Cold Weather Corner

Your blogger is not a fan of the colder weather that we're starting to deal with here in New Jersey. We usually have to leave our car outside, and we're not thrilled at starting our day by scraping ice off the windshield. So that's enough of our whining for today, because you came here to find out about our freshest craft beer deliveries.

Allocated

These beers all feature extremely limited availability, and may not be on display. If you don't see them, ask for assistance.

Allagash Hibernal Fluxsus. The name Fluxus is Latin for continuous change and every summer we’ve brewed a different recipe under the Fluxus name. This year, we’re introducing Hibernal Fluxus: a winter sibling to the Fluxus tradition. The first annual Hibernal Fluxus is a Belgian-style stout brewed with figs. Its taste straddles the rift between roasty and sweet with notes of bitter baking chocolate, espresso, biscuit malt, and mocha—a chewy, creamy inauguration of a new tradition. In 750ML bottles at 8% ABV.

Stone Stygian Descent. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA practically named itself. The perfect melding of dark malts with a downright indecent amount of hops forges a complex flavor profile of assertive dark roastiness and big, bright hop notes for a singularly sublime experience.

Small Batch Brewer Cecil Menasco thought it would be an ingenious experiment to age our dark and deeply hopped Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA in rye whiskey barrels…and he was right. This time our small batch crew, never a self-satisfied bunch, added bourbon barrels. The result is transcendent: perfectly balanced dark chocolate, oak, dried fruit and citrus tones. As it warms, the spicy rye and sweet bourbon barrel notes complete this masterful transformation. 11.6% ABV, 90 IBU. Unfiltered and aged 5 months in American Oak Templeton Rye Whiskey Barrels & Kentucky Bourbon Barrels.

Open Availability

You'll find these beers for sale in the refrigerated section, on a floor stack, or on the shelf, or any combination. The only caveat is that the seasonal beers will only be available for a short time. If you want to try something, you should get it now.

Terrapin Krunkles Down Under. Krunkles returns with a new IPA from his time spent on the underside of the world. Brewed with hops exclusively from New Zealand and Australia, the "South Pacific IPA" is packed with so much flavor, it might even make a Kiwi say G'day! 6.5% ABV, 80 IBU.

Great Lakes Blackout Stout. Bold and dark as a power-less metropolis, our Russian Imperial Stout commemorates the infamous 2003 blackout that briefly left some 55 million people utterly unplugged.

This brew is pitch-dark and rich, kindled with black malt and roasted barley, and illuminated by flickers of bitter hops. 9.0% ABV, 50 IBU. Pairs with wild game, caviar, chocolate desserts, and candlelight.

Penn Brewery Chocolate Meltdown. Our Chocolate Milk Stout. A very dark, full-bodied ale.  Hints of roasted caramel malts along with luscious Betsy Ann chocolate mingle with lactose sugar for creaminess in every sip. Cited by Modern Brewery Age as "the most chocolately of them all" in a tasting panel of several chocolate beers. 5.5% ABV, 25 IBU.