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New Beer Blog Southern Tier Warlock Imperial Stout (2014)

In this fall beer blog, we are going to get into another fall beer in this season of 2014. The next is Southern Tier Warlock Imperial Pumpkin Stout. If you read my earlier beer blog posts, you know the history of this New York craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know Southern Tier Brewery. Let us get into this pumpkin stout.

This fall seasonal has a jet black color with an off white color head. The smell is pretty complex. The aroma has a cinnamon to nutmeg notes with an almost chocolate ginger bread notes. The taste has a chocolate cinnamon to ginger bread notes with a chocolate nutmeg dry slight bitter finish for aftertaste. It is a sipping beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Warlock is brewed to enchant your palate on its own and also to counterpoint our imperial ale, Pumking. Make your own black magic by carefully pouring this imperial stout into a goblet.

Master Of The Underworld

Dark and mysterious, the Blackwater Series is serious about high gravity. Reanimate your senses with Warlock’s huge roasted malt character, moderate carbonation and spicy pumpkin pie aroma.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.stbcbeer.com

Twitter: @stbcbeer

Closing, I was pretty impressed with this brew. I am not a fan at all of their Pumking. I just feel it is too full of cinnamon and nutmeg. There is really no balance with that pumpkin beer. This stout part has kind of overpower the rest of the beer. It has a little bit more of a balance than Pumking. I love the combine of the chocolate and cinnamon to nutmeg notes. This is a great beer and this fall seasonal beer releases have been great this year. This one is at the top of the list. This is a great beer and I might have another bottle before the end of the season. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA Deconstructed (2014)

In this beer blog, we are going to get into my second Samuel Adams IPA sampler pack. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on this East Coast Craft Brewery, you know the history of this craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this craft brewery. Let us get into these six different single hop IPA.

Latitude 48 IPA

This beer is one of their everyday six-pack bottles. It has your normal IPA amber to copper look to it with a white constant head. The taste of this IPA gives a nice hop taste with nice bitter ending. You can taste beer from the front of the pallet which gives off sweet to bitter tastes notes. The aftertaste is something I really do not like about this beer. It has a dry hoppy bitter finish. For what Samuel Adams is today, this is a well made beer. I hate to say it because I know it is a slap in the face to any brewmaster but this is a nice beginner IPA for people wanting to get into this great beer style. Overall a nice drinkable and easy drinking beer for the beer style. This IPA is better than their Rebel IPA.

East Kent Goldings IPA #1

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head on this English IPA. The smell has a heavy floral notes. The taste has a floral to earthy notes. The aftertaste is an earthy dry hop finish. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only East Kent Goldings. These classic English hops create a mellow bitterness with earthy, floral, and apricot notes that are balanced by a subtle malt sweetness.

Mosaic IPA #2

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head. The aroma has a pineapple to citrus notes. The taste has a pineapple to a slight smooth caramel notes. It is has nice bitter hop aftertaste. It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only Mosaic hops . These distinctive American hops contribute subtle fruit notes of pineapple and Mandarin orange along with hints of eucalyptus. These delicate notes are complemented by the sweetness of the malt.

Hallertau Mittelfrueh IPA #3

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head. The smell has hints of citrus to piney notes. The taste has a light carbonation to some notes of piney and citrus. The aftertaste is a dry hop finish. It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only Hallertau Mittelfrueh Noble hops from the Halletau region of Bavaria. These hops create a soft bitterness, along with delicate citrus and resinous pine notes that are balanced by a subtle malt sweetness and body.

Simcoe IPA #4

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head. The aroma has a heavy grapefruit notes. The taste profile is a heavy grapefruit notes with a dry crisp grapefruit dry hop finish. It does not hang around like #1 to #3. It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only Simcoe hops that bring a distinct punch of grapefruit character and piney notes. The subtle malt sweetness helps balance and round out the concentrated hop character.

