegs, they blend super-fresh hops into an Imperial Amber Ale. Excessively dry-hopped, Nugget Nectar is an explosion of pine, resin and mango. Uses Nugget, Palisade, Simcoe, Tomahawk, Warrior Hops. ABV: 7.5%.
Dogfish Head Immort Ale- For this beer, they use maple syrup from Red Brook Farm (Sam’s family farm in Western Massachusetts), peat-smoked barley and vanilla. It is fermented with a blend of English and Belgian yeasts, then aged in the big oak tanks at the brewery. The sweet and earthy flavors meld magnificently in the Immort Ale. (Available in 4packs). ABV: 11%.
Dogfish Head Oaked Noble Rot- Noble Rot is the head-on collision of the beer world and the wine world … and now they’ve aged it on oak for a whole year! The first addition is the must of viognier grapes that have been infected with a benevolent fungus called botrytis. This ‘noble rot’ reduces the water content in the grapes while magnifying their sweetness and complexity. The second is a pinot gris intensified by a process called ‘dropping fruit,’ where large clusters of grapes are clipped to amplify the quality and distinction of those left behind. They then aged Noble Rot in one of their oak tanks for an entire year, making for a hazy ale that has a spicy white wine body and a dry, tart finish. ABV: 9%.
Stone Americano Stout- The coffee notes in Stone Americano Stout are bold, rich and full of American swagger. For each 120-barrel batch, they incorporated over 250 lbs. of artisanal espresso-roast beans into the mash and added in Columbus, Chinook, Amarillo and Cascade hops to invigorate the coffee taste with a slight citrus and resin hop presence. They use the same local roasters who contributed to their sought-after 2013 Stone ESPRESSO Imperial Russian Stout. The fantastic beans helped them achieve this dark, hoppy and wonderfully aromatic espresso stout. Available in 6 packs. ABV: 8.7%.