CHOCOLATE TOWN

SPOONWOOD BREWING CHOCOLATE STOUT

Cream Stout   ABV  4.1%  IBU 30 Fermentables: Maris Otter, Munich, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Dark Crystal, Flaked Barley, Lactose, Cocoa Powder Hops: Newport, Ultra A cream stout, or milk stout, is a dark and roasty ale brewed with lactose, which is “milk sugar.” Because lactose is unfermentable by brewer’s yeast, it adds body to the finished beer. Chocolate Town is a particularly small beer (low ABV), so the lactose prevents the mouthfeel from becoming overly thin. The lactose is also working against the bitterness of the roasted grain, cocoa, …

GOOD TIDINGS

Good Tidings Christmas Belgian Spoonwood Brewing Co

Belgian Christmas   ABV 7.1%  IBU 26 Fermentables: 2-Row Pale, Pils, Special B, Candi Sugar, Cranberries, Cherries Hops: Santiam Good Tidings is a celebratory ale brewed with Belgian yeast, candi sugar, dried cranberries and cherries, and cherry juice. It’s hardly a fruit-forward beer, but the cranberries and cherries do impart a slight reddish hue plus a hint of tartness. The yeast esters enhance the beer’s subtle fruitiness, allowing a bit of cherry to shine through. And the Pils malt provides a gentle grain sweetness on the back end.  I can’t …

Spoonwood In Motion: Find Us All Over Pittsburgh In December!

Spoonwood In Motion: Find Us All Over Pittsburgh In December! If there’s one thing that typically defines the holiday season for most people, it’s one word: busy. Shopping to be done, gifts to be wrapped, cookies to bake, parties to attend, family gatherings to coordinate and execute. Oh, and in the midst of all that…menial tasks like going to work and cleaning the house. It’s a world gone mad these 31 days. Personally, I try to keep things level and balanced by never forgetting the true meaning of the holiday …