A Parade of Big Beers

Another week, another truck full of fresh craft beer deliveries.  Be sure to check the event calendars for information on tasting and other beer events we've got going on!  For Lawrenceville click here, and for Woodbridge, click here.  As always, be sure to call ahead if you're coming to the store for something specific, as our beer departments move quickly and stuff sells out fast!

Ballast Point Bonito Blonde Ale
Old Chicago exclusive.  Inspired by a California sunny day. Golden color and soft malt character with a light mouthfeel, subtle hop bite, and dry finish.  4.5% ABV

Ballast Point Sea RoseAmerican Wheat Ale with Cherries & Pomegranate.  4% ABV

Dogfish Head Saison du BuffThis beer is collaboration between Dogfish Head, Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) and Victory Brewing Company (Downingtown, PA).  Saison du BUFF is a 6.8% ABV Saison brewed with parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. The beer is brewed three times, once at each brewery using the same recipe.  6.8% ABV

Lagunitas Davey Murray's Best Scotch AleThis Scotch Ale is sweet, but not cloying. It's strong, but not brash. It's smooth and smokey, like a good dram among friends. Cheers!  9.5% ABV

Neshaminy Creek Leon Russian Imperial StoutLeon is a big beer. So big, it has twice as much malt as any other beer we brew.. On top of the copious amounts of two row barley, Munich, Victory, Chocolate, Black Patent, and Caramel 80 malt in this beer each 15 barrel brew has 50 pounds of freshly in-house handmade marshmallow fluff as well as 16 pounds of bittersweet bakers chocolate, and 30 pounds of crumbled graham crackers. Leon clocks in at just over 80 IBUs and 11.6% ABV. Does it taste like a Smore’s? That’s for you to decide, but either way this is one fun beer to make, not to mention drink.  11.5% ABV

Lost Abbey Carneval
Brewed in celebration of Lent and Easter season, Carnevale is light bodied Saison, using Brettanomyces along with Amarillo and Simcoe hops to generate flavor and depth. Carnevale’s complexity grows with time. The citrus notes tend to wane and the wild yeast rears its wonderfully tasting head.  6.5% ABV

Stone Tangerine Express IPA
This ain’t no just-add-juice approach. This one is for adults. We use bountiful whole tangerine purée, which brings pithy, crisp bitterness to the citrus flavor. In addition to the complexities of the tangerine — the likes of which you can only get by using the whole fruit — we judiciously employ just a hint of whole pineapple for a backnote (you’d likely not even pick it out of the mix if we didn’t tell you it was there). We’re not looking for a sweet concoction to appease the “I want my beer to taste like fruit juice” crowd. This is Stone. We like our IPAs to taste like IPAs. Big, bold and not for kids.  6.7% ABV