Rogue Double Dead Guy
Style: Strong Ale Food Pairing: Pork / Hot & Spicy
Tasting Notes:
Deep amber copper color. Buttery peanut brittle, orange blossom tea aromas follow through to a rich chewy and fruity full body with nice notes of caramel drizzled dried apricot and roasted grains and spice. Finishes with a long, tangy grilled grapefruit and chocolate fade.
| 7 Ingredients: Malts: 2-Row, Munich and C15.
Hops: Cascade. Yeast & Water: Rogue’s Pacman Yeast and Free Range Coastal Water. |
Specs: 20º PLATO
60 IBU 78 AA 25º Lovibond |
World Class Package:
750ml “Dead Red” Painted bottle.
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Kasteel Rouge, Triple and Donker 4 packs are now $7.59
Kasteel Rouge, Triple and Donker 750ml’s are now $3.79
Rouge has a 92 rating from Ratebeer.com
Triple has a 85 rating from Ratebeer.com
Donker has a 92 rating from Ratebeer.com
Don’t miss out on this limited offering
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Eric Shatzer
Kasteel Rouge 750ml/$3.79 and 4pk/$7.49
Castle Red is the fruit beer of the Castle range. Its unique dark red colour is obtained by mixing Castle brown that has been left to mature for at least 6 months with sour cherries. This beer has gastronomic qualities and can be drunk as an aperitif, with a BBQ, to accompany a dessert or simply as an outstanding real ale.
Kasteel Triple 750ml/$3.79 and 4pk/$7.49
A golden craft-beer, brilliant, topfermented, refermented in the bottle. An exceptional blend of malts and quality hops, an elegant nose and a particularly smooth flavour.
11% ABV.
Should be served at 9°C.
Kasteel Bruin-Brune 750ml/$3.79 and 4pk/$7.49
From beer to castle… it’s a long way! Endeavouring to comply with ever more strin-gent
requirements, the master brewer carried out numerous tests before he produced a creamy dark
beer. The fruit of his labours goes under the name of Kasteelbier. It combines the unparalleled quality of
the past and a resolutely modern taste. Kasteelbier is a brown craft beer mild and tasty, fullbodied and creamy… It has a shelf life ofseveral years. 11% ABV.
Should be served at 12°C.
Grape Source
Fruit for this red blend is sourced from the North Coast and Dunnigan Hills AVAs
of California. The North Coast is ideal for growing and maturing Zinfandel as the
moderate summer days allow for full ripeness and fresh bramble fruit flavors.
Petite Sirah grown in the warmer Dunnigan Hills AVA which contributes ripe, hearty
tannins and intriguing floral notes. The Syrah comes from both areas, with the North
Coast fruit offering rich mocha/chocolate flavors on the palate, while our estate
vineyard in the Dunnigan Hills produces Syrah with vibrant blueberry fruit notes
and hints of lavender. (45% Syrah, 37% Zinfandel, 16% Petite Sirah, 2% Other)
Vintage
The 2007 vintage began with a wet spring, followed by a summer of ideal, moderate,
and even conditions which concluded in excellent ripening weather. The vines
were well balanced and the harvest proceeded smoothly, allowing for the character
of the vineyards and fruit to shine.
Winemaking
The style of winemaking for this blend was designed to let the fruit shine through.
After crushing, the grapes undergo a 24-hour cold soak, which aids in the extraction of
color. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, and skin contact averages approximately
10 days. The wine was pressed off skins slightly before dryness, when color is at
a maximum and tannins are moderate. Following malolactic fermentation, the wines
are aged in small oak barrels, 10% of which are new American, providing complex
butterscotch and coconut flavors. The remaining barrels are older French and
American barrels, which round out the wine without dominating the fruit. The
Untamed Red is unfiltered.
Winemaker Notes
This rich, mouth-filling wine features prominent flavors of wild blackberry and red
raspberry. There are intriguing lavender accents on the nose, and the barrel aging
adds nuances of vanilla and cedar. Round and ripe on the palate, the wine has medium
tannins that carry into a long, spicy finish. Untamed Red is deeply hued, with notes of
maroon and carmine.
Food Pairings
This balanced wine will pair well with proteins from lamb, pork, and veal, to pasta
or Osso Buco.