#5 Zeus IPA

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head on this IPA. The smell has an earthy notes. The taste is an earthy to piney notes with a dry bitter hop aftertaste. It is kind of drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only American Zeus hops, which create an intense piney and resinous character. This brew leans strongly towards the hop character, but is balanced by the malts sweetness.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.samueladams.com

Twitter: @SamuelAAdams

In the end, we are going to break this IPA sampler pack down. Being a huge Hophead, I am always looking to try new IPA’s in the market or retry old ones. I love when craft breweries take one IPA and mess around with it. I like to try different hops or malt with one recipe. Samuel Adams did that with Latitude 48 IPA, which is one of their everyday IPA six-pack and their best everyday IPA. I have had their newer IPA, which is Rebel IPA, and I am not a fan of it. It is not an American IPA. It is English IPA. I feel Rebel IPA is something that one of the mass-produced beer companies. Latitude 48 IPA is a nice gateway drug into craft beer and IPA world. They did a great job on some of these beers but there are a few in this pack that I could do without. I will give them credit for the effort on these brews. #1 is a pretty good English IPA but nothing close to Goose Island IPA and Brooklyn East India Pale Ale. The more that I start thinking about #1 is pretty good version of IPA than Brooklyn East India Pale Ale. I like this one. #2 has some nice tropical notes that the hops kick off in this brew. I love that in this beer. This is one of the best one in this pack. #3, I can do without this IPA. This was a bad mix with this hop. I just found Hallertau Mittelfrueh is a good hop with other hops. By itself, it is just not good. Maybe, it is this brewery. I just do not know. #4 is average but it is growing on me. I love this hop, which is Simcoe Hop. I am starting to think that the malty backbone in Latitude 48 is not mixing well with these other hops. This brew did grow on me. The last one #5 is really good along with the aftertaste. It keeps me coming back for some more. I normally get on any brewery about their aftertaste on IPA. I do not know why but this aftertaste makes me keep drinking more of this beer. The best beer #2 in this pack. The worse is #3. Overall, this is average IPA pack. They did an awesome job like three years ago. The last two years they did different IPA styles that I passed right by in the store. I give them credit for trying and make sure we still call Samuel Adams a craft brewery still. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Shipyard Brewing Smashed Pumpkin Ale (2014)

In this beer blog, we are going to get into Smashed Pumpkin Ale from Shipyard Brewing. Shipyard Brewing started out as Federal Jack’s Restaurant and Brew Pub at Kennebunk, Maine in 1992. The brewery kept on growing and open a brewery called Shipyard Brewing at Portland, Maine. They partner with Sea Dog Brewing Company and Casco Bay Brewing Company and they became the fourth largest brewery in New England. They are fourteenth largest brewery in the United States. They opened a brewery in Winter Park, Florida. Let us get into this beer.

It has a cloudy copper color with a white constant head. The aroma has pumpkin to slight cinnamon to nutmeg notes. The taste has a sweet cinnamon to nutmeg with a nice creamy caramel notes. The aftertaste has dry cinnamon aftertaste. It is not drinkable.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Smashed Pumpkin is a big-bodied beer with a light coppery orange color and pleasing aroma of pumpkin and nutmeg. The OG and final Alc./Vol. provide the structure and body. Pale Ale, Wheat and Light Munich Malts combine with the natural tannin in pumpkin and the delicate spiciness of Willamette and Hallertau Hops to balance the sweetness of the fruit. To fully enjoy all the flavors, this ale is best drunk at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Smashed Pumpkin pairs well with sharp cheese, nuts, lamb, hearty stews and desserts like flan or pumpkin pie. Chefs find this an excellent beer to cook with in dishes such as braised short ribs. Try adding a little Shipyard Blue Fin Stout to Smashed Pumpkin for a fall warmer.

Here is a description from their website (www.shipyard.com):

A big bodied beer with a light coppery orange color and pleasing aroma of pumpkin and nutmeg. Pale Ale, Wheat and Light Munich malts combine with the natural tannin in pumpkin and the delicate spiciness of Willamette and Hallertau Hops to balance the sweetness of the fruit. To fully experience all the flavors, this beer is best enjoyed at 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.shipyard.com

Twitter: @shipyardbrewing

Closing, I have been eyeing this beer for the last few fall seasons. I just finally picked up a bottle. I figure that I will make it my third pumpkin beer of the season. It has a nice color and aroma. I love the taste and the aroma notes. It has a nice bite for being a big fall seasonal but nice and kind of drinkable beer. There is a nice balance from the cinnamon and nutmeg notes but I love the nice creamy caramel notes from the malt. I will be picking up a few more of these beers with some Well’s Banana Bread beer. This is a great beer and I highly recommend it. Go get some! Drink i! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Magic Hat Wilhelm Scream Pumpkin Ale (2014)

In this beer blog, we are going to get into the new fall seasonal from Magic Hat Brewery. The new fall seasonal is a Wilhelm Scream Pumpkin Ale. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this East Coast craft brewery. Let us get into this fall beer.

