Fri, 22 Jan 2010

Draft Beer Update
This week's Beer Season beer of the week, Dogfish Head Chicory Stout, replaced itself.

Army John will be happy to see that we tapped two dark beers last night. Lagunitas Cappuchino Stout replaced Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA. I don't like coffee, but I love coffee beers.

And Stegmaier Porter replaced Great Divide St. Brigid's Porter. Steg Porter is one of the few old school beer geek beers. Enjoy the flashback.

Otter Creek QVH replaced Sly Fox Oydessy IPA. A former Dogfish Head brewer is now head brewer at Otter Creek. Not surprisingly Otter Creek is now making some weird ass beers. QVH is definitely one weird ass beer. From Otter Creek:

About Quercus Vitis Humulus:
QVH is our brewers' tribute to the mighty oak, luscious grape, and humble hop. The homage begins with a bold 27 degree plato barley-wine, warm-fermented with Bohemian lager yeast, then blended with Sauvignon Blanc grape juice and fermented a second time with a pure culture of Champagne yeast. When this intricate brew was complete, our brewers aged it on lightly toasted French Oak. The six week journey through our brewery results in a deeply complex ale which clocks in at 12% ABV, with 38 IBU.

See? Seriously weird ass. I can't wait to have one tonight.


Groundhog Day
Every day we get closer to Groundhog Day and our annual 7am Hawaiian Shirt Beer Breakfast. The noisemakers arrived today. Much of the beer is alreayd here. The pieces are coming into place. Click here for more details.