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Featured Beers - April 2023
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The U.S. Microbrewed Beer Club
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The U.S. and International Variety Beer Club
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The Hop-Heads Beer Club
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The International Beer Club
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The Rare Beer Club®
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4 styles: 12 bottles |
4 styles: 12 bottles |
3 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 2, 4 or 6 btls |
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Hangar 24 Craft Brewing - Orange Wheat | |||||||||||||||
O’Fallon Brewery - Show Me Amber | |||||||||||||||
Hangar 24 Craft Brewing - Pacific Coast Hazy | |||||||||||||||
O’Fallon Brewery - Smoke Porter | |||||||||||||||
Hangar 24 Craft Brewing - Betty IPA | |||||||||||||||
Hangar 24 Craft Brewing - Fox 3 | |||||||||||||||
O’Fallon Brewery - 5 Day IPA | |||||||||||||||
Hofbrauhaus Wolters - Wolters Weizen | |||||||||||||||
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan - 1516 Kellerbier | |||||||||||||||
Yazoo Brewing Company - Embrace the Funk Series: Saison de Bois | |||||||||||||||
Jessup Farm Barrel House - Wood Knot |
Unmatched Variety by style, brewery & country
Choose from Five different Beer Clubs offering unmatched variety by brewery,
country of origin, and beer style to suit your specific tastes.
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American Wheat Ale with Orange
- ABV: 4.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 10
- Serving Temperature: 42-47º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Flute
- Hops: Amarillo
- Malts: 2-Row, White Wheat
- Country: United States
Hangar 24’s popular Orange Wheat pours a golden straw color with plenty of haze, as is typical for wheat ales, topped by a head of bright white foam. Wheat beers are often served with a wedge of lemon or orange, as the bright citrus note tends to work well with the tangy character of the wheat. Hangar 24 has embraced this concept, employing real, whole, locally sourced oranges which are delivered to the brewery right after picking. Those oranges...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American Amber Lager
- ABV: 4.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 10
- Serving Temperature: 42-47º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, Pilsner Glass, Willi Becher
- Hops: Loral, German Tradition
- Malts: 2-Row, Caramel 20, Caramel 60, Double Roasted Crystal
- Country: United States
O’Fallon’s amber lager pours a bright orange-amber color with good clarity and a head of off-white foam. The beer’s superb balance is on display immediately, even on the nose. Look for engaging noble hop aromas evoking floral, earthy, and lightly spicy notes, joined by just a hint of citrus. Caramelized malts form the contrasting malty undercurrent, offering a nice toasty, bready impression. Those malts are very nicely realized in the flavor...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Hazy Session IPA
- ABV: 4.8%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 44
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass or Pint Glass
- Hops: Amarillo, Centennial, Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra
- Malts: 2-Row, Munich 10, White Wheat, Carapils, Acidulated, Flaked Oats
- Country: United States
Pacific Coast Hazy presents a lightly hazed golden hue, capped by a head of crisp white foam. In the aroma, we picked up tons of bright and juicy orange and tangerine citrus notes, along with some tropical fruit, floral overtones, and a dash of pine. We’re off to a good start, and it continues on the palate as those citrus notes lead the way there too, offering an expansive, zesty, resinous character. The malt core provides a bit of tangy...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Smoked Porter
- ABV: 6.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 24
- Serving Temperature: 50-55º F
- Suggested Glassware: Willi Becher, Tulip, Pint Glass
- Hops: Chinook, German Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- Malts: Bamberg Smoked, Pale, Caramel 90, Chocolate, Black, White Wheat
- Country: United States
Another popular year-round offering from O’Fallon is their Smoke Porter, winner of the gold medal for smoked beers at the 2004 and 2020 Great American Beer Festivals. Before kilns became commonly used to dry malt, open flame – traditionally using beechwood in Germany – was the method of choice, and smokiness was a common flavor in traditional beers. The tradition famously lives on to this day in Bamberg, Germany, and smoked porters like...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA (West Coast-style)
- ABV: 6.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 68
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass or Pint Glass
