New Seasonal Beer From O’Fallon
September 23, 2008 8:43 am Beer News
Dave Johnson emailed me late last night to let me in on some very exciting news, the brewers at O’Fallon Brewery have gotten the go ahead to brew a new seasonal beer. Always interested in brewing a stout, they decided that with cool weather quickly approaching they decided to go with a beer that will provide a winter warmer, a Cocoa Cream Stout. The beer will initially be a draught only product, but hopefully if there is enough enthusiasm we’ll see a bottled product in the near future.
Dave and Brian Owens put their heads together a came up with a recipe that contains Carafa and flaked barley and instead of piloting the new beer out on their homebrew system, they’re going whole hog and brewing a batch on Thursday. As Dave told me about not piloting it out, “That’s the same way we did the 5 Day and it came out OK.” Yeah, I’d say 5 Day IPA came out a bit better than “OK” as it’s now O’Fallon’s best selling beer. This sounds like a great winter beer and I can’t wait to try it.
Tags: brian owens, dave johnson, draught, new beer, o'fallon, winter warmer
Sneagrams :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 9:14 am
You gonna post where it ends up?
Please!
Dave :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 9:17 am
Very nice. I’ll look forward to trying it.
Drew Huerter :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 9:26 am
CaraFa…good choice, fellas. It gives a more convincing Chocolate flavor than most Chocolate Malts out there.
I can’t wait to try it!
Mike :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 9:34 am
They also threw around the idea of using wheat. I would have liked to have seen that. I really enjoy stouts that use a high percentage of wheat or oat, I think it gives a fuller mouthfeel.
mattb :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 9:38 am
I was just thinking about how O’Fallon needed a stout in its lineup. I’m a little concerned that its initially only going to be on draught, since the 5-day is really the only O’Fallon draught product that makes it to bars (with a few very limited exceptions). Still, very exciting.
Mike :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 9:41 am
I don’t know about that Matt, I know of places in town where you can get draught Wheach and Smoked Porter. I wouldn’t worry about draught too much, it’s an easier way for them to get the beer out there without having to design artwork or go through the label approval process.
Sam H :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 9:46 am
Neat, I was going to stop by O’Falon this week anyways, maybe I will just make it Thursday.
A chocolate cream stout, sounds like Dave and Brian are getting crazy….
The draught part, I think its a good idea. Then they only have to get the keg label approved and can get it out the door a lot faster to test the waters.
scottyp :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 10:58 am
this sounds very interesting. please let us know where it ends up.
dan george :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 11:20 am
Dave and Brian, how are you doing the cocoa? Aside from the malts. Any chance of getting this served on nitro somewhere?
I’m excited to try this one out.
Mike :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 11:34 am
I forgot to include it, but they’re adding the cocoa at the end of the boil.
Mattie T :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
mmmmmbeer milkshake
Derek Bean :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
Great to see everyone’s enthusiastic response! It would seem that STL Hops is Cookoo for O’Fallon’s Cocoa Stout!!!
Haha, sorry, had to do it!
Dave J :
Date: September 23, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
Dang, that would be cool to have it on nitro but I don’t see the boss bucking up for that, unless the bar has it already. We have been trying to get a low fat coco powder and add it to the whirlpool.
Drew Huerter :
Date: September 24, 2008 @ 5:56 am
Yumm…black and black with O’Fallon Cocoa Cream Stout and Schlafly Coffee Stout…
Sam H :
Date: September 24, 2008 @ 7:33 am
Dave, what about almond bark? I don’t think its very low fat, but it has tons of chocolate flavor.
BMock :
Date: September 24, 2008 @ 9:01 am
Correct me if I’m wrong…the low fat isn’t for calorie purposes.
It’s to keep as much fat out of the beer as possible to retain any sort of head. The cocoa butter needs to be totally removed to prevent a frothless beer.
Mike :
Date: September 24, 2008 @ 9:41 am
You’re correct Brad. Fat kills head retention.
Sam H :
Date: September 26, 2008 @ 11:42 am
Smelled the malts for this last night, this is going to be an amazing beer. The chocolate is very aromatic as well.
I think this will go over well. Dave told me last night it was being brewed this morning, can’t wait to see this stuff on tap!
mattb :
Date: September 26, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
I know it’s early, but is there a date that we might start seeing this around town?
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Date: October 15, 2008 @ 1:32 pm
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