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The crisp character of this lively unfiltered White Ale gets a kick from a bright blend of spring spices. Orange peel and plum add subtle sweetness, while coriander contributes a peppery bite, creating a refreshing flavor that signals spring is on its way. - Samuel Adams

Once every winter, we release our Russian Imperial Stout, Cold War. Rich, dark, and luscious, this beer has a surprising smoothness for such a high alcohol beer. Notes of coffee, chocolate, and figs on the palate will finish with malty sweetness that will make you want to come back for more. This beer is only available for a limited time, so grab it while you can!

Colab ale is a beer that Dylan, the head brewer from Civil Life Brewing in Saint Louis, and I got together on and brewed here at my place with a new hop blend called Falconer's Flight. It's a 6.5% hoppy treat that has to be tried to believe.

Combining Boulevard’s expertise at making Belgian-style witbiers with Deschutes’ skill at brewing hop-forward ales, this beer puts a new spin on the idea of collaborative brewing. Working from a single recipe, brewmasters Steven Pauwels of Boulevard and Larry Sidor of Deschutes have produced two separate beers, more than 1,600 miles apart. Despite the beer’s shared recipe, each of the two versions possess a unique identity, reflected in their naming and packaging. Boulevard’s half of the equation, christened Collaboration #2, is available throughout our selling region in both 750mL bottles and in kegs. Brewed at their Bend, Oregon facility, Deschutes’ effort is the second beer in their new Conflux collaboration series, and is available throughout their selling region in kegs and 22-ounce bottles.

Collaboration No. 4 - Saison celebrates our partnership with Duvel Moortgat and our mutual respect for the brewers of Ommegang. A base of pale malt, corn, oats, rye and wheat is spiced with coriander, orange and lemon peel, and grains of paradise. The resulting wort is fermented separately with the house Belgian yeast of each brewery to allow the character of each yeast to shine. The final beers were blended before packaging.

This year, we bring you a specially blended, barrel-aged beer with the help of our sister brewery in California, Firestone Walker. With Collaboration No. 6, Brewmasters Steven Pauwels and Matt Brynildson have created a big, bold flavor combination by blending two Boulevard beers and two Firestone Walker Beers in the following percentages: Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad - 45% Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee - 35% Boulevard Imperial Stout X - Tart Cherry (whiskey barrel-aged) - 10% Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin - 10%

We brewed this Saison-style ale with our friends at the newly opened brewery, Bottle Logic, located just down the street from our sour barrel warehouse. Being just as interested in style bending beers as we are, this not-so-logical beer was born. The base beer is a Belgian-style farmhouse Saison, fermented with brettanomyces, but that's just where the fun begins. Our teams selected an unusual set of herbs to brew the beer with and then added as much raspberry and mango puree as we could fit into our fermenters. The result is a tropical Saison that is perfectly refreshing during this unusually warm California winter.

In bringing together artisans from disparate aural planes, one might expect an offbeat, feedback-warped cacophony, shrill to the point of unlistenable. Yet, by inviting Kyle Hollingsworth, keyboardist for eclectic, jam-prone sextet, The String Cheese Incident, and Keri Kelli, wailing rock guitarist of Alice Cooper fame, we were able to make truly beautiful music. Turns out, these musicians have a great deal in common, both with each other and with Stone. We all enjoy turning things up to 11, and that is represented in this collaborative offering, an imperial India pale ale ably backed by Nugget, Comet and Calypso hops, and amplified care of a healthy dry-hopping with Vic's Secret, a new Australian hop, adding citrus and tropical fruit oomph. To give this modern masterpiece some soulful, classic character, we traced the roots of brewing to the days when Old World herbs were used to spice beers, adding in coriander and, a first for us, elderberries. To stand up to that sumptuous spice and blaring bitterness, we added golden naked oats, which are lightly roasted and add body and enhanced mouthfeel to the brew like a steady, unbreakable backbeat to an incendiary jam solo. Sit back, crank the volume and get lost in this operatic incarnation of genres combined in the name of invention.

A light and refreshing German-styled brewed with oats, honey, and molasses, that drinks light and crisp with a hint of sweetness.

Smooth and refreshing American Ale with a hint of malt and a sweet corn-like aroma.

Our Colonial Common is brewed with 100% Northern Brewer Leaf hops for bittering, flavor, and aroma. We hopped this beer to a moderate level and used a basic malt profile for the backbone of the beer allowing the hop characteristics to come through. The hops lend this to be a nice, refreshing beer and woody notes are present. However, we also get mint notes that we have never identified in a beer before, even in other commercial examples. See if you agree, or if it’s just the power of suggestion.

This malty amber lager was brewed with Pilsner, Munich, and Caramunich malts to create a complex yet clean malt profile—all balanced with a healthy dose of Citra hops in the brewkettle. Fermented cold and lagered for two months, this brew is springtime in a glass!

Back in the Colonial days, molasses was used because barley was in short supply. The molasses gives the beer a little sweetness and a nice caramel flavor.