Another can’t miss food and beer event coming from the great people at Backpocket Brewing! Their 11th Anniversary Dinner Party is set for June 9th and the menu will highlight Tex-Mex inspired BBQ! Here’s more courtesy of Backpocket!
Join us in celebrating our 11th Anniversary with a Smoked Meat & Beer Pairing Dinner! Our menu will be Tex-Mex BBQ inspired featuring traditional Tamales, Chipotle Pork Tacos, Mexican Bunuelos, and so much more. We invite all of our Backpocket family and friends to attend! Tickets are limited, so make sure you reserve your spot!
Tickets will be $65 per person, and include a starter, appetizer, main course & dessert. Each course will have a beer or cocktail pairing! We can’t wait to see you there!
You now have after works plans! Tomorrow, May 5th, Clock House Brewing is bringing back “Low Bandito”, their imperial stout aged in tequila barrels with habanero, limes, cocoa nibs, vanilla, and cinnamon! Here’s more on this release courtesy of Clock House’s Facebook page:
Coming in hot! Low Bandito will be back in the taproom this Friday, May 5th.
This Imperial Stout was boiled for over 14 hours then barrel-aged in Añejo tequila barrels for over one year. Habanero peppers, limes, cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and cinnamon were then added in the secondary to pull massive flavors of Mexican chocolate and stone fruit.
This will be available in 500 ML bottles and on draft! Bottles are limited. $22 per 500 ML bottle.
Another month is here and that means more beers coming to us from Lion Bridge! 3 new releases will be hitting tap lines and distro this month! Here’s what’s coming from the Czech Village:
RELEASE DATE 5/3
Ice Lion (West Coast Double IPA, 8%) – A bright and bold IPA. Talus, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, and Motueka create a unique hop experience that plays well with a welcomed bitterness.
RELEASE DATE 5/9
Lion City Hard Lemonade (6.6%)
A seltzer with real lemon, as well as lemonade flavor.
RELEASE DATE 5/23
Chaos Dimension (Hazy IPA, 7.2%)
When copious amounts of Nelson Sauvin and Citra collide, what emerges is a dimension of the most delicious form of chaos imaginable.
Fat Orange Cat FOC Someone In My Head ENIGMA 6/4/16oz CANS – DIPA Double Dry Hopped with ENIGMA. 8.75% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Passionfruit Orange Guava 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale with Passionfruit, Orange and Guava. 5.3% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC All Cats Are Grey in the Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – FOC Legendary White Stout – 7.2% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC I Don’t Like Mondays 6/4/16oz CANS – NE-Style IPA hopped with Mosaic & Simcoe. 7.3% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Who Let the Boomers Out? 6/4/16oz CANS – Smooth Pale Ale with a delightful finish. Hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Mosaic – 5% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat Jalapeno Jack Mild 6/4/16oz CANS – Pale Ale infused with a generous amount of jalapeño peppers. The process creates a unique brew with the aroma and flavor of jalapeño without the heat. 5% ABV – CT
MARLOWE ARTISANAL ALES:
Marlowe Artisanal Ales Asking Kindly NELSON 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious IPA with a spotlight on Nelson hops. 7% ABV – CT
Marlowe Artisanal Ales Eager To Share 6/4/16oz CANS – Outstanding American Pale Ale brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops. 5.4% ABV – NY
Marlowe Artisanal Ales The Way Things Were 6/4/16oz CANS – An Ode to Vermont and a certain Hoppy Creation that started a revolution. Pale Ale brewed with Warrior, Columbus, Chinook, Centennial, and Simcoe. Absolutely divine! 5.5% ABV – NY
Marlowe Artisanal Ales Ploosh 6/4/16oz CANS – Extra Special Bitter ESB Ale brewed in balance with English malts and hops. 5.4% ABV – NY
Marlowe Artisanal Ales Despite All Odds 6/4/12oz CAN – Delicious Imperial Pale Ale. 8% ABV – NY
TOX BREWING:
Tox Brewing Copperhead 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious American Amber Ale. A real crowd pleaser here! 5.8% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Digitox 6/4/16oz CANS – Hoptimally saturated Double IPA with Nelson & Citra. 8.5% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing EFT – NELSON SAUVIN 6/4/16oz CANS – EFT is not only a cute lil’ Newt with toxic skin (don’t eat one), but it’s also the name of Tox’s rotating hop IPA series. Consistent whirlpool hops paired with Nelson Sauvin followed by a sizeable dry hop dominated by Nelson Sauvin. Big Notes of Wine Grape, Berries, and Ripe Melon! 7% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Placebo Effect 6/4/16oz CANS – We love our fancy craft beer like family, but sometimes even we just want to enjoy some yellow fizzy stuff. Delicious American Cream Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT
TIMBER ALES:
