Crooked Stave's Officially In Town

Thanks to everyone who came out to our first event last night. This was a big Colorado Springs roll-out-party for Crooked Stave. At Another Pint we had four Crooked Stave beers to offer customers - Wild Wild Brett Rouge, WWB Orange, Surette Wood Aged Farmhouse, and the Pure Guava Petite Sour. The beers were a big surprise to me as they really pushed the way that I thought about Brettanomyces yeast. The Wild Wild Brett series, for example, are fermented with 100% Brett but they weren't 'sour' beers at all. Instead they highlight the different fruity, barnyard, and ultimately delicate characteristics of the yeast as well as the yeast's ability to pull and push the spice and fruits that were in the beer. Chad, the brewer, is making a beer in this series for every color of the rainbow (yellow is next). These beers were exciting examples of why the Brewer's Association category 'American Style Sour Ale' needed to be expanded into 'American Style Brett Ale.' We hope to hear more from Chad in the near future, but you can look for his beers around town now.

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