Discovery Channel - Brew Masters, feat. Portamarillo
www.portamarillo.comPORTAMARILLO by EPIC & DOGFISH HEAD
FRONT LABEL
"Tamarillo & Pohutakawa Smoke Porter"
BACK LABEL
A collaboration, a Festive brew and the world's first tree tomato beer. A sorta-Porter fermented with New Zealand grown Tamarillos, which were smoked using wood chips from the sacred Pohutakawa tree (also know as the NZ Christmas tree).
INGREDIENTS
Malt - Pale Ale, Crystal, Chocolate, Black, Roast Barley
Hops - NZ Southern Cross
Fruit - NZ Tamarillo
Smoke - Pohutukawa wood
Alc/Vol - 7.0%
IBU - 50
Style - Smoke Tamarillo Porter
500ml bottle - 2.8 standard drinks
FLAVOURS & AROMAS
Smoke
Chocolate
Coffee
Sweet fruit (Tamarillo)
REVIEWS
Ratebeer.com
BeerAdvocates.com
MEDIA
Discovery Channel - Brew Masters
Brew Nation - Epic Portamarillo
IMPORTANT DATES
24 June 2010 - Trial batch at Dogfish Head brewpub, Rehoboth, DE, USA
21 August 2010 - Full commercial batch brewed in Auckland, NZ
20 November 2010 - On Sale in New Zealand
12 December 2010 - Discovery Channel US screening of Brew Masters episode 104 "Punkin and Tomatoes"
"Sam Calagione teams up with fellow brewer, Luke Nicholas, from Epic Brewery in New Zealand to create an authentic beer out of local ingredients to be entered into the annual New Zealand beer competition, Beervana; meanwhile trouble’s brewing back at DogFish when their acclaimed Punkin’ Ale ends up in the wrong type of glass bottles and the fear of dumping a significant amount of it down the drain looms."
December 2010 - On Sale in Australia
2011 - On Sale in USA? (you can have some once you give us an international screening date for the "Brew Masters" series)
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