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Two Rare Beer Club Exclusives in one Month? NoDa Brewing Company’s Tart Attack is coming your way!

October 3, 2013 by Kris Calef

NoDa Tart AttackThis is our fourth year partnering with Pints for Prostates, a non profit organization founded by Rick Lyke that raising awareness about the disease and encouraging males to pursue regular health screenings.  Each year we work with Rick and a different brewery to create a unique beer that’s available only through the club and at a rare beer tasting Rick hosts annually at The Great American Beer Festival.  For this year’s beer, we managed to finagle our way onto the brew schedule of NoDa Brewing Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina, which just opened in late 2011.

NoDa is bringing to fruition one of the preceding themes of their NoDable Series: beers based on the traditional German Berliner Weisse style—one of the most refreshing drinks in existence—each with an atypical twist.  Tart Attack takes the refreshing aspects of the Berliner Weisse style—lively carbonation, medium-light body, plus a core lactic tartness—and carries them on a different path than usual, with the addition of blackberries.

If you’re into sour beers, you’re going to want to try this one.

Prost!
Kris

Posted in: Beer Events, Featured Selections, In the News, Interesting Beer Info, Notes from the Panel

Los Vivos y Los Muertos – An October Exclusive Jolly Pumpkin Rare Beer Club Feature

September 30, 2013 by Kris Calef

IO FrontOkay, so if you’re sitting around saying to yourself, “Self, give me one good reason why I should join The Rare Beer Club™?”, I’ve got one for you.  Jolly Pumpkin’s Los Vivos y Los Muertos was brewed exclusively for our members and the only way you’re gonna to get to try it is by checking out the club.  There are only a handful of breweries that, when we think back over the many offerings we’ve had from them over the years, have been basically perfect. This is one of them.

We were sold at the nose.  A few excerpts from our newsletter:  “Even that first whiff of the aroma suggests this is more than a simple rustic saison: there are deep stone-fruit notes (of peach and plum), the vigorous citrus of a lime wedge, all mingled within an expansive Brettiness and yeast character: light tropical fruits, pepper, sourdough bread, a hint of cheese.”

You’re going to love this beer.  I guarantee it.  Does that sound like an ad from a men’s clothing store or The Hair Club for men?

Prost!
Kris

Posted in: Featured Selections, In the News, Interesting Beer Info, Notes from the Panel

The Bruery’s Six Geese a Layin’ Secured for the November Rare Beer Club Shipment!

September 9, 2013 by Kris Calef

The-Bruery-Dark Beer-GlassWe just got word from The Bruery that they’ll be able to give us part of their annual holiday vertical 12 Days of Christmas series this year.  We’re pretty excited about it as we’ve run the series for the last four years and the response has been consistently nothing short of phenomenal.

Here’s what we know about it so far.  This year’s release, Six Geese a Layin’, will be a Belgian dark strong ale brewed with golden berries (aka “CapeGooseberries”).  They’re using a specialized yeast strain for primary fermentation and then finishing it with their house strain so it will have a different yeast character than year’s past; somewhat spicy and a bit more of fruity ester notes.  You’ll want to stock up and cellar this one boys and girls!

Prost!
Kris

Posted in: In the News, Notes from the Panel

Welcome to The Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club’s Blog!

June 5, 2013 by Kris Calef

Beer of the Month Club PanelWe’ve been kicking around the idea of adding a blog to our site for a couple years now as a way to keep you informed on what’s going on at The Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club and The Rare Beer Club™ so we’re really excited that the time has finally arrived!

So we’ve had a fair amount of time to think about and ask our members what kinds of content you’d like to see here and on our Facebook page. At the end of the day, we want you to drive what you see on this page so we’ll be listening carefully.

Out of the gate, you can expect to see:

  • Detailed descriptions of our up and coming featured beers well before they hit your doorstep
  • Rare Beer Give-Aways
  • Details of special offerings to members of The Rare Beer Club™
  • Recent discoveries and reviews from our beer panel
  • Surveys requesting which breweries, beers and beer styles you’d like to see in the each of our four beer clubs
  • Exclusive Facebook promotions and discounts

We’ll also be digging up information on beer festivals and events, sharing some of our favorite recipes to pair with the current month’s featured beers, and posting our Member of the Month winners.

We’re passionate about beer and eager to create a community around it. Join us for the ride!

Prost!
Kris Calef
President

Posted in: In the News

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