07.02.09

Coney Island Night(s)

Posted in Fermentation Lounge at 9:20 pm by scott

It’s the Fourth of July and First Friday all rolled in to one big weekend, so we are stocked up and ready to go with 100% pure awesomeness.  Friday and Saturday night we will be celebrating Coney Island beers, a fun side project of the Shmaltz Brewery.  If you buy a 22 ounce bomber, or a pitcher of Coney Island Lager on draft, you get this cool glass to take home:

It's a pint glass, but even more awesome

It's a pint glass, but with an increased amount of awesomeness.

We will be serving up grilled hot dogs from 7:00 to 10:00 each night, Dan will be eating fire out on the sidewalk, and there will be a special screening of The Warriors on Saturday night.

First Friday always means Roller Derby, and this Friday Capital Punishment’s own Great Wall of Gina will be serving up pints of Paulaner Hefeweizen from 8:00 til 12:00.  $1.00 from every Paulaner served in the month of July goes to benefit the Tallahassee Rollergirls.

Rochefort is here!  One of the best, and rarest, trappist ales is here for a limited time.  All three varieties of Rochefort (6, 8, and 10) are in stock for a very limited time.  Once they are gone, it may very well be a year before we see them again.

By popular demand, Oskar Blue’s Gordon and Avery Maharaja IPA return to the draft list again this week.  They sold out quickly last week, and are likely to go fast once they are tapped again.  Here is the draft list as of Thursday night:

  • Avery IPA - Hoppy, but not over the top hoppy.  A great IPA.
  • Coney Island Lager - Malty for a lager, but still light and delicious.  Buy a pitcher and get a free glass!
  • Holy Grail Ale - A very well rounded ESB.  Light and easy to drink but retaining lots of good flavor.
  • Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout - Oatmeal stouts are delicious, and this one especially so.
  • Murphy’s Irish Stout - Smooth, creamy, and you can put ice cream in it.
  • Saxo - A sweet Belgian gold.
  • Smuttynose Old Brown Dog - Possibly our favorite brown ale.
  • Smuttynose Robust Porter - Light coffee notes come through on this tasty porter.

In the cooler we have:

  • Anchor Liberty - It’s a great pale ale and you can be all patriotic drinking it.
  • Avery Maharaja - Strong and hoppy as hell.
  • Chimay - The gold (white cap) version of a great Belgian ale.
  • Dogfish Head Chicory Stout - Back once more, because we like drinking stouts year round.
  • Oskar Blues Gordon - A big double IPA from Colorado.
  • Paulaner Hefeweizen - Our derby beer of the month!
  • Strongbow - The classic English cider.

06.25.09

IP Yay

Posted in On Tap at 5:02 pm by scott

We love India Pale Ales.  Love them.  We have been pushing our distributor for a little while to get one of our favorites, Avery Maharaja, in bottles.  It finally showed up this week…in the keg!  At the same time, Oskar Blues Gordon also arrived in the keg.  We freaked out.  It was like Christmas in the summer for us.  I’m not sure how often we will have either of these two kegs again, so be sure to try them while you can.

Here’s our tap lineup as of Thursday:

  • Avery Salvation - Medium bodied Belgian gold from Colorado.
  • Boulder Sweaty Betty - Our rollergirl beer of the month.  A light American wheat.
  • Clipper City Red Sky At Night - Almost gone!  Be sure to try this great saison while there is some left.
  • Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale - Called a pale wheat ale, but we think it tastes like stong pale ale or lighter IPA.
  • Murphy’s Irish Stout - A dry stout served through the nitrogen.
  • Rogue Hazelnut - Dessert in a glass.
  • Rogue Imperial Red - Bold and strongly hopped red ale.
  • Spaten Lager - Light, refreshing, and great for the heat.

In the cooler we have:

  • Anderson Valley Poleeko Pale Ale - Light and refreshing pale ale.
  • Avery IPA - Their regular IPA offering, nice and balanced.
  • Avery Maharaja - Oh hell yes.
  • Oskar Blues Gordon - Double IPA from our friends who put everything in cans.
  • Saxo - Easy to drink Belgian, somewhat grassy but with a lot of sweet overtones.
  • Woodchuck Pear Cider - It’s been too long since we had a cider on tap.

Pirate Night returns on Sunday!  Enjoy $1 off drafts and wines when you come dressed as a pirate.  This is probably our favorite thing that we do every month, so if you haven’t been then you need to come see the piratey awesomeness for yourself.

Ice cream floats will be back on Friday night.  Try them with Rogue Hazelnut, Murphy’s, Well’s Banana Bread, or any other beer of your choice.

06.18.09

It Floats!

Posted in On Tap at 8:11 pm by scott

We were kicking around some ideas on how to beat the heat when we realized that it had been way to long since we had ice cream floats at the lounge.  So this Friday night how about you escape from the armageddon-like heat and have a delicious beer and ice cream float.  The ice cream generally works with any beer that isn’t hoppy, but here are a few that we recommend:

  • Murphy’s Irish Stout - Stouts pair incedibly well with ice cream, and the added nitrogen gives an amazing creaminess.
  • Smuttynose Robust Porter - Adds some coffee notes to the ice cream.
  • Well’s Banana Bread - Have you had this yet?  Because it tastes exactly like banana bread.  It doesn’t have hints of banana bread, it tastes EXACTLY like it.  It’s a touch pricey, but you get a big bottle.  You can split a single bottle with some ice cream between two people and have plenty to go around.
  • Allagash White - The light citrus notes of this great beer greatly compliment the ice cream.
  • Woodchuck Raspberry Cider - Well this is just an awesome pairing if you like things on the sweet side.
  • Lambics - We have peach and raspberry in right now.  Both are crazy good.

We also got a bunch of cool bottled beer in, including:

  • Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout - Absolutely delicious and great with ice cream.
  • Lagunitas Lucky 13 - A seasonal imperial red.
  • Sierra Nevada Kellerweis - Bottle conditioned wheat beer, perfect for summer.
  • Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest - Brewed with New Zealand hops.  You can sing some Flight of the Conchords songs while drinking it.
  • Sierra Nevada Torpedo - Back for a limited time!
  • Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Big, strong