The Brewers Blog

Three new beers today:
Mango Wildfire Wheat
St. Florian Tripel
Oats ‘N Honey Blond

We ran out of the Raspberry Wheat, but I’ve replaced it with a Shandy Wheat. I took our Wildfire Wheat and infused it with lemon, lime, grapefruit, pineapple, and orange. It is very tart and refreshing.

Did I tell you about the Deflagration Dubbel? It’s pretty darn good. I’m my own harshest critic, but I threw my shoulder out patting myself on the back after tasting this one.

We ran out of our Bee’s Knees Honey Lager and the Wildland Sour #12 last night.
We’ll have Green Beer for St. Pat’s, then look for a Dubbel and a Brown Wheat Lager over the next week or so.

Happy Valentine’s Day!
The 7-year blend Cherry Imperial Stout and Bee’s Knees Honey Lager debuted today to rave reviews. They’re very different beers, but similar in that they’re both awesome.

Changes in the works:
We stopped serving our Backdraft Imperial Stout for a few days so that we could blend it with 6 different years’ vintages and tart cherries to create our 7-Year Blend Cherry Imperial Stout. Ready just in time to share one with that special person on Valentine’s Day.
We’ve run out of our Pulaski Pilsner, we’ll be replacing it with the Bee’s Knees Honey Lager tomorrow.
No Mas Mocha Stout. Nothing to replace it with at the moment.

We’ve just started serving our Wildland Sour #12. It is the twelfth beer in our series of sours. This one is a blend of different beers aged with different cultures of bacteria and wild yeast for a truly complex, yet balanced beer. Golden brown in color, it marries flavors of malt, sourness, barnyard funk, and fruitiness. I true delight to behold.

We ran out of the Hop-Pocalypse last night, so this morning I put on the Hooligan Double IPA. This big, hoppy beer has been a favorite of our regulars since we first brewed it a couple years ago.

Also look for a new Wildland Sour that has been over a year in the making.

We’ve started serving the Blueberry Wheat today.  The berries weren’t as ripe as I would have liked, but it does give the beer a more delicate fruit flavor than what we get in many of our beers.  I’m thinking I may add more berries next week to kick the beer up into the super-fruitiness that so many people love.  We’ll see…

New beers today:
Mocha Stout: Our Spotted Dog Stout spiked with a generous proportion of coffee, two buzzes in one.
1299 Lager: A hoppy amber lager brewed with only Northern Brewer hops. Full flavored and very drinkable.

Coming soon:
Hooligan Double IPA
Blueberry Wheat

The new beers are out. The American Pils is a nice change from all the “German-Style” Pilsners with full flavor and a hop character that is more citrusy and grapefruit-like than its continental cousins.
The BADBs (Barrel-Aged DoppelBock and Brown Blend) is a fantastic display of complexity. Character of the four beers mixes with wild yeast, oak, and wine for a true tasting experience.

I think I’ll have the 1299 Lager out next Thursday.