Beer for Dealing with Your Family

Tasting Notes

Our winter warmer is meant to be enjoyed with both loved ones and tolerated ones around the fireplace this holiday season. Fragrant notes of plum, ripe strawberries, and rose petals on the nose, while a nip of booze fades on the first sip and transforms into sweet grape and cherry. Bread crust sprinkled with cracked pepper rounds out the finish. You won't feel the full extent of the burn until it is in your chest. But once you feel it, being forced to listen to conspiracy theories won't feel as dreadful.

Secret Techniques

One of our highest ABV beers to date, a combination of alcohol-tolerant yeast selection, low mashing temperature, an all malt wort, and a boost from a “fancy adjunct” (amber candi syrup) added as a secondary fermentation made this malt liquor dry as Apex Predator but almost twice the alcoholic strength. The dry finish allows us to minimize hop usage (as there is little sweetness to balance) and tread gracefully into high-proof, malt liquor territory.

Ingredients

Pilsner and Vienna Malt, Roasted Barley, Nugget and Tardif de Bourgogne Hops, Amber Candi Syrup