June 2013 Featured Beers | Beer of the Month Club

De Proef Brouwerij & Cigar City Brewing - Tropical Tripel

Morland Brewing - Old Crafty Hen

961 Beer - 961 Porter

Boone Brewing Company - Blowing Rock Summer Ale

Boone Brewing Company - Blowing Rock High Country Ale

Peak Organic Brewing Company - Summer Session Ale

Peak Organic Brewing Company - Nut Brown Ale

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Brasserie St. Germain - Page 24 Brune
De Proef Brouwerij & Cigar City Brewing - Tropical Tripel
Morland Brewing - Old Crafty Hen
961 Beer - 961 Porter
Boone Brewing Company - Blowing Rock Summer Ale
Boone Brewing Company - Blowing Rock High Country Ale
Peak Organic Brewing Company - Summer Session Ale
Peak Organic Brewing Company - Nut Brown Ale

Peak Organic Brewing Company - Summer Session Ale

Style: American Wheat Ale
ABV: 5.0%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 61
Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Amarillo
Malts: Pale, Carapils, Wheat
Country: United States

Peak describes their Summer Session Ale as a marriage between a summer wheat ale and a West Coast pale ale, and we think it’s a pretty appropriate way of looking at things. Bright golden and lightly hazy on the pour, this brew offers up prominent fruity, citric hop aromas overtop a fairly robust core of pale malt, mild caramel, and warm biscuits. On the palate, expect the hoppy citrus notes to evoke lemon and, to a lesser degree, orange,...

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Brasserie St. Germain - Page 24 Brune

Style: Bière de Garde
ABV: 7.9%
Serving Temperature: 42-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Goblet
Country: France

In the glass, the Brune shows a deep cola-brown color: essentially, a malty heads-up for what awaits. The light tan head forms vigorously, small-bubbled and generous, capping the brown beer with foam that lingers and sticks to the sides of the glass. Whereas the second selection this month (Tropical Tripel) benefits from some attention to serving temperature, the Brune is on point from the outset. Generous specialty-malt aromatics tumble out...

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Morland Brewing - Old Crafty Hen

Style: English Strong Ale
ABV: 6.5%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 41
Serving Temperature: 50-55°F
Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Large Wine Glass
Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Goldings, Target
Malts: Pale, Crystal
Country: England

Old Crafty Hen is a very special version of Old Speckled Hen, one of England’s more famous and classic ales. This version is blended with a 12% ABV Greene King brew known as "Old 5X," a vintage Old Ale that is not sold on its own but instead is blended into the ale you have before you now. The brewery ages Old 5X in three old oak foudres (huge barrels) for 2 to 5 years before skillfully blending it with fresh ale to create Old Crafty Hen.

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De Proef Brouwerij & Cigar City Brewing - Tropical Tripel

Style: Belgian Tripel
ABV: 9.5%
Serving Temperature: 45-55° F
Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Chalice, Pineapple
Country: Belgium

This collaborative beer from De Proef and Cigar City definitely veers a fair distance from an ordinary Belgian tripel, finding its conceptual kernel as a “peaches-and-cream tripel.” While brewed with Belgian candi sugar and a traditional Trappist yeast strain, the recipe also adds a dose of lactose for additional mouthfeel (the “cream”) and finishes up with dried peaches. A Brux III strain of Brettanomyces and assertive hop additions add to...

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Boone Brewing Company - Blowing Rock Summer Ale

Style: Belgian Witbier
ABV: 5.0%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 13
Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Pilsner Glass
Hops: Saaz
Malts: 2-Row, Red Wheat Malt, Raw Wheat
Country: United States

This brew is Boone’s take on a Belgian witbier, and as such it’s brewed with coriander and orange peel, as is traditional for the style. On the pour, this unfiltered wheat beer is quite hazy, presenting a golden straw color with a crisp head of white foam. In the aroma department, expect a core of crackery pale malt with distinct wheat notes. The Saaz hops and Belgian yeast strain contribute a spicy quality that’s accompanied by herbal...

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Peak Organic Brewing Company - Nut Brown Ale

Style: English Nut Brown Ale
ABV: 4.8%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 21
Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Hallertau
Malts: Chocolate, Caramel 60, Munich
Country: United States

Loosely brewed as an English style brown ale, this brew presents an attractive medium brown with a nice cap of foam that drops to a persistent collar. Rich caramel malt notes are readily apparent on the nose, joined by complementary notes of brown sugar, some fruity esters, mild nuttiness, and just a hint of butter. On the palate, look for toasted, caramelized malts to form the core of this brew. All the aromas seem to come through on the...

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961 Beer - 961 Porter

Style: English Porter
ABV: 5.6%
Serving Temperature: 48-53°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Country: Lebanon

This English-style porter, as expected, presents a very dark brown on the pour. When 961 founder Mazen Hajjar poured it for one neophyte Lebanese drinker used to Heineken-style lagers, the response was, "Did something go wrong?" Nope, that’s how it’s supposed to be! On the nose, expect the malts to take center stage with plenty of scorched caramel and some toasty bread crust leading into a bit of a smoky char character. We got some lightly...

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Boone Brewing Company - Blowing Rock High Country Ale

Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 5.7%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 25
Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Cascade, Centennial
Malts: 2-Row, Munich
Country: United States

This golden American-style Pale Ale presents the distinct aroma of American hops. Look for citric and floral notes underscored by a mildly sweet malt backbone of pale malts and light caramel. On the palate we found High Country Ale to be a very pleasing and solid entry into the crowded American Pale Ale category. The flavor profile of the Cascade and Centennial hops closely follows their aroma, offering the prominent citric and floral...

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