As you read this we are finishing up Mad Elf packaging for the year. All bottles and kegs have been shipped to all our markets and we are proud to say that we have completed this process earlier than ever before while still brewing and packaging 20% more Mad Elf than we brewed last year. Mad Elf inventories are beginning to dry up throughout our distribution area, so if you are still in need of the beer buy it as soon as possible. Due to federal regulations, Tröegs Brewery CANNOT ship Mad Elf in the mail. The Mad Elf is also available at the Giftshop/Tasting Room by the case, six-pack, 101-ounce bottle and growler.
An Early Christmas Present: Splinter Series Release Date Announced
The first two offerings from the Splinter Series (Red and Gold) go on sale on Wednesday, December 16, at 10 a.m. in the Tröegs Tasting Room. There is a two-bottle limit/per person for each style of beer, meaning that a single customer who wants to purchase the maximum number of bottles, can get 2 Splinter Red and 2 Splinter Gold. Bottles will be $22.95 each. This special reserve beer lives and breathes. Captured before filtration, refermented in wood and aged in the bottle with living yeast, Splinter is an experimental series that pushes the brewing boundaries and transforms our beer in new directions.
Here are some details on each beer:
Before filtering the final batch of 2008 Mad Elf we racked some beer into bourbon barrels for six weeks of tender loving care. After bottling, we aged the beer for approximately eight months. This allows the tart cherries to push to the front. Subtle vanilla, bourbon, charred wood, coconut and toasted nut endnotes emanate from Splinter Red.
The transformation of Scratch #3-2007 to Splinter Gold has been a slow rest in oak wine barrels dosed with brettanomyces. During a two-year aging period the horsy flavors of the brett combined with the Westmalle yeast used during primary fermentation to create a complex blend of flavors. Bone-dry and 12% abv, Splinter Gold is highly carbonated.
Splinter Red and Gold are both limited to 300 bottles and will only be available at the Tröegs Brewery Giftshop/Tasting Room.
November was the month of the moustache (no lie):
If you don’t believe us check out www.movember.org or take a look at all the scraggly caterpillars residing on the top lips of numerous Tröegs employees. In honor of the completion of the Tröegs Moustache-Growing Contest we give you Scratch #25-2009 – Magical Moustache Rye.
This mahogany ale packs a lingering, earthy hoppiness. The addition of more than 20% rye to the grain bill gives a creamy mouthfeel and hints of spice that compliment the bitterness of hops. Subtle fruitiness come through from the Bravo hops added during the boil, but the Cluster and Liberty varieties used in dry-hopping this beer are the true flavor drivers in this spicy ale. Dark in color and intense is flavor, Scratch 25-2009 finds true balance in a beer that could have easily gone way over the top. Enjoy.
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