It has a clear dark copper to almost a light amber color with a constant white head. The aroma is really faded. I kind of picked up some notes of nutmeg and cinnamon. The taste has a sweet malty notes with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. There is some hints of creamy caramel that blends into the aftertaste. The aftertaste has a nutmeg finish. It is extremely drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

The ancient ritual of brewing a distinctly rich and flavorful beer is a performance to behold. Our mysterious melange of time-honored ingredients harmonize with chaotic chemistry, humble patience, and blind faith to create this unique beer to share in the rousing company of kindred spirits. Cheers!

Here is a description from their website (www.magichat.net):

The distant drums of change are thumping, signaling the coming of chilling frosts, falling leaves and ghoulish screams. In a patch ripe with orange glow, Wilhelm Scream awakens and unleashes his season-stirring call for fall. His revelers listen for his echo across the ripened dancing days and prepare their seasonal celebration of harvest and ale.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.magichat.net

Twitter: @magichat

In the end, I am so happy to start seeing fall seasonals hitting the market. I love this time of the year and winter for the beer that comes out. I hate the two seasons for many reasons. Of course, my guys that have the weird going on in their brewery are up to giving the craft beer drinker some unique. This is a new seasonal from Magic Hat. There are so many pumpkin ales on the market. Why should anyone try this beer? This is why. One, it is a new beer and seasonal in the market. This might be the beer that might be better than your favorite pumpkin beer. Two, you know Magic Hat makes good beer and they like to put a twist on their beers in a good way. What I like about this beer, it is well balance beer from the pumpkin, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Other pumpkin beers on the market have too much nutmeg or cinnamon. This is a great beer and I will have a few more pints before winter comes. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Cigar City Yonder Bock Tropical Maibock

In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the last beer from this Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp. This time around Sierra Nevada is teamed up with Cigar City Brewery and it is Yonder Bock Tropical Maibock. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on both breweries’ beers, you know the history of the both of these craft breweries. If you have not, please, read them to get to know East and West Coast craft brewery. Let us get into this Maibock.

This Maibock has an amber color with a white head. The smell has a sweet malty to tropical fruit notes. The taste has a sweet malty to slight tropical fruit notes. The aftertaste has a dry tropical fruit finish. It is a drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer can:

Brewed in collaboration with Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, FL, Yonder Bock is a Latin-inspired twist on a traditional in Maibock. Cigar City finds inspiration in the Cuban roots of their hometown, which is a long way from our home base in Chico, but our friends down yonder in Floridasure can brew a great beer. Yonder Bock blends a silky malt body with bright, fruity hop aromas of guava, mango and passion fruit from the use of Calypso, Azacca and experimental 366 hops as a nod to Cigar City’s tropical locate.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

Tampa is a long way from our home base in Chico, but the guys down yonder in Florida sure can brew a great beer. Our friends at Cigar City find inspiration in the Cuban roots of their hometown, and that Latin-inspired flair is evident in Yonder Bock. This tropical take on the Maibock adds a Latin island flair to this traditional German style beer.

Enamored with the Latin roots of their Tampa home, Cigar City always tries to channel a bit of local history into their beers, e.g. the Humidor Series whose beers age on Spanish cedar as an homage to Tampa’s cigar making roots. Only five years old, this brewery deserves the fast praise that’s come its way.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.sierranevada.com and www.cigarcitybrewing.com

Twitter: @sierranevada and @cigarcitybeer

Closing, I am a huge fan of both of these breweries and I cannot wait to see Cigar City on Michigan beer store shelves in the future. Cigar City Brewery in on this beer, you know they are going to put come kind of Tropical twist on this beer. I love it and I was pumped up to try this beer. I know this beer received some good reviews from my beer friends. I have to say I was not one bit disappointed with this beer. This one beer was tied for first place as far as the best beer in this pack. I know I said the Double Latta was something else. I cannot put my figure on which one was better. I highly recommend this beer and pack. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Victory Brewery Alt Route Altbier

In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the eleventh of twelve beers from Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp. This one is teamed up with Victory Brewery and it is their Alt Route Altbier. If you read earlier beer blog posts on both breweries, you know both craft breweries. If you have not, please, read them to get to know these two great breweries. Let us get into Altbier.

It has a nice amber color with a white head on this German beer style. The aroma has a sweet caramel notes. The taste profile has a sweet malty to some citrus notes. The aftertaste has a citrus dry hop finish. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This take on a German Altbier is anchored by a layered, slightly sweet malt body supported by citrusy hop flavor and aroma.

