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This imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels is big strong and tasty. This inky black stout pours with a dense brown head. The aroma and flavor are huge and maybe a little overwhelming. Notes of sweet chocolate bourbon, figs, prunes, roasted malts with a bit of an alcohol kick.

This is a totally hop driven winter extravaganza. Deep amber in color, dense voluminous head and a hop aroma to die for. Big piney, hop flavor with just a hint of citrus. I think Sherri said it best when she described it as a Christmas tree in a bottle. This beer is one for the hop-heads.

This double IPA pours a deep orange with a nice two finger cap and plenty of lace. The aroma is big on the fruity hops with grapefruit, pineapple and orange with some pine. The flavor is big on the resin hop flavors, a touch of smoke, citrus, and a caramel malt backing. An exceptional DIPA. A very limited supply.

There are some very limited quantities available of the following vintage and rare beers for sale.

Vintage Boardhead 1999. Limited Qty.

Vintage Thomas Hardy"s Ale 1990

Vintage Thomas Hardy"s Ale 1996.

Vintage Hair of the Dog Adam batch 22 1996

Rare barrel aged strong ale from Hair of the Dog. 11.5% malty with calvados and oak notes.

Vintage Hair of the Dog Fred, batch 18 1999 1.5 Liter Magnum.

This winter offering from Ninkasi is billed as a Double Alt and hits the mark quite well. Brown with red around the edges, the head is thing but laces well. The aroma is malty with brown bread and just a touch of fruity hop. The flavor is malt dominant with toast, nut and a little toffee. The finish has quite a hop to it. Maybe a little more than the style should suggest but there again it is made here in Oregon, we just can’t help ourselves.

This grumpy winter warmer pours amber brown color and has a tight but thin head. The aroma is nutty with a bit of toffee and just a hint of citrus hop. The flavor is malty up front with caramel and biscuit notes. Some fruitiness mid pallet and a sweetish nutty character through and through.

Black with ruby highlights, this beer pours with two fingers of tan head that quickly fall to a thin layer. The aroma is roasty with some chocolate and a touch of hops. The flavor is easy with light coffee and chocolate tones and a dry finish.

This 10% oak aged Imperial IPA pours a deep golden orange color. It has a citrusy hop character with oak and floral tones. Plenty of balancing malt up front with a dry floral hop bitterness at the end. It is one more notch on the awesome beer count for Dogfish Head.

Cloudy and light orange in color with a big persistent head. Spicy, grassy aroma. Sweet malt flavor with some peppery spiciness. Finishes with a fruity, citricy flavor. It has a great hop profile especially for a Belgian. This is one tasty Belgian beer, well worth the price.

This dark brown brew pours with a thin head. The aroma is malty with dark fruits, candy sugar and a hint of chocolate. The flavor is of grapes and figs lightly spicy with a solid malt base. Medium body verging to the start of syrup. Excellent Belgian Winter beer.

This beer pours an amber brown color with an ample tight head. Its taste and aroma are cake/bready in malt and a plum/pear in fruitiness. Big malt and big fruity esters is what one expects out of a Grand Cru and the Val-Dieu delivers. Not as heavy in body as some grand cru but all the flavor.

I was hoping to get more of The Abyss in today but alas it was all gone. The last order that got filled was 25655. All of the orders after that will be kept on file just in case we see any more (It could happen, ok it would be a minor miracle but it has happened) and you’ll be contacted to see if you want the order reactivated.

Matt

This wood aged stout is like the “Big Foot” imperial stouts. By that I mean that is has a huge, powerful, aggressive flavor now that is extremely impressive and enjoyable but, if you are patient and want a smoother more supple brew and you can wait a year or two, this is going to be rich, smooth, with intensely rich flavors. Big dark roast character in the form of dark chocolate, espresso and a touch of molasses. The wood aging comes through with oak vanilla and a touch of bourbon. The tannins from all of the dark malt and wood has a bit of sharp but not an unwelcome characteristic this early in the game and should meld into the other flavors with time. The hops are quite pronounced and bitter now. Like in Big Foot this not a bad thing and if you’re a hophead now is the time to drink. If on the other hand you like things a touch more mellow the bitterness will drop quickly over the next 8 to 12 months. This is the PERFECT aging beer. Great now. Great a year or two from now and AWSOME 4 or 5 down the road. I only have five cases so get it while ye may.

