FRESH load of Brew Cocky!

New batch in stock bottled March 27, 2012  !!!!

FRESH!!!

Also online now

2nd Shift Brewing Brew Cocky Ale....$11.99 / 750ml

"Yup, we love hops and this IPA puts them all up in your face.  Loads and Loads of Falcaner's Flight, a blend of Northwest hops was used in such a gratuitous manner heretofore not seen in these parts.  ENJOY" - label

Terrapin Collaboration with BFM

Terrapin Collaboration is here!!!


Very limited release!


Now online also

Terrapin Collaboration with BFM

Spike & Jerome's Collaboration Ale....$8.49 / 11.4oz

"BFM Spyke & Jérôme’s Cuvée Délirante" 

Rye Barleywine aged in Rum oak barrels.

Six Row Whiskey Barrel Aged Porter

In stock now at Forsyth, very limited!
and online now

Six Row Whiskey Barrel Aged Porter...$11.99 / 22oz

The Whiskey Barrel Aged Porter marks Six Row Brewing Company’s first special release barrel aged beer. The base beer for is modeled after a traditional session, English-style Robust Porter which was then aged for three months in freshly emptied Tennessee whiskey barrels. During this maturation process, the beer takes on unique flavors and nuances that would not otherwise be available in conventional metal aging vessels. The oak barrels provide much the same flavor components to the beer as they did to the whiskey previously housed in them; predominantly oak with vanilla, roast, and dark fruit flavors.

Home Brew Blends!

In stock now at Forsyth!!

Home Brew Series
Malt Blends

Urban Chestnut Zwickel Bavarian Style Lager...$11.99 / 5 lbs

Urban Chestnut Winged Nut Chestnut Ale / $11.99 / 5lbs

"When Mike Marino led the baking operations at St. Louis Bread Co. during his 16-year run there, freshness was a top priority. That hasn't changed in his latest venture: making custom malt blends for homebrewers that are based on professional breweries' recipes. "Some guys I've brewed with, you go into their basements and you'll see a bag of caramel malt that's been sitting there for a year, and they're still using it," Marino says. "I knew there had to be a better, cost-effective way for homebrewers to get fresh malts that are blended to match professional recipes."

On Thursday, Marino and two partners will launch Home Brew Blends in St. Louis. The company's first two products are malt blends that Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. uses in its flagship beers: Winged Nut chestnut ale and Zwickel German-style lager. Those 5-pound malt packs will retail for about $12.50 and include enough malts for a 2½-gallon batch of homebrew. Customers will have to buy hops, yeast and other ingredients -- like chestnuts if they want to make Winged Nut -- separately.

"This is not designed to be a straight-up clone kit, because that's kind of for beginners," Marino says, referring to recipes that allow homebrewers to replicate or "clone" certain commercially available beers. "I'm trying to attract the interest of intermediate and expert homebrewers, who will be able to use their skills to play around with different hops and yeasts." Urban Chestnut brewmaster Florian Kuplent will provide recipe tips on Home Brew Blends' website for customers to follow. "Lots of homebrewers enjoy cloning beers, but as far as we know, nobody's premixed the malt bill for them," Kuplent says. Home Brew Blends' Winged Nut and Zwickel malt kits will be available starting Thursday at Urban Chestnut (3229 Washington Boulevard). Marino says he hopes to find retail placement in homebrew shops, beer stores, markets and other locations soon. Kuplent and Urban Chestnut co-founder David Wolfe say they were enthusiastic when Marino approached them about this project. They believe the timing is perfect as they prepare to roll out Winged Nut and Zwickel for the first time in bottles. "Who knows, maybe other commercial brewers will pick up on this idea and pre-blend some of their beers for homebrewers as well," Wolfe says. "We think this idea is a natural way for craft brewers to be able to interact with the ever-growing populace of homebrewers."

Info from Evan Benn - Hip Hops

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Hoptimum is back

In stock now!! No limit, we have 5 cases in stock!

