small town brewery new root beer!!!

I was @ small town brewery this weekend and Tim the owner/ master brewer gave me a taste of his new 30-40% rootbeer. This stuff is strong!!! its an after dinner sipping beer. He is a very nice guy spent alot of time explaining his small brewery, and the history behind it, he let me sample his 20% root beer , his hard apple cider, and his new 30-40% rootbeer. He has not pinned down the exact ABV as he is still waiting lab results. But i can tell it will be a winner.He also told me he is moving to a larger location and he is ramping up production to start bottling very soon. All i can say is i wish him the best. He seems like he will go very far in his work.

 

i went there to buy a tap handle for my kegerator, and a shirt. I dont think he does "tasteings" on a regular basis. I think i just got lucky, he is a 2 man operation and because of how well he brews, his beers have picked up in popularity a lot. The brewery is only twice the size of my garage. But he did tell me he will be in Lombard next weekend for a tasteing so you might want to check it out, the lines will get long fast.

 

You take Bonner road to the next street and turn, I know it is in a warehouse not sure witch way it faces, but it has a poster in the window that says adult root beer with a picture os a cartoon dog ridding a skateboard. Hope that helps. Cheers!

 

Well when i was there he showed me his step by step process, and it didnt include adding grain alcohol. Also i think i could tell the differance, and i have never seen root beer head fall like a stout it cascaded like a waterfall down the glass, i dont think hard alcohol does that.

 

as i said he is still waiting lab results.

 

And while i was there thoe im not a brewer he said he had come to the new root beer by mistake, something about him putting in the yeast, falling asleep, then waking up the next morning and i think his son also put in the yeast as well cause he thought he didnt the night before. Like i said im not a brewer i just know what really strong root beer taste like. Im not here to argue but i did want to tell about my experaince to my fellow BA people. If you would like to ask him yourself e-mail him. I bet you would get a better understanding of how it all came together. But all in all the man is a very nice guy and i cant see him trying to trick the public.