Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Wednesday Update 3/18/09

Hi again everyone,

So the big news is that the Terrapin Side project, "MONK'S REVENGE" hit our shelves yesterday at our Piedmont store and today at our Buford Highway store. Needless to see supplies are extremely limited so get yours while you can! If you want to know what it tastes like then see my previous blog from last week.

So Wednesday is usually our big delivery day and that is when most of our new beers come in. I have two to mention to you this week. The first one is from Weihenstephaner and is called VITUS. It is a Weizenbock or basically a strong hefeweizen. It clocks in at 7.7% ABV and has the classic characteristics of the beer style. So, I am buying one tonight and will post some tasting notes on it later this week. Though I should mention there is quite a following for this beer and I ordered based on a recommendation from a customer/beeradvocate. Kudos to you UGADawgGuy! Thanks again for letting me know about this amazing brew.

The Second beer on the list is a new one from Avery called BRABANT, which is a wild ale aged in Zinfandel barrels. Again this is a beer I have not tried yet but it gets some pretty good reviews, check out this link: Brabant Review (ignore the first review). Anyway, if you are into wild ales this one is a must.

Finally there are a few odds and ends that also made their way into the store. FORT COLLIN'S BRWERY is now here and I must say they make a tasty red ale. Toasty, roasty with a great ruby red, I really enjoyed this one. We have 6 packs of their IPA, Red Ale and also a 12 pack sampler. Some other names you can look for in the store inlcude; DE STRUISE BROWERS (Belgian), DRIE FONTIENEN (Belgain), SAINT SOMEWHERE (US made Belgain Style beers), DIEU DU CIEL (makers of PECHE MORTEL, an amazing coffee Imp. Stout), and OLFABRIKKEN (Danish). These beers are amazing and highly recommended. I will do some more info on these rare Belgain treats in the future.

Unitl then, happy drinking!

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