Two casks in two weeks at The Stable? Maybe it’s time to put in a permanent cask system? (Wink, wink. Nod, nod.) Tonight, we’re provided with one of my personal favorite beers, Founders Red’s Rye PA on cask.
The tapping of this cask will begin at 6PM and the event will last as long as the cask keeps pouring. While cask beer may not always be a religious experience, it is pretty darn great. This is the kind of thing that we keep asking for, so we need to be the ones who go out and support it.
Newstead Tower Public House is hosting another in their line of monthly beer dinners with this dinner featuring selections from Founders Brewing. The date of the dinner is July 25th at 6PM. The cost of this event is $45 and reservations are required. You can make reservations by calling 314-535-7771.
Where are my SoCo people at? I know it seems like you don’t have some of the cool beer events that people in other parts of the metro area do, but sometimes the sun shines down and gives you something awesome. In this case, it’s the draught release of the Founders Brewing KBS on draught tonight at the Growlers Pub in Sunset Hills.
They plan on tapping this sometime this evening, let’s say 7PM just to be safe. And unless someone is hiding a keg somewhere from all of us, I believe this is the last of the KBS on draught in St. Louis. So basically, if you haven’t tried it and want to, or if you have and want some more, this is probably your last opportunity this year.
For those of you who may have missed what Founders KBS is all about, here’s the description from Founders’ website:
What we’ve got here is an imperial stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolates then cave-aged in oak bourbon barrels for an entire year, to make sure wonderful bourbon undertones come through in the finish. Make your taste buds squeal with delight.
If South County is a bit too south for you, I believe that Growlers Pub Creve Coeur still has this on draught, but I’m awaiting confirmation on that. Probably best to call before heading out. Creve Coeur ran out last night, this may be your final chance.
Bourbon? Check. Coffee? Check. Chocolate? Check. If these are some of your favorite things in the world, then you must be eagerly awaiting the release of Founders Brewing Company’s seasonal release Kentucky Breakfast Stout. Here’s the description from Founders’ website:
What we’ve got here is an imperial stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolates then cave-aged in oak bourbon barrels for an entire year, to make sure wonderful bourbon undertones come through in the finish. Make your taste buds squeal with delight.
Now, where will you be able to find this wonderful beer? Well, it’s important to note that while the following list has already secured their allocation for KBS, they may not yet have it. Make sure to call each location before heading out.
Now, here’s a list of places in St. Louis that will have KBS:
Draught:
Bottles:
This is a big update in two ways. One is that I have exciting news about two of the most sought after beers from Founders Brewing. The other reason the update is big is that both of the beers in question have an ABV above 11%.
According to Missouri Beverage‘s Derek Bean, we should begin seeing Founders special release named Nemesis on shelves beginning tomorrow, March 4th. Nemesis is a wheatwine. Ok, it’s not just any old wheatwine, here’s their description of the beer:
“The 2009 release of Nemesis is best described as a Maple Bourbon barrel aged wheat wine holding 12% abv and 70 ibu’s. The barrels have been resting deep in the mines of Grand Rapids for nearly 9 months and have been most effective in developing a great product. The Bourbon barrels we used in this creation were once used to age Maple syrup from northern Michigan, then emptied, and procured for our use in aging this beer. The combination of American oak, Kentucky Bourbon, Michigan Maple syrup and our golden/tan wheat ale has provided a delicious malty sweet ale distinctive of strong vanilla and bourbon notes.”
As you can imagine, this will be a very sought after beer and will disappear from store shelves quickly. Don’t miss out on this.
The other big beer is the yearly release of Founders KBS (previously known as Kentucky Breakfast Stout.) KBS Day will be celebrated on Saturday, March 13 at the Founders brewery. What that means for St. Louis is that we’ll begin seeing KBS show up on store shelves and on draught on Monday, March 15th!
Where could we be seeing this on draught? Early reports is that we’ll be seeing it at Bigelo’s Bistro and The Good Pie has already said they’ll be tapping a keg on March 15th. I know I’ll be there.
Cicero’s Italian Restaurant continues their Winter Beer School semester this Wednesday from 5:30-6:30PM. Cicero’s Beer School provides background about beers and beer styles usually directly from people directly in the beer industry. It’s perfect opportunity to learn more about a style you’re unfamiliar with or to just brush up on a style you haven’t enjoyed in a while.
This week’s school is being hosted by Derek Bean from Missouri Beverage and they’ll be tasting beers from Founders Brewery. Derek will be on hand to discuss and sample some of Founders beers including the Dirty Bastard, Breakfast Stout, Red’s Rye, and Centenial IPA. Go out and take advantage of one of the few places where you can drink and learn!
If you can’t make it out to the Beer School, you can check out all of the classes via podcast at Cicerosbeerschool.com.
CASK! CASK! CASK! CASK! Who has two thumbs and loves cask beer? This guy. Judging by other cask events in the area, I know I’m not the only one.
Well, lucky for all of us cask beer lovers, it turns out that the International Tap House will be having a Founders Centennial IPA Cask Night on Tuesday, December 8th from 7-9PM.
Not only will you have the opportunity to try delicious cask beer, but they’ll also have Founders Imperial Stout on draught as well!
But wait! There’s more! Your first $5 will pay for your first glass, and additional Founders refills are just $4. Plus, you get to keep your Founders pint glass (while supplies last). Because you can never have too much glassware.
Opportunities like this don’t come around very often so make sure to make it out to iTap on Tuesday!
