Three new beers from Pete Slossberg’s (Pete’s Wicked Ale) new Mavericks Brewery in Half Moon Bay! They’re all session ales in cans and they’re all delicious.
1. Back in the Saddle Rye Pale Ale
2. Pace Setter Witbier
3. Pit Stop Chocolate Porter
Year: 2013
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Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals at CASTRO
New stuff at CASTRO:
1. Epic Pale Ale
2. Epic Hop Zombie
3. De La Senne Zwarte Piet (Imperial Belgian Stout blended with Cantillon)
4. Struise Pannepot Reserva
5. Haandbryggeriet Barrel Aged Odin’s Tipple Imperial Stout
6. Haandbryggeriet Blabic (sour ale with blueberries)
7. T’Smisje Oudenaarde Imperial Sour Ale
8. Prairie Ales Okie (Imperial Brown Ale Aged in Whiskey Barrels)
9. Pretty Things Fluffy White Rabbits Hoppy Tripel
10. Timothy Taylor Landlord
11. Brasserie DuPont Saison Cuvee (Dry-Hopped with Triskel)
12. Green Jack Rippa English Tripel
Hey All,
Just got in some brand new releases from James E. Pepper including: a high rye content bourbon, a 15 year bourbon and a cask strength 15 year rye. The two year rye, which I’ve stocked for a few months now, was a revelation in quality. It’s bottled at 100 proof and non-chill filtered allowing it to retain a lot of the body, texture and complexity chill filtration removes. It reminds me a lot of the Willett Family Estate rye which has an intensely floral-perfumey spice profile with notes of lavender, jasmine, cloves, peppercorns and fennel. The James E. Pepper brand dates all the way back to 1776, the Revolutionary War era. Washington DC based Georgetown Trading Co. decided to re-launch the brand and spent countless hours gathering original bottlings and researching the original recipes and techniques. The whiskies they settled on are distilled in Indiana, by LDI, and are very much in tune with what whiskies of the time may have been like, given the high rye content, bottled in bond style proofing and non-chill filtration. Here are my tasting notes on the two new 15 year releases:
James E. Pepper 15 Year Barrel Strength Rye
-On the nose I get notes of cinnamon, fennel, marzipan, leather, honey suckle and lavender. Pretty intense aromas with a fair amount of charred oak coming through. On the palate I get notes of baklava, cinnamon buns, toffee, fennel, peppercorns, sweet tobacco, buttery scones and lavender. The flavors are vibrant but surprisingly well integrated. The oak is there but never crosses the line, super soft and engaging tannins. The finish is long and spicy, pretty typical of a great LDI rye.
James E. Pepper 15 Year Bourbon
-This bourbon comes in at a whopping 38% rye content which really comes through on the nose with notes of gravel, mint, charred oak, dulce de leche and apricot preserves. The aromas were as vibrant as the 15 year rye with just a little hint of fruitiness separating the two. On the palate I get notes of lavender candy, vanilla, orange zest, salt water taffy, dates, fudge and toasted almonds. The flavors on this are extremely well layered and evolve with every sip. The finish has a distinct gravelly-earthiness which draws you in for more.
Stocks this old are extremely hard to come by, which means the older bottlings won’t last long. Fortunately the younger bourbon and rye are quite good as well. All are worth a try if you get a chance.
Available at Castro and Clement St. Shops
Nate
1. Boulevard Love Child No. 3-Blended sour ale aged in bourbon barrels. 25oz/$22.99
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Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals CASTRO
New Arrivals CASTRO:
1. Ninkasi Sterling Pils
2. High Water No Boundary IPA
3. Dogfish Head Positive Contact 750ml (single bottles, not in box sets this year)
4. Dogfish Head 61 minute IPA 4pk
5. Uinta Hop Notch IPA, Baba Black Lager and Wyld Extra Pale Ale in cans
6. Belzebuth Strong Pale Ale/Bruery Loakal Red
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Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals CASTRO
1. Bruery Hottenroth Berlin-Style Tart Wheat Ale (limit 2 per customer)
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Healthy Spirits: Midnight Sun Arctic Devil
Both our Castro and Clement street locations have a small amount of Midnight Sun Arctic Devil Oak Aged Barleywine. Limit 1 bottle per customer. Beer Club members may reserve BY PHONE ONLY.
(415) 255-06 10 for Castro and (415)-682-4260 for Clement. Bottles will be behind the counter and available by request only.