Breweries are notorious for refusing to take the easy path. Alt Route is a tribute to this stubborn spirit that drove us to dodge the status quo and build breweries of our own. Together we chased the siren song of beer with this revamped take on an antique beer styles.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

Brewers are notorious for refusing to take the easy path. Instead, we lead with our hearts and pursue our passions no matter how difficult the road ahead. Alt Route is a tribute to this stubborn spirit that drove us to dodge the status quo and found breweries. Together we chased the siren song of beer with this revamped take on an antique beer style.

Like us, Victory is one of the few brewers with an allegiance to whole-cone hops. They do extensive work with hop flavor, especially focusing on clever and delicious single-hop beers highlighting the same hop grown in different regions. They too share our roots in home brewing and never lost their passion for working with new beers and styles solely for the joy of making something new.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.victorybeer.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter: @victorybeer and @sierranevada

In the end, I was pretty excited to see this beer style in this pack. This is one of my favorite German beer styles and then it is coming from Victory. What else is there to say, I am pretty stun that I did not pick this beer up first. I figured I would save this beer to the end. I love the color of the beer and the aroma. However, the taste was great, I was thrown by the citrus notes throughout the drinking experience. It just took me off guard. I do not know how I feel about it. I did get use to it towards the end. This beer is a great example that should be feature in this pack. I like it towards the end. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Allagash Brewing Myron’s Walk BPA

In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the ninth of twelve of beer from this Sierra Nevada Beer Camp. This Myron’s Walk BPA is teamed up with Allagash Brewery. If you read my earlier beer blog from Sierra Nevada, you know the history of this West Coast craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to this craft brewery. Allagash Brewery started in 1995 in Portland, Maine. Robert Tod founded this craft brewery to make some great Belgian style ales. At first, this brewery was ran by Robert and he hired his first employee. At that same time, he released his second beer to the public. Today, they brew several different beer styles with more employees of course. Let us get into the Belgian Pale Ale.

It has a clear golden color with a semi white constant head on this BPA. The smell has a citrus with other Belgian spicy notes. The taste of this light to medium body has a light carbonation piney to a slight earthy notes. The aftertaste is a slight hoppy bitter finish. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This Belgian-style pale ale combines the best of our two breweries. Intense piney-citrus hop notes counterpoint the complex fruity spice of Allagash’s Belgian yeast.

This collaboration honors Myron Avery, a founder of the Appaiachian Trail which spans our North Carolina brewery and Allasgash’s home in Maine. We share a great love of the outdoors, and Avery and the AT are great reminders of the wild spirit of exploration that connects us both.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

We named this beer in honor of Myron Avery, a founder of the Appalachian Trail, or the A.T., which starts near Sierra Nevada’s North Carolina brewery and ends near Allagash’s home in Maine. Both breweries have a tremendous love of the outdoors, and Avery and the A.T. are great reminders of the wild spirit of exploration that connects us both.

In 1995, Rob Tod started Allagash Brewing Company and since then, Portland, ME, has been a place of reverence in the Belgian brewing pantheon. Allagash adds their Belgian flair to variety of beer styles and are one of the few American breweries to use a traditional coolship for true spontaneous fermentations leading to seriously complex beers native to their coastal home.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.allagash.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter: @allagashbrewing and @sierranevada

In the end, out of the two Belgian Beer styles, this is by far the best one. I have not had too many beers from Allagash Brewery but the ones that I had. They are pretty good and enjoyed them. I have to say I was pretty excited to try this beer. I love the Belgian spices and the hop character that this beer has going on in it. It has a nice refreshing taste that keeps the beer drinker coming back for more of it. I really liked it and it is one of many reasons to pick up this pack or try to find one. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Starr Hill Brewery Northern Lights India Pale Ale

In this beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from my beer trade. It is Starr Hill Brewery Northern Lights India Pale Ale. If you read my earlier beer blog posts, you know the history of this East Coast Craft Brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this craft brewery. Let us get into this IPA.

