Every once in a while one of the local breweries here in northern Colorado come up with something brand new and throw a celebration. For the last year, the brewers at Odell Brewing Company of Fort Collins, Colorado have been busy using their small batch 5-barrel system creating a special Old Ale. But this isn't just a typical Old Ale, this one was to be aged in American oak barrels. The insides of these oak barrels were torched with fire. The idea was to age some of their best old ale... Read Full Story
My last beer run offered me many choices. I knew I wanted to try out a new brewery and Deschutes Brewery of Bend Oregon was on my list. The primary beer that was on my list to try was their Black Butte XX, but when I went to select that bottle I also saw a bottle of this - Deschutes 19th Anniversary Golden Ale. This brew was apparently their 1st attempt at a Belgian Strong Ale, and a hefty one at that coming in at 8.7% ABV. The interesting part was, this beer was already a year old, circa... Read Full Story
It's almost time for something new at Odell Brewing Company of Fort Collins Colorado. Monday marks the release of Odell's latest wood aging project - Woodcut #1. This limited release may be hard to get and most of those cases have already been spoken for. Only 120 cases (12 bottles per case) were produced and each hand corked, signed and individually numbered bottle will sell for $24.99. I've got at least one bottle reserved already. The tapping party will be held at the Odell tasting... Read Full Story
After putting together a Baltic Porter style profile, I thought I would create a recipe for it too.
This is an all grain recipe.
Ingredients
12.5 lbs. English 2-row Pale Malt
0.25 lbs. English Chocolate Malt
1 lbs. Crystal Malt 60°L
1 lbs. Crystal Malt 120°L
0.25 lbs. British Black Patent
1.5 oz. Fuggle (Pellets, 4.75 %AA) boiled 60 min.
0.50 oz. Fuggle (Pellets, 4.75 %AA) boiled 15 min.
0.50 oz. Fuggle (Pellets, 4.75 %AA) boiled 1 min.
Yeast: Wyeast 2112 California Lager
Predicted... Read Full Story
Over the past few years there has been a craze in the brewing world and one of the biggest has come on the behalf of Stone Brewing Co and their Vertical Epic beers. Each year since 02-02-02 Stone Brewing has been putting out a special beer one YEAR, one MONTH and one DAY apart. This will continue until the year 2012. That will 11 beers and some have aged for around 10 years. So if you where one of the lucky ones who actually bought a bottle back on 02-02-02 and that only being 300 cases worth... Read Full Story