Sierra Nevada Hoptimum....$10.49 / 4pk

Available online

A group of hop-heads and publicans challenged our Beer Camp brewers to push the extremes of whole-cone hop brewing. The result is this: a 100 IBU, whole-cone hurricane of flavor. Simply put —Hoptimum: the biggest whole-cone IPA we have ever produced. Aggressively hopped, dry-hopped, AND torpedoed with our exclusive new hop varieties for ultra-intense flavors and aromas.


Resinous "new-school" and exclusive hop varieties carry the bold and aromatic nose. The flavor follows the aroma with layers of aggressive hoppiness, featuring notes of grapefruit rind, rose, lilac, cedar, and tropical fruit—all culminating in a dry and lasting finish.
info from Sierra Nevada

Free State Beer!

We have a little Free State in stock at our Forsyth location -- this will be it for now

Store news....

Still moving everything --

There will not be a Beer tasting tonight -- sorry

Working on the scotches and counted over 300 in stock!

Here are a few new beers....

New Holland Imperial IPA -- fresh

He'Brew Hop Manna IPA

Also 

Stone IPA - FRESH -- Bottled March 15

New beers in stock..

If you have been in the store this last week, you know we have been doing some major re-arranging --

So I am way behind on posting new products....

Here are a few new ones that I have not posted yet....

 

Unibroue Grande Reserve 17Anniversary

Boulder Mojo Risin' 4pks

Charleville Hoptimistic -- new label and now in 6 packs

Left Hand Smoke Jumper

New Planet -- Gluten Free beers -- 3 flavors

New batch of Double Trouble...

Forsyth just got in Founders Double Trouble (the second batch of 2012) -- all four of our stores should get some today.  Very limited - 1 / 4pk per person.

Founders Double Trouble Imperial IPA... $8.99 / 4pk



"An imperial IPA that was brewed to turn your world upside down. Hops have got you coming and going. Pungent aromatics up front paired with a malt balanced backbone and a smooth bitter finish." -- Founders
9.4% ABV
86 IBU’S

Beer news...

Got a surprise load of 2 cases of 
Bells Expedition Stout today!!!


Plus 
Ska Modus Hoperandi is a new fresh batch -- Canned on March 3

Westverletten not coming to Missouri???

Westverletten update -- 

I just talked to Lisa at Manneken Imports  and she said they have every intention of coming to Missouri.  They are still waiting to complete the deal with Westvleteren before the can confirm anything.  So at this point things look good  (or at least better).

Leinie Big Eddy Wee Heavy

Leinenkugel Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale...4 packs
Our Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale is a tip of the cap to the brewers of Scotland. A blend of eight robust malts give Wee Heavy its complex flavor which is balanced by notes of dark chocolate, toffee and caramel.

TWCP / 2nd Shift Bourbon Barrel Aged LSD only 204 bottles made!

Update -- it is now the 8th day, so starting at 9am today, we will be releasing the bottles that have not been picked up -- we have 15 bottles that have not been picked up??  

We even have some of the bedazzled version for the people that ask for those first.  (we had 36 of these, and we only had 32 people to the party)

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BARREL AGED LSD RELEASE DAY (March 10)!

The release party is sold out, reservations were required.

If you have tickets to the release party, do not try to reserve a bottle

(your blinged out bottle will already be reserved)

It will be limited to 1 bottle per person

• If our site should crash, just be patient and try again (don't call the stores)
• You will have 7 days to pick up the beer or it will go back out for sale
• We will have 170 bottles available tomorrow (170 people)
• So it will take awhile for me to get confirmations sent out, be patient 
• Hopefully it should last online for more than a few minutes :) with that much
• Just getting an order in is no guarantee, wait for the confirmations

 Thanks very much

Here are some pictures of the beer!!!

2nd Shift dressed up 3 cases for the release party!