It has a cloudy copper color with a semi white head on this IPA. The smell has a floral to piney notes. The taste of this medium body is a light carbonation piney notes with a caramel notes finish for the aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a descriation from their website (www.starrhill.com):

A classic American-style India Pale Ale, Northern Lights weighs in at 52 IBUs and 6.5% ABV. Characterized by its full-flavored bitterness and poignant citrus-floral aroma, a perfect blend of barley and hops make this a very balanced IPA. For the craftbrew connoisseur, Northern Lights is a deliciously crafted piece of the heavens.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.starrhill.com

Twitter: @starrhill

Closing, there is only been one beer that was pretty disappointing for me from this craft brewery. I have liked just about everything that I had from Starr Hill. I was pretty excited to see this beer in my beer trade. I love the hop notes from the aroma and taste. The other thing that I like about this beer is the IBU’s. It is pretty low. I could drink this beer about half the day and have to switch to something else or stop drinking. This is a great beer. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Asheville Brewers Tater Ridge Scottish Ale

In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the sixth of twelve of beers from Sierra Nevada Beer Camp. This one is partner with Asheville Brewers from North Carolina and it is their Tater Ridge Scottish Ale. Asheville Brewery started in 1998 in North Carolina. There is not much history on their website (www.ashevillebrewing.com). Let us get into this Scottish Ale.

It has a jet black color with slightly tan color head on this ale. The smell has a sweet malty notes with hints of sweet potatoes. The taste has a heavy sweet malty notes with a slight sweet potatoes notes. The aftertaste has a dry malty finish. It is a sipping beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This rich and malty Scottish ale gets a kick from sweet potatoes, a North Carolina staple.

We’re fortunate to call the passionate and talented folks in the Asheville Brewers Alliance our North Carolina neighbors. Tater Ridge is our nod to the area’s Scottish Highland history, and we hope this ale accented by sweet potatoes will be the first of many collaboration to come.

Here is a desecration from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

The Asheville area is a brewing hotspot nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. Tater Ridge was brewed by something of a craft beer super group made up of members of the Asheville Brewers Alliance. We’re fortunate to call these passionate and talented brewers our neighbors, and we hope this unique ale will be the first of many collaborations to come.

We’ve made plenty of new friends in the nearly 30-strong Asheville Brewers Alliance (ABA) since we started brewing in North Carolina. Two of whom—John Stuart of Green Man Brewery and Luke Dickinson of Wicked Weed Brewing—led this collaboration recipe and work tirelessly to bring creativity and a deep-seated love of locally made craft beer to the Appalachian Mountains.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.ashevillebrewing.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter: @ashevillebrew and @sierranevada

In closing, I do not know Asheville Brewery but I will be trying to trade with my friends out east to get to know them a little better. I was interested on how the sweet potatoes will go over in this Scottish Ale. You can kind of smell them in the aroma. I love the aroma and the color tone of it. The taste is pretty sweet from the malts but I feel like I can kind of taste the sweet potatoes. Overall, I really like this beer. I recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Dogfish Head Burton Baton Imperial IPA

While dog sitting, I had a chance to sample Dogfish Head Burton Baton Imperial IPA. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this East Coast Craft Brewery. If you have not read them, please read them to get to know Dogfish Head Brewery. Let us get into this IPA.

It has a clear dark copper to almost bronze color like with a nice white constant head. The aroma has a slight earthy, oak, vanilla, and citrus notes. The taste has a nice smooth slight vanilla notes along with an oak and citrus notes. The aftertaste has smooth oak and vanilla notes. It is a nice sipping beer.

Here is a description from their website (www.dogfish.com):

ABV:

10.0

IBU:

70

Availability:

Year Round

Original Release Date:

11/2004

This oak-aged hybrid has been gaining popularity over the past few years and is now available year-round.

For Burton Baton, we brew two “threads,” or batches, of beer: an English-style old ale and an imperial IPA.

After fermenting the beers separately in our stainless tanks, they’re transferred and blended together in one of our large oak tanks. Burton Baton sits on the wood for about a month.

When enjoying the Burton Baton, you’ll find an awesome blend of the citrus notes from Northwestern hops melding with woody, vanilla notes from the oak. The wood also tends to mellow the 10% ABV of Burton, so tread cautiously!

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.dogfish.com

Twitter: @dogfishbeer

Closing, I did not realize this brew is all year-long now. I always thought this was a seasonal. I am pretty happy to see Dogfish Head realizing the demands for their beers. It is a nice sipping and relaxing type of beer. This is a beer you will not be able to pound a few down in a day. There is some nice notes from oak, vanilla, to citrus notes. This is right way of making Oak IPA. There is a brewery in Michigan called Round Barn. They make similar beer called Oak IPA. I believe and it is not really good. I give them credit for trying. Dogfish Head Brewery did this beer right and gives the hopheads a little different. I recommend this beer and it should be pretty easy to find now since it is all year-long. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

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