New at CASTRO:
1. Stone R & R Coconut IPA (limit 3 per customer)
2. Sierra Nevada Tumbler Brown Ale
3. 21st Amendment Hop Crisis
4. Bruery Hottenroth Berliner Weisse
5. Clown Shoes Crunkle Sam American Barley Wine
6. Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break
7. Evil Twin Nomader (Brettanomyces witbier)
8. Evil Twin Justin Blaeber (blueberry Berliner-weisse)
9. Stillwater Sensory Series No.2: Small Black (black saison)
At 5:00pm Tuesday, July 30th (Today!) the following Crooked Stave beers will be available:
Vieille Artisanal Saison
Surette Provision Saison
St. Bretta Whitebier 100% Brettanomyces
Price is $8.99 per bottle plus tax & CRV. Due to the great demand for these exceptional beers there will be a limit of one (1) bottle of each variety per customer.
Bottles will go on sale at both shops 5:00PM sharp. No sales or reservations will be made before that time.
We hope you will take advantage of this great opportunity to grab some Crooked Stave before its official release!
New at Castro:
1. Mikkeller Barrel Aged George Imperial Stout (available in cognac or calvados)
2. La Choulette “Les Sans Culottes”
3. 8Wired Bumaye (Imperial Stout in Pinot Noir barrels)
4. 8Wired Mighty Imperial Ale (American Strong Ale with smoked malt aged in American oak)
5. 8Wired Saison Sauvin
6 .Haandbryggeriet Krekling (sour ale with crowberries)
7. Haandbryggeriet Costa Rica Coffee Porter
8. Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch
9. DeRanke Xx Bitter
New beer at Castro:
1. Hofbrau Munchen Original
2. Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
3. Dogfish Head Etrusca
4. Dogfish Head Noble Rot
5. Drake’s Aroma Coma
Grassroots Arctic Saison
New at CASTRO:
1. Cascade “The Vine” 2012 (Limit 1 per customer)
2. Mystic Brewery Renauld Saison
3. Gigantic Brewing Gigantic IPA
4. Gigantic Brewing Dark Meddle (Vienna Lager)
5. Gigantic Brewing Whole in the Head (Imperial IPA)
6. Wadworth 6X Bitter
7. Anchorage+Grassroots Arctic Saison (oak aged w/brettanomyces)
8. Blaugies+Hill Farmstead “La Vermontoise” (Limit 1 per customer)
9. Blaugies Darbyste (ale w/figs)
10. De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis (BA Imperial Stout)
What a privilege to have legendary fourth generation distiller Eddie Russell of Wild Turkey stop by the shop. Eddie has been involved in the Wild Turkey Distillery for almost 30 years. About a decade ago he collaborated with his father, Master Distiller Jimmy Russell, to create the “Russell’s Reserve” line of products. Which included a 10 year bourbon, a 6 year rye, and more recently a 55% (110 proof) single barrel bourbon that I’d highly recommend trying next time you see it.
Wild Turkey has been working on building a much larger facility the last five years to keep up with the increased global demand for their products. Eddie told me one of the best aspects of the expansion has been the addition of a bottling line, which used to be completely outsourced. Not having a bottling line on site increased the time it took to get the finished bourbon to market and also added additional layers of costs. Another benefit of having a bottling line is that they can now begin a private selection program for accounts like us, allowing retail shops or bars to choose their own single barrel and have it bottled just for them. He figures the private barrel program is likely to come to fruition early next year.
A couple special releases to look forward to this coming winter are:
-A very limited older bourbon to commemorate Jimmy Russell’s 60 years with the distillery.
-A really unique blend of a bourbon and rye that I’m told happened by accident.
Both sounded amazing, releases we’ll definitely be looking for closer to the holiday season. Cheers
Nate
Hey all,
So finding inexpensive single malt Scotch is getting harder and harder every year. The world wide demand is at an all time high. Some value brands, like Singleton 12 year, have been pulled from the U.S. market entirely just to accommodate the growing Asian and European market’s demand. Islay whiskies are without a doubt at the forefront of this trend with peat-heads world wide having a seemingly unquenchable thirst for all things smokey. Distilleries like Laphroaig have had to take drastic measures. Since there’s no way for them to go back in time and create more whisky, they’ve had to double their prices just to slow down sales. Their flagship 10 year offering that was once $30 a bottle six months ago you’ll find for $50-$60 today.
Enter Bowmore “Legend” one of the last great Islay single malts you can still find at a reasonable price. While Bowmore isn’t quite as smokey as Laphroaig it more than makes up for it by having an intense briny saltiness, a beautiful minerality, and a soft-remarkably well balanced peaty smokiness. Logic tells me they won’t be able to keep this price going for long, as every other Islay producer has long since abandoned the notion of having a single malt around $40. That being the case this is definitely a get it while you still can type of deal with the Bowmore pricing.
As a special offering to our devoted whiskey fans both shops will be featuring Bowmore Legend at $34.99 , while supplies last.
Enjoy!
Nate
Hey all,
Just got in the new sherry cask matured version of Kilchoman Islay whisky. I’ve had my eye on the Kilchoman distillery, established in 2005, since they became the first new distillery built on the island of islay in over 100 years. They are currently one of the few farm distilleries, which means they grow their own barley and malt it on site. They do source a percentage of their malted barley from Port Ellen, just like all the other distilleries on Islay, but its a fun concept none the less. Since they’re such a young distillery I’ve been waiting for some older stocks to come along. That’s going to take some time, but fortunately they had the foresight to use some first fill Oloroso sherry casks for their new release “Loch Gorm”. The first fill casks really give a lot of depth and oak, making it taste much older than a 6 year whisky. Combine that with a super intense smokiness and for me it’s reminiscent of a cross between Laphroaig and Lagavulin. Not quite as refined as either of those two but an incredible flavor profile, and a great new addition to a region Scotch fans can’t get enough of.
Available at both shops!
Nate