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Hot, Sweet, and Spicy
The hustle and bustle of the holidays, the weather cooling down, and the copious amounts of money you spend on booze and holiday gifts is enough to make you want to sit down and grab a beer.
There are a couple of great fermented beverages that are something to consider when going out shopping for the holidays. Winter warmers of course are quite tasty (so you get the most bang for your buck at a higher alcohol percentage and a full of flavor); Gift cards to your buddy's favorite pub (or your favorite pub) are an obvious choice because you certainly go there all the time anyway; and mead.
Mead, also called honey wine, is a great alcoholic drink to share with family, especially during the holidays. After all, it was the ancestor of all fermented drinks, getting those "honeymooners" a bit giggly after their wedding ceremonies. Mead can have a wide range of flavors: traditional honey wine like Chaucer's Mead, Redstone Nectar of the Hops for your hop-head friends, and to kick it up a notch try B. Nektar's Cherry Chipotle Mead.
What's also great about mead, other than being simply delicious, is that mead can be enjoyed either chilled or heated with spices to create a warm and wintry drink--mulled mead. It's hot, sweet, and spicy--all great qualities to have, and the smell alone is enough to get you into the holiday spirit. All you have to do is put the mead of your choice into a saucepan over medium heat and drop in a cheesecloth bag of wholes spices (sometimes comes with the bottle) long enough until you feel the mead has reached the desired spiciness according to your tastebuds. Only takes about 5--10 minutes. Obviously, do not bring to a boil, because then the alcohol will cook out, and we do not want that!
For the best enjoyment, pour your hot-spiced mead into a goblet and be really festive!
Cheers,
Brown Specialty Team
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Shipyard Prelude Special Ale
A rich, nutty, full bodied English Ale with an inviting amber hue and a hoppy finish. Prelude is 6.7% ABV, making this seasonal specialty the perfect winter warmer. 6.7% ABV
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Cigar City Sugar Plum Brown Ale
Cigar City Brewing's official celebration of Christmas. A rich-bodied brown ale forms the stage for holiday flavors which dance a festive ballet highlighted by pirouetting leaps of Christmas inspired spices. Cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, rose hips and chamomile compliment the subtle chocolate and light coffee notes of the malt and the addition of roasted carob and chicory complete the performance. Brewed once a year to celebrate the Christmas season. 5.5% ABV
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Nectar Ales Hemp Ale 
This one-of-a-kind brew boasts an rich profile and unique herb-accented flavor that is attributable to the incorporation of hemp seeds into the brewing process. American hops create a perfect balance to the dark malts use in this brew. 5.7% ABV
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Nectar Ales Red Nectar
Roasting a ruby hue and an exqusite floral aroma, Red Nectar is a robust yet elegant brew with distinctive accents of tasted malt, caramel, spice and residual sweetness. Enjoy Red Nectar for its dazzling reddish copper hue, original flavors and caramel spice accents 5.4% ABV
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Nectar Ales Nectar IPA 
This IPA is created from a base of pale and crystal malts and is aggressively hopped throughout the brewing process with a final hop addition in the conditioning vessel. A beautiful flowery hop aroma will greet you as you dive into this hop lover's dream. A middle caramel malt presence balances high hop bitterness with hop flavor end to end. 6.7% ABV
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 Narragansett Porter
Gansett Porter offers an extremely approachable craft experience that, unlike many of the other porters on the market, is not overly smoky or bitter. The Narragansett Porter has a deliciously mild chocolate flavor with just a hint of smokiness and hops to balance out the finish. This American-style porter has robust malt flavor with a slight hop character. 7.0% ABV
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 Fantasy Brewmaster's Burdisson Dwarven Ale
Fantasy Brewmaster's Burdisson's Dwarven Ale Robust and flavorful, this beer proudly boasts a boldness that most elves fail to appreciate, and a subtle complexity only the most seasoned of men can comprehend. Think you have what it takes to drink a legend? "Grab a tankard and pour yerself some Burdisson's Dwarven Ale!" 6.0% ABV
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 Big, Bold Beer: Barley Wine By: William Bostwick If beer has a season, we're in it. Bold flavors taste best in crisp air - a Jackson Pollock on a stark white wall - but beer's autumnal ties are more than aesthetic. Late fall marks the historic start of the brewing cycle, and the release of the king of beers: barley wine. Before refrigeration, brewers relied on winter's chill to keep fermentation slow and consistent. They started with barley wine, a potent harvest feast in a glass. First made in 18th-century England with extra helpings of floral Kent hops and coal-kilned pale malt to help them last through spring and beyond, barley wines were born kicking, branded with names like Crackskull and Dragon's Milk. Then, as now, they're pricey. In fact, when Napoleonic-era bickering with France threatened England's claret imports, Lords kept their country manors stocked with strong beer, "to answer the like purpose of wine," attests one old brewing handbook. They sipped from elfin glasses, etched with hop vines, and warmed their beer fireside. (Not too close: One overeager boozer noted his drink "flared up like whisky.") |
As Craft Brew Sales Grow Frothy, Pourers With Pedigrees Bubble Up
LAS VEGAS-As an experienced bartender, Russell Gardner knows all too well what many beer drinkers want-a frosty mug and a ready pour of a mass-market brew. And he concedes that it doesn't exactly take an advanced degree to provide such no-frills service.
