The Holidaze hangover...

Hey all,

So the holiday weekend is always a blur for me. Went to my parents house for x-mas eve then drove to my fiancee's parents house x-mas afternoon. Then we got stuck in CT for an extra night because of the "Blizzard of 2010". Connecticut did get around two feet of the white and fluffy. That translated to NH snow is about ten feet! Though over all Santa was a good to me this year.

So with all the hustle and bustle that I experienced it still didn't keep people away from the Portsmouth Brewery. I returned to work to find the Saision l'hiver and the Holidaze Porter both gone, and the Scotch and Black Cat stout about to kick. So with some scrambling, fancy footwork and a little bit of magic here are the new beers on tap.

We have the Milk Stout on replacing the Black Cat. The lactose sugar really rounds out the acrid flavors and sweetens this beer up very nicely. We put on a Dunkleweizen to replace the Holidaze Porter. No smoke malt in this dunkel so you get a little bit of rostyness to play with the clove flavors of the Hefe yeast we used. Now that the Saison l'hiver is gone (sad face) we brought out our Winter Weizen. This winter version of our summer Hefeweizen has the nice banana and clove flavors in it with a bigger body and more alcohol. Last, but not least, the Scotch Ale is gone and we brought in a couple of kegs of Aged Wheat Wine (brewed in March of 2010) to tide us over to let the Black IPA finish conditioning.

Whoa! Try to say that all in one breath. I am exhausted just thinking about it.

cheers to a great 2010 and a better 2011!

Tyler

Winter Rye time...

Hey all,

So I just realized that i hadn't mentioned anything about the Winter Rye yet. So here it is. The Winter Rye is the bigger bolder (winter) version of our medal winning Rye Not. We bumped up the abv to 7% so to keep the balance in this beer we added some more crystal malts to to mix. This slight increase of malt sweetness turns the red apple flavor that you got from the Rye Not into a much more candy apple flavor, but you still get that nice rye malt tartness/crispness in the finish. Yumm.

The cask is Scotch ale with Lagavulin Oak. Nothing pairs better with a Scotch Ale then some peaty Islay single malt Scotch.

Ok, I got to get back to mashing in the Flanders Red...One of my favorite beers to make just because of the challenge of souring a mash in a single temperature infusion mash tun. Danger is my middle name!

Cheers,
Tyler

Its I.P.C.P.D.

Hey all,

Its Imperial Pint club's party day! Hope all you guys have a great time and enjoy the surprise beer we have for you. :)

Thanks so much for being a part of our Imperial Pint club.

Cheers,
Tyler

A Wee Heavy is not a Wee beer...

Hey all,


Our Scotch Ale is on tap replacing Smutty's Robust Porter. Scotch ales have categories according to the alcohol level, light (under 3.5% costing 60 shillings), heavy (3.5-4% costing 70 shillings), export (4-5.5% costing 80 shillings) and Wee Heavy (over 6% costing 90 shillings) Our Scotch Ale weighs in at around 9.5% abv so with some back of the napkin math you are going to have to pay 125 shillings for our Wee Heavy Scotch Ale.

Don't forget you shillings

Cheers,
Tyler

4 pepper blend

Hey all,

A new cask went on today. We have our Saison l'hiver which we added a four peppercorn blend to. We used Green peppercorn, Black peppercorn, White peppercorn and Pink peppercorn (which is actually not a peppercorn but looks like one, hence the name). The additions of the peppercorns add a nice peppery note on the nose and an amazing mid palette pepper flavor. Don't order it though, because I want to save it for myself :)

cheers,
Tyler

Saison L'Hiver brings on the Wintertime

Hey All,
It is that time of the season that we bring on the saison for winter; our Saison H'liver. This winter version of Saison is sure to please with a fuller body and all the spiciness associated with the farmhouse style. Weighing in at 7.5%abv and a good amount of hop balance this saison is a palate's delight! Enjoy this holiday season with a Saison l'hiver. Cheers! Todm