Brabant

I just got an exciting voice mail from Adam Avery. We will be receiving a limited quantity of his new specialty release, Brabant. This is the first in Avery's Barrel Aged Series. Brabant is a province in Belgium which includes the capital city of Brussels and the area slightly north and south. It is divided into the Flemish and Walloon areas, as well as the multi-lingual capital area. It is also a breed of Belgian Draft Horse which appears on the label for the beer.

The beer is a dark ale fermented with two strains of wild yeast and aged in Zinfandel barrels for 8 months. Some of the pilot batches were made using Old Jubilation as a base and I had a chance to try those, and they were spectacular. The dark ale used for this is a new recipe. I am looking forward to, as Avery says, sifting through the vast layers of complexity of this beer.

Pricing should be in line with the Demon series, although availability will be much less. This is a must try beer, and I would suggest buying a couple of bottles to cellar as well. Look for it on the shelves sometime in March...and expect the return of Maharaja around then as well.