The Friday Question
It’s been a fun couple of weeks since my last post … lots of new brews happening and some excellent events. I hope you know by now that our latest collaboration with 3 Stars Brewing Co., “BW Rye #2″, an 8% abv rye porter, is now out and about! Truth be told we’re almost sold out of the draft at The Ale House though we still have a cask to tap in the near future. We distributed it to many fine establishments in the area though, so look out for it. Our friends at the wonderful Meridian Pint in DC are tapping both draft & cask next Tuesday (20th) along with a number of our recent seasonal brews that they’ve squirreled away and some killer brews from our good friends at Evolution … quite a pint night for sure … check out the flyer below.
Looks like a good place to be on Tuesday!
Also in the last week we’ve released our collaborationwith the crew from Dawson’s Liquors, The Big D. You may remember that we first brewed this for Baltimore Beer Week. We loved it and managed to secure enough hops for another batch so here it is again! It’s a bold IPA, 8% abv, brewed with a little orange blossom honey, orange and lemon peel and finished & dry hopped with a shit ton (honest, that’s the technical term) of Citra & Amarillo! We’ve had some special logo glassware made and the Dawson’s guys will be out and about for pint nights … we’ll post details of the whens and wheres as they’re confirmed!
Here at the Ale House we have a special cask on the beer engine right now, it’s dry hopped with Citra & Amarillo of course but also has lemon peel and grains of paradise added. It’s delicious, come and get a pint!
Also on tap now is our most recent collaboration with Stillwater Ales and The Brewer’s Art. Usually at this time of year I release Merry Ole Ale, an English spiced Christmas Ale. This year it seemed appropriate, in light of our joining forces with the Brewer’s Art to present the Holiday Beer Festival, to make it a joint effort. Steve, Brian and myself decided to retain my traditional malt/hop grist but ferment with Brewer’s Art yeast and replace the normal festive spices witha touch of fresh rosemary. It’s now on tap at The Ale House, both draft and cask (dry hopped with German Tettnanger), come try it!
If you follow us on facebook or twitter (and if not, why not?) you already know that we listen to a lot of Metal in the brewery, especially the Sword. As we were preparing for their awesome show at Rams Head Live last week I suggested that maybe we should brew a Winter Ale as a tribute to the band. They were cool with it so it is done! It’s in fermentation right now, “Winter’s Wolves” Winter Ale, chestnut brown in color, 7% abv, brewed with a little honey and Scottish Heather. We’ll be conditioning the brew with a little American White Oak and releasing it in January. Our good friend, Mr. J. Mooy (he of Dawson’s/The Big D brew) put together a tap logo for us which absolutely screams METAL! Check it out ….
Coming in January!
Also in January … my birthday! My creaking bones will be celebrating at Metropolitan Coffee House Friday January 20th with some special brews … we’ll have a one off Beaujolais Nouveau oak cask of Jacob’s Winter Celebration along with the draft of bourbon barrel aged William’s Winter Warmer and rye barrel aged BW Rye #2, both making their debut. I hope that you can join me in celebrating my surviving another year!
So, onto the Friday Question. Last time I’d asked how many songs were on my i-pod? The answer is … drum roll … 29233! There were some extremely close answers but only one can win and this week it was Nick … good job sir! A growler and a bottle of something are yours (not sure what that bottle will be, what do you give the man who has everything already?)
This week we have a nice prize lined up. As you no doubt know, I’m a big fan of Evolution Craft Brewing Co., especially their limited barrel aged releases, so this week I’m offering up a bottle of Fall Migration & Winter Migration. Both are limited releases. The Fall Migration is bottle is bottle 1207 of 1350. All I want to know is what number is the Winter Migration (of 900). Guess away and good luck. Submit your entry via the comment option.
Yes, you could win this deliciousness!
Tags: BW Rye, The Big D, the friday question
420, Bob.
472
797
101
623
824
544
333
850
590
720
666 METAL!
899
753.
127
187
266
174
47
214
388
250
450
425!
712
623
42 of course
123
7
$1 Bob!!! Oops wrong show. How ’bout 8?
455
Ain’t 415 (*cough*). I’ll got with 666!
578
Just saw the 666! Can I change to 390?
684 of course
777
206
189
522
650
291