Hello Nickel Beer Fans!
I had to send out a quick email to update you on some fantastic specialty beers that will be hitting our taps this weekend.
When we open today at 11:30 am we will have kegs of Tom and Perry, Sour Apple Pie Ale, Ninja Boy IPA and Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrel Aged Constantine’s Russian Imperial Stout all on tap! I expect all of these beers to be on tap through the long holiday weekend.
Tom and Perry is our collaboration with Julian Cider Works featuring pears grown on the brewery property. It is a blend of Cider from our pears, local Golden Delicious apples and Mead made from high desert honey. It is utterly delicious and dangerously drinkable despite being 10% alcohol.
Sour Apple Pie Ale is a blend of our regular Apple Pie Ale with a one year barrel aged sour ale. I have two sour barrels to blend into this year’s batches of Apple Pie Ale so we will be making much more of this beer in the fall and I hope to have a release weekend where we have it available to-go. For now though, you will have to enjoy it in the tasting room.
Ninja Boy is our newest IPA brewed for the re-launch of the Ninja Boy comic book series at Comic-Con. The beer is brewed with Flaked Rice and it is hopped with Sorachi Ace, Summit and Ekuanot hops. The beer is very light in color with a dry finish and a unique spicy, citrus, herbal hop character. It is the perfect warm weather IPA and it clocks in at a very drinkable 6.8% alcohol.
And that brings us to the big bad boy at the end of the list – Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrel Aged Constantine’s Russian Imperial Stout. This massive stout was aged in the Heaven Hill barrels for over 6 months and picked up lots of big wood and Bourbon notes. We blended it back with some non-barrel aged beer to create a stout that is perfectly nuanced with barrel aged flavors. I do have a keg of this that will be served on nitrogen later this year.
Coming up next weekend we will be debuting our first ever Session IPA. The beer is a collaboration with Kelsey McNair of North Park Beer Company. We brewed a Double IPA together at North Park and I expect to have that on by Friday the 14th. We will be doing a beer dinner at North Park Beer Company on Tuesday the 11th featuring both collaborations and 7 other Nickel Beers including Volcan IPA, Stonewall Stout and Pickel Weisse. For details and tickets, please visit: http://www.northparkbeerco.com/npbc-events/2017/6/13/beer-dinner-no-2.
Holiday Weekend Hours
We will be CLOSED on Tuesday, July 4th but open extended hours on Monday, July 3rd. Here are our hours for the long weekend:
Friday, 6/30 – 11:30 am to 8:30 pm
Saturday, 7/1 – 11 am to 8:30 pm
Sunday, 7/2 – 11 am to at least 7:30 pm and probably a little bit later
Monday, 7/3 – Noon to 7:30 pm
Tuesday, 7/4 – Closed
Wednesday, 7/5 – 2 pm to 7:30 pm
And though we will be closed on the 4th, we will have beer on tap at the American Legion Deep Pit BBQ from Noon to 4 pm after the 4th of July Parade. The event is open to everyone, family friendly and will also feature live music. The American Legion is right in town on Washington Street just north of the 4 way stop sign on Main Street.
That is your Nickel Beer News for now. Have a fun and safe 4th of July! We’ll see you soon for a tasty Julian brewed beer. Cheers, Tom