Devils Backbone Brewing Company

Man is it hot in the brewery!  Recently it has been getting up to around 100 F on the brewhouse platform.  It's going to be a long hot summer.  To aid in the relief we are going to be brewing some refreshing beers this summer.  Already we have the Summer Haze on tap, which I have been having trouble explaining but I am now going to call it an "Anglo-American" wheat beer. We have the Trukker Pils currently on tap, a keller pilsner as well as a Belgian-style Wit and of course our year round Wintergreen Weiss and Gold medal winning Gold Leaf Lager for summer refreshment.  All that said, we will still have some robust beers coming this summer in addition to the refreshers.  In the fermenter eating up the sugar like a fiend is the Azreal aka Gargamel (had to be re-named because Allagash already brewed brewed a beer called Gargamel).  This is a Belgian inspired strong golden ale.  It is 7.8% abv and is dangerously drinkable for it's strength.  Expect it out for July 4th.  Brewing today is the Tye Porter, a robust English style porter that blends some aspects of strong stout with those of strong porter.  The line is always blurred between stout and porter in my eyes so to say the least will be a rich chocolaty coffee like brew.  It comes in around 7% abv and 30 IBU's.  Not your typical summer beer but who cares.  I need something to off set the light ones.  Expect it out for the Fourth of July as well.  In August we will see a return of the Congo Pale Ale, a Belgian influenced IPA that clocks in at 6.8% abv and 50 IBU's.  The hops and yeast has changed since last year so check it out in August. 

Well, back to the 100 degrees in the brewhouse and the Tye Porter brew.  Oh, yeah almost forgot.  Reilly's Red Ale will be coming out mid-June!!!  It's an "Irish-American Red Ale" that my assistant Aaron Reilly developed the recipe for.  It's going to be great, it comes in around 6.0% abv, with about 30+ IBU's coming from Cascade and Amarillo hops.  It has a rich malty backbone supported by the lively American hop varieties. 

Cheers,

Jason