The winter version of their Imperial Pale is everything the C-Note is plus a smattering of darker malts. It produces a dark amber / brown brew with a thin head but some great lacing. The nose is floral with the promise of some extrodanary hop flavors to come. The malt comes though early from some dark crystal but the flavor quickly moves to the hops. The hops come though with a mélange of floral, citrus, pine and a grassy bitter finish. As it states on the bottle “In hops we trust”…… so true.

This wood aged 11%er is rich black / brown and opaque. It pours with a tan head. The nose has wood tones of vanilla, tobacco and oak. The flavor is smooth with coffee, vanilla, cocoa, a little bourbon, a litter earth, and a solid hop underpinning. The mouthfeel is nice and creamy but the finish ends bitter. Check out the video….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op5MpcLoBnE

This wonderful beer from the guys who brought you Moose Drool, is a straight up Belgian double style. It pours a solid brown hue with a voluminous rocky head. The aroma is slightly sweet with candied fruit and chocolate tones. Supple mouth feel and toffee and chocolate flavors with hints of dark inverted candy sugar. The hops are in there someplace but the focus of the brew is the rich sweet malt flavors.

Black as night with roasty chocolate nutty flavors. Dark, complex and delicious, a strong, flavorful Oatmeal stout. Enough hops to balance the large amounts of dark and roasted malts, with the addition of oatmeal creating a creamy smooth drinkability.

This ESB has a great, easy, and appropriate malting. The hops are there and coexist with the malt well. The hard thing to find in this area of the country is an ESB that is not over hopped. SOB has done a great job of this and the finish is crisp and ultra clean.

This ESB has a great, easy, and appropriate malting. The hops are there and coexist with the malt well. The hard thing to find in this area of the country is an ESB that is not over hopped. SOB has done a great job of this and the finish is crisp and ultra clean.

Brown with an amber tint to it, this Christmas beer has plenty of carbonation and a very large head. The aroma is of fig, date and cherry with the brown malts coming off as cake. The flavor is big on the fruits (cherry, dates and raisins) with a spice cake in the middle and a light hopping at the end. This beer being rich, fruity and strong (10%) this is what Belgian beer is all about.

De Proef Christmas brew.

Fruity malty English Winter brew

Bright copper in color this beer pours with a large head that settles down into a thin layer with some lace. The aroma is of crystal malt, herbal / earthy hops with orange and spice. The flavor is toasty with orange peel, spicy clove, candy sugar, caramel and earthy hops. This is a great souped up Biere de garde.

At 8.5% and 30 IBUs, this winter warmer is big on the caramel and toffee flavors. The Chinook and Columbus hops give it a pronounced bitterness and enough hop flavors to make you sit up and take notice.

Norwiegen winter beer.

Norrebros Julebryg is a unique Danish style Christmas ale. Dark, spicy, complex and with a sweet finish, it is perfect for the season.

Noel is an ale with an incredible complexity of aromas: flowery of rose, hint of dried fruits, caramel tasting, banana, cherry, plum, toffee, cocoa, licorice and peppery notes. Excellent with black chocolate, a glass of Noel is perfect for a special night.

Man oh man, massive fruity aroma and flavor. Plenty of alcohol, and a touch of sweetness. If this doesn"t scream Belgium I don"t know what does.

Ummmmm, now this is a winter / Christmas beer to savor and cherish. Dark brown in color with mahogany around the edges. The head is very persistent with some amazing lace. That aroma is of heavenly chocolate covered spiced cherries. The flavor, like the aroma, is chocolate along with some same dark fruit and star anise. Do not serve this too cold, as it would do it a great disservice.

An opaque medium brown color that pours with a sticky tan foam. The aroma is hoppy with citrus rind and a bit of chocolate cookie dough from the malt. The flavor is hoppy with oily grapefruit with some restrained caramel and spice. A great Christmas beer that has more hop presence than most of its imported brethren.

This winter Belgian is exactly what I expect out of one of the finest craft breweries in Belgium. Big sweet, fruity with a spice hit. The color is a yellow orange with two fingers worth of head. The aroma is sweet with spicy coriander, orange and ginger. The flavor is sweet and a tad doughy with cherry and prunes. The spice comes through in the flavor as well and also includes a bit of clove, cardamom and hop bitterness. DO NOT serve this cold or you will end up with a metallic taste, you have been warned!