Timber Ales When Daydreams Go Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – All CITRA Double IPA. 8% ABV – CT
Timber Ales Pancakes by Campfire 6/4/12oz CANS – Stout Conditioned on Maple Syrup, Coffee, & Banana. 6% ABV – NY
Timber Ales I Must Be Dreaming 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour w/ Blueberries, Peaches, Graham Cracker, Vanilla Beans & Milk Sugar. 6% ABV – NY
Timber Ales Fallen Between the Lines 6/4/16oz CANS – NE IPA with Citra, Enigma, & Mosaic. 7% ABV – NY
Twelve Percent Beer Project Snappy LITE 4/6/12oz CANS – Super light, crushable house lager. 4% ABV – CT
LASTING BRASS BREWING:
Lasting Brass Supreme Clientele 6/4/16oz CANS – NE IPA with Mosaic & Mackinac Hops. 6.5% ABV – CT
Lasting Brass Wrath of the Nunchucks 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Milk Stout brewed with milk sugar, peanut butter and marshmallow. Inspired by a peanut butter and fluff sandwich. 10% ABV – CT
SKYGAZER BREWING:
Skygazer Watercolors Go To’s Cherry Peach 6/4/16oz CANS – Skygazer’s signature Watercolors sour ale, dosed with just the right amounts of Cherry and Peach purees! A perfect Go To sour! 5.5% ABV – CT
Skygazer Watercolors – Synergy #5 – Cotton Candy 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale Brewed with Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Blue-Raspberry Cotton Candy, Milk Sugar And Marshmallow. 5.5% ABV – CT
ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration, SKYGAZER / ABOMINATION / BRANCH AND BLADE – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT
JOLLY PUMPKIN ARTISAN ALES:
Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere 6/4/16oz CANS – Farmhouse Ale. This delicious, low-calorie, farmhouse ale is named for Ron’s Jack Russell who was struck by a car but bounced back in fine tenacious Jack Russell fashion. This farmhouse ale is brewed for those of us who have been knocked down, have picked up, dusted off, and carried on undaunted. Golden, naturally cloudy, can-conditioned, and dry-hopped for a perfectly refreshing balance of spicy malts, hops, & yeast. TIME IN OAK: 2 Months. 4.5% ABV – 24 IBU – MI
Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca 6/4/16oz CANS – Farmhouse Witbier. Blanca is a low-calorie farmhouse witbier brewed in Belgium’s beer blanche tradition. Spiced with orange peel & coriander, you’ll find it refreshingly tart, with a wonderfully dry finish. A year round favorite for sure. TIME IN OAK: 2 Months. 4.8% ABV – 15 IBU – MI
Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza 6/4/16oz CANS – Wild Artisan Golden Ale. Oro is brewed in the Franco-Belgian tradition of strong golden ales. Spicy and peppery with a gentle hop bouquet and the beguiling influence of wild yeast. Named one of the top 25 beers in America by Men’s Journal. Great American Beer Festival Gold medal winner for the Belgian & French Ale category. TIME IN OAK: 6-9 Months. 8.0% ABV – 30 IBU – MI
Jolly Pumpkin iO Saison 6/4/16oz CANS – Wild Saison. Aged in oak with wild yeasts & can conditioned, iO Saison is a unique creation brewed with rose hips, rose petals, & hibiscus giving this saison a character & color all its own. This very vibrant, bright, rose-colored saison has floral & spice notes mixed with hints of tartness from foeder aging & the hibiscus flowers. A beautiful piece of art presented in a glass. Cheers and mahalo plenty! TIME IN OAK: 3 Months. 6.4% ABV – 15 IBU – MI
Big Grove Brewery will be on hand serving some of their delicious food and refreshing brews this coming Friday night (4/21) at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City as the University of Iowa takes on Nebraska! If you’re looking for something today this would be the perfect night to take the family to a ball game! Here’s what Big Grove is bringing:
Big Grove Brewery is excited to share our first food and beer concession pop-up at Duane Banks Field Friday night when the Hawkeyes take on Nebraska at 6:05 in Iowa City.
The special concession menu includes: • BGB Burger • Banh Mi • Chef’s Ben’s Chocolate Chip Cookies • Easy Eddy hazy IPA • Citrus Surfer citrus wheat • Boomtown golden ale
It’s Junior Hawk Club Night at the ballpark with postgame fireworks, too! Bring the family and we’ll see you for Hellerball under the lights!
Tickets: • $10 Adults • $5 Youth • $20 Friday 4-Pack Includes 4 tickets and a $10 concession voucher, Must buy in multiples of 4, Must be purchased in advance, Not available after 4pm Central the day before the game, Not available for purchase on game day, Use promo code BBFOURPACK to order
From northern New Jersey, about 20 minutes from the New York border, Muckraker Beermaker has for several years now been quietly crafting what we think are some of the best spontaneously fermented & wild ales this side of the Atlantic. It is a hidden gem of a little brewery in a rural setting…the kind of thing that inspired us to do what we did all those years back on our regular beer hunting expeditions to Belgium.
