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Featured Beers - May 2019
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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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Sprecher Brewing Company - Scotch Ale | |||||||||||||||
Ellicottville Brewing Company - Ellicottville IPA | |||||||||||||||
Sprecher Brewing Company - Imperial Stout | |||||||||||||||
Ellicottville Brewing Company - Ellicottville Bock | |||||||||||||||
Sprecher Brewing Company - India Pale Ale | |||||||||||||||
Ellicottville Brewing Company - Keepin' It Peel | |||||||||||||||
McEwan’s Brewery - McEwan’s Scotch Ale | |||||||||||||||
Aass Bryggeri - Aass Pilsner | |||||||||||||||
Garden Path Fermentation - The Garden Paths Led to Flowered | |||||||||||||||
Brouwerij Rodenbach - Vintage 2016 |
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- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV: 8.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 21
- Serving Temperature: 48-55° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter or Tulip
- Hops: Mt. Hood
- Malts: Pale, Caramel, Aromatic, Vienna, Peated, Roasted Barley
- Country: United States
Pouring a hazy, deep amber-red color capped by a head of light tan foam, Sprecher's Scotch Ale looks good while presenting an inviting set of aromatics. It's also taken home several medals from various competitions, including Gold at the 2012 and 2014 Los Angeles International Beer Competition and Gold at the 2014 US Open Beer Championship. Look for aromas of caramel, dried fruit, and light touches of smoke from the peated malt, which is a...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 6.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 120
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip or Pint Glass
- Hops: Azacca, Mosaic, Cascade
- Malts: Canadian 2-Row, White Wheat, Cara 45
- Country: United States
This expressive IPA presents a pretty golden orange color in the glass, capped by plenty of fluffy beige foam. On the nose, look for huge fruity hop aromas to jump out immediately, reminiscent of candied orange peel and tropical pineapple and mango character. The trio of American hops deliver a big punch of spicy, drying bitterness on the palate, backed up by plenty of citric notes tending toward grapefruit. We picked up a good deal of tropical...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Imperial Stout
- ABV: 8.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 32
- Serving Temperature: 50-55° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter or Tulip
- Hops: Mt. Hood, Cascade, Tettnanger, Chinook
- Malts: Pale, Caramel, Dark Munich, Caramunich, Black, Chocolate, Roasted Barley
- Country: United States
Winner of multiple gold medals from the Los Angeles International Beer Competition and the Australian International Beer Awards, this big stout from Sprecher pours a super dark brown with garnet flashes when held to a strong light, topped by a head of medium brown foam. On the nose, expect a richly malty impression with big notes of deeply toasted bread, scorched caramel, molasses, coffee grounds, and touches of cacao. Bold and delicious on the...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Maibock / Helles Bock
- ABV: 7.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 22
- Serving Temperature: 48-53° F
- Suggested Glassware: Goblet or Tulip
- Hops: Celeia
- Malts: Canadian 2-Row, Pilsner, Munich, Aromatic, Debittered Black
- Country: United States
Pouring a bright golden-copper hue with good clarity and a persistent cap of foam, this lager beckons with aromas of light toast and mild caramel and a floral and citrusy hop overtone. The first thing we noticed in the flavor department was the very fragrant and expressive hop character with citric, floral, herbal, woody, and even tea-like notes welling up to take a prominent seat on stage. Ellicottville has brewed this beer more as a Maibock...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 6.25%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 90
- Serving Temperature: 45-52° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Centennial
- Malts: Pale, Caramel, Dextrin, Victory
- Country: United States
Sprecher's IPA pours a medium amber color capped with plenty of khaki foam that laces in big sheets as it slowly recedes. Look for a highly perfumed aroma with bold floral notes and lots of soft citrus atop a moderate impression of caramel malt. In the flavor, this double dry-hopped IPA delivers a big punch of citrus zest along with firm herbal bitterness from a generous use of bittering hops in the boil. We found the malt backbone quite...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Citrus IPA
- ABV: 5.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 60
- Serving Temperature: Citrus IPA
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug, Wide Flute
- Hops: Centennial, Citra
- Malts: 2-Row, White Wheat, C-60
- Country: United States
Over the last few years, as the IPA category has expanded dramatically and spun off a variety of different sub-styles and interpretations, we've seen a lot of citrus-infused IPAs brewed with the actual juice or peel of oranges, lemons, grapefruits, tangerines, and more. It's a natural fit for IPAs brewed with citrus-focused hop varieties. Keepin' It Peel is Ellicottville's entry into the category, using both grapefruit and lime peel. This brew...
- Style: Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV: 8.0%
- Serving Temperature: 50-55° F
- Suggested Glassware: Thistle, Snifter, Tulip
- Country: Scotland
This classic Scotch Ale presents a gorgeous brownish-garnet-red hue topped with fluffy khaki foam. British beer styles often provide significant complexity in a deceptively balanced overall character, and McEwan’s Scotch Ale is no exception. Look for aromas of red fruits and figs, along with malty caramel and light toffee notes. These aromas carry over to the flavor where they blossom across the palate. Rich caramel and toffee character forms...
- Bottle Size: 330-ml
- Style: German Pilsner
- ABV: 4.7%
- Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
- Country: Norway
This brew certainly looks the part of a German-style pilsner as it presents a gleaming golden-straw color with crystal clarity and a fluffy cap of bright foam. On the nose, look for noble hop aromas to come forth front and center. We picked up big grassy and hay-like notes with earthy and herbal spice tones and a wisp of lemon zest. On the palate, this pils delivers a super crisp and dry character as a core of crackery pils malt is decorated...
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Hoppy Blonde Skagitonian Ale bottle-conditioned w/ Blackberry Honey
- ABV: 7.3%
- Serving Temperature: 42–48° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Chalice, Small Nonic or Chardonnay Glass
- Country: United States
Garden Path Fermentation’s The Garden Paths Led to Flowered is a deftly executed hoppy blonde ale brewed with local Skagit Valley ingredients and the brewery’s house culture of native Saccharomyces. It combines two batches fermented together in a open-top foeder for their primary ferment, then split to be aged in either an oak puncheon or stainless steel, before being re-blended to taste. Inspired by dry, delicately bitter Belgian ales like...
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Flanders Red Ale aged in Oak Foeders
- ABV: 7%
- Serving Temperature: 42–48° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Chalice, Flute or Pinot Glass
- Country: Belgium
Rodenbach’s Vintage 2016 is one of our favorite beers from this brewery. We’ve regularly loved their vintage line and the latest release is exquisite, standing as a clear reminder of just how good their Grand Cru is, as well. Each bottle is from a single 4,000-gallon oak foeder that has passed brewmaster Rudi Ghequire’s stringent selection process, where the beer was aged at least two years. Every example is unique, unblended, and labeled with...
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