It’s Baaaaaaaaaaaack! One of our highest rated beers – Calavera The Stout – returns.
Today we re-release the fifth vintage of our highly regarded Calavera The Stout. One of the region’s original “pastry stouts,” this huge, viscous beast of a beer is aged in a blend of various bourbon barrels from our friends at Midwest Barrel Co. aged from 9 to 18 months. After hand selecting the blend we […]
Tropicality IPA
Sometimes, it’s time to step back and reflect on how opposing forces can highlight the awesome contradictions in the world. We’ve taken the contradiction of tropicality and put it in a glass. When it comes to tropical delights, there’s no end to the complexities of the environment. Tropical locations can be paradise, bringing ease of […]
Barrel-Aged Chocolate Double Stout
We usually aren’t much for sentimentality, but we’ve bottled up a love note and we’re sending it out into the world this Friday. That’s right: Barrel-Aged Chocolate Double Stout hits the Taproom and the Beer Hall this weekend. Chocolate Double Stout is already a big dose of rich roasted flavor, and after a long vacation […]
ESB
We’re kicking off the new year with a classic style. Introducing our first Extra Special Bitter, or ESB, which releases this Friday in the Taproom and Beer Hall. What makes this beer Extra Special? Traditionally, the “extra special” designation sets a brew apart as stronger than a “special” or “best” bitter. Strength is relative, and […]
Winter Ale
December is officially here and Winter Ale is just the ticket to warm up the season’s snowy days. “Winter warmers” come in a wide variety of profiles. Added spices can include everything from mulling spices to herbal blends. While these spice additions add a load of flavor, we opted for a pared-down profile, achieved by […]
Smoked Bock
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall” F. Scott Fitzgerald pointed out when he wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925, but Bavarian brewers were a couple centuries ahead in considering fall the start of the new year. This is the time, traditionally, when all the malt and hops from the […]
Espresso Double Stout
We’re heading into the darker months of the year– and we don’t just mean earlier sunsets. The deep, dark Espresso Double Stout returns to the taproom on Friday. Sure, most folks have their favorite quaffs that they could drink any day, any time. But the beauty of seasonal changes means quenching summer’s heat with a […]
Festbier
Don your liederhosen, grab up your stein, and get ready: Festbier returns Saturday, September 10, with proper fanfare. In the U.S., beer fans associate Oktoberfest with malt-forward, amber-hued Marzen styles. If you head to Germany, the EU has protected the name Oktoberfestbier, so that it applies solely to beers produced in breweries within the Munich […]
American Tripel
With over 5,000 years of brewing history, Belgians certainly know their beer. But they probably wouldn’t recognize this. American Tripel takes Belgian tradition and subverts it, dosing the usual clove and banana character with a heap of hops. Rather than hitting your nose with the familiar Belgian esters, American Tripel comes at you with huge […]
Nut Brown
School is starting, the light is slowly fading from our summer evenings, and we’re looking ahead to September’s crisp days. It’s once again time for Nut Brown. If beers were sorted into Hogwarts Houses, Nut Brown would be a Hufflepuff through and through. Rarely getting any glory, yet always a steady companion, the humble brown […]