Maumee Bay Brewing Co. - 20th Anniversary & Barrel Aged Total Eclipse

I haven't seen anything posted yet on this and am definitely looking forward to the release this evening...


Maumee Bay Brewing Co. is celebrating 20 years of making beer in Toledo. To mark the occasion, the craft brewery located at 28 Broadway St. is hosting a party from 6 to 11 p.m. Nov. 14 at its new event center at nearby 201 Morris St.

The highlight of the festivities will be the release of Maumee Bay’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout, which will be available for purchase and limited to four bottles per person. The special brew, which will be available statewide on draft and in bottles, has been aging in a blend of bourbon barrels since January. It is the first of what will become a yearly series.

“Hopefully, it will be an annual party,” said Shannon Mohr, sales and marketing manager for Maumee Bay.

There also will be cask kegs of “fun, one-off variations” of brewery favorites Total Eclipse, Amarillo Brillo Double IPA, and Glass Hopper IPA. Maumee Bay also will have a first-time IPA that was brewed with centennial hops grown at the brewery’s garden. Not to be lost in the fun will be Maumee Bay’s full line of beers, live music, and a cookout.

“We want to celebrate our year-round beers that have helped us sustain our business for 20 years,” Mohr said. “It’s pretty exciting. Even with the other microbreweries in Toledo now, it’s cool that we can still do fun things like this.”

 

This will hit stores on Black Friday...thought I heard they did 500 cases.

 

For anyone that has purchased bottles of the BATE and still has some laying around, have you tried recently? Call me crazy, but it's starting to f@*#'ing SOUR! I've never had this happen with their base beer and drain pouring a 12oz $6.99 bottle is enough to drive you nuts.

For a brewery that's been around for 20yrs this is the last thing I'd expect to happen. Thankfully I have plenty of Bell's 30th!

</rant off>

 

Posted this morning on FB


Shannon Mohr


Update -


For those that have the issue with their beers, please contact me directly at [email protected] so we can figure out a proper solution.


I tried mine from home last night and while it wasn't as sweet, I didn't get sour from it. It certainly tasted more boozy to me too. (Again, I'm not sure here. I had several bottles at home that I've intentionally let sit on my counter so I could see how they hold up without refrigeration.)


We tried some at the brewery and the thought here is that the sweeetness has dissipated, but not to a turn. However, we're concerned about the cause. Some of this may be from the lactose, temperature is also a concern as all of our's has been kept in a cooler the entire time. We are sending bottles out for testing to find out if there is an actual infection here.


We're working really hard to expand our barrel program and constructive feedback is really helpful. We want to make sure we're not the last to know when anyone has an issue with any of the beers. Please TBA'ers feel free to use my email address or Facebook as a means to let me know if there are issues. I appreciate all the feedback and the help in finding some answers to this issue. I know we've been around for 20 years, but we're still learning in a lot of ways.


Cheers folks!

 

They're watching this thread as well...someone on FB linked to it.

 

Best bet would be to email her with the info I provided above.

** I opened another bottle last night and while it wasn't nearly as bad as the one I tried the other night it's definitely not the same. Only difference in the bottles I purchased was half were straight from the brewery, the others were picked up at a local store on 11/27. **