If you like joining clubs and/or you don’t want to trek to Healdsburg, California then Bear Republic has a deal for you.
They have just announced the Wild Club.
Joining gets you access to handcrafted and limited production beers. “As a member you will receive four shipments a year of our barrel aged, hand crafted beer. These beers are produced in extremely small batches, so most will be exclusive to program members.”
More info from their press release, “In the Wild Program, our brewers have free reign to be creative in their craft and will use many different techniques such as:
•Fermenting with Wild Yeasts & Bacteria
•Aging with Fruit & in Spirit Barrels
•Inoculating for Secondary Ferment in the Bottle”
The first shipment will be in December and will include –
Barrel 188: This Little Figgie
“Soda pop cola sweetness, creamy mouthfeel, brandy booziness, huge malt and fig flavors.”
‘Twas The Beer Before Christmas
“Peanut butter roast malt character, dried apricot dustiness, clean tartness, cognac from Old Baba Yaga.”
Goat Rock Funk – Exclusive to VIP members
“Lemon-lime tartness, citrus and pineapple notes, fruity and estery nose, woody tannic backbone”