New Beer Friday, Crush & Press Edition (August 24)

Preamble by Steve Siciliano

If you live in the environs of Beer City USA and are thinking about making wine from fresh grapes this fall, there are options available for home vintners who are looking to source locally grown fruit. Here is the contact information for Taylor Ridge Vineyards in Allegan and Morgan Vineyard in Coopersville, both good sources for fresh wine grapes:

• Taylor Ridge Vineyards
• 3843 105th Ave. Allegan, MI 49010
• Email: bctaylor@btc-bci.com
• Cell: 269-491-1512
• Home: 269-521-4047

• Morgan Vineyard
• 15775 40th Avenue, Coopersville, MI 49404
• Email: morgangrapes@gmail.com
• Phone: 616-648-3025

We will be offering the free on-site use of our fruit crushers and basket presses from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on four consecutive Sundays in the parking lot behind the store. Dates for the free use of the equipment are as follows:

• Sunday, September 16
• Sunday, September 23
• Sunday, September 30
• Sunday, October 7

New and Returning Beer

• Omnipollo Oaxaca, $4.39/16oz - "Mango margarita slush IPA brewed with lactose, mango, lime, grapefruit & vanilla" (source).
• Omnipollo Zodiak Multiverse, $4.59/16oz - "Our new house IPA. A blend of grains, untouched post fermentation and aspiringly hopped with Simcoe, Citra and Centennial" (source).
• Stillwater Nu Tropic, $2.79/12oz - "India Pale Ale with Mango & Passionfruit" (source).
• Stillwater Wild is the Will, $4.99/16oz - "Rustic sour ale aged on cedar. Inspired by the music of Prince Billy, hunt down "Wild is the Will" on Bandcamp" (source).
• Stillwater Frond, $5.99/16oz - "Double India pale ale brewed with palm sugar" (source).
• Evil Twin Key Lime Pie IPA, $4.99/16oz - "India Pale Ale with graham crackers and key lime added" (source).
• Decadent Blackberry Creme Pop, $5.49/16oz - "Our all-mosaic dry-hopped double IPA brewed with blackberries, Madagascar vanilla and a proprietary blend of sugars" (source).
• Brewery Vivant Pumpkin Tart, $3.79/16oz - "Ale brewed with real pumpkin & spices" (source).
• Pigeon Hill Oktoberfest, $1.99/12oz - "Through our Marzen-style Oktoberfest we celebrate the great art of celebrating beer itself! This lightly hopped beer has a semi-dry finish that nicely complements its light to medium body. A light caramel and malty sweetness provide a pleasing smooth flavor" (source).
• Grand River 313 Polish Lager, $2.39/16oz - "Soft, easy drinking lager with a creamy smooth Saaz/Lublin hop accent. Nice lacy head with a clean smooth profile. An homage to Detroit area Polish immigrants that craved the beer from homeland while they powered the industrial revolution" (source).
• Grand River Monkey Mouth, $3.29/16oz - "NYIBC North American IPA of the Year - piney, bitter, red grapefruit, citrus zest, clean and smooth" (source).
• North Pier Springtooth, $4.19/16oz - "This Double IPA uses a juicy blend of Mosaic and Idaho 7 hops to provide a huge tropical aroma reminiscent of pineapple and mango. Brewed with Rye and Oats for a smooth mouthfeel and co-fermented with a funky wild yeast and a classic farmhouse yeast" (source).
• Roak Roaktoberfest, $2.79/16oz - "Traditional German-style Oktoberfest" (source).
• Erdinger Oktoberfest, $2.09/12oz - "This golden, clear Erdinger is brewed all-naturally, using traditional barrel-fermentation, never pasteurized" (source).
• Left Hand A Blessing & a Curse, $3.09/12oz - "This double IPA delivers a synthesis of hops from opposite hemispheres with an aggressive disposition of citrus, pine, and tropical fruit characteristics for a delightfully juxtaposed consequence. Count your blessings, accept the curse" (source).
• Left Hand Nitro Belgian-Style Dubbel, $2.89/13.65oz - "Super smooth with rich malt flavors and a dry finish" (source).
• Odd Side Stinger, $2.59/12oz - "Double IPA brewed with honey" (source).
• Odd Side Cat in the Wall, $2.59/12oz - "NE Style DIPA" (source).
• Stroh's Spirit Witbier, $1.59/12oz - "Beer brewed with coriander and orange peel" (source).
• Deschutes Black Butte Porter 30th Anniversary, $18.69/22oz - "This beer celebrates our 30th Anniversary, and 30 years of Black Butte Porter. The 2018 version is an Imperial Porter that was 100% barrel-aged using eight different varieties of oak barrels. Release of Black Butte XXX at our pubs in Bend and Portland on June 27th, 2018 and shipping out soon to most locations that carry our Reserve Series beers" (source).
• Heavy Seas Blackbeards Breakfast Porter, $4.89/12oz - "Blackbeard's Breakfast is a robust porter with a new world twist. Aged in bourbon barrels and brewed with Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company's Dark Sumatra coffee, this porter is flavorful and complex. Featuring unique English malts, this brew will have strong notes of caramel and a slight nut character. Paired with bourbon notes and the sumptuous Sumatran Coffee, Blackbeard's breakfast will please coffee and beer connoisseurs alike" (source).
• Port Brewing High Tide IPA, $3.49/16oz - "A citrusy IPA drenched in notes of tangerine and stone fruit from the judicious amounts of Simcoe and Amarillo hops, finishing with a crisp hop bite and a smooth piney finish" (source).
• Kentucky Brewing Barrel-Aged Pumpkin, $4.59/12oz - "As the ale is aged in fresh bourbon barrels, the sweetness of caramel and vanilla are imparted upon the brew and complement its spicier base. At 10 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), this robust, limited release seasonal makes for a flavorful sipping beer to slowly warm up with as the weather cools" (source).

Press the Issue: Make Wine!

Use our fruit presses free of charge on four consecutive
Sundays starting September 16.

Cheers!