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Featured Beers - December 2012
Featured Brewery & Beer |
The U.S. Microbrewed Beer Club
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The U.S. and International Variety Beer Club
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The Hop-Heads Beer Club
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The International Beer Club
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The Rare Beer Club®
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4 styles: 12 bottles |
4 styles: 12 bottles |
3 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 2, 4 or 6 btls |
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Brasserie Dubuisson - Scaldis Triple | |||||||||||||||
Grand Teton Brewing Company - Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Cauldron | |||||||||||||||
König Brauerei - König Pilsener | |||||||||||||||
Brouwerij Affligem - Affligem Blond | |||||||||||||||
Lakefront Brewery - Eastside Dark | |||||||||||||||
Lakefront Brewery - Fuel Cafe Coffee Flavored Stout | |||||||||||||||
Lucky Bucket Brewing Company - Pre-Prohibition Style Lager | |||||||||||||||
Lucky Bucket Brewing Company - Original American IPA |
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- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 6.3%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 60
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Magnum, Cascade, Centennial, Amarillo
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Caramel 60L, White Wheat
- Country: United States
This well-crafted IPA offers up a hazy amber color with a sizeable, fluffy, off-white head that drops plenty of lace as you drink down the glass. But as good as it looks, it’s nothing compared to the big, luscious, and complex hoppy aroma (not surprising given the 5 different hop varietals used in this brew) replete with very floral, resinous, and grapefruit-like citric zest notes. Underneath, strong pale and caramel malty aromas come through, ...
- ABV: 4.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 13
- Serving Temperature: 42-47º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
- Hops: Hallertauer, Hersbrucker, Liberty
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Caramel 60L, Dark Munich Malt
- Country: United States
As soon as you pop this brew open and pour it into your glass you’ll notice it’s not your typical pale lager as it presents an attractive coppery amber color and offers some interesting aromas. On the nose, there’s a moderate maltiness and an unexpectedly fruity quality, merging with a largely grassy hop profile. On the palate, Lucky Bucket Lager opens with a somewhat tart juicy note with a lemony and green apple impression, which lends a...
- Style: Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV: 7.0%
- Serving Temperature: 50-55° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Chalice
- Country: Belgium
This world classic Belgian Pale Ale presents a rich, golden color on the pour, capped by a voluminous head of creamy foam. Bottle-conditioned like all proper Belgian-style ales, carbonation is strong and leads to a steady stream of bubbles and an attractive collar, especially when using a nucleated glass. Expect prominent spicy and earthy hop and yeast aromas overlaying a mild honey-like note, a touch of caramel, and a hint of graham cracker...
- Style: German Pilsner
- ABV: 4.9%
- Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
- Country: Germany
König Pilsener is a truly authentic German Pilsener that was first sold by that name in 1911, and is brewed with careful attention to traditional methods, but expert quality control through the use of modern day technology. For over a century, beer lovers worldwide have been enjoying this approachable, easy-drinking brew. We’re proud to bring you this world class example of the style. Expect a pale straw color topped by a brilliant white frothy head...
- Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
- ABV: 7.85%
- Serving Temperature: 45-55° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Snifter
- Country: United States
This imperial stout is actually Grand Teton’s seasonal Black Cauldron, but was aged in bourbon barrels for an exclusive release to The Rare Beer Club (with the exception of about 20 cases reserved for the brewery). It pours a very dark brown color, letting only a bit of light pass at the edges, and is dressed with a dark beige head. Fresh out of the bottle, the bourbon aroma is quite bold, but dissipates quite a bit as the beer breathes. The recipe includes...
- Style: Coffee Stout
- ABV: 5.9%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 18
- Serving Temperature: 50-55º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Zeus
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Dingemans Cara 45, Dingemans Special B, Crisp Roasted Barley, Crisp Chocolate Malt, Weyermann Cara III
- Country: United States
Brewed with coffee from Milwaukee’s Fuel Cafe coffee shop, this coffee stout pours, not surprisingly, a very dark, opaque, brownish-black, with a head that retains fairly well and leaves some lacing as you drink down the glass. On the nose there are certainly strong notes of coffee, along with a robust, earthy, roasted malt character and a touch of cocoa powder. Hops are definitely in the back seat here, as we would expect for the style. The aroma...
- Style: Munich Dunkel Lager
- ABV: 5.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 16.3
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, Pilsner Glass
- Hops: Mt. Hood
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Dingemans Munich, Dingemans Cara 45, Crisp Chocolate Malt, Weyermann Carafa III
- Country: United States
This Bavarian-style dark lager was a Silver medal winner at the 2003 World Beer Championship. Expect rich bagel dough notes with a touch of rye-like spiciness and fresh, roasted barley. Look for coffee notes throughout, blossoming as it warms, all wrapped in chocolate and faint hints of raisins. Packed with flavor, yet it has the smoothness and drinkability characteristic of this lager style. Gentle spiciness mingles with chocolate, prune, and...
- Style: Tripel
- ABV: 10.5%
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip or Snifter
- Country: Belgium
Scaldis Triple pours a slightly hazy, butterscotch blond color, capped by a healthy, lustrous white head. Notes of cloves and spice abound, as do notes of orchard fruits—with an emphasis on orange and peach. Look for a subtle butterscotch note, supplemented by suggestions of honey and more Belgian yeastiness. We also picked up a whiff of cardamom and green peppercorns, with a flash of vanilla and lemon zest. The entire bouquet is cradled by...
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