This “Old Ale” is brewed in July and aged until October. This gives it a deep malty smooth character with big roasty tones and a well-developed and complex hop presence due to the aging and subsequent dry hopping.

This bottle conditioned winter ale pours orange with a bit of brown. The head rolls out large but settles to just a whisp. The aroma is malty with a touch of roastiness and figs with orange peel at the end. The flavor is fruity orange with sweeter brown malts that give it cocoa hint and finished with a juniper, piney hop. Serve at cellar temp (55) or above. This beer has a nice set of flavors that blend well at warmer temps but the not too sweet malt gets cut out if it is too cold.

We are now taking pre-orders for this year’s Abyss. It is due in Nov. but I have not been given a definite date. As with all pre-orders, the entire order will be held until the Abyss arrives. We will process invoices in the order they were received until the supply runs out. Any pre-sell Abyss orders that can not be filled will be edited and the remainder of the order shipped.

Thanks, Matt

Are you prepared to jump head long into The Abyss??? This beer has sooooo much going on it takes several sips to get a handle on it all. First and foremost it is an imperial stout of the highest caliber. Not sweet, this 11% stout has only a hint a caramel. The predominant flavors are of roasted barley, licorice, and molasses. Light bitter hop finish with a bit of a drying bite from the black malts and licorice and a spicy alcohol hit at the end. If that were not enough all of this has been aged in French oak and Bourbon casks. The oak an bourbon tones meld perfectly with the molasses and roasty flavors, none predominating the other. Superb A++.

The boys at Brew Dog have done it again. Awesome beer, cool concept and great story. Check out the video…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMANabPU48

This is the story….

BrewDog has once again blown other beer brands out of the water with the unveiling of the most ambitious brews by any drinks brand in over 200 years - Atlantic IPA.

After two tempestuous months aging aboard BrewDog founder James Watt"s mackerel trawler on the North Atlantic, Atlantic IPA will be the first commercially available, genuine sea-aged IPA in two centuries - a project which is typical of the scale, audacity and boldness characteristic of BrewDog in its quest to take the UK beer industry by storm.

James was given an 1856 "Brewer"s Handbook" as a gift last Christmas which contained an even older original IPA hoppy recipe - which provided inspiration for him to embark on BrewDog"s latest voyage of creating waves in an otherwise flat beer market. The following month (January 2009), he set off on a journey on his fishing trawler in the North Atlantic with eight barrels on-board, each containing beer brewed from the original recipe.

Atlantic IPA (and James!) survived two months on the North Atlantic, involving a tense barrel-rescue-mission, beatings from force ten storms, 60 foot waves and encounters with killer whales. Upon safe return to dry land, the IPA was bottle conditioned and is now available at www.brewdog.com and Uto Beer, Real Ale (both London), Cornelius (Edinburgh) Beer Ritz (Leeds).

The beer also features a stunning, custom hand-drawn label by young Scottish Desinger Johanna Basford. The hand-drawn label depicts the cask"s perilous journey in the stormy seas. You can read more about the story behind the label and view the conceptual drawings on Johanna"s blog: http://www.johannabasford.com/blog-article/105

Originating in the 1700s, India Pale Ales were developed in Britain and sent by sea to British people living in India. The beers travelled inside oak casks on board sailing vessels however the lack of refrigeration and tempestuous sea journeys often compromised the quality. India Pale Ale was born when brewers realised that together, hops and alcohol act as a natural preservative ensuring that the beer could withstand the voyage and arrive in good condition.

James Watt, BrewDog"s Head of Stuff, said "Today the term IPA has lost its meaning and UK brewers mainly use it to describe beers which are neither particularly hoppy or high in alcohol, Duecher"s IPA at 3.8% being a prime example of the complete butchering of the style. It"s sad to see the great IPA heritage in this country come to stand for nothing more than a sparingly hopped low ABV blonde session ale.

"We wanted to take the style back to its roots and we have created the first genuine, commercially available IPA for 2 centuries. Going beyond the realms of what would normally be deemed possible in order to deliver is what we"re all about at Brew Dog. We"re constantly pushing ourselves to come up with audacious, unusual and cool concepts and Atlantic IPA is definitely the most ambitious brew project we"ve accomplished to date."
http://www.johannabasford.com/blog-article/105

We got another shipment in of the Southern Tier beers. They brew some high octane over the top beers. If you did not get any from our initial shipment please try again.