Quick update on what as recently come in stock in beer

I have not had a chance to post them all yet, so here is a summary


I am told our Ballwin location has a few bottles of the 2nd Shift Barrel Aged LSD still in stock and I have a few at Forsyth -- 


Angry Orchard Ciders - 3 flavors
Southern Tier Unearthly IPA – bottled 2/24/12
Southern Tier Backburner – Bottled 2/15/12
Southern Tier Iniquity – bottle 12/30/11

Leinenkugels Big Eddy Wee Heavy 

Schlafly Yakima Wheat Ale
Boulevard Smokestack Rye on Rye
Sierra Nevada Torpedo – 16oz CANS
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale – 12 pack CANS
Goose Island 312 Wheat – 12 pack CANS
Schlafly Summer Helles – 12 pack cans and bottles
Bat Creek Heartland Wheat
Bat Creek Flip Nut Brown Ale
Jesse James America’s Outlaw Beer
Mactarnahans Spine Tingler Triple
Sam Adams Cinder Bock Rauch Bock
Sam Adams Dark Depths Baltic IPA
Sam Adams Tasman Red Red IPA
Sam Adams Griffin’s Bow
Charleville Triple Wit
Grand Teton Five O’Clock Shadow
Leinenkugels Summer Shandy


KBS and Hoptimum have come and gone already 

Schlafly YAKIMA WHEAT is at The Wine and Cheese Place

In stock at Forsyth, New Ballas, Ballwin, and Rock Hill

Schlafly Yakima Wheat Ale
ABV: 5.5 | IBU: 45
APPEARANCE:Light golden; hazy
PROCESS:Unfiltered; dry hopped
HOPS:US Challenger
MALTS:2-row malted barley, white wheat malt, Dingemans Cara 8
YEAST:American Ale
OG:13.5
SRM:4.5

Our Yakima Wheat Ale is a refreshing, hoppy wheat beer showcasing US Challenger hops from Yakima Valley in Washington State.

Craft Beer CAN headquarters....

Remember a few years ago, we did not have any craft beer in a can in St. Louis...

Now we are getting Sierra Nevada in CANS!!

We have a lot of great choices at The Wine and Cheese Place!!!

Sierra Nevada Torpedo - 16oz Cans - new this year

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - 12 pack cans - new this year
Goose Island 312 Wheat - 12 pack cans - new this year

Schlafly Summer Helles - 12 pack can  - just arrived

Avery White Rascal - 6 pack cans

Avery IPA - 6 pack cans

Avery Joe's Pilsner - 6 pack Cans

New Belgium Fattire - 12 pack cans

Ska Modus Hoparandi - 6 pack Cans

Ska ESB - 6 pack cans

Ska Blonde - 6 pack cans

Caldera IPA - 6 pack cans

Big Sky Moose Drool - 6 pack cans

Big Sky Scape Goat - 6 pack cans

Big Sky Trout Slayer - 6 pack cans

Tallgrass IPA

Tallgrass Oasis

Tallgrass Buffalo Sweat

Tallgrass Halcyon Wheat

Tallgrass Velvet Rooster

Coming Soon!

New Belgium Shift Pale Ale -- 16 oz can -- Coming Soon

Leinenkugels Summer Shandy - coming soon

I am sure I am forgetting a few more....

Fresh Two Hearted Ale has arrived...

Fresh Bells is here! Bells Two Hearted Ale in stock at Forsyth
Two Hearted Ale is defined by its intense hop aroma and malt balance. Hopped exclusively with the Centennial hop varietal from the Pacific Northwest, massive additions in the kettle and again in the fermenter lend their characteristic grapefruit and pine resin aromas. A significant malt body balances this hop presence; together with the signature fruity aromas of Bell's house yeast, this leads to a remarkably drinkable American-style India Pale Ale.

Farm fresh eggs are in stock now at Forsyth!

Non factory produced from right here in Missouri -- in stock now!!!
In stock now at Forsyth laid 3/13/12
Farm Fresh Eggs, free range





"We grow with nature, not against it" -- Dry Dock
Dry Dock Farm Heritage Breed Farm Fresh Eggs...$4.99 / per dozen

Boulevard Rye on Rye is here!!

In stock now at all four locations.  

Will post it online also first thing tomorrow morning.

