Perennial Artisan Ales Collaboration with Half Acre of Chicago, IL --
Perennial / Half Acre Plan B...$11.99 / 750ml Plan B! Plan B will be a sour mash Belgian Dark Ale with Black Currants.
Perennial Black Walnut Dunkel...$11.99 / 750ml "Black Walnut Dunkel is our first foray into German-style beer. Originally brewed an underground beer dinner with our friends at entre, BWD is a rich, malty Dunkelweiss with 250 pounds of Missouri black walnuts. Game birds, such as quail, pair nicely with the unique, earthy character of the walnuts." -- label
More beer is in the barrel now...we now have 5 different barrels filled with beer and aging in the cellars of some of the local breweries...
Barrel Update - Feb 3, 2012
Barrel - Buffalo Trace Barrel Brewery: Schlafly
Barrel filled on August 5, 2011 with Schlafly Quadrupel
February 7, 2012 is the scheduled bottling date! Watch for the release soon
Barrel - Knob Creek 9yr Barrel (first full barrel ever sold in St. Louis) Brewery: Perennial Artisan Ales Barrel filled on October 6th with Perennial Heart of Gold Wheat Wine
Barrel - Elijah Craig 12yr Old (1st full barrel sold in STL) Barrel - Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey Brewery: 4 Hands Brewing Company Both barrels filled on February 3, 2012 with their Bona FideRussian Imperial Stout brewed with Goshen Espresso and Whole Vanilla Bean to age.
Make sure you visit 4 Hands and enjoy their amazing beers - Here is their website
Along with their "regular" beers that they have on draft, they just added a pear saison and plan on having the "non-barrel aged" version of the Bona Fide Russian Imperial Stout brewed with Goshen Espresso and Whole Vanilla Bean on draft in about 2 weeks, plus they are releasing their Double IPA War Hammer on March 3 on draft.
They are still getting their bottling line up and going, so we hope to see their bottled beers on our shelves early Spring.
Barrel Aged Beer! I went down to 4 Hands Brewing Company today to take some pictures of them putting their Bona Fide Russian Imperial Stout brewed with Goshen Espresso and Whole Vanilla Bean in 2 barrels that we supplied. They filled one barrel of Elijah Craig 12 Year old Bourbon and one barrel of Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey. Same beer in each, but two different barrels and each will be bottled separately.
The front door of 4 Hands Brewing Co.
Will Johnston, head brewer for 4 Hands, filling the Elijah Craig Barrel with Bona Fide Stout
Kevin Lemp, owner of 4 Hands Brewing, absorbing the potent smell of the bourbon from the barrel
The old barrel getting filled up with Bona Fide Stout
The first barrel getting full, but it must be filled more until all the head is pushed out
Wasting good beer on to the floor...
Here is a short video of the over flow...
First barrel is full and now it is time to start the second barrel...
Same beer going into the Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey Barrel...
Kevin Lemp checking the fill and bouquet...
Barrel number two is filled up...
Stop them up and wash them off..
Cleaned and ready for storage...check out the two barrels. They will have the same beer aging in them for 6+ months. The one on the left held a Wheat Whiskey for maybe 2-4 years (cannot get an exact date), but the Elijah Craig held a Bourbon for 12 years (stamped on the barrel that it was filled in 1999). It will be interesting to taste the same beer 6 months later in 2 different barrels.
Here is some foam from the barrel...
Getting moved to their resting place to be forgotten for about 6 months. We should hopefully see the two barrels bottled this fall.
Thanks very much to Kevin and Will of 4 Hands Brewing!
Just left 4 Hands Brewing Company to take some pictures of them putting the Bona Fide Stout in barrel...actually two barrels --
I will post some pictures in the next couple of days and more info.
Also, just tasted their new Saison they just added on draft in their tasting room. It is fantastic, head down to 4 Hands and get your self some. Here is their website
The Wine and Cheese Place is proud to have introduced a number of items to St. Louis. Did you know we were the first to bring in the very popular Borsao Spanish wine? We had tasted the 1994 Borsao and loved it and ordered a pallet of it. I remember the day it finally arrived at our store, the new issue of The Wine Advocate arrived in the mail (before it was online) that very same day and the headline was "The five greatest red wine values I have ever tasted?" -- Robert Parker. Borsao was one of those wines - it was $4.99 and 89 points from Robert Parker. We were shocked that the issue arrived the same day the wine did. We sold those 56 cases in a weekend. We started ordering 400 cases at a time and went through over 1,600 cases of that one wine!
Here is a newsletter from fall of 1995 . Again, sorry we cannot honor these prices, plus we do not have these vintages in stock anymore :)
The Roasting House was still around and we had not opened our Forysth location yet. We were still just called The Cheese Place (not Wine and). Also it was before the (636) area code was needed for our Ballwin location.
This is the limited Reserve Release "Blackest Ale"
"The intensely flavoured bu incredibly smooth Engineer's Resere is our fabulous Old Engine Oil brewed up to 9% ABV. Three hop varieties - grassy Fuggles, spicy East Kent Goldings and fruity Galena - are combined with roast barley providing a slightly burnt, toasted coffee character.