Southern Tier Unearthly IPA 22oz:

Southern Tier Iniquity 22oz:

Southern Tier Jah Va Imperial Stout 22oz:

Southern Tier Hoppe Imp Pale 22oz:

We have a limited supply of three liter bottles of some awesome beers. Think about the upcoming holidays and how much fun it would be to bring one of these babies to a party.

Three liters of Eggenberg Samichlaus 2006

Three Liters of Eggenberg Samichlaus 2007

Golden yellow in color this Belgian beauty pours with a large rocky head that sticks well to the side of your glass. The aroma is sweet and of tart tropical fruit. Pale malt and honey flavors dominate with sweet candy and mango flavors lingering. Spicy hops finish it out with just a little bit of an alcohol presence. Complex, and flavorful this one will keep you sipping and finding new nuance for some time. Now it comes in the perfect party size of 3 liters.

2007 Vintage

If you have yet to try the Double Bastard, think Arrogant Bastard only more malt, more hops and more alcohol. Everything you love in a beer and more. Now it comes in a convenient party size 3-liter bottle. Who wouldn’t love to unwrap one of these during the holiday season. And you would be the hit of any new years party when you walk in the door with this bad boy under your arm. Quantities are limited.

Yes it is exactly what you expect out of Stone. Over the top huge IPA with tons of hops and 10% alcohol. I was allotted 25 cases and the computer will not allow more orders and what we have available. So rest assured, if you get your order in (for shipping or In Store Pickup) those beer are locked in as yours.

From the brewery: At the Southern Tier Brewing Company, vigorously hopped beer is our standard and inspiration. We continue a commitment to innovation with our most aggressive offering yet. Unearthly is a manifestation of the brewer’s craft; skillfully balancing art and the forces of nature to produce a divine liquid. Delicately pour a taste into a fluted glass. Smell the enchanting aromas of the hops waft forward as your first sip divulges this beer’s fervent soul. To underestimate Unearthly is to trifle with the mysteries of the universe, so please consume wisely.
11.0% abv • 7.5ºL • Imperial India Pale Ale • 22 oz

From the brewery: The simplicity of Hoppe tests the skill and ability of the brewer to create something truly majestic. We craft this much like a sculptor who uses only a hammer and chisel to shape stone into a masterpiece. Hoppe is spawned of these few essentials: barley, wheat, hops, yeast and water. This limited palette is an exercise in minimalism, with refined elements which are deliberately selected. This simple combination creates a golden shimmering brew infused with delicate aromas. The artful nature of this beer is exposed with the first taste. As the malt and hops create a composition of flavors, an elegant finish leaves an impression that your tastes will not soon forget.
10% abv. • 4ºL • Imperial Extra Pale Ale • 22 oz

The hexagram talisman has been used around the world for centuries to invoke magic and good luck. The six–point star is also the customary symbol of the brewer, representing the essential aspects of purity: water, hops, grain, malt, yeast, and of course, the brewer. Wishes of good fortune often collaborate with the brewer’s creativity to yield dramatic results. We carefully chose the name for this Imperial India Black Ale, Iniquity – a word opposing goodness. Why? This beer is contrary to what one may expect from an IPA; this is an ale as black as night. It is the antithesis of Unearthly. Some may consider it an immoral act to blacken an ale. We suggest they don’t rely on conventional standards. Allow the darkness to consume you. Cheers!
9.0% abv • Imperial Black Ale • 22 oz

From the brewery: Five hops and four malts make Hoptober Golden Ale a veritable cornucopia of the earth. Pale and wheat malt are mashed with rye and oats to create a medium-bodied ale with a creamy mouthfeel.

Centennial, Cascade, Sterling, Willamette, and Glacier hops form a bonfire of citrus notes, fruity cheers and a bold finale.
40 IBU 6% ABV

A full-bodied, spiced brown ale brewed with real pumpkins, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. Dogfish Head Punkin" Ale is named after the annual Punkin" Chunkin Festival held near Lewes, Delaware the weekend after Halloween.
7.0 % ABV 24 IBU

Dark copper in color this imperial IPA / Fresh Hop has a big earthy and floral hop aroma with a hint of smoke and a thin but dense head. The flavor has that “Fresh from the vine” quality and a bit of sweet toffee malt. The finish is all hop with a lemon and grass character with a bitterness to match.