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Friday, August 24, 2012

New Beer Friday 8/24/12


Good news wild ale fans, New Beer Friday has a special treat for you. The special Russian River/Sierra Nevada collaboration beer called Brux is here. If your a fan of wild ales, you know that Russian River Brewing does them like no other. This may be one rare instances that you will be able to buy a Russian River beer legally in Utah.

BRUX is a “domesticated wild ale”, fermented with Belgian yeast, finished by a secondary bottle fermentation with Brettanomyces bruxellensis. It’s a little more than 8% alcohol, very dry, earthy, spicy, and tasty.

The Bayou received 120 bottles, I have no idea if they'll make it in to liquor stores. If anyone spots them, please spread the word.

Returning Champs:

Brainless® Corruption Release #2
This Belgo-American Pale Ale uses Belgian yeast for additional spicy fermentation flavors.  Brainless® Corruption starts out with a wonderful aroma of pineapple, hops and tart fruit. On first sip you taste that familiar cotton-candy and bubble gum sweetness of Brainless® that quickly gives way to a hoppy storm of tropical fruit and tart citrus that lingers on the tongue.

Fest Devious Release #5
Epic's first Fest Devious release of 2012 is the fifth Märzen under the label.  It pours a beautiful ruby red with a thin, fleeting white foamy head. Clean aromas of fall including caramel, roasted nuts and a tiny bit of pine bark accentuate this easy to drink lager. Epic's brewers slightly increased the amount of Munich malt for a nuttier Märzen.  Lagered for 21 days, flavors of caramel, malt and light hops combine with a slight warming from the alcohol.

A quick reminder that tickets for the Utah Beer Festival are still available at Roosters, Epic, Desert Edge, Bohemian, Ruby River, Hoppers, The Beer Store, Squatters (downtown) & RedRock. Over 85 being poured this Sunday.

Cheers!

5 comments:

Douglas said...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/stew/chi-goose-island-goose-island-beer-to-go-national-20120824,0,3611886.story

kent said...

Woot looking forward to some funk.

Dallas said...

Kent,

Had the Brux the other day and it was solid. I would like to see the development with age but very tasty fresh.

Dallas

Craig said...

Unfortunately, this beer is more Sierra Nevada than Russian River. It was good but sweet.

Anonymous said...

Had this a couple months ago , agree still needs time. Enjoying a tumbler now . Mmmn :)