Boulevard Smokestack Rye on Rye....$11.99 / 750ml
Why Rye? This assertively flavorful grain is more often associated with whiskey than beer. Even in that arena, it has largely been eclipsed by corn and barley, the sources of Bourbon and scotch. But when we procured some seasoned barrels from our friends at Templeton rye, we asked ourselves, "Why not? Why not brew a rich, tawny rye ale, then mellow it in the warthm of charred oak rye whiskey casks? Two kinds of malted rye provide a spicy sweetness, giving way to notes of caramelized wood and the citrusy tang of Perle, Magnum, and Saphir hops before easing into a dry, lingering finish." -- back label


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Redbreast CASK is here!

In stock now at Rock Hill and Forsyth!

Very limited!!

$57.99 / 750ml

Help us select our next barrel....

We are buying our second barrel of

Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon

We will be tasting them today at Forsyth, come give us your vote while supply lasts!

Fresh Bat Creek....

Fresh batch of all the Bat Creek Beers are in stock now...

Also available online

From Bowling Green, Missouri

Bat Creek Heartland Wheat....$4.99 / 22oz
Our wheat beer is made with wheat ... really. But that’s not what makes it great. What makes it great is the Amarillo hops which give it a light lemon aroma. It’s an American style wheat made with American wheat yeast in America ... right here in the Heartland.
 Food Pairings: Salad, Poultry, Fish, Alfredo pastas.

Bat Creek Machine Shed Stout...$4.99 / 22oz 

"Black as the oil stains that once graced the floors of our beloved machine shed turned brewery, this cream stout was our first attempt at brewing a real beer. We use roasted and chocolate malts to give it the rich dark color and to balance out its delicate sweetness. After just one sip we're certain it will become one of your favorites, just as it is ours.

Bat Creek Flip Nut Brown Ale...$4.99 / 22oz
"This beer was a legend before its time. No one really knows what the name means, but they know one thing for sure: A beer with this name on the label is very good. Its malty flavor is complimented with molasses and just enough hops. It’s an experience that cannot be described in words. So go buy some and see what we mean.

Food Pairings: Hamburgers, sausage, venison, stew, chili, barbeque, brown gravy."

Bat Creek Farmer's Daughter Blond...$4.99 / 22oz

"Smooth and refreshing, this light blonde ale delivers on its promise. It really makes you feel alright. The light color and body are complimented with a crisp clean finish. This brew has a subtle malt and hop character making it an easy drinking experience.

Food Pairings: This one is a great thirst quencher for super spicy foods. Fish, poultry, salads."--

Brewery

Bat Creek Pike County Pale...$4.99 / 22oz

Pike County Pale Ale is a full bodied American Ale. Its copper color and complex hop flavor make it a pleasure to drink. We dry hop it to give it a subtle floral aroma that’s to die for. It’s an American beer that is a sweet vacation for the senses. This beer goes with just about anything.
Food Pairings: Fried foods, seafood, spicy foods, pizza, beef, lamb, wild game.

Boulevard Rye on Rye

The new edition arrives Thursday - March 15

Boulevard Smokestack Rye on Rye....$11.99 / 750ml
Why Rye? This assertively flavorful grain is more often associated with whiskey than beer. Even in that arena, it has largely been eclipsed by corn and barley, the sources of Bourbon and scotch. But when we procured some seasoned barrels from our friends at Templeton rye, we asked ourselves, "Why not? Why not brew a rich, tawny rye ale, then mellow it in the warthm of charred oak rye whiskey casks? Two kinds of malted rye provide a spicy sweetness, giving way to notes of caramelized wood and the citrusy tang of Perle, Magnum, and Saphir hops before easing into a dry, lingering finish." -- back label


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St. George Spirits

St. George Spirits has released 3 different gins....

ST. GEORGE TERROIR GIN
Terroir Gin is our ode to the wild beauty of the Golden State. Distiller Lance Winters has a passion for exploring place and memory through distillation, and the aromas of the coastal forests on California's Mount Tam were what inspired him to start making gin in the first place. Terroir Gin has an intense earthy, woodsy nose and flavor derived from Douglas fir, California bay laurel, and California coastal sage—complemented by bright, citrusy top notes. This is a unique and proudly Californian gin with a sense of place and poetry.