Mikkeller It's Alright....$4.49 / 11.2oz
It's Alive's! Little brother. A Mikkeller session beer. Low in alcohol, dry, light, sour and refreshing.
Ingredients :
Water, malt (pale and caramunich), light rock sugar, hops (hallertauer og styrian goldings), ale yeast and brettanomyces."
TSAR is rich and powerful, a full bodied Imperial Stout. Malty chocolate, mocha and dark berry fruit-notes preside over a subtle hop profile, whilst a smooth velvety texture in the mouth gives way to a lingering bitter, dark chocolate finish
Rated 94 on RateBeer
THE BUXTON BREWERY BREWHOUSE, AND HOW WE BREW.
We have a 5 Brewer’s barrel (BBL) plant. The vessels are; (from left to right) Mash Tun, Copper, Hot Liquor Tank.
The malted barley and wheat mix (grist) are combined with hot liquor (brewer’s term for water) in the mash tun and form into a thick, porridge-like consistency. This mash is left to stand for a little over an hour, so that the enzymes present in the grains of barley and wheat can get to work converting the starch into fermentable sugars (mostly maltose). This is the good stuff that the growing grain of barley would have used to sustain itself whilst sending its rootlet into the ground, and its shoot into the sunlight.....read more about the brewery
A dark copper coloured, fruity tart Belgian Style brown ale brewed with pomegranate and orange peel.
"Brew master Anders Kissmeyer is the promoter behind the vision of Nørrebro Bryghus. His personal vision and solid professionalism is the foam of the beer and the leading star of developing and building the brewery. Anders is the analytical entrepreneur, the connoisseur and the alchemist, who has dedicated his life in search of the formula for the best brew." Nørrebro Bryghus website
Kissmeyer Beer
"Kissmeyer Beer is my personal beer brand. It is the essence of more than 26 years in the brewing business and expresses the brewing philosophy developed with the Nørrebro Bryghus-brand in its first six years on the market. This philosophy combined with my extensive experience within brewing and quality management is translated into actual beers which are brewed to the highest possible degree of technical quality. The inspiration for my beers is a mix of my own personal thoughts, definitions and discoveries of beers that I miss on the market today and my many past and future collaborations with friends among the world’s best brewers.
Kissmeyer Beer is not a brewery in the physical sense – it is a so-called phantom brewery. Kissmeyer Beer brew at carefully selected breweries around the world to ensure excellence. Each brewery is chosen based on my personal knowledge of both brewery and the brewers in charge. Only those with a personality, competence and karma that matches the philosophy of Kissmeyer Beer as well as the ability to add an extra dimension to my beers, will qualify. And there will not be released any beers under the Kissmeyer Beer brand without my personal involvement in the brewing of the first batch at the brewery.
Inspired by my collaborative brewing and other ideas the portfolio of beers under the Kissmeyer Beer brand name will continuously expand and develop over time as a result of my perpetual pursuit of perfection. So nobody should be surprised if my beers, although their names remain the same, gradually, but continuously change." -- Anders Kissmeyer
De Molen Disputin RIS is back in stock De Molen has changed their name of their Rasputin to Disputin because of North Coast's version of Rasputin -- read more
De Molen Disputin Russian Imperial Stout....$19.99 This batch produced only 548 bottles and was bottled on May 1, 2008 Very limited release.
"Our first Imperial Russian Stout is named after probably the most famous Russian of the Romanov court. According to our own made up believe he was personally responsible for the fact that during the rule of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra this style was born. So this is why we dedicated this beer to Rasputin. It’s brewed only once or twice each year in a limited edition."
In stock now, we got a good amount. Since I am at home now, I am going to turn the online reservation off for now. You can go to Forsyth to buy some or call 314.727.8788 to reserve.
We are very excited to get Three Floyds --- (well, its a collaboration with Mikkeller and Three Floyds)
Mikkeller + Three Floyds Boogoop....$11.99 / 750ml
"A delightful Buckwheat Wine brewed by Three Floyds and Mikkeller at De Proefbrouwerij in Belgium. Enjoy the fourth collaboration between our two breweries! 80 IBU 10.4% ABV" -- 98 Percentile on RateBeer.com
Brewed for the release of the Danish pop band Tiger Baby's third Album - Open Windows and Open Hills.
Mikkeller Open Windows Open Hills....$11.99 / 750ml
Ale Brewed with Mango and Passion Fruit
8% ABV
Named after a Danish elelctro pop group Tiger Baby its third album 'Open Windows Open Hills'. To celebrate the release Mikkeller and Tiger Baby brewed a special 'Open Windows Open Hills'-IPA, which matching the melancholic pop songs.
Tiger Baby
"Beautiful, danceable songs pursuing the stylistic expression of pop while moving around in a varied musical landscape and finding a resting place somewhere between eurodance and shoegaze. All songs are written, recorded and produced by the group itself in their own studio on Islands Brygge in Copenhagen." From Tiger Baby's facebook page
A new one from Mikkeller in stock now at Forsyth... and online now
Mikkeller Hop Burn High Double Imperial Pale Lager...$4.99 / 11.2oz
Mikkeller's new hop bomb called Hop Burn High.
This beer will give you hop burn, and it's top fremented - that should explain the name.