Technical Data
WINEMAKER: Barry Bergman
VARIETY: Red Blend | APPELLATION: California
ACID/pH: 5.62 g/L / 3.73 | RESIDUAL SUGAR: 2.4 g/l | ALCOHOL: 13.5%
337 Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon Today’s price $11.04
Here is what their website has to say: 337 delivers concentrated flavors that ignite the senses. The 337 clone is an early ripening grape with small berry clusters that deliver a bold, but luscious wine with spice and blackberry. The 337 clone is renowned for lacking the herbal and veggie characteristics that can detract from the Cabernet Sauvignon grape.The 337 Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 exhibits enticing aromas of toffee, black cherry and currant. Balanced tannins underscore core flavors of black cherry, blackberry, and currant, interlaced with roasted coffee bean and hints of black pepper. This Cabernet Sauvignon can be enjoyed on its own or matches well with braised meats.
Anne Amie Cuvee A Amrita Today’s price $11.89
Bright pale straw in color, the Cuvée A Amrita has an upfront minerality and striking fruit-forward aromas layered with notes of gooseberry, passion fruit and key lime pie. With each sip you find a veritable smorgasbord of citrus flavors with highlights of grapefruit, citrus peel and Meyer lemon leading the way. This wine is delightfully crisp with long finish that is fresh, elegant and seductively charming.
Anne Amie Cuvee A Pinot Noir Today’s price $21.07
Our 2007 Cuvée A Pinot Noir is gleaming ruby in color and bursts with aromas of fresh blackberries, plums, spice and hints of forest floor. On the palate, the wine opens up with lively acidity and a round mouth-feel that leads to flavors of ripe cherry, raspberry and sweet-maple touched with cinnamon, cardamom, and sandalwood spice. A smooth, lingering finish is backed by firm, seamlessly integrated tannins . We recommend drinking our Cuvée A Pinot Noir now, to enjoy its lively freshness and youthful charms. This wine pairs beautifully with a broad array of cuisine. From delicate fish to succulent venison there are endless great matches to this versatile food friendly wine.
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We have a few new items here that I really enjoy and the great thing about all of these is that they are available in 22 oz servings so that you will not have to buy a whole six pack not knowing whether or not you will like them and have to throw out 5 beers.
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New Belgium’s Lips of Faith 22 oz Series
Transatlantique Kriek $13.59
In a never-ending quest to create new beers and defy category, New Belgium Brewing and Brewerij Boon of Belgium have partnered together again to create Transatlantique Kriek - a spontaneously fermented lambic ale made with Polish cherries.
This authentic kriek beer began life in the oaken vessels at Frank Boon’s brewery in the Lembeek region of Belgium. After more than two years aging, Boon’s offering shipped across the Atlantic and found its way to the intuitive palate of New Belgium’s Brewmaster Peter Bouckaert. After much sampling and internal consultation, Peter and his brew staff created a full-bodied golden lager to round out the light-bodied kriek.
The cherry nose gives way to a pleasingly sour flash across the palate that rolls gently into a slightly sweet finish. Crisp, effervescent carbonation keeps the mouthfeel bright and delightfully tingly.
Biere de Mars $7.99
For the first time in three years we are pleased to offer one of our favorite harbingers of spring, Biere de Mars.
With earthy tones of ripe mango and lemon verbena, this bottle-conditioned ale reflects the hearty character of the southern Belgian and northern French countrysides. Brewed with barley, oats and wheat malt, Biere de Mars’ celestial orange hue inspired the planetary play on words.
Brettanomyces, a wild yeast strain, added for bottle-conditioning creates a refreshingly sour flash across the palate. Lemon peel coupled with the lemon verbena imparts fruitlike character and a citrusy finish. www.newbelgium.com
Le Fleur Misseur $7.99
Deep burnished gold with a slight haze, Le Fleur Misseur opens with pineapple, clove and honey notes. Dry-hopping produces a flower leaf aroma supported by tones of fresh bread and honey. Bottle conditioned with our special house strain of Brettanomyces (wild ale) yeast, Le Fleur finishes dry and slightly herbal.
Produced for New Belgium coworkers to celebrate our 15th anniversary, Le Fleur has roots in the earliest days of our history. In 1988 founder Jeff Lebesch sat weary on the side of a Belgian road when a young lad passing by picked a delicate yellow flower and offered it to Jeff.
