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Featured Beers - July 2013
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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Grassroots Brewing - Arctic Saison | |||||||||||||||
Brasserie Dupont - La Bière de Beloeil | |||||||||||||||
Brauerei Grieskirchen - Grieskirchner Weisse | |||||||||||||||
Brauerei Grieskirchen - Grieskirchner Pils | |||||||||||||||
Beer Diva Brewing Company - Honey Amber Rose | |||||||||||||||
Butte Creek Brewing - Organic Pale Ale | |||||||||||||||
Diamond Bear Brewing Company - Irish Red | |||||||||||||||
Diamond Bear Brewing Company - Paradise Porter |
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- Style: Hefeweizen
- ABV: 5.1%
- Serving Temperature: 43-50°F
- Suggested Glassware: Weizen Glass
- Country: Austria
This traditional Hefeweizen was rated 91 pts (“Exceptional”), earning a Gold Medal at the 2007 World Beer Championships. Expect a lot of cloudiness from this unfiltered wheat beer on the pour, and be aware that yeast sediment is likely clinging to the bottom of the bottle – you can pour carefully and leave it behind or rouse it up and pour it in your glass for a bit more of an earthy yeast note. On the nose, aromas of clove jump out along with more...
- Style: Strong Saison
- ABV: 8.5%
- Serving Temperature: 46-54° F
- Suggested Glassware: Chalice, Tulip
- Country: Belgium
Brasserie Dupont’s La Bière De Beloeil was first brewed by a request from the village of Beloeil, home to the palatial (and aptly named) Château de Beloeil. That estate has been home to the Prince de Ligne since the 14th century, and its immense on-site castle and gardens evoke the grandeur of Versailles. Fittingly, it also once had a brewery, and a beer named Saison Roland. Vanberg & DeWulf imports only a few hundred cases of Dupont...
- Style: American Porter
- ABV: 6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 38
- Serving Temperature: 45-53°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Amarillo, Glacier
- Malts: 2 Row Pale, Caramel 80, Chocolate, Black
- Country: United States
Expect the color of deep cola with flashes of garnet when held to the light. On the nose, this porter is very true to style: Look for roasted malts, touches of dark chocolate and coffee, black currants, spicy hop notes, and a hint of licorice. The aroma profile comes through on the palate as well, although the hint of licorice seemed to fade away in favor of a plum-like note. While there are many “shades” within the porter styles, roasty notes are usually...
- Style: Irish Red Ale
- ABV: 6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 31
- Serving Temperature: 42-47°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Willamette, Fuggles
- Malts: 2 Row Pale, Caramel 80, Roasted
- Country: United States
Pouring a deep reddish amber topped by a tan cap of foam, this brew looks right for the style. Expect big caramel aromas to come forth with a decidedly toasty edge. The impression of sweetness is countered by an herbal, woody, and mildly spicy hop profile that overlays the malt core. On the palate this brew presents quite a toasty character. Malt sweetness is moderate, but countered well by the hop bitterness, which at 31 IBUs is decidedly...
- Notable Ingredients: Rose Hips, Clover Honey
- Style: Fruit Beer
- ABV: 4.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 15
- Serving Temperature: 40-45°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Hallertau, Tettnang, Czech Saaz
- Malts: Pale, Munich, C-40, Honey Malt
- Country: United States
Our tasting panel is always skeptical of beers with unusual ingredients or marketing angles, but this brew was one of the few that pleasantly surprised us. Pouring a coppery golden-amber topped with plenty of foam, Honey Amber Rose offers up a certain subtle floral & fruity quality on the nose. Hops are mild but add some earth and grass. When used in brewing, rose hips (which are the fruit of the rose plant) add a bit of a sweet, citrusy scent, and...
- Style: German Pilsner
- ABV: 4.8%
- Serving Temperature: 40-45°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass, Flute, Stange
- Country: Austria
Light golden with crystal clarity and a tight crop of bright white foam, this brew certainly looks the part of a German-style pils. On the nose, look for lightly sweet pale and pils malts to contribute mild notes of pale bread dough and saltine crackers. Overlaying the malt is a quintessential European-style noble hop aroma contributing grassy herbalness, earthy tones, and just a touch of lemony acidity, while hints of sulfur pop through as well, which is...
- Notable Ingredients: Brettanomyces Yeast
- Style: Saison with Brettanomyces
- ABV: 6%
- Serving Temperature: 46-54° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Goblet
- Country: United States
Arctic Saison was originally modeled after Hill Farmstead’s Arthur, a focused and absolutely dialed-in rendition that had essentially everything one hopes for from a world-class saison: a pleasantly peppery yeast character, dryness mixed with a rejuvenating citrus quality, and fine-bubbled carbonation due to bottle conditioning. So much of the Arctic Saison, at this earliest stage of its bottled life, hearkens back to that original archetype. Except here...
- Style: American Pale Ale
- ABV: 5.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 33
- Serving Temperature: 42-47°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: NZ Pacific Gem, NZ Cascade, NZ Hallertau
- Malts: Pale, C-60, Carapils, Wheat
- Country: United States
Brewed with 100% organic ingredients, this pale ale cuts quite an attractive figure in the glass; expect plenty of rocky foam atop a nice amber color. On the nose, look for a caramel malt core with light toasty qualities and a touch of sweetness. Hop notes lean somewhat earthy to us, with some floral touches and flashes of citrus that get more pronounced with warmth. On the palate, this brew is malty and creamy with a touch of balancing acidity and a...
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