The Bruery (2025)

I feel like, for the most part, the holiday beers have aged very well. I love how they have all 12 on tap. If they had an vintage kegs, I really hope they bring them out!

 

I opened a Society Cuvee tonight. I have to say they nailed it. It really does give Key Lime vibes in a Bruery dark base beer, it's sweet and tart and slightly boozy. I think I'm going to grab another one to sit on for a little while. I can see why some might not like it, but I think they nailed the adjuncts and it tastes like I expected.

 

I agree! This one really surprised me, I'm not usually a fan of ginger spiced beer but this one was quite tasty.

 

I'm just curious, I don't want to bother Bruery customer service if this is normal. I placed an order 10 days ago and it hasn't been fulfilled yet. My last 4-5 orders have all shipped with in 3-5 days. I know it's the holidays and they had a big sale so I'm just curious if this normal this time of the year.

 

Thanks! I really didn't want to bother them. I'll give it more time, in the meantime I've got plenty of Bruery beer to drink.

 

Just cracked a Tuesday Morning. Goddamn this is a fucking good beer.

 

I've got a bottle in the fridge. I love maple forward stouts I may crack it open this weekend.

 

I spoke with the Bruery folks today and they let me know that a bottling delay is holding up the December beers and those marked “temporarily unavailable” in our virtual cellars. They anticipate this being resolved by the end of the month.

 

That answers my concerns, as my last order has 4 of the last of releases included.

 

Aquired a bottle of /As far as the rye can see/ in Europe, which Im excited to open for Christmas.

 

2025 PB & Thursday is excellent. I'm reminded why this became my favorite Bruery Stout back in 2016. This batch is very well balanced, plenty of peanut butter and a nice creamy mouthfeel. I'm glad I picked up 2 bottles.

 

Catching up on my backlog of reviews:

Midnight Autumn Maple - I miss rock solid non-ba Belgian styles like this, and this is a pretty good seasonal take on that sort of thing, but the price tag is a bit steep for what it is (and having it be included in societies is also a bit weird, as are most of the non-ba stuff this year). Still, I quite enjoyed this.

Stave & Spice - Heavy on the ginger and spice, but that works to offset the sticky sweet, thicc Bayonet base. As it warms, a nice brown sugar note emerges along with rich caramel, spicy rye, and oak. A nice holiday feel too. One of the better offerings with tons of ingredients, and while I'm not a huge bayonet fan, this all comes together well.

Society Cuvée - Please, for the love of God, stop putting overwhelming sour fruit into the non-sour society packages. I like sours just fine, and this one isn't quite full-on sour, but still, it's jarring to taste such an overpowering tart lime character in an otherwise interesting blend of barrel aged stouts/wheatwhines. Great nose I guess (and it does hit Key Lime pie target), but the balance is way off in the taste. Not a fan.