- Hops: Centennial, Simcoe, Ahtanum, Citra, Mosaic
- Malts: 2-Row, Caramel 40L, Munich 10L, Carapils, Acidulated
- Country: United States
Pouring a medium amber color with a robust cap of foam that drops plenty of lace as it recedes, this is a good looking IPA as it rests in the glass. It’s named in honor of the nose art that American WWII aviators were known for painting on their bombers (Betty Grable being perhaps the most famous pin-up girl of the era). Hangar 24 uses an array of five different hop varieties in this brew, delivering a bold olfactory impact. On the nose, we...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA (West Coast-style)
- ABV: 6.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 80
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass or Pint Glass
- Hops: Simcoe, Centennial, El Dorado
- Malts: 2-Row, Carapils, Wheat, Acidulated
- Country: United States
Fox 3 is featured in Hangar 24’s IPA Mix Pack, and we felt it was a standout offering. This west coast-style IPA pours a bright golden hue with a slight haze, topped by a sizeable cap of sticky foam that leaves plenty of lace as it recedes. Expect a lusciously fruity aroma right away; we picked up citruses evoking candied grapefruit, orange, and lemon, along with tropical notes akin to pineapple and mango. Look for secondary stone fruit and...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 5.9%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 55
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass or Pint Glass
- Hops: Summit, Cascade, Glacier
- Malts: Pale, White Wheat, Caramel 20L, Caramel 40L, Carapils, Victory, Bonlander
- Country: United States
O’Fallon’s 5 Day IPA was the first locally brewed IPA in the St. Louis area, and is so named due to its extended five days of dry-hopping with Cascade and Glacier whole-hops, which helps amp up the hop profile without increasing bitterness. Pouring an attractive medium amber color with an off-white head, it offers a good look and plenty of engaging aromas as it rests in the glass. We really enjoyed the aroma, which offers a mix of soft citrus...
- Bottle Size: 500-ml
- Style: German Hefeweizen
- ABV: 5.3%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 15
- Serving Temperature: 43-48° F
- Suggested Glassware: Weizen Glass, Pilsner Glass
- Country: Germany
This hefeweizen from Wolters presents a golden amber color with some haze, as we expect for the style, topped by a significant head of white foam which maintains a persistent collar after it has slowly receded. In the aroma, look for traditional yeast-driven German hefeweizen notes to jump out right away, including big banana esters and a touch of bubblegum which are balanced nicely by a classic, spicy, clove-like phenolic note. On the palate...
- Bottle Size: 330-ml
- Style: Kellerbier
- ABV: 5.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 25
- Serving Temperature: 43-48° F
- Suggested Glassware: Stange, Pilsner Glass, Mug
- Country: Germany
Literally meaning "cellar beer", kellerbiers are traditionally matured in casks for several weeks and served unfiltered. They also feature a very low level of carbonation due to the tradition of the bungs in the casks being left loose, allowing the carbonation to escape as the beer conditions in underground cellars. This version from the world famous Weihenstephan brewery offers up a golden-amber color capped by a light beige head, with some...
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Saison aged in Bordeaux French Oak Puncheons
- ABV: 5.8%
- Serving Temperature: 43–50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Teku, or Chardonnay Glass
- Country: United States
The further development of this beer in the bottle can be had for years to come. Fire roasted poultry and vegetables would pair well with the Saison de Bois, as would game birds and lamb. But if you’d like to bring it closer to the beer’s stylistic roots, try it with Belgian Frites and Andalouse Sauce. The acidity and fine carbonation will balance the richness of the potatoes and sauce adding to the overall experience.
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Old Elk Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
- ABV: 8.5%
- Serving Temperature: 45–52° F
- Suggested Glassware: Short Stemmed Globe Snifter, Glencairn, Birrateque Stout Glass
- Country: United States
Jessup Farm Barrel House Wood Knot has potential for aging between 3-5 years, perhaps longer if the conditions are right, or if you have the patience. This beer pairs very well with a wide variety of triple-cream and smoked cheeses, charcuterie, roasted veggies, grilled and barbecue meat dishes, like Colorado-grown lamb and bison, or try it with their famous “Mountain Pie” pizza. For dessert, try a flourless chocolate cake topped with vanilla bean ice cream and Wood Knot and chocolate reduction sauce.
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