It hasnât been open for a full year yet, but Suwanee-based StillFire Brewing is making itself known nationally by winning awards at major beer championships.
The latest recognition is a pair of bronze medals the brewery won at the 2020 U.S. Open. StillFire Brewing was recognized in the British Imperial Stout category for its Black Mask, a 10.9% ABV stout with luscious chocolate and vanilla flavors. The brewery also took home a bronze medal in the Belgian Quadrupel category for its 12% Days of Christmas, a 12% ABV winter warmer that features incredibly complex aromas and flavors of sweet alcohol, light pepper and clove with rich dark fruits of plum, raisin and black currant.
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Wild Leapâs Alpha Abstraction Double IPA Series explores hop varieties and features a varied hop profile in each volume. In 2019, Wild Leap ended the year with the release of Alpha Abstraction Vol. 10, which featured a hop combination of select lots. This year, Wild Leap is following in those footsteps with the release of Vol. 15.
âSimilarly to Vol. 10, Vol. 15 features a hop combination of select lots chosen for their supreme juicy and dank qualities,â Wild Leapâs Chief Brewing Officer, Chris Elliott, said. âThe result is a wonderfully bright and clean tropical aroma and flavor.
âWeâve used El Dorado and Idaho 7 hops before in smaller batch beers, but it wasnât until Hop Harvest this year that we tested two very unique lots of each variety. The El Dorado is very dank tropical and the Idaho 7 has huge mango and caramel notes. We knew this balance was uniquely perfect, so we secured enough of each lot for this very special