Owner & brewer Tom Troncone, who for 24 years prior to starting Muckraker was a newspaper journalist (i.e. a “muckraker”), spontaneously ferments about 75% of the beer he makes via coolship. The beer spends about a year in oak, and more times than not is refermented on fresh New Jersey fruit, typically with a fruiting rate of about 6 pounds per gallon of beer.
Recently, Muckraker started brewing “clean” beer to compliment its wild and spontaneous portfolio. “Hazen,” is the inaugural release of Muckraker’s “clean” beer series. It’s a crushable, hazy IPA loaded with oats, and Citra and Mosaic hops. Look for waves of tropical fruit, melon and a bevy of citrus riding over a smoothness that belies its 6.5% abv. Tom first made Hazen about five years ago for the wedding of his friends Josh and Angie Hazen, so the beer basically named itself. Since then, it’s been Tom’s staple IPA recipe.
MUCKRAKER BEERMAKER:
MUCKRAKER Double Hazen 6/4/16oz CANS – Outstanding Imperial New England IPA loaded with oats and dry hopped with Citra & Mosaic. 8% ABV – NJ
HOOF HEARTED BREWING:
Hoof Hearted $120 Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple India Pale Ale. 100% Citra Quadruple Dry-Hopped. 12% ABV – OH
Hoof Hearted It’s Not My First Rodeo It’s My Second TIPA 6/4/16oz CANS – This rough rider is a hopped up horn to hoof and back again with American Citra and Mosaic as well as Southern Passion and African Queen from South Africa. But she finishes smoother than the supple leather of a well worn saddle. 10% ABV – OH
Hoof Hearted Fine Corinthian Leather Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH Double IPA Brewed with Phantasm Cryo Blend, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin. 8.3% ABV – OH
Hoof Hearted Discount Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH IPA with El Dorado, Bru-1, Citra, Strata hops. 7.3% ABV – OH
Hoof Hearted Did We Just Become Best Friends – AMARILLO + MOSAIC with PINEAPPLE 6/4/16oz CANS – NE-Style DIPA with Amarillo + Mosaic with Pineapple. 8% ABV – OH
Abomination Brewing Flying into the Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Icarus Brewing Collaboration. Insanely juicy DIPA double dry hopped with a mind blowing amount of Columbus and Riwaka. 8.9% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing The Key To the City of North Haven 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Sour Ale Brewed with Cherry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Ice Cream Mix, Lactose, and Vanilla Beans. 9% ABV – CT
ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT
ESKER HART ARTISAN ALES:
Esker Hart is a cool New Jersey based brewery, coming out of the Twelve Percent Beer Project facility.
Esker Hart Moraine 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic and Amarillo hops! 6.2% ABV – CT
Esker Hart Thrush 6/4/16oz CANS – IPA hopped with Citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, and Cascade. 6.4% ABV – CT
Esker Hart Den 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Cacao Nibs, Pecans, Macadamia Nuts, Cashews, Marcona Almonds, & Raisins. 13.5% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing Flying into the Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Icarus Brewing Collaboration. Insanely juicy DIPA double dry hopped with a mind blowing amount of Columbus and Riwaka. 8.9% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing The Key To the City of North Haven 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Sour Ale Brewed with Cherry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Ice Cream Mix, Lactose, and Vanilla Beans. 9% ABV – CT
ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT
ESKER HART ARTISAN ALES:
Esker Hart is a cool New Jersey based brewery, coming out of the Twelve Percent Beer Project facility.
Esker Hart Moraine 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic and Amarillo hops! 6.2% ABV – CT
Esker Hart Thrush 6/4/16oz CANS – IPA hopped with Citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, and Cascade. 6.4% ABV – CT
Esker Hart Den 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Cacao Nibs, Pecans, Macadamia Nuts, Cashews, Marcona Almonds, & Raisins. 13.5% ABV – CT
TOX BREWING:
Tox Brewing EFT – NELSON SAUVIN 6/4/16oz CANS – Eft is not only a cute lil’ Newt with toxic skin (don’t eat one), but it’s also the name of Tox’s rotating hop IPA series. Consistent whirlpool hops paired with Nelson Sauvin followed by a sizeable dry hop dominated by Nelson Sauvin. Big Notes of Wine Grape, Berries, and Ripe Melon! 7% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Placebo Effect 6/4/16oz CANS – We love our fancy craft beer like family, but sometimes we just want to enjoy some yellow fizzy stuff. Delicious American Cream Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Digitox 6/4/16oz CANS – Hoptimally saturated Double IPA with Nelson & Citra. 8.5% ABV – CT
