New Bruery Beers

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  1. bkrefetz

    bkrefetz Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2008 New York

    Sour in the Rye with Kumquat
    We've all come to know and love our 40% rye malt, barrel aged sour ale, Sour in the Rye. Now it's time to enjoy that very same beer, but with fresh kumquats added to the mix. This fruited sour reveals incredible notes of both bitterness from the citrus rind as well as an unmistakable tropical sweetness from macerating the entire fruit and adding it to barrels. We served a cask of this beer at a Reserve Society event in 2012 and it was overwhelmingly chosen as the best beer of the day, so we had to go ahead and make this larger batch for everyone to enjoy.

    Beauregarde
    Our first ever use of blueberries and we couldn't be happier with how this beer turned out. We added an incredible amount of fruit to our barrel aged, sour blonde ale and the result is just as expected. A lovely shade of reddish purple with flavors of tart blueberries, just in time for summer. Perfect along side a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.

    Mash
    An English Barleywine aged in Bourbon barrels, Mash is an intense yet balanced beer with notes of burnt caramel, toasted bread, ripe pear, dried figs, vanilla, toasted coconut and finishes with oak tannin. This has become an instant favorite around the brewery due to its balance, subtle complexities and overwhelming deliciousness.

    Mash & Grind
    We take Mash, and then add Portola Coffee Lab's Lucio Delgado (Columbia) at a rate of 1 lbs. per 10 gallons. This has contributed an intense coffee aroma and some additional body, with flavors of raspberry jam, tart pineapple and maple brown sugar. Why did we release two versions of this beer, one with coffee, one without? Mash & Grind is certainly delicious on its own, but we deliberately sought a strong coffee aroma and flavor so you could try your own blending, if you like. Try adding "Mash & Grind" to "Mash" (or the other way around) until you find your ideal blend. Of course opening two bottles of high ABV beer is recommended when among friends.

     
    #1 bkrefetz, Jun 4, 2013
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  2. GimmeGumballHead

    GimmeGumballHead Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2010 Illinois

    ISO! ISO!
     
    #2 GimmeGumballHead, Jun 4, 2013
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  3. Lane1

    Lane1 Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2011 California

    Yup maxing the hell out of this month's allocation
     
    #3 Lane1, Jun 4, 2013
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  4. nabeshin

    nabeshin Initiate (0) May 25, 2004 California

    All Reserve Society exclusives, FYI.
     
    #4 nabeshin, Jun 4, 2013
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  5. strangebrew321

    strangebrew321 Pundit (810) Feb 18, 2009 Indiana
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    All those sound delicious. Will they see nationwide distro?
     
    #5 strangebrew321, Jun 4, 2013
  6. vacax

    vacax Initiate (0) Jun 3, 2008 California

    Liking The Bruery is out with the cool kids these days but these beers are prettay prettaay prettaaay good...
     
    #6 vacax, Jun 4, 2013
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  7. strangebrew321

    strangebrew321 Pundit (810) Feb 18, 2009 Indiana
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    :slight_frown:
     
    #7 strangebrew321, Jun 4, 2013
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  8. stormywaters

    stormywaters Initiate (0) Oct 13, 2011 California

    Placed my order soon as I got it :-)
     
    #8 stormywaters, Jun 4, 2013
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  9. stealth

    stealth Pooh-Bah (2,023) Dec 16, 2011 Minnesota
    Pooh-Bah

    Can't wait to be a RS member next year...
     
    #9 stealth, Jun 4, 2013
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  10. JoshBrews

    JoshBrews Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2013 Missouri

    Wish they shipped outside of Cali...:slight_frown:

    I should say direct from the brewery (or The Bruery). I doubt these will hit distribution...
     
    #10 JoshBrews, Jun 4, 2013
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  11. ridglens

    ridglens Pundit (806) Jan 10, 2010 Indiana

    Jesus... they are really picking it up this year. this is the first time in a long time i've really wanted to max everything out (but probably still won't with the big limits on the sours haha). The sours are getting better, and the "other" beers (you know, the non anniversary/bt beers) are getting better and more creative.

    great year to be in the society!
     
    #11 ridglens, Jun 4, 2013
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  12. bkrefetz

    bkrefetz Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2008 New York

    Have any of these beers been available on tap? I see the review for KSITR, any other?
     
    #12 bkrefetz, Jun 4, 2013
  13. Lane1

    Lane1 Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2011 California

    Nope none of them really...except Sour in the Rye w/ Kumquats was at the 2012 Reserve Society Initiation Ceremony and it was probably my favorite beer of everything there....close second was Oude Tart with Sour Cherries.
     
    #13 Lane1, Jun 4, 2013
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  14. KevSal

    KevSal Pooh-Bah (2,940) Oct 17, 2010 California
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    yes the blueberry sour was at the fw invitational
     
    #14 KevSal, Jun 4, 2013
  15. bkrefetz

    bkrefetz Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2008 New York

    How was it?
     
    #15 bkrefetz, Jun 4, 2013
  16. imfrommichigan

    imfrommichigan Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 Utah

    Mash and Grind sounds exactly like what I would do to these beers.
     
    #16 imfrommichigan, Jun 4, 2013
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  17. Rollzroyce21

    Rollzroyce21 Pooh-Bah (2,211) Oct 24, 2009 California
    Pooh-Bah

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    #17 Rollzroyce21, Jun 4, 2013
  18. IKR

    IKR Maven (1,490) May 25, 2010 California
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    Definitely loving that. Let all the haters hate while I max the @#$% out of my allocations!
     
    #18 IKR, Jun 4, 2013
  19. FiddlersBrew

    FiddlersBrew Initiate (0) Oct 6, 2011 New Jersey

    Willing to kill for a bottle of kumquat SitR, hand me your hit lists.
     
    #19 FiddlersBrew, Jun 4, 2013
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  20. Skunkdrool

    Skunkdrool Savant (1,160) Jul 31, 2010 California
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    And, just maxed out my allocations........ DAMN YOU BRUERY! You're going to make me broke and diabetic
     
    #20 Skunkdrool, Jun 4, 2013
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