CHOCOLATE BOX PRESALE
ORANGE LIQUEUR TRUFFLE ON SALE NOW (Feb. 8, 2021) – Just in time for Valentine’s Day we are releasing the first Chocolate Box beer of 2021, part of our ongoing series of barrel-aged stouts with single-origin cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla beans. Presales begin today at noon on our online store only, for pickup at our To-Go Store and Taproom beginning this Friday at noon. Read complete details below.
We will also have our friend and flower vendor Vikki returning to the Taproom this FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and SUNDAY with special holiday bouquets of flowers.
First up in this year’s Chocolate Box is Orange Liqueur Truffle. We start with a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout that is racked in to fresh barrels most recently containing world-famous orange liqueur, before conditioning on Ecuadorian single-origin cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla beans. This chocolate-orange delight evokes the holiday orange-chocolate of your youth while adding richness from the
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Some brewers also adjust the water chemistry when creating Itailan pilsner, as Jeff Alworth explains in his book
Secrets of Master Brewers. The adjustment typically involves the pH level of both the mash and the sparge liquor. If you find this level of beer geekery appealing, you need a copy of
Of course, I should point out that the most significant difference between Italian pilsner and other styles of pilsner is the label. Without fail, you can expect an Italian pilsner to feature the word
Italian on the label. Seriously. Most craft brewers would not put that word on the label unless it deserved to be on the label, but no laws exist to prevent using the word
A very special collaboration beer from Fremont Brewing and New Belgium
January 26, 2021
“If you need an inside sweater this winter season, it fits quite well.” – Lauren Limbach, New Belgium Brewing
I clearly remember the very first time I heard about the idea of brewery collaboration, or
collabeeration as we so cleverly called it back then. It was in 2008 when the world looked a lot different than it does today. One thing that hasn’t changed over the years, breweries enjoy collaborating on beer projects. Today’s example involves
Action-Reaction is a nitro barrel-aged sour stout that will soon hit the streets. Think of it as B-Bomb meets La Folie. Yes, this will be a sought-after prize, highly coveted by the most seriously afflicted beer geeks. Tenacious, resolute big-game beer hunters have picked up the scent and already have this one in their sights.