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HAPPY SPRING TO YOU!
I would like to give a big Thank You to all of you that came in March
and helped my clean our the fridge. I now have more room to
purchase more kegs for the coming months!
This month I have Barrel Aged Beers on draft.
Many people think of stouts when they hear of barrel aged.
There is much more as you will see with this month’s line-up.
I do have three barrel aged stouts, three barrel aged barleywines,
one barrel aged saison, one barrel aged sour and one barrel aged
blended ale. The saison and sour are both light weights. The other
seven are all very strong and boozy from 12.5% to 15.4%.
It is highly recommended that you use Uber/Lyft or have a
designated driver with you.
Here is this month’s line-up:
FAR FIELD BEER COMPANY – LAWNDALE, CA. U.S.A.
INTELLECTUAL DEEP END ‘2023’
Barrel Aged Saison that has some Chardonnay and Tangerine added;
fruity with a hint of oak
RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING COMPANY – SANTA ROSA, CA. U.S.A.
SUPPLICATION ‘2023’
Barrel Aged Brown Ale aged in Pinot Noir wine barrels for one year;
brewed with sour cherries, brettanomyces yeast, hactobacillus and
pedicoccus bacteria; sour beer with some barnyard funk; sour cherry,
oak, leather and a bit winey
FREMONT BREWING COMPANY – SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.
14TH ANNIVERSARY ALE ‘2023’
Barrel Aged Golden Barleywine Ale that is a blend of 4 month and 18 month
old barrel aged Golden Barleywine and Brew 7000 aged in 5-9 year old
bourbon barrels from various distillers; rich and sweet
FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING – PASO ROBLES, CA. U.S.A.
27TH XXVII ANNIVERSARY ALE ‘2023’
Oak Aged blend of five different beers including Bravo, Velvet Merkin
and Double DBA (Batch 10,000); complex flavors of bourbon,
bittersweet chocolate, vanilla, oak, caramel and dark roasted coffee,
SMOG CITY BREWING – TORRANCE, CA. U.S.A.
BOURBON OE ‘2023’
Bourbon Barrel Aged OE (Olde English) – English Style Barrel Aged Barleywine
aged over a year in bourbon barrels; has lots of malt character, vanilla,
caramel, oak, vanilla, toffee; has a finish like a port or sherry
HI DEF BREWING – LOS ANGELES, CA. U.S.A.
(recently changed their name to Audio Graph Beer Company)
BASS CLEF BARLEYWINE ‘2023’
Barleywine that is Double Barrel Aged in Buffalo Trace Bourbon and
Heaven Hill Rye barrels for 12 months; very complex with flavors of
black pepper, molasses, cherries, tabacco, oak, vanilla; the finish
reminds you of a tawny port; very boozy
Stuffed Sandwich is the first place outside of their tasting room to
serve this special barleywine on draft!
FREMONT BREWING COMPANY – SEATTLE, WASHINGTON U.S.A.
DARK STAR ‘2023’
Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in 15 year old single use Kentucky
bourbon barrels; brewed with roasted and chocolate malts, oats,
(4 different malts and 3 different hops); bourbon, chocolate, coffee,
not too sweet – has a nice dry finish
BOULEVARD BREWING COMPANY – KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, U.S.A.
RESTED RESERVE ‘2023’
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout that has hints of fruitcake, big bourbon,
roasted coffee, vanilla, brown sugar, chocolate; sweet with a hint of
bitterness – very limited release
CLAREMONT CRAFT ALES – CLAREMONT, CA. U.S.A.
OXFORD ‘2023’
Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout that is brewed with cinnamon
and cocoa nibs; full bodied with hints of molasses and vanilla; big on
cinnamon, chocolate and boozy
Coming Next:
May: Belgian Beers on Draft!
June: LA County Beers on Draft!!
July: Summer Beers on Draft!!!
Cheers,
Marlene Samaniego
As you know – I do a different theme on draft every month.
This month I am doing something different that I
have never done before for my draft theme:
It’s Clean Out The Fridge Month.
More than a few of you have asked what did I mean
‘Cleaning Out the Fridge’ listed in last month’s email.
The past six months or so have been a little slower than I
would like to admit. That being the case, I have more than a few
kegs of beer with 1/3 to 1/2 leftover from each of those months.
These kegs are taking up too much space in my walk-in refrigerator.
So, this month I am going to use them up. Listed below are the
beers that I will start with this month. As they are used up I will be
putting on more (other) beers to take their place including stouts,
barleywines, porters, IPS’s, Pilsner and more.
St. Patrick’s Day is always March 17th. This year March 17th is on a Sunday.
Since I am closed on Sundays I will be celebrating March 13th thru 16th
by having Guinness Stout, Harp Lager, Wexford Cream Ale, O’Hara’s
Irish Red and Stout as my Beers of the Week!
And……….Saturday March 23, 2024 is this year’s Orval Day.
This is the 9th Orval Day. Every year the brewery makes a donation
to a charity of their choosing from every Orval sold that day!
Orval Trappist Ale was the first Brett (sour) beer to come to America!
Here are the beers I am starting with:
PRIVATBRAUEREI GAFFEL – COLOGNE, NORTH THINE – WESTPHALIA,
GERMANY
GAFFEL KOLSCH ‘2023’
German Kolsch that is brewed according to the German Purity law of 1516.
Kolsch beers can only be brewed within the City of Cologne. Gaffel’s flavor
is derived from an ale yeast that is lagered (aged) in cold cellars; faintly fruity
with a crisp, hop finish with a hint of sweetness
KONIG-BRAUEREI-DURSBURG, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY
KONIG PILSNER ‘2023’
German Pilsner – a traditional pilsner that has a slight floral and malt notes;
not too sweet – not too bitter
RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING COMPANY – SANTA ROSA, CA. U.S.A.
BLIND PIG IPA ‘2024’
IPA that is a West Coast Style – very hoppy, full bodied with notes of
citrus, pine and fruit; has a big bitter finish
RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING COMPANY – SANTA ROSA, CA. U.S.A.
MIND CIRCUS NEIPA ‘2024’
North East (Coast) Hazy IPA – it’s less hoppy that typical West Coast IPA’s;
has big tropical flavors with some citrus notes; mild bitterness on the finish;
oats were added to give this beer a softness on the finish
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY – EL SEGUNDO, CA. U.S.A.
OLD JETTY ‘2023’
Barleywine Style Ale that is aged in whiskey casks for 12 months,
very rich with flavors of malt, toffee, dried fruit with just a hint of hops
SIERRA NEVADA BREWING COMPANY – CHICO, CA. U.S.A.
NARWHAL IMPERIAL STOUT ‘2023’
Imperial Stout that is malt forward with notes of Baker’s Cocoa,
molasses, dark roasted coffee; brewed with Magnum and Challenger
hops and several different malts, chocolate, honey and roasted barley
HOP SAINT BREWING COMPANY – TORRANCE, CA. U.S.A.
CHOCOLATE TRIP PORTER ‘2023’
Porter brewed with cacao nibs from Equador and Perla Negra malt;
smooth, rich and decadent
Coming Next:
April: Barrel Aged Beers on Draft!
May: Belgian Beers on Draft!!
June: LA County Beers on Draft!!!
Cheers,
Marlene Samaniego