Destihl Brewery Launching in Washington

Prepare the cease and desist letters:
Vertex IPA / Fort George Vortex IPA
Adambier (lacto Adam)! / Hair of the Dog Adam

jk... Always glad to see a new brewery sending beer to us.

 

I've seen the cans around town and Beer Junction had Vertex on tap list. Always nice to see another option.

 

There sours have been amongst the standouts at the last two GABFs, and no lines!

 

Destihl has been a well kept secret in the midwest for a long time now - they have been a knockout at the (undebatable) greatest beer fest in all of the land, the Great Taste of the Midwest. Unfortunately, their standard lineup and the stuff thats surfacing around here isn't all that special. I was really confused when I saw their cans in Bottleworks. I don't see this going well, which is a bummer.

 

Hoperation Overload is the strangest tasting IPA I've ever had. Not recommended.

 

Agreed. I've loved their sours when I've had the chance to try them previously & I was excited to see them in the market, but I didn't enjoy any of the Berliner Weisse variants I tried, and that Hoperation Overload is just a mess. Did they just send us all the stuff IL doesn't want?

 

Last week, Collin's Pub had a blueberry berliner weisse from Destihl that was fantastic. I had never heard of them before then, but i'm always down for a berliner weisse

 

Had a pint of the Juicy Juicy IPA a few days ago. Not impressed at all.

 

Just heard they are canning four sours.... What?! That'll be interesting!

 

really dig the single, personally. Spicy and dry with a zippy citrus thing. Sour Strawberry sounds so good.

 

but the strawberry sour is a $230 1/6bbl, which is $40 more than Consecration, for comparison...

 

FWIW, just got this list of new beers in @ Beer Junction... Can't recall seeing this many Destihl beers anywhere locally.

Destihl - Antiquity Rye Wine 500ml
Destihl - Clarice Grand Cru Belgian Strong Dark Ale 500ml
Destihl - ClockWeisse Berliner Weisse 12oz
Destihl - Here Gose Nothing 12oz
Destihl - Wild Sour Series Adambier 500ml
Destihl - Dosvidanya Sour Russian Imperial Stout 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Excommunie Quatre Sour Quad 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Excommunie Trio Sour Tripel 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Foudre Aged Flanders Oud Bruin 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Fraise Sour Strawberry Ale 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Gertrude Sour Imperial Pils 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Le Diplomate Sour Double Pale Ale 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Poire Sour Ale 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Pomme Sour Ale 500ml
Destihl - Sour Quadrupel 500ml
Destihl - Sour Tripel 500ml
Destihl - St. Dekkera Zure Imperial Sour Stout 500ml
Destihl - Bela Imperial Pilsner 500ml

 

Got a nice shipment of Destihl offerings in Bellingham this week as well.

 

I was at The Cave in Kirkland this weekend and picked up a four-pack of both Here Gose Nothing and their ClockWeisse Berliner Weisse. The latter wasn't bad, but a little sweeter and cloudier than I'd prefer in a gose. I was very impressed with the Berliner Weisse, though. I thought it was a damn good take on the style and will pick up more the next time I see it.

Any word on which other two sours they are canning (assuming the aforementioned pair are two of the four, with "Sour" in big letters on the front of the cans)?

 

I have a can of their Flanders Red from a couple months ago.

 

Our WA distributor just brought in all of the bottle that we had allocated them, which is why you're finally seeing more of our diverse portfolio. One correction though, Dosvidanya isn't a sour.

 

There are four canned releases in the Wild Sour Series:

Here Gose Nothin' - year round
Flanders Red - winter seasonal
Counter ClockWeisse - spring seasonal
Lynnbrook Raspberry Berliner - summer seasonal

Other releases in the series are draft only, with the exception of a one-time bottle release a few months ago of Adambier.

Glad to hear you're enjoying them!
Cheers!

 

The strawberry sour is a part of our Saint Dekkera barrel-aged Reserve Sours. They spend a year or more going through a secondary fermentation and aging in oak barrels. Each bottle is hand-numbered and wased, perfect for cellaring. These sours are made in a much smaller quantity than the Wild Sour Series, which isn't barrel-aged, hence the higher price point for this brand.

 

Thanks for the clarification on the seasonality of some of the brews. I was really hoping to try the red so I was bummed when it wasn't arriving along with the Gose and ClockWeisse.

Cheers!