Wine & Cheese Co March 2021 Beer Club
Happy Spring! Hoping these chilly temperatures continue to climb and we can welcome everyone back into the Wine Garden! We are thrilled about these two delicious beer selections for this month. Both beer varieties are from Off Color Brewing located in Chicago, Illinois. The first beer selection, Bare Bear, which is a Farmhouse Ale-Sahti. Sahti style beer is recognized as one of the oldest continually brewed beer styles in the world. It is an unfiltered, unpasteurized, top fermented beer with a cloudy disposition; brewed with additions of juniper berries and branches. The earliest Finnish references to Sahti date back to 1366 — a mention of how much beer was consumed at the burial of a certain Bishop. However, discovered physical evidence links Sahti to the wider Scandinavian world and a much older time. In the 1930’s, a sunken Viking ship was discovered off the coast of Norway. In the ship were wooden barrels of a 9th century design, thought to have contained Sahti.
The Second beer selection, Beer For Pizza, which has an almost cola quality to it as it contains Kola. Caffeine (and the name) of Cola was originally provided by the kola nut, native to the rainforests of Africa. This caffeine rich nut was chewed as a pick me up and was a common ingredient in old-timey tonics including a now world-famous tonic that included extract from the coca plant. Kola nuts are no longer used in modern colas and instead are replaced with caffeine extract, but Beer for Pizza uses the kola nut as its source for a mild caffeine kick. Please enjoy these two unique beers from the super interesting Off Color Brewing Co. Cheers!
Off Color Brewing, Bare Bear Type: Farmhouse Ale-Sahti Availability: Rotating/Seasonal Alcohol: 7.0% abv Tasting Notes: Flavors of juniper berries, malted and un-malted rye, as well as peppery Belgian yeast. Some candy malt balances the flavor while wood tannins dry the finish. Food Pairings: Pair with our Crispy Flatbread
Off Color Brewing, Beer For Pizza Type: Fruit and Field Beer Availability: Rotating/Seasonal Alcohol: 4.5%.abv Tasting Notes: Flavors of sweet crystal malts, Belgian dark candi syrup, and vanilla balanced with acidity from lime juice and citric acid. Kola provides a slight caffeine boost while a crisp carbonation enhances the mouthfeel. Food Pairings: Pair with our Spicy Board
Have a great month! The Gang at Wine & Cheese Co
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