Tuesday 25 February 2014

Four new beers

Well, actually, I lied there in the title a little. Three of the beers aren't new, indeed they've been languishing in some scruffy old wooden casks for a few months, because we thought it would be a good idea.

The beers were Vitesse Noir and Granite 2013. We put the Vitesse Noir in a Bourbon cask, because chocolate and bourbon work. We were not wrong.

Granite 2013 Bourbon Cask Granite 2013 Whisky CaskVitesse Noir Bourbon Cask

We thought the Granite might be a whole load more interesting. For a start the beer is quite dry for a barley wine. The yeasty things got themselves all worked up and just continued eating maltose like some sort of Ovaltine addicted creature. This version is the strongest and driest we've ever made.

Putting it in a Bourbon cask seems to have calmed it down quite a bit. Putting it into a Islay Whisky cask seems to have done quite the reverse.

We have produced less than 500 bottles of each of these beers. Sorry about that, but that's just the way it is.

Rhetoric IIIThe other beer really is a new one, and is the third in our range of Rhetoric beers. The idea for this came from Yvan Seth last year, when I was sat at IndyManBeerCon with some shopping in front of me. He asked if my stash of green tea and baggy of pepper was for a beer. "No" I replied "But that's not a bad idea"

It turns out not to be too bad an idea at all, the beer is not over-the-top and nicely balanced for a 12.4%. Additionally, it's got some subtle and quite interesting flavours going on. Distinctive and delicious.

We've made a little more of this one. Around 3000 bottle in total. We've also put a little bit into some KeyKegs, so if you are really lucky, you'll find some in your favourite beer bar sometime soon.

I also spent some time messing around with a little sample, some milk, cream, egg yokes and stuff to see what might happen. The resultant ice-cream was really tasty, I might tell you some more details sometime soon. Lets just say strong beers and freezers make for an extra-special result - watch this space.

You can buy all these beers on-line at our webshop.

Enjoy.

3 comments:

Brewers Union Local 180 said...

I believe I have an unlabeled, unopened bottle of the G1 Rhetoric sitting back in the cellar. Would that be due for consumption?

Unknown said...

Ted, I think it's been there quite long enough, beer is for drinking after all.

In other news, The Woolpack was mentioned in passing today. "Didn't they have some sort of visitor all the way over from America some years back"

Cooking Lager said...

You need a bit of brewdog type controversy to add a bit of spice and excitement about these. How about naming a beer "Women, know your place" to get everyone talking about it?