ST. GEORGE BOTANIVORE GIN
Botanivore Gin (our "botanical eater") earned its name because it's loaded with botanical ingredients. We distilled 20 different botanicals to compose this spirit (no small feat!) and the resulting gin is beautifully balanced and vibrant. Lance compares this gin to an orchestra where all the components are working in harmony. Deliciously herbacious and bright, Botanivore is a versatile addition to any gin cocktail.

ST. GEORGE DRY RYE GIN
Dry Rye Gin has twice as much juniper in its recipe as either of the other two St. George gins, and a base of pot-distilled rye that provides structure and spice. Warm bass notes of pepper and caraway give Dry Rye Gin an intriguing depth of flavor, while the rye provides a sweet maltiness reminiscent of a genever. Try our Dry Rye Gin in your favorite cocktails that call for either gin or rye—or sip it straight for a gin experience like no other.

HOW THEY'RE MADE
If you're familiar with St. George Absinthe Verte, you already know that distiller Lance Winters has mad skills at creating balanced distillates out of complex botanical formulations. For these three St. George gins, Lance retrofitted his beloved absinthe still with a custom-built Carter head assembly. The Carter head allows for elegant expression of the character of the juniper berries and other botanicals, while minimizing resinous and potentially acrid notes from carrying over during distillation.

St. George Single Malt Lot No. 11
A UNIQUELY AMERICAN SINGLE MALT.
We released St. George Single Malt Whiskey in 2000—well before the dawn of the modern American craft whiskey movement. It is with great pride that we can offer you Lot 11, our 11th bottling: distilled, aged, blended, and bottled by us here in California out of love for what a handcrafted whiskey can be.

Making whiskey is what drew distiller Lance Winters to distillation in the first place. Before starting at St. George, Lance had spent five years working as a brewer. When he realized that making beer was halfway to making whiskey, he turned in his brewer's card and dedicated himself to the art and craft of distillation.

Now that we're on our 11th bottling of St. George Single Malt Whiskey, Lance's dream of making an elegant and expressive American whiskey has more than been realized. We start with two-row barley, then roast some and smoke the rest to bring out the character of the grain: various roast levels elicit rich aromas of hazelnut and cocoa, while smoking over beech and alder adds bass notes and complexity. You might think that intense roasting and smoking would give you a knockout firewater of a whiskey, but we distill and barrel age in a variety of cooperage types with the goal of making an ethereal single malt that's gentle and inviting.

Each bottling is a little different since we're able to draw from older barrels with every new batch we put out, but the goal is blend for "positive inconsistency"—increasing expressiveness and flavor with every lot we release.

Our current bottling, Lot 11, was released in January 2012. To achieve just the right flavors and aromas, we ventured deep into the far corners of our whiskey library. Drawing from different barrels (comprised of used bourbon casks, French oak, port barrels, and sherry barrels) allowed us to get the taste profile we were after, with notes of dried fruit, walnut, jasmine, cinnamon, cloves, and orange rind.

Time for another barrel aged beer update

The Wine and Cheese Place Barrel Aged Beer Program

• Barrel Aged Beers released already = 2
• Beers in Barrel now = 4
• Barrels waiting to be filled with beer = 1
• Barrels on their way to be filled = 4

A total of 11 barrel aged beers so far as part of the program!




We have 4 more barrels in the works!!


We just tasted through some Knob Creek barrel samples and placed an order for our second barrel of Knob Creek.   We also have barrel samples of Elijah Craig (2nd barrel), Buffalo Trace (our 4th) and Blanton's Bourbon (our 1st Blanton's) on the way to order our own barrels.

Barrel Update - Mar 10, 2012

Barrel -  Buffalo Trace (#1) Bourbon
Schlafly Bourbon Barrel Aged Quadrupel

Date filled: August 5 , 2011

Date bottled: February 7, 2012

Cases produced:  17 cases (204 / 750ml bottles) 

Beer released and Sold out - click here to see the release pictures

Barrel - Buffalo Trace (#2) Bourbon
2nd Shift Brewing Liquid Spiritual Delight Stout Barrel Aged

Date filled: Decmeber 29, 2011

Date bottled: March 5, 2012

Cases produced:  17 cases (204 / 750ml bottles) 

