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Golden Brett (Allagash Brewing Company)

Style: Golden Brett Aged in Oak Foudre 7.7% ABV From: Portland, ME Grains:  Allagash 2-row Malted Barley Blend, Victory Malt, Malted Red Wheat, Flaked Oats Hops: Simcoe, Northern Brewer Yeast: Allagash House Brettanomyces Brewery’s Note: “Golden Brett is a dark golden colored beer, with a fruity aroma and flavors suggesting citrus, apricot and bread crust. The mild tartness of the beer gives way to a long, clean finish. We … Continue reading Golden Brett (Allagash Brewing Company)

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Hop Savant: Galaxy (Crooked Stave Artisanal Beer Project)

Style India Pale Brett 7.0% ABV October 2015 From: Denver, Co Brewery’s Note: “Primary fermented with Crooked Stave’s mixed culture of Brettanomyces yeast and then received over three pounds per barrel of Galaxy hops, a varietal known for its distinct citrus aroma and stone fruit characters.” The beer pours a pale, greenish yellow-orange. It pours with a smooth, creamy head of off-white bubbles that dwindle … Continue reading Hop Savant: Galaxy (Crooked Stave Artisanal Beer Project)

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Biere Sauvage Saison Reserve (Brasserie Dunham)

Style: Saison blended with an ale brewed with Tea and Guava aged in Pinot Noir Barrels 6.5% ABV From: Dunham, Quebec Brewery’s Note: “A blend of our Saison Rustique (82%) and Leo’s Early Breakfast IPA (18%) patiently aged in oak barrels with a single yeast flora . The result is a complex beer, dry, floral bouquet, fruity and rustic. Special brew 2nd Birthday.” The beer … Continue reading Biere Sauvage Saison Reserve (Brasserie Dunham)

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Disco Pig #2.1:  BARREL AGED Brett Golden Sour

(Black Hog Brewing Company) Style: Red Wine Barrel Aged Kettle Soured Brett 6.5% ABV Barrels: Cabernet Franc From: Oxford, CT Brewery’s Note: “This beer had a long weekend in our brew kettle allowing beer bugs (Pediococcus and Latcobacillus) to get down get down and do their sour thang. While yeast strains eat sugar and produce alcohol beer bugs eat sugar and produce acids. This gives … Continue reading Disco Pig #2.1:  BARREL AGED Brett Golden Sour

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Disco Pig #1: Brown Brett Braggot (Black Hog Brewing Company)

Style: Mixed Fermentation Braggot 6.0% ABV IBU’s: 18 Other: 200 lbs. Honey Yeasts: Belgian Saison, Brettanomyces Bottled On 08/17/14 From: Oxford, CT Brewery’s Note: “This beer started its life as a brown ale that just wanted to be a bit more. Our farmer Rally, who picks up spent grains also happens to have a pretty thriving bee business. He transports his hives from state to … Continue reading Disco Pig #1: Brown Brett Braggot (Black Hog Brewing Company)

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Disco Pig #4: Lime Maguey (Black Hog Brewing Company)

Style: Brett Lime Saison 6.5% ABV Hops: Lemon Drop Other: Lime Bottled On 07/06/15 Bottle#717 of744 From: Oxford, CT Brewery’s Note: “Lime Maguey – Saison made with Brett, Lime Peel, Lime Juice, and Lemon Drop Hops” The beer pours a murky orange, like pulpy orange juice blended with water. It forms a good sized head of pebble-like, white bubbles that form a mountain scape of … Continue reading Disco Pig #4: Lime Maguey (Black Hog Brewing Company)

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Love Buzz Saison (Anchorage Brewing Company)

Style: Brett Saison brewed with spices and aged in French Oak Pinot Noir Barrels 8.0% ABV 40 IBU’s From: Anchorage, AK Brewery’s Note: “A feeling overcomes, deriving of a most curious perplexity. A rich desire awakens to explore the contents of such delicate loveliness. Upon a deep connection with rounded lips, a bitter sweet complexity enters the soul…and so begins an amorous affair. Heightened awareness envelopes … Continue reading Love Buzz Saison (Anchorage Brewing Company)

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Terra Locale Series: Horti-Glory (Wicked Weed Brewing Company)

Terra Locale Series: Horti-Glory (Wicked Weed Brewing Company) Style: Tart Farmhouse Ale with Flowers 6.0% ABV From: Asheville, NC Brewery’s Note: “Horti-Glory is a tart, farmhouse ale brewed with Riverbend Malt and fermented with our house culture of brettanomyces. The addition of seasonal elderflowers, hyssop, and honeysuckle transform the rustic house culture into a lovely floral brett saison.” The beer pours a chalky yellow, with … Continue reading Terra Locale Series: Horti-Glory (Wicked Weed Brewing Company)

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Serenity (Wicked Weed Brewing Company)

Serenity (Wicked Weed Brewing Company) Style: American Brett/ Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Brett 5.5% ABV OG: 1.044 Gold Medal: American-Style Brett Beer, 2013 Great American Beer Festival From: Asheville, NC Bottled On: 5/29/15 Brewery Note: “Serenity is our aptly named 100% Brettanomyces fermented beer. We are one of only a handful of breweries in the US doing 100% Bretta fermentation. That said for our first one we … Continue reading Serenity (Wicked Weed Brewing Company)

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Brett Raspbeerience (Garrison City Beerworks)

Style: American Brett aged on Raspberries 6.7% ABV From: Dover, NH Brewery’s Note: “One of our summer favorites, this refreshingly crisp wild ale is brewed with Belgian Pale Ales [Malt?], wheat, and Sorachi Ace hops. It is 100% fermented with one of our favorite Brett strains, then aged on raspnerries. This brew is an experience not to be missed on a hot day or a … Continue reading Brett Raspbeerience (Garrison City Beerworks)

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