New O'Fallon....

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Here is the VERY BIG news....

Hemp Hop Rye Amber (same price as their "everyday" lineup)

(5.2%)

Brian, head brewer, describes it as Mahogany Ale with sunflower, pumpkin seed flavor, a great nuttiness. Session amber with a Cascade Hop finish. Not dry hopped. Made with Rye and toasted hemp seed.
Draft will be available in about 3 weeks. And if label approval happens on time we should see bottles in April.




They are starting a 4 pack series called...
Brewers Stash
first one will be a
O'Fallon Wee Heavy.
We should see it mid February in draft, and bottles in March. It is a monster 10.4% with residiual sweetness and very malty. He said has 5% cherry wood smoked malt that you can detect to balance out the maltiness. He kept saying -- heavy, heavy, way heavy.


Mike Sweeney just posted package pictures and more info at STLHops.com


Here is more detailed info from Evan Benn of the Post Dispatch.
Click here for the full article.
1. Brewer’s Stash Series – This seasonal selection will come in four-packs several times a year. First one up: Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, a 10.4 percent alcohol-by-volume brew with cherrywood-smoked malt that comes through big on the finish. Brewery owner Fran Caradonna joked that they nicknamed it “Way Heavy.” This should be kegged and on draft around St. Louis by the end of next month, and bottles should follow in March.
2. Hemp Hop-Rye Amber Ale – This was the big reveal of the day; a new, yearround offering to join O’Fallon’s lineup of 5-Day IPA, Gold, Wheat and Smoked Porter. Brewmaster Brian Owens uses toasted hemp seeds he imports from Canada, which offer a nutty spice flavor to the brew that finishes with a hoppy, bitter bite. The brewery started full production of the 5.5 percent ABV beer today, and Caradonna said she hopes to have kegs of it to area bars and restaurants within three weeks. Bottles should arrive by March or April. Despite the hemp-marijuana connection, O’Fallon has gone out of its way to ensure this is not a gimmicky product: no pot leaves on the label, which includes information about hemp’s many legal uses and its relationship to the hop plant (they’re cousins). And just to be sure, the feds make O’Fallon send them two independent lab results every time they bring in a new shipment of hemp seeds, to ensure there is zero THC content in them.
3. Wheach in cans — Starting this spring, O’Fallon will offer its popular wheat-peach beer in cans. The craft-beer industry is really embracing cans, which were long considered vessels for cheap swill. But brewers and drinkers are increasingly recognizing that cans are more outdoor-friendly than glass bottles, and they eliminate the chance for light and oxygen to sneak into a beer, thus skunking it.