Beer released and Sold out - click here to see pictures of the release

Barrel -  Knob Creek 9yr (#1) Bourbon 
(first full barrel ever sold in St. Louis) 
Brewery: Perennial Artisan Ales
Barrel filled on October 6, 2011 with Perennial Heart of Gold Wheat Wine

(now over 5 months in barrel)

click here to read more

Barrel - Elijah Craig 12yr Old (#1) Bourbon  
(1st full barrel sold in STL)
Barrel - Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey (#1)
Brewery: 4 Hands Brewing Company
Both barrels filled on February 3, 2012 with their Bona Fide Russian Imperial Stout brewed with Goshen Espresso and Whole Vanilla Bean to age.

click here to see the barrels get filled and read more

Barrel - Buffalo Trace (#3) Bourbon
Brewery: Charleville
Barrel filled on February 13, 2012 with a 9% Wee Heavy that they created


Barrels on the way!
These barrels are on the way and will eventually be filled with beer.  Six Row Brewing is tagged for the next one to arrive.  We are planning to do a second batch of Schlafly Quadrupel in barrel and the rest are yet to be determined.

Barrel -  Knob Creek 9yr (#2) Bourbon
Barrel - Buffalo Trace (#4) Bourbon
Barrel - Elijah Craig 12yr Old (#2) Bourbon 
Barrel - Blanton's (#1) Bourbon 

Appetizer samples

Come taste at Forsyth now!

The Wine and Cheese Place

Saturday March 10 - Now until 3:30

Freddie Lee himself is here grilling chicken and shrimp on his indoor grill and sampling it with his Ghetto Sauce!

Freddie Lees Gourmet Ghetto Sauce
Great taste, delightful aroma,  spicy and mild. They are a must have among your kitchen spices and sauces.
Our Ghetto Sauce started out just for Bar B Que sauce, and then expanded to every type of meat, chips & dip, soups, salsa's , sauce in chili, sauce on chicken strips or chicken wings, bake potato's and the list continues to grow. Ghetto Sauce that can be used on your new creations.




Nueske's Duck Breast
Plus, Aaron has created a great appetizer from our deli/cheese department

Bruschetta with Herbed Feta, Tart Cherry Sauce and Nueske's Smoked Duck Breast!

Old Pulteney 21 Year Old

Old Pulteney 21 Year Old takes Whiskey of the Year in 2012
This is not the "regular" one, but an independent bottler's version.


available online

Gordon & MacPhail Old Pulteney 21 Year Old...$122.99
Refill American Hogsheads




Old Pulteney Takes 2012 World Whisky Crown 
- World Whisky of the Year in the 2012 


The most northerly distillery on mainland Britain and one of the most remote in all Scotland has won the coveted title of World Whisky of the Year in the 2012 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.


The Pulteney distillery in Wick, Caithness, scored a record-equaling 97.5 points out of 100 for its 21-year-old Old Pulteney single malt. It is only the third time that a single malt has ever won the prestigious award, and just the second Scottish distillery to do so.


This year Jim Murray tasted over 1,200 new whiskies plus many more re-tastes for the latest edition of his best-selling annual whisky guide.


Pulteney distillery, which dates back to 1826, is located in the heart of Wick and is much prized as a blending whisky. It is still relatively unknown as a single malt.


But Mr Murray, who has long admired the Highland malt, hopes that will now change - though he is the first to admit that even he was surprised when he encountered the 21-year-old.


He said: “I was on the home straight after four months of continuous tasting. By that time I was pretty sure I knew what the winner was going to be. With what I still had to taste it needed something exceptional to knock the leader off its perch. But that’s exactly what happened. To be honest, I was amazed. I knew the Old Pulteney 17-year-old was likely to be exceptional, and it was. However, I had never come across a Pulteney 21-year-old like it. Talk about coming out of leftfield…


“I first went to Pulteney nearly 25 years ago and I have never known them to produce anything other than top rate malt. Owned by a relatively small company, without the financial muscle of the major whisky barons to market their malts on the global stage, I hope that this award helps Pulteney to become better known around the world; that is the whole point of my Whisky Bible, after all”.
Jim Murray's WhiskeyBible.com








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