“Le Fleur, Misseur?” Jeff misspelled the boy’s comment in his journal as he accepted the offering. A treasured memory, a beer to treasure. www.newbelgium.com
La Folie Sour Brown Ale $13.59
La Folie Wood-Aged Biere, is our original wood-conditioned beer, resting in French Oak barrels between one and three years before being hand bottled, numbered and corked for your enjoyment. Brewmaster, Peter Bouckaert, came to us from Rodenbach – home of the fabled sour red. Our La Folie emulates the spontaneous fermentation beers of Peter’s beloved Flanders with sour apple notes, a dry effervescence, and earthy undertones. www.newbelgium.com
Anchor Steam “Small Beer” 22 oz $4.29
The tradition of brewing two distinct beers from one mash has existed for thousands of years, and for centuries the term “small beer” was used in English to describe the lighter and weaker second beer. By association, the term came to mean something of little importance.
We make our Old Foghorn Barleywine Style Ale from the rich first runnings of an all-malt mash, and Anchor Small Beer is our attempt to duplicate the “small beers” of old by sparging that same mash: sprinkling warm water over the Old Foghorn mash after the first wort has run off, thereby creating a second, lighter brew from the resulting thinner wort. Technically, both beers are “ales” because they are made with top-fermenting yeast.
We believe you will find Anchor Small Beer delicious—similar to what modern brewers call a “bitter”—and we hope you will also enjoy the idea of reviving an ancient brewing tradition, which is something of great importance. www.anchorbrewing.com
Morimoto Soba Ale $6.49
The Morimoto Soba Ale is part of the new Signature Series of Rogue Ales, launched in the Spring of 2003 with internationally acclaimed Chef Masaharu Morimoto—a James Beard awarded chef and one of the stars of the Food Network series, Iron Chef.
Soba (also known as buckwheat) is not a type of wheat but a member of the rhubarb family and has been a longtime staple of Japanese cuisine because of its nutritional value. Buckwheat is high in potassium, phosphorous, vitamin B (50 percent more than wheat) and protein, and its virtually fat-free. The fruits of the buckwheat plant are like small beechnuts, which are milled to separate the edible groats from the dark brown hulls. The groats are then roasted and used more or less like a grain (a good example is Kasha) www.rogue.com
Avery Maharaja $6.79
Beer Style: Imperial India Pale Ale
Hop Variety: Columbus, Crystal, Centennial & Simcoe
Malt Variety: Two-row barley, caramel 120L, victory
OG: 1.090 ABV: 10.24% (2009) IBUs: 102
Color: Dark Amber
Availability: Seasonally produced from March through August.
Maharaja is derived from the sanskrit words mahat, - “great” and rajan - “king”. Much like its namesake, this imperial IPA is regal, intense and mighty. With hops and malts as his servants, he rules both with a heavy hand. The Maharaja flaunts his authority over a deranged amount of hops: tangy, vibrant and pungent along with an insane amount of malted barley - fashioning a dark amber hue and exquisite malt essence.
Be aware that The Maharaja is a limited release only available for the summer. Welcome to his kingdom! www.averybrewing.com
Avery Sixteen $6.79
Beer Style: Saison Ale
Hop Variety: Sterling
Malt Variety: Two-row barley, pale malted wheat
OG: 1.065 ABV: 7.69%
Adjuncts: peaches, jasmine and honey
Availability: One and done. Bottled in May of ‘09
“Finally, we’re SIXTEEN! Dad, can we have the keys? No really, we’ll totally take care of her–keep her clean–fill up her tanks–show her off to our friends and let ‘em see what we can really do. Really? Thanks, dude! Promise to make you proud. Now to go find Jasmin, Peches and Miel! Well, we got her started and decided to add a few things to the tank. SIXTEEN is a harmonious combination of jasmine, peaches and honey fermented with an unmistakable Belgian yeast strain, all weaving a marvelously spicy and fruity, massively estery and dry, saison ale.” www.averybrewing.com
Rosa di Rosa is from a tiny appellation in northern Italy’s Appenine Mountain foothills calls Colli di Scandiano e Canossa. (That’s Italian for little bitty medieval villages!) On a map, it’s north of Florence, south of Milan, and west of Bologna. The grape variety used is rather rare, called Malbo Gentile (”MAL bo jen TEE lay”). The wine is half sparkling, half sweet, and half alcohol–exactly like Rosa Regale, except it’s from a neighboring region so it’s a different local grape variety. It’s actually a limited production wine that is much loved by the locals there, especially with chocolate.Rosa di Bianca is exactly the same in style as Rosa di Rosa, but is made from Malvasia (they pronounce it “MAHL vuh SEE uh”). It’s served either on its own, or with a special dessert there called panna cotta (”cooked cream”). Cream is heated, sweetened, flavored with a vanilla bean, then a sheet of gelatin is added. After it cools it’s like a flan, or thick pudding, in texture.
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