St. Patty's Day is in two days, and I'm a firm believer in starting early so I figured I would promote some breakfast beers I have come across in my beer drinking travels. You wont find these in the fridge at the 7-11 so if your a real man, pop into your local Total Wine establishment and grab a couple of these to wash down your green eggs and ham on Thursday morning when you start your day. Rise and shine its hammer time.
-Bodhi
1.) Founders Brewery-Breakfast Stout
The coffee lover's consummate beer. Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and Sumatra and Kona coffee, this stout has an intense fresh roasted java nose topped with a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that goes forever.
Alcohol By Volume: 8.3%
2.) Terrapin Brewery-Wake N' Bake Coffee and Oatmeal Blend
Black as night, this coffee stout is thick, rich and full of real coffee flavor. Brewed with the Terrapin Wake-n-Bake coffee blend created by Terrapin & Jittery Joe’s Coffee.
ABV: 8.6%
Malt: 2- Row Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, Flaked Barley, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt & Roasted Barley
Hops: Chinook, Northern Brewer
Coffee: Premium blend of Costa Rican, Guatemalan, & Zimbabwe : Premium blend of Costa Rican, Guatemalan, & Zimbabwe
Awards
Silver — 2008 Australian International Beer Awards
2008 THE BROS A outstanding / OVERALL A- excellent
First Place winner at the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting in 2005 and People’s Choice winner in 2006.
3.) Stone Brewing Co.-Smoked Porter
Stone Smoked Porter is dark, rich and complicated. A porter is substantially darker than a pale ale, but not as black or opaque as a stout. Our Smoked porter has a captivatingly deep mahogany color, complimented by silky dark tan head. Rich, full bodied and robust. Smooth, with chocolate and coffee-like flavors balanced by the subtle "smoky" character of just the right amount of peat-smoked specialty malt.
-Deep Mahogany Color
-A porter is darker than a pale ale, but not as black or opaque as a stout.
-Rich, Full Bodied Robust Ale
-Smooth, with chocolate and coffee-like flavors balanced by subtle "smoky" character of peat-smoked specialty malt.
-100% Natural
-Only Barley, Hops, Water & Yeast are used.
-5.9% Alc. Vol.
4.) Allagash Brewing Co.-Allagash White
Our interpretation of a traditional Belgian wheat beer, Allagash White is unique and truly refreshing. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and our own special blend of spices, this beer is light and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a spicy aroma. Overall, it is a beer that is very drinkable and smooth any time of the year.
Pair with a salad with vinaigrette dressing or a fresh goat cheese. Excellent accompaniment to poultry and fish entrées or a dessert such as a spicy apple pie.
5.) Samuel Smith's Brewery-Oatmeal Stout
Brewed with well water (the original well at the Old Brewery, sunk in 1758, is still in use, with the hard well water being drawn from 85 feet underground); fermented in ‘stone Yorkshire squares’ to create an almost opaque, wonderfully silky and smooth textured ale with a complex medium dry palate and bittersweet finish.
Serving Suggestions • pizza and salad; pasta and other Italian foods; lobster with drawn butter; steak and kidney pie; ploughman’s lunch; dark flavourful bread; British and French cheeses.
Best served at about 55°F (13°C).
Ingredients • Water, malted barley, cane sugar, roasted malt, yeast, hops, oatmeal, seaweed finings, carbon dioxide.
6.) Troeg's Craft Brewery-Java Head Stout
JavaHead Stout contains a blend of locally roasted espresso and Kenyan coffee beans by St. Thomas Roasters in Linglestown, PA.
JavaHead's recipe is based off of our original oatmeal stout. After the boil, the hot wort passes through our hopback vessel on it's way to fermentation. Packed full of whole leaf hops and a bed of ground coffee beans, the hopback vessel is similar to using a huge French press, intensifying the coffee nose and releasing subtle hints of coffee flavor. The result is a lush oatmeal mouthfeel balanced with cocoa, roast and subtle coffee flavors.
FOOD COMPLIMENTSCheese (earthy; Camembert, Fontina) General (Chocolate, Dessert) Meat (Shellfish, Smoked Meat)
Alcohol By Volume: 7.5%
Color: Black
Availability: Seasonal, 22oz. bottles only (man style)
Malts: Pilsner, Crystal, Chocolate, Roast
JuJu: Oats, Blend of Coffee Beans
Hops: Cluster, Chinook, Cascade
7.) Ommegang Brewery-Ommegang Witte
Ommegang Witte is our take on a Belgian-white, or Witbier. Adhering closely to traditional ingredients and flavor profiles, Witte proved its worth at the 2008 World Beer Cup by capturing Silver in its category amongst the best in the world. Initially the first Ommegang beer available on draft, Witte is now featured as the Summer Seasonal in our featured-seasonal draft rotation. Though available for year-round enjoyment in 750 ml and 12 oz bottles, summer is the ideal time to enjoy a Witte draft at your favorite warm weather, draft beer destinations.
Try Ommegang Witte with:
a picnic with light summer foods, appetizers, salads, and barbeques. Or while sitting on the beach, watching clouds drift by.
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