Just Tapped: Sixpoint Belgian Double IPA

Last night we tapped a Keg of Sixpoint‘s Belgian Double IPA at 10.2% abv.  This is apparently a really rare brew (only three reviews on beeradvocate.com).  This is a hyrbid style of a strong Belgian Style Ale and Double IPA.  This beer is hop forward as you would expect from a strong IPA, yet is extremely drinkable.  This beer was flowing last night, and we don’t expect it to stick around for long.  Get down to Burp Castle and have a taste…while you can.

Cheers,

Tom

Photo by Talkie21 Studios (via flickr)

Bigfoot is on Tap!

Bigfoot has once again been spotted, and this time it’s at Burp Castle. This once elusive beer has been around a little more readily in the past couple years, but this is our first Keg of the season. Bigfoot is a Barley-wine Style Ale.

For those who are not familiar with the barley-wine style…it is not a wine, but a very complex and strong ale. The style originated in England, and was a big robust and often fairly sweet beer. While the American Barley-Wine is a relative of its English counter part…the American version is made with substantially more hops, and resembles a Double IPA except with a stonger malt backbone.

Bigfoot is one of the strongest beers that Sierra Nevada brews at 9.6% abv. To quote the late famous beer writer Michael Jackson:

“…Bigfoot^® captures the imagination, and its character is as big as the name implies, with a huge hoppiness in its earthy aroma, a chewy palate, and a great depth of flavor.”

This year is the 25th anniversary of Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot, and should be on tap for a while longer. Get on down to the Castle and try it while it’s available.

Cheers,

Tom

What’s on Tap as of 11/26/08

1. Lindeman’s Pomme

2. Weltenburger Kloster Winter-Traum

3. Sixpoint Belgian-Style Double IPA

4. Great Divide Samuri

5. Delirium Tremens

6. Weinstephaner DunkleWiess

7. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine

8. Southern Tier Unearthly IPA

9. Arcadia Coco Loco

10. Koningshoeven Trappist Quadrupel

11. Tripel Karmeliet

12. Radeberger Pilsner

What’s on Tap as of 11/24/08

1. Lindeman’s Pomme

2. Weltenberger Kloster Winter-Traum

3. Allagash Curieux

4. Great Divide Samuri

5. Delirium Tremens

6. Weinstephaner DunkleWiess

7. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine

8. Southern Tier Unearthly IPA0

9. Arcadia Coco Loco

10. Koningshoeven Trappist Quadrupel

11. Tripel Karmeliet

12. Radeberger Pilsner

Burp Castle will be Closed on Thanksgiving.

Hello Everyone,

We here at Burp Castle would like to Wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. We will be closed on Thursday the 27th of November, and will reopen on Friday November 28th. We hope you are spending the day eating and drinking with friends and/or family, as we will be.

Cheers,

The Burp Castle Staff
P.S. We are open for normal hours Monday thru Wednesday of this week…so if you need your Belgain Beer fix come on in!

Bottle List!

We now have our bottle list online too.

Check it out here!  It was updated yesterday.

What’s on Tap as of 11/19/08

1. Lindeman’s Pomme

2. Ayinger Celebrator Dopplebock

3. Glazen Toren Saison D’Erpe-Mere (tapped last night and going fast)

4. Great Divide Samuri

5. Kasteel Triple

6. Van Diest Fruli Strawberry Wit

7. North Coast Brother Thelonious Abbey-Style Ale

8. Rogue XS Old Crusty Barleywine

9. Arcadia Coco Loco

10. Kwak

11. Tripel Karmeliet

12. Brouczech Lager

NYC Homebrewers Guild Meeting: Tuesday November 18, 2008

Tomorrow, November 18th, is the November meet of the NYC Homebrewers Guild.   The meeting starts around 7:30.  There will be a representative from Sixpoint Craft Ales on hand speaking to the Guild, and our patrons.  Maybe we will hear a little about the Sixpoint bottling plant opening in Williamsburg that Brooklyn Paper mentioned?

Burp Castle is open to the Public during the Guild meetings, and welcomes our patrons learn about beer and brewing from the Homebrewers and their Speaker.  It’s sure to be a good time.

Cheers,

Tom

What’s on Tap as of 11/13/08

1. Lindeman’s Peche

2. Rodenbach Flemish Red

3. Stone Arrogant Bastard

4. Chimay Cinq Cents (Triple)

5. Kasteel Triple

6. Ommegang Witte (white)

7. Maredsous Dubbel

8. Rogue XS Old Crusty Barleywine

9. Arcadia Coco Loco

10. Kwak

11. Tripel Karmeliet

12. Hofbräu Lager

Duvel Green Draft was on Tap.

Yes, Duvel Green Draft is on tap at Burp Castle but don’t expect the Duvel you know from the bottle. Duvel Green Draft is the only version of Duvel that is kegged, and is a totally different beast. Michel Moortgat explains it best to BeerAdvocate.com:

We in the brewery have enjoyed for decades the fresh, light taste of the ‘single-fermented’ Duvel, and we have traditionally cold-filtered and bottled a small portion of this beer for sale, but only at the brewery and a few selected locations in Belgium. The beer was labeled with a green label, as the nickname ‘kleine’ Duvel (or ‘Green’ Duvel) was used to describe the beer taken at a young stage of the brewing process of Duvel.

When BeerAdvocate asks: “Is this Duvel Green on draft the same beer as the classic bottle conditioned Duvel?“ , and Moortgat responds:

Yes and No. Duvel and Duvel Green are both brewed in the same installations, using the same ingredients (water, two-row summer malts, Saaz and Styrian Golding Hops) but as explained Duvel undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle while Duvel Green is cold filtered and packaged in kegs.

Duvel Green is certainly not a new beer, yet clear differences do exist between classic Duvel and Duvel Green in bottle or in keg.

The ‘classic Duvel’ is a sophisticated, full-flavored and aromatic Belgian Golden Ale, with clean, refined, silky sweet dry taste, while a ‘Duvel Green’ on draft has a gentle hoppiness, soft carbonation, and a subtle, smooth dryness with hints of fruitiness. The beer is not refermented, but is does have young Duvel flavors emerging from the first fermentation.

Two separate beers, yet from the same family. Familiar taste characteristics, but clearly different.

Duvel Green weighs in at 6.8% ABV (compared to 8.5% of the bottled Duvel). Stop in soon and try it for yourself. For more on Duvel Green from Beeradvocate.com and Mr. Moortgat click here.

Cheers,

Tom

**Duvel Green kicked last night (11/12/08).  We will let you know when a new keg goes on.  I hope some of you Burp fans got to try it.