Peaks and Pints Thanksgiving Beer Report 11.22.21

With all sorts of relatives and homeys from back in the day returning to T-town for the holiday, Peaks and Pints Thanksgiving Beer Report 11.22.21 might be your new best friend. Cheers!

3 Fonteinen Hommage (Season 18/19) Blend No. 71: Made with hand-picked whole sour cherries and raspberries on young lambic for at least four months, this fruit lambic is then blended again with more lambic to obtain a minimum intensity of 35 percent fruit, 5.8%

3 Fonteinen Intens Rood (Season 18/19) Blend No. 118: Made with hand-picked whole sour cherries on lambic for at least six months, in a proportion of one kilogram of fruit per liter of lambic, and is then blended again with more lambic to obtain a minimum intensity of 450 grams of fruit per liter, 6.6%

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Season 17/18) Blend No. 84: This Oude Geuze has been blended with lambics from eight different barrels and originating from 10 different brews. This blend consists for 1/3 of 3-year-old lambics, coming from three barrels, for aromas and flavors of vibrant fresh citrus and grassy notes to a mellow, oaky, stone fruit bouquet as the lambic continues to develop with time, 7.4%

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cuvee Armand and Gaston: Blend of 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old traditional lambics, all brewed at Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, and fermented in the bottle for heavy oak tannins, fruity pop, and slight tartness, 6.2%

E9 Brewing Puppies vs. Kittens: Brewed for the Apple Cup, this double dry hopped hazy IPA is brewed offers notes of lime, grapefruit citrus, apricot, and melon, 6.5%

Garden Path Fermentation The Spontaneous Ferment: Single year blend of three batches of coolship inoculated beers from winter 2018 for a mild hint of tartness, the rich flavors of Skagit Valley malt, and a thorough but balanced level of native yeast complexities, 6%

Garden Path Fermentation The Twisted Branch Out: Brett IPA that’s more funky Brett than IPA, 6.6%

StormBreaker Brewing Nobody Puts Hazy In A Corner: Hazy, juicy IPA with tropical and citrus aromatics and a balanced hop bite, 6%

StormBreaker Winter Coat: Winter ale brewed with Chocolate Malt and Special B malt balanced by Fuggle and Sterling hops, plus sweet orange peel, 7.5%

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