The Beachwood Blendery has a new “lambic-inspired release: Be Well! Crafted with a blend of spontaneous barrels, apples, chamomile, and honey,”
Be Well
A Serenade
If you are looking for a summer fruit explosion then look no further than Sangria Serenade from the Beachwood Blendery. It is a “Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Grenache grapes, peaches, strawberries, and citrus. Notes of jammy strawberry, citrus and raspberry shine in this balanced blend.”
Experiential
Beachwood’s The Blendery is changing how you experience their Lambic-inspired beers plus learn more about them and their blending methods.
It is in a similar vein to the bourbon tours that I went on last month. Here are the details…
“Starting October 1st, we’re transitioning to a brand-new service program we’ve been working on to bring you a more personal, exciting, and dare we say geeky Blendery experience.
The Blendery will now operate as reservation-only with various packages that include curated beer flights of our latest releases, detailed tasting notes, charcuterie boards, and guided tours of our custom-designed barrel room.”
Instead of educating one customer at a time over a busy bar, this is a say to really showcase the beer.
Lost in Funk
Beachwood’s Blendery recently re-opened and here is a good reason to re-visit or first visit, Funk Yeah Lost Time Blend, what they are calling the “best of the best.”
50% of the Funk Yeah blend and 50% of two exceptional four-year-old barrels. It will be available in bottles and on draft while supplies last.
Constant and Infinite
Beachwood Blendery has some new blends made in collaboration with Portland’s Von Ebert Brewing that recently released.
Constancy of Change – Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Pixie Mandarin and five spice.
Infinite Resonance – Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Ruby Red Grapefruit & Salt.
Rhubarb Sketch
Rhubarb is not often thrown into the mix but if the Beachwood Blendery is doing it, then expect it to really shine. A choice selection of their aging beer was exposed to the rhubarb and then that was mixed with an apricot flavored beer for the final product. Releases today!
Spontaneous Christmas Celebration
OK the theme is not Christmas but for sour fans Beachwood Blendery and their Seal Beach locations will be filled with spontaneous only beers from December 12th through the 14th.
If you missed the Cellador Sour Fest earlier this year, this is a chance to redeem your beer cred.
Up From the Cellar – Propagation 001 from Beachwood Blendery
I dipped back into my purposefully dwindling cellar stash since the weather has turned a bit cold at night and hot at day so I needed something in-between and I found this gem from the early days of Beachwood Blendery...
This brings back memories from the very start of Beachwood Blendery. The cage was harder to pry off than the cork but once inside I found a simple Brett-astic small Saison. It made my stomach gurgle that night but this was a lovely sipper. Pours with a thick meringue foam. The flavor is all Brett but not overpoweringly so. It is easy to imagine this being a part of a blend. Lot of barnyard funk. Tiny bit of old hat as well.
Blending in a Shack
I don’t know much about Shacksbury and their cider but if they have the confidence of Beachwood Blendery, then I will be interested int the pair of blends being released, tomorrow, Thursday, October 3rd.
Here are the details, “Introducing Imaginary Apples and Imaginary Apples Rosé! Starting with wild foraged Vermont apples that went straight from trees into the press, and then allowed to naturally ferment using native yeast in early November 2016 as part of Shacksbury Ciders Lost Apple Project. The culture from that was sent to us after fermentation had been completed and used to to inoculate our wort in September 2017. After 16 months in barrels a portion of the blend was put on second use zinfandel grapes to extract a bit of color and flavor. Both blends were packaged January 2019 and left to bottle condition and age for 8 months.”
1-2-3 Gueuze
Ever since the Blendery side of Beachwood Brewing started, the clock has been running for the three-year mark. That is when they could produce their Long Beach version of a traditional Belgian-style Gueuze with a blend of 1,2 and 3 year old beer.
And on September 8th, will herald their first ever 3-year blend, Funk Yeah! Keep tabs on their website for the pricing details.