SLOWBEER'S NEWS, REVIEWS & ARRIVALS!

Its been a weird sort of week, where everything that could go wrong did. Water damage, website outages but as always, still plenty of great beer hitting the shelves. Don’t worry, nothing can dampen...our spirits! As is now becoming the norm, another scandi shipment signals the the arrival of some intriguing brews, which will become the focus of our upcoming tasting. Keep your eyes peeler for details.

NEW ARRIVALS
FROM AUSTRALIA
Little Creatures Single Batch East Kent Goldings Ale 568ml $6.00 – First cab off the rank for LC’s single batches in 2011. East Kent goldings is a classic hop variety, displaying delicate floral, spicy & earthy characters.

FROM DENMARK
Mikkeller George! BA Bourbon 250ml $22.00 – George, the thickest stout I’ve encountered, add some bourbon barrel aging & this should be a cracker!
Mikkeller Overall DIPA 330ml $15.00 – Another mikkeller collab, this time with ToØl & De Proef. US DIPA with centennial, simcoe & amarillo
Mikkeller & 3 Floyds Ruggoop 650ml $42.00 – The 3rd & presumably final installment of the collab goop series. Styled as rye(barley)wine
Mikkeller Spontanale 750ml $30.00 – Gueuze produced in belgium, the home of spontaneous fermentation
Mikkeller Texas Ranger 750ml $27.00 – Smoked porter brewed with chipotle chilies
Mikkeller Texas Ranger BA Bourbon 375ml $25.00 - as above + barrel aged

FROM NORWAY
Nogne O Dark Horizon #3 250ml $20.00 – Big imperial stout brewed with coffee, smoked malt & various brewing sugars.
Nogne O Red Horizon 250ml $20.00 – US strong ale fermented with sake yeast
Nogne O Two Captains DIPA 500ml $15.00 – 100+IBU DIPA brewed by Norwegian home brewing champ at Nogne O
Nogne O Sunturnbrew 500ml $20.00 – Barleywine brewed with smoked malt & rye

FROM NEW ZEALAND
Invercargill Boysenbeery 330ml $9.00 – German style wheat beer brewe with boysenberries
Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black 330ml $7.00 – This amazing black ipa/hoppy porter/cascadian dark ale (whatever you want to call it!) is back!