With 336 total entries at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival, the American-Style India Pale Ale category remained the event’s most competitive. One of the fastest-growing trends, however, is sour beer. In fact, this year’s GABF competition featured four categories for sours, each with various sub-categories for fruited and barrel-aged varieties. While many American breweries … [ Read more]
Sour Notes: The story and people behind New Belgium’s funky beer
October 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Minnesota’s first sour-only brewery is coming to (where else?) a pole barn up north
September 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment
For a style of beer that requires wild yeast and bacteria to flourish, it only seems fitting that Minnesota’s first sour-only brewery is coming together in a converted pole barn in northern Minnesota. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl at MSP Magazine is reporting that construction on Oude Oak’s brewery in Midway Township just south of Duluth will begin … [ Read more]
Milwaukee Brewing Company O-Gii
February 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Milwaukee Brewing Company O-Gii 9.2% ABV MKE is on the forefront of experimental, unique, and delicious beer. O-Gii is an imperial wit brewed with chamomile tea, which works so well it’s surprising more brewers haven’t followed suit. O-Gii’s flavor is a deep bready base punctuated by coriander spiciness. The body is fuller than a typical … [ Read more]
Destihl Brewing Wild Sour Series — Here Gose Nothin’
February 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Destihl Brewing Wild Sour Series—Here Gose Nothin’ 5% ABV This is Destihl’s interpretation of a Gose, an old German style of unfiltered wheat beer with coriander seeds, lactic acid, and salt added to the boil. The beer pours a hazy yellow with some slight funk on the nose. The sip is refreshing, crisp, and dry. … [ Read more]
Schell’s Expanding Sour Program, Ground Broken on “Star Keller”
September 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
August Schell Brewing Company has broken ground on a new facility that will house 10 cypress lagering tanks and an expanded home for Schell’s’ popular new series of sour beers. Schell’s acquired an abandoned farm on the outskirts of New Ulm and has begun building an additional 12,000 sq ft facility there. “My dad is kind … [ Read more]
Schell’s Noble Star #4: Black Forest Cherry
August 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The fourth interpretation in Schell’s Berliner weisse series has landed. If you’re not yet in the mood for changing leaves and sweater weather, you will be now. The malty base beer for Schell’s Black Forest Cherry was aged for a full year in large cypress lagering tanks. Then came the addition of a couple tons … [ Read more]
American Wild Ale: A Profile
October 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This Style Profile peers under the hood of American Wild Ale, the most interesting style this side of the BJCP. By Michael Agnew Illustration by DWITT When discussing American wild beers, it’s hard to talk about “style.” The Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) doesn’t have a listing for it. These beers are relegated to the … [ Read more]