Still, Mr. Gardner, a manager at a recently opened gastro pub here, has that very certification. Meaning he's proud to call himself a Cicerone. A what?
"It's like a sommelier," says Mr. Gardner, drawing a comparison to the wine world.
The title is an Italian-derived word that may not be familiar-it is pronounced "sis-uh-rohn" and defined by Merriam-Webster in more general terms as one "who conducts sightseers." But the concept of a beer pourer with a pedigree is catching on, particularly in brew-centric establishments.
At the Public House, a restaurant in the Venetian hotel and casino, the 30-year-old, handlebar-mustached Mr. Gardner is responsible for guiding patrons through a list of more than 200 beers, helping them pick, say, the ideal West Coast-style India pale ale (he is partial to Firestone Union Jack, which "has that nice toffee backbone to it") and then pair it with the right menu option (he recommends a Roquefort since the pale ale's "hop bite" will cut through the pungent, salty cheese).
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 8 Unusual Beer Styles You Need to Know
By: Brett Stetka
Snap out of your IPA holding patterns with these awesomely odd brews.
Modern craft brewers tend to push forward, endlessly tweaking recipes and creating entirely new styles to distinguish themselves from the pack. But a small, nostalgic contingent of beermakers, bored with pale ales and porters, are looking backward for inspiration-way back, in fact.
In the quest for extreme, off-the-wall brewing, the resurrection of obscure-and previously defunct-styles has become an obsession all of its own for some brewers, who are whipping up ales more suited to a joust than a Jets game. Dogfish Head and Sam Adams were trailblazers when it comes to crate-digging for ancient recipes, but now plenty of others are dabbling with archaeological ales.
Here, we've highlighted some of our favorite throwback styles that, thanks to modern brewmasters with a taste for bygone beer, are once again available.
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Featured Beer
Cocktail
Organic Baked Apple Pie
"A la mode"
-1 pint Samuel Smith Organic Apple CIder
-1 shot Cinnamon Schnapps
"A la mode" options:
For the sweet tooth:
-1 small scoop Vanilla Ice Cream
For a bit stronger:
-1 shot Vanilla Liqueur
For the strongest:
-1 shot Vanilla Vodka
Pour the liqueurs into a glass, add the cider, and serve cold. Optional: Serve with one apple slice on the rim of the glass with a cinnamon rim.
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Featured Recipe
Hemp Ale Turkey Stew
By Jen Miller
The day after Thanksgiving is a great way to start getting creative with your leftovers. This hearty beer turkey soup is fun, easy and a great way to spice things up.
Ingredients -12 oz bottle of Brown Ale (try Nectar Ales Hemp Ale) -1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks -4 carrots, diced -2 stocks of celery, diced -4 cloves of garlic, diced -1 medium onion, diced -1 to 2 white potatoes, peeled and diced -1 bunch Swiss chard or collard greens -2 cups of turkey or chicken broth (try making your own with the leftover bones) -2 cups of cooked turkey meat, shredded (dark meat is the best!) Directions In a large pot, cook the onions and garlic until tender. Add the broth, potatoes, celery, and carrots. If using collard greens you can add them now. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cooked turkey and bring to a boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. If using the Swiss chard, add now and simmer until the potatoes are cooked. Let soup simmer until potatoes are done. The liquid will reduce. If you prefer it to be more soup-like just add more broth at the last step. Pair with Nectar Ales Hemp Ale or your favorite brown ale and enjoy! ________________ |
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