Tue, 01 Nov 2011

Draft Beer Update

Port High Tide Fresh Hop IPA replaced Great Lakes Nosferatu. Tide High is a fresh hop beer. This year, there were loads of them available. And we bought one of every one. So we are a little backed up on them, resulting in two wet-hopped beers on tap at the moment. Wet-hopped beers use hops fresh off the vine that still wet. These beers can only be made once a year, so we enjoy them while they last, and try to get them tapped as soon as possible.

Dogfish Head Black and Red finally kicked! But we have another full half barrel... we'll age that one for year and see what happens. Replacing it (finally) is a sixtel of Harpoon Leviathan Imperial Rye. Line 10 is our high ABV and/or high price line. This one, from Harpoon's Leviation series, clocks in at 8.9%. Like most rye beers, it's quite hopped up to balance out the rye malt.