New on Draft--Cool stuff for fall

We have a few new things we think you'll like--we're crazy about them. First,(from our in-house server notes) Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10:

Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10 is part of an annual series of cool beers Stone began on New Year’s Day 2001, with 01.01.01, and will continue through 12.12.12 two years from now. Our keg has a brew date of 10/7/10. This year’s version is a Belgian “Strong Golden Ale” and carries an ABV of 9.5%. Brewed with the Wyeast “Ardennes” strain of yeast, it has a restrained Belgian farmhouse earthiness, bready/biscuit maltiness, a slight touch of cantaloupe and honey, and you can taste the white wine grapes (Muscat, Sauvignon Blanc, and Gewurztraminer) added in secondary fermentation, as well as the chamomile flowers the beer was steeped in during aging.


Then, Port Old Viscosity:

Port Old Viscosity
is an American Double or Imperial Stout, dominated by flavors of coffee, chocolate, roasty malt, smoky oak, and maybe a little vanilla. There is some heat from the alcohol, but not as much as you might expect from this 10% ABV stout. This is a full-bodied beer, for sure, but not a heavy one, again pleasantly surprising given the high gravity. The brewery’s own notes call it “sludgy” but we disagree. Interestingly, this beer is a combination of 80% “new” beer, fermented in stainless steel, and 20% “old” beer, also fermented in stainless, but then aged at least 6 months in bourbon barrels.

Next, Port High Tide:

Port Brewing High Tide—a “fresh hop” IPA
This beer was brewed with fresh-picked, undried, unprocessed Yakima Valley hops, with Centennial fresh hops used in the whirlpool (at the end of the boil, generating flavor and aroma) and Chinook fresh hops for “dry hopping” (in the fermenter, with impact primarily on aroma, but some effect to flavor as well). It is an American IPA, coming in at about 6.5 % ABV (“alcohol by volume”). Centennial are famous for a citrus flavor, somewhere between orange and grapefruit, while Chinook tend to be perceived as a big, bitter, pine-y hop. Fresh from the harvest, these flavors are intensified.

Stay tuned; coming this week are Odell's Bourbon Barrel Stout, Bristol's Black Fox La Noche Del Diablo (a black saison, just in time for Halloween) and the classic Halloween beer, Rogue's Dead Guy maibock. And everybody's favorite late fall seasonal: Sierra Nevada Celebration.

New Whiskey Selections

We’re beefing up our whiskey choices in light of the recent cooler weather.

We’ve added a great (and reasonably priced) small batch bourbon, Evan Williams Single Barrel (2000), at $6.00.

We love Irish whiskey and only had Jameson’s and Powers’ basic blended Irish. We felt like we needed to improve on that list, and so we’ve added three new Irish whiskies: Knappogue Castle 12 yr Single Malt ($7.00), Redbreast 12 year Pot Still ($7.50), and (we are REALLY happy about this) Greenore 15 yr Single Grain Small Batch (only 5000 bottles made) at $9.00.

Come in and try these, and if there’s something you want that we don’t have yet, let us know and we’ll get it.

Today's draft list

Here's what we have on tap today:

Wheats/Wits/Hefes

1. Avery White Rascal (5.5%) $4.75
2. Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat (4.6%) $4.75
3. Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier (5.4%) $6.00

Pale Lagers

4. Lagunitas Pils (5.3%) $4.75
5. Avery Joe’s Premium American Pilsener (4.7%) $4.75
6. Stella Artois (5.2%) $5.50
7. Coors Light (4.2%) $3.50

Other Lagers

8. Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Heller Bock (8.3%) $7.50 (12 oz)
9. Avery The Kaiser Maerzen (10.03%) $7.00 (12 oz)
10. Spaten Oktoberfestbier Ur-Marzen (5.9%) $5.50
11. Boulevard Bob’s ‘47 Octoberfest (5.8%) $4.75
12. Left Hand Oktoberfest (6.0%) $5.00

Reds/Ambers/Browns/Scottish (Malty Ales)

13. Bristol Laughing Lab Scottish-Style Ale (5.3%) $4.75
14. Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn Brown (5.5%) $5.00
15. Rogue Dead Guy Maibock-style Ale (6.5%) $6.00

American Pale Ales

16. Kona Fire Rock Pale Ale (5.8%) $4.75

European Pale Ales

17. Sunner Kolsch (5.4%) $6.00

Porters & Stouts

18. O’Hara’s Irish Stout (4.6%) $5.50 (nitro)
19. Left Hand Milk Stout (5.3%) $5.00 (nitro)

India Pale Ale

20. Asher Green Bullet Organic IPA (7.2%) $6.00
21. Avery IPA (6.3%) $4.75
22. Bristol Compass IPA (6.7%) $4.75
23. Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA (7.2%) $5.00

Imperial or “Double” IPAs (IIPAs)

24. Breckenridge 471 (9.2%) $6.50 (12 oz)
25. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA (9.0%) $6.50 (12 oz)

American Belgian-style Ales

26. Victory/Dogfish Head/Stone Saison du BUFF (6.8%) $6.50 (12 oz)
27. Lost Abbey Red Barn Saison (6.7%) $7.00 (12 oz)
28. Russian River Damnation Belgian Strong Golden (7.75%) $7.50 (12 oz)
29. Breckenridge Trademark Tripel (Breck Tour Rare Beer #10) $6.50 (12 oz)
30. Asher Funbarrel Kriek (7.4%) $7.00 (12 oz)

American Barleywine

31. Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Jack and Ken’s Black Barleywine (10.2%) $7.50 (12 oz)

Cider

32. Magner’s Irish Cider (4.5%) $5.50