just added on Halloween Sunday: La Noche del Diablofrom the Black Fox division of Bristol Brewing:
This beer is a spiced winter ale, a black saison, but from the name (The Night of The Devil) is obviously brewed for Halloween. The main things we pick up are the heat from the chiles and the cinnamon and cherries (Our brewery liaison Boon says it is aged on cherries for 2 weeks), all of which give it a little bit of that flavor we remember from the Red Hots we used to get in our grocery sacks trick-or-treating back in the day.
We're one of three retail sites in Denver with this one...
Then, moments ago, North Coast Brewing's Brother Thelonius:
North Coast’s Brother Thelonius is a Belgian Strong Dark Ale, coming in at 9.4% ABV, brewed at North Coast’s Fort Bragg CA brewery, on the Mendocino coast. It pours a deep mahogany, but shows red highlights when held to the light. Aroma is raisins and cherries, perhaps a little smoke and molasses or brown sugar. Flavor is more of the same, figs, raisins, cherries, plums, and a dark caramelly maltiness. Some clove and cinnamon, some notable alcohol warmth, and funky Belgian yeastiness. Hops are there, at 32 IBU, but in a supporting role.
A great California take on a classic Belgian style, with the added benefit that a portion of all sales proceeds are donated by the brewery to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz “whose mission is to offer the world's most promising young musicians college level training by America's jazz masters and to present public school-based jazz education programs for young people around the world. All of these programs are offered free of charge to the students and schools.” (quote from North Coast Brewing Co website).
Only bar in Denver you can try this one...
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