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Featured Beers - October 2023
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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Brothers Craft Brewing - Fest Bier | |||||||||||||||
Peak Organic Brewing Company - Fresh Cut | |||||||||||||||
Brothers Craft Brewing - Lil' Hellion | |||||||||||||||
Peak Organic Brewing Company - Autumn IPA | |||||||||||||||
Brothers Craft Brewing - Skyline Falls | |||||||||||||||
Peak Organic Brewing Company - Peak IPA | |||||||||||||||
Stieglbrauerei - Stiegl Goldbräu | |||||||||||||||
Benediktiner Weissbräu - Weissbier | |||||||||||||||
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - Making the Turn (Rare Beer Club Exclusive) | |||||||||||||||
The Bruery - Sucré 2014 (Rare Beer Club Exclusive) |
Unmatched Variety by style, brewery & country
Choose from Five different Beer Clubs offering unmatched variety by brewery,
country of origin, and beer style to suit your specific tastes.
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Märzen / Oktoberfest
- ABV: 5.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 28
- Serving Temperature: 42-47º F
- Suggested Glassware: Seidel/Mug, Stein, Pint Glass
- Hops: Hallertau Magnum
- Malts: Munich I, Pilsner, Vienna, Caramunich
- Country: United States
Traditionally brewed in March (März) and kept in cool storage over the spring and summer months, märzenbiers became the traditional style enjoyed during Oktoberfest, thus they’re also referred to as Oktoberfest-style beers. This interpretation from Brothers Craft Brewing presents a true-to-style rich golden color, topped by a head of just-off-white foam. On the nose, look for a light kiss of German hops to deliver grassy and somewhat spicy overtones with...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Dry-Hopped American Pilsner
- ABV: 4.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 38
- Serving Temperature: 42-47º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
- Hops: Chinook, Summit, Citra
- Malts: Pilsner, Wheat
- Country: United States
Fresh Cut represents Peak Organic’s foray into the American trend of taking lager styles and amping up the bitterness a bit while using American hops for a distinctly different character. There’s also been another trend for a few years towards more “sessionable”, lower-ABV IPAs, and Fresh Cut shares some similarities with such beers, albeit as a lager. On the nose, look for softly floral notes of citrus blossoms, citrus zest, a touch of cut grass, lemongrass, and a...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Helles Lager
- ABV: 4.9%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 18
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass, Flute, Willi Becher
- Hops: Hallertau Blanc
- Malts: Pilsner, Munich I, Melanoidin
- Country: United States
This German-style helles (“pale”) lager presents a bright golden color with a hint of haze, topped by a head of light khaki foam. A rather juicy hop note makes an appearance upfront in the aroma, offering a touch of lemony citrus character, some gooseberry impressions, a bit of a tropical vibe, and a sense of vinous acidity. It’s the hallmark of the German Hallertau Blanc hop, which is known for its ability to contribute a white wine impression. Beneath these expressive...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Hazy Session IPA
- ABV: 4.8%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 54
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Tulip, Pint Glass
- Hops: Citra, El Dorado, Azacca
- Malts: Pale, Crystal 120, Dark Malted Wheat
- Country: United States
This seasonal release from Peak presents a well-hazed light golden orange topped by a sizeable head of pale foam. The brewers aimed to combine the lower ABV of a session IPA with the characteristically fruity New England hazy style of IPA, and that’s certainly what we get in the aroma. Look for a multifacted hop profile evoking tropical notes akin to mango and a little pineapple, along with peach-like stone fruit character, touches of melon, and a nice dose of citrus that...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: New England-style Hazy IPA
- ABV: 6.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 26
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Tulip, Pint Glass
- Hops: Mosaic, El Dorado, Cashmere
- Malts: 2-Row, White Wheat, Flaked Oats, Golden Naked Oats
- Country: United States
Pouring a bright golden orange color, well-hazed, and with a robust head of off-white foam, Skyline Falls looks good as it rests in the glass. Lusciously fruity aromas burst forth right away, and it’s a complex fruitiness, too. Look for prominent layers of tropical fruit and flora, with additional facets of stone fruits, melon, citrus juice & zest steering towards lemon-lime, and a lightly herbal zing. The aroma party continues in the flavor, too, as those fruity elements cascade...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 7.1%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 62
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Pint Glass, or Mug
- Hops: Amarillo, Simcoe, Nugget
- Malts: Pale, Crystal 60
- Country: United States
Pouring a bright golden hue with some haze and a cap of just-off-white foam, Peak Organic IPA looks good in the glass while also presenting quite an inviting aroma profile; look for piney, floral, and citric notes reminiscent of grapefruit and orange, with stone fruit and tropical overtones and a touch of mild caramel underneath it all. Dry-hopped with both Simcoe and Amarillo, this IPA is not shy on the palate either. A good backbone of pale malt and light caramel...
- Bottle Size: 500-ml
- Style: Austrian Märzen / Helles Lager
- ABV: 5.0%
- Serving Temperature: 43-48° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass, Flute, Stange, Willi Becher
- Country: Austria
Known as Salzburg’s “liquid gold,” Goldbräu unsurprisingly presents a bright golden hue in the glass, with crystal clarity and a bold cap of white foam which persists well. Locals would consider this brew an Austrian Märzen, which is distinct from the somewhat darker-hued German version, though we think Helles Lager is an equally appropriate descriptor. On the nose, look for a nice dose of fresh doughy bread and some crackery notes, overlaid by a lightly floral and...
- Bottle Size: 500-ml
- Style: Weissbier/Hefeweizen
- ABV: 5.4%
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Weizen Glass
- Country: Germany
Pouring a hazy, golden-amber hue, slightly deeper than some others of the style, this unfiltered wheat beer develops a voluminous head of foam, as we expect. Use a weizen glass or, if you don't have one, try another vertically-oriented glass like a pilsner glass or a stange so the head has room to rise. On the nose, look for yeast- and hop-driven notes, with spicy clove-like herbal tones and moderate noble hop aromas, along with touches of banana esters, bubblegum, and...
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Barrel-Aged Wild Stout with Juniper Berries and Chocolate
- ABV: 6.5%
- Serving Temperature: 45–50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Chalice, Goblet, or Teku Glass
- Country: United States
This wild stout was brewed with an array of specialty malts to impart deep complexity and juniper berries to give a distinct gin-like fruitiness. It spent twelve months in oak barrels before the addition of unsweetened chocolate which added character and depth to the flavor. Fuggle hops give the beer an easy 20 IBUs of bitterness. The ABV touches 6.5%, from incorporating 2 Row, Rye Malt, Roasted Barley, C-120, and Black Malt, bringing forth a complex beer with the aromas and flavors of a fruited and spiced chocolate stout and characteristics of a Bière Noire des Flandres...
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: New American Oak Aged Old Ale
- ABV: 14.5%
- Serving Temperature: 50–57° F
- Suggested Glassware: Chalice, Goblet, Tulip, or Snifter Glass
- Country: United States
Originally released to the public in 2014, Sucré is no longer available to purchase directly from The Bruery. We’re pleased to be able to offer Sucré as a Rare Beer Club exclusive this month. This will be available only to our club members. The Rare Beer Club has exclusively procured a small number of cases of Sucré from deep within The Bruery’s library and we’re honored to continue our long-standing relationship with them. Sucré’s creation is one that pays homage to the rich English-style Old Ale tradition...
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