New Beer Arrivals 7/25-7/29
Against The Grain Kentucky Ryed Chiquen- “An amber ale brewed with rye malt and aged in rye whiskey barrels. Our first barrel aged beer here at Against the Grain is the Kentucky Ryed Chiquen. Brewed with Maris Otter from the UK and rye malt and caramel rye from Germany, imparting a spicy, fruity and dry flavor. Then hopped with enough English Nugget and Kent Goldings just to balance and fermented with our house ale yeast. After fermentation we moved the entire batch into the AtG private dining room and into used Redemption Rye barrels from our good friends at Strong’s Spirits. There it aged for 5 weeks until we felt it had picked up the right amount of residual bourbon character and oak flavors. We then transferred it to our serving tank, carbonated it and the end result is on tap now, a balanced drinkable and complex barrel aged beer.” ABV: 8.6%.
Avery Ale To The Chief- “Originally brewed to celebrate Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, Avery Brewing Company elected to give their beer Ale to the Chief a third term to commemorate the 2016 election. Rather than categorizing the beer as Imperial, Avery created a new beer style to honor our country’s democracy, calling the beer a Presidential Pale Ale. A brew worthy of the Oval Office!” Only brewed every 4 years! ABV: 8.1%.
Sixpoint Puff- “If you love Resin, try tasting it straight from the tanks. That’s PUFF – a hazy, unfiltered pour with an extra dose of dry hops… a new blend devised just for Puff. We decided to capture our own puffy, cloudy brew in a limited release can. First puff says it all – this ish is Keller. Breathe deep and put your head in the clouds… it’s Mad Science.” ABV: 9.8%.
Mikkeller Hallo Ich Bin- A Berliner-style Weisse beer brewed with Peaches. ABV: 3.7%.
Tool Sur Citra- A Sour pale dry hopped with Citra. ABV: 5.5%.
Prairie Funky Gold Mosaic- “Funky Gold Mosaic is a dry-hopped sour ale. We took Prairie Gold and dry-hopped it with a huge amount of Mosaic hops. The end results are tropical, sour, and an all around new beer drinking experience! This beer is great fresh, but will continue to develop as the wild yeast continues to work in the beer.” ABV: 7.5%.
Stillwater Nu Tropic- A contemporary, hazy IPA brewed with mango and passionfruit. ABV: 6%.
Urban Family Brewing Crimson Fawn- A sour farmhouse ale with blood orange. ABV: 6.5%.
Urban Family Brewing Kriek- “Our Kriek underwent thirteen months of life inside barrels, playing house with our indigenous cultures. Soon after, we married this beer with over 3000 pounds of balaton & montgomery cherries, allowing it to mature, and harmonize. Enjoy our hommage to a Belgian style ale.” ABV: 6.3%.
Urban Family Brewing Magnolia Redux- “Hoppy Magnolia revisited. Dry-hopped farmhouse with Amarillo and Mosaic hops.” ABV: 6.5%.
Uinta Flamingose- “Inspired by 16th century brewers in Goslar, Germany, this salted wheat beer (with a tropical twist) is snappy and tart with a remarkably refreshing finish… and just the right amount of pineapple.” ABV: 4%.
Bell’s The Oracle- “Our take on the West Coast-style Double India Pale Ale, The Oracle places hop intensity first and foremost, making only the slightest concession to malt and balance. The fireworks start with the aromatic punch of dry-hop sessions with hop varieties from the Pacific Northwest. Resinous, citrusy hop flavors mixed with aggressive bitterness from a massive kettle addition deliver on that aromatic promise.” ABV: 10%.
Nowhere In Particular Batch #002- “Rice, mosaic, and simcoe hops combine to form this deliciously dangerous brew. The IBUs and ABV have been reduced from prior iterations making this beer supremely smashable, Tropical hop flavors blend perfectly with the mellow and balanced malt bill. Medium bodied, golden in color, and right around 8.5% this is a beer drinker’s summer dream. We even put it in cans so whether at the pool, hitting the links, or in a drunken stupor feel safe and free to pound these brews as a celebration to the warm months and all that come with them.”
Maui Brewing La Perouse White- “La Perouse White is a fresh handcrafted Belgian inspired witbier brewed with wheat and European Pilsner malts, spiced with coriander and fresh local mandarin oranges.” ABV: 5.2%.
Drie Fonteinen Zwet.Be- A Belgian Porter brewed with wild yeasts from their lambic casks. ABV: 7%.
3 Floyd’s Apocalypse Cow- “This complex, double India Pale Ale has an intense citrus and floral hop aroma balanced by a velvety malt body which has been augmented with lactose milk sugar. With this different take on an IPA we have brewed an ale that is both pleasing to drink and, once again, “not normal.” ABV: 8.6%.
3 Floyd’s War Mullet- “This double IPA will make you want to grow a mullet (if you don’t already have one) and go to war (if your’re not already).” ABV: 8.1%.
3 Floyd’s WigSplitter- “Big Wig, No Wig or Comb Over. Wigsplitter is an oatmeal stout brewed with freshly ground espresso. It’s for those of us who like a little beer with their coffee or a little bit of coffee with their beer.” ABV: 7.7%.
3 Floyd’s Alpha King- “A bold yet balanced American Pale Ale with slight caramel sweetness and aggressive citrus hoppiness. This is our flagship beer.” ABV: 6.66%.
3 Floyd’s Gumballhead- “An American wheat beer with a refreshing, crisp citrus finish. This delicious session beer is brewed with boatloads of Amarillo hops.” ABV: 5.6%.
Triple Digit Cortex- An Imperial Stout brewed with coffee. ABV: 10%.
Hoof Hearted Everybody Wants Some Simcoe- A Double IPA, single hopped with Simcoe hops. Releasing Thursday at 4pm, 1 4pack limit per person, no holds. ABV: 8%.
Dark Horse Variety Pack- This year’s variety pack in different than years past. This year it includes: Crooked Tree IPA, Smells Like A Citra Safety Meeting, Crooked Theratree Black IPA, and Coffpa Coffee IPA.
So many awesome new arrivals this week! My poor wallet!! We’ll see you soon, cheers!
Mikkeller Spontanorange- From their delicious “Spontan” series, this one is a lambic with orange. ABV: 7.7%
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The Bruery Trade Winds- “Our Summer seasonal, Trade Winds Tripel is a Belgian-style Golden Ale with a Southeast Asian twist. Instead of using candi sugar (typical for such a beer), we use rice in the mash to lighten the body and increase the gravity, and spice with Thai Basil. The result is an aromatic, digestible and complex beer made for a lazy summer evening.” ABV: 8.6%.
The Bruery Quadruple Tonnellerie- “
The Bruery Hottenroth- “Hottenroth Berliner Weisse is brewed in memory of Fred & Sarah Hottenroth, Patrick’s grandparents. This tart, German-style Berliner Weisse is as authentic as it gets. We use lactobacillus and a hint of brettanomyces to sour this very unusual, low gravity wheat beer. To cut the tartness for those with sweeter tastes, raspberry or woodruff syrup is a traditional way to sweeten the beer. Almost an extinct style, we hope to help revive the Berliner Weisse in memory of two great people.” ABV: 3.1%.
Kriek Boon- “The cherries and young lambic create a red beer that is both natural and fresh, with an absolutely unforgettable sweet and sour taste. This is kriek as it should be, with nothing but real cherries and lambic. There is no place for artificial colourings or flavorings.” ABV: 4%.
Kriek Mariage Parfait- “Kriek Boon Mariage Parfait consists of 1 year-old heavy lambic flavoured with overripe cherries, 400 grams per litre. Longer aging in small oak barrels gives it its special flavour. The lambic is bottled and stored in an air-conditioned room for six months of secondary fermentation. Kriek Mariage Parfait has an alcohol volume of 8%. It keeps for a minimum 20 years, and is ready to drink after about 2 years in the bottle. This is perfection in kriek beers. Try it and admit that it surpasses the best wine.”
Framboise Boon- “Raspberry lambic was once a rarity and only produced for a few weeks during the summer. Frank Boon was the first brewer to again prepare a raspberry lambic in the summer of 1976. More than 300 grams per litre of fresh raspberries give Framboise Boon a fresh fruity taste. The young lambic supports the flavour. But this is very much about raspberries, not the lambic. Of course we do not use artificial flavourings, only real raspberries. Boon Framboise has an alcohol volume of 5%. Drink it when it is young.”
Avery Certatio Equestris- “Modeled after the ubiquitous mint julep. The base sour ale was aged in bourbon barrels with spearmint leaves (the key ingredient in the julep, after bourbon). You can probably imagine the result from here” ABV: 8.9%.
Rodenbach Grand Cru- “A blend of 1/3 young beer and 2/3 of beer aged 2 years in large oak vats. The more important proportion of oak matured beer contributes to its fruity taste, complexity and intensity. The finish is worthy of a great wine.” ABV: 6%.
Rodenbach Caractere Rouge- “The brewer allow the beer to macerate with fresh cherries, raspberries and cranberries. After this maceration in oak, the beer re-ferments in the bottle. The result is RODENBACH Caractère Rouge, an exceptional RODENBACH with fruit maceration and a 7% alcohol volume. The brew is more than unique and extremely exclusive, as only 900 75-cl bottles were produced (first batch). Geunes serves this wilful beer as part of his other unique range of beer varieties in his restaurant, ’t Zilte, at the Antwerp MAS museum.”
3 Floyd’s Yum Yum- “Welcome to flavor country. This Pale Ale has just the right malt backbone to support an explosive juicy hop profile. Derived from a new blend of proprietary hops. We hope you’ll enjoy it. Cheers!” ABV: 5.5%.
3 Floyd’s Alpha King- “A bold yet balanced American Pale Ale with slight caramel sweetness and aggressive citrus hoppiness. This is our flagship beer.” ABV: 6.66%.
Amber Alt-Style Ale- “The name of this beer style comes from the German word “alt” meaning “old”. This refers to the aging that alts undergo since they ferment more slowly and at colder temperatures than most ales. Slow fermentation helps condition the flavors in Alaskan Amber, contributing to its overall balance and smoothness.”
Stillwater Gose Gone Wild World Tour Phuket- A new twist on the amazing Gose Gone Wild a collab between Stillwater and Westbrook Brewing. This enhanced version adds mango, lemongrass, and thai chilies. So refreshing and delicious! ABV: 4.6%.
Weyerbacher 21st Anniversary- To celebrate Weyerbacher’s 21st birthday, they brewed a beer designed to taste like the most amazing birthday cake. Cocoa nibs and cocoa powder give this big beer its rich chocolate flavor. Vanilla beans and Munich malts add a cake layer of flavor. Where’s the icing? We’re blending this already amazing beer with its bourbon barrel aged counterpart, while smoked malts bring a touch of bacon. Imagine a chocolate cake with vanilla, bacon, bourbon frosting in a glass and that’s exactly what this amazing brew tastes like. ABV: 11.9%.
Shorts Strawberry Short’s Cake- “Strawberry Short’s Cake is a Golden Ale brewed with the addition of strawberries and milk sugar. The flavors of shortcake and fresh strawberries transform this beer into rose-colored party nectar that is pleasingly sweet with hints of cream. Biscuit flavors and aromas arise from the use of large amounts of Victory malt.” ABV: 4.3%.
Rhinegeist Peach Dodo- A limited Spring release from local brewery, Rhinegeist. Peach Dodo is a gose with peach, and a great light, refreshing, slightly tart brew. If you’re trying to get into sours, Peach Dodo is a great choice to get you pointed in the sour direction without being too in your face. ABV: 4%.
Lagunitas The Down Low- “This dry and hoppy copper ale is packed full of some of our favorite Northwestern Hops from Perrault Farms (over 2 lbs. per barrel!), and copper-fied with some dark crystal malts to make this tropical, earthy, and stoooopidly slammable ale.” ABV: 3.9%.
Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot- “Rich, smooth, dangerous, and chocolatey. It’s a big ol’ hoppy Imperial Brown Ale to help you with your slippery slide on into the heat of the night.” A limited release! ABV: 7.85%.
New Holland Dragon’s Milk Reserve with Raspberry Lemon- “This reserve blend is aged in bourbon barrels for three months, with Michigan raspberries and lemon zest added during aging. The raspberries bring a depth to Dragon’s Milk that we love and the lemon zest kicks up the fruit aromas and provides a unique, bright, and exciting experience. Our brewers nailed it.” ABV: 11%.
Flying Dog Single Hop Series: “Nugget Imperial IPA- Each Single Hop release has an identical grain bill while incorporating a single and different hop to allow you to discern the nuances of each hop variety. Nugget is known for being a bitter betty, and both that bitterness and the aroma will fight for center stage on this one. Bust out the sausages, or charcuterie if you want to get fancy about it, and bring on the Nugget.” ABV: 8.0%.
Dogfish Head Flesh&Blood- “An honest to goodness IPA brewed with a bounty of real citrus including lemon flesh, blood orange juice plus orange and lemon peel. A combination of Warrior, Centennial, and a rare experimental hop to perfectly complement the citrus ingredients and flavor. Flesh & Blood balances the resinous hoppy characteristics of an American IPA with the explosive, zesty fruitiness and subtle dry tartness of citrus to deliver a highly quaffable ale that’s incredibly unique and lovely to down the whole year round.” ABV: 7.5%.
Jolly Pumpkin Matame Ahorito- “Brewed Citra and Simcoe hops as well as yuzu, lemon and lime peel, coriander and Alaskan sea salt this barrel aged gose will knock your socks off.” ABV: 5.5%.