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Healthy Spirits: New and Featured Products
NEW STUFF
1. CLASS OF ’88 SERIES
The Class of ’88 Series celebrates the 25thAnniversaries of Deschutes, North Coastand Rogue while simultaneously paying homage to influential beer writer and historian Fred Eckhardt. Each brewery produced their own version of a barley wine based on Eckhardt’s description in his classic book The Essentials of Beer Style.
–Deschutes Class of ’88 is floral and fruity, with a sturdy, warming malt backbone and clean bitterness. Estery fruit flavors reminiscent of a Belgian strong golden ale. $9.99/22oz
–North Coast Class of ’88 is bracingly dry, with citrusy hop bitterness and a restrained cereal grain sweetness. $13.99/25oz
2. Fuller’s Bengal Lancer India Pale Ale-Bready English malt and grassy, earthy Goldings hops. What more could you ask for? A classic English IPA. $4.99/16oz
3. 101 North Heroine India Pale Ale-The first bottled release from Sonoma’s newest employee owned and operated microbrewery! Resinous piny hop bitterness and toasted malts. $7.99/22oz
4. Boulevard Coffee Ale-Neighbors for nearly twenty years, Boulevard Brewing Company and The Roasterie share a passion for making extraordinary beverages. In Coffee Ale, our two celebrated brewing traditions come together in a long-awaited collaboration. Ethiopian Sidamo from Africa’s Great Rift Valley has been carefully blended with rye, oats, and malted barley, and spiced with Perle and Styrian Golding hops. The delightfully fragrant beer presents a glowing, tawny-amber hue. The clean, crisp acidity of the air-roasted coffee mingles with malt on the palate, lingering faintly in a subtly sweet finish. $10.99/25oz
5. Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon Imperial Stout- Deep, rich notes of bittersweet chocolate and molasses meld seamlessly with flavors of dark fruit and vanilla. Rich, dense and decadent.$12.99/22oz
6. Alvinne Cuvee De Mortagne– This complex Belgian dark strong ale was aged for six months in used Pomerol wine barrels. Sweet, fruity and complex, with notes of red wine and raisins. $14.99/16oz
FEATURED-MIKKELLER
Eight years ago Mikkel Borg Bjergso was a math teacher in Copenhagen, experimenting with home brewing in his spare time. Today he is behind one of the largest and most successful gypsy breweries in the world. Mikkeller creates dozens of new beers each year, constantly pushing the boundaries of style and expectation. Mikkeller will be opening their first American beer bar in San Francisco later this year. In celebration of all things Mikkeller, we are offering 10% off all Mikkeller beers for the month of May when you come in and say COPENHAGEN. That’s the code word for the discount, so don’t forget it!
The Deal: 10% off all Mikkeller beers for the month of May.
Code Word: Copenhagen
Expires: 05/31/13
Cheers,
Dave Hauslein
Beer Manager
415-255-0610
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Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals CASTRO
1. Hopfenstark Boson De Higgs (Berliner Weisse brewed with saison yeast & smoked malt)
2. Knee Deep Simtra
3. Knee Deep Hop Shortage
4. Knee Deep Hoptologist
5. Belgo Hoptologist
6. Brouwerij West Dog Ate My Homework (saison with blackberries)
7. Upright Seven
8. Dieu Du Ciel! Equinoxe De Printemps (scotch ale w/maple syrup)
9. Adnams Broadside
10. Leipziger Gose
11. Epic Epicurean (Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/figs, coconut and coffee)
12. Calicraft “Chez Panisse” Saison
13. Russian River Redemption
14. Port Brewing Midnight Expression Black Lager
15. Uinta Cockeyed Cooper Barleywine
16. Uinta Labyrinth Imperial Stout
17. Brash Item Nine American Wheat IPA
18. Brash Texas Exile Oatmeal Coffee Porter
19. Brugse Zot Blonde
20. Brugse Zot Dubbel
21. Clown Shoes Muffin Top Hoppy Triple
22. Hofbrau Munchen Maibock
23. Ale Industries Golden State of Mind (witbier with chamomile)
24. Ale Industries Spring Fling (brown ale w/coffee and cacao)
We have a very small amount of Firestone Parabola and Lost Abbey Framboise De Amorosa at both shops. They will be behind the counter, available by request only. Limit 1 bottle of each per customer. Club members may reserve by phone.
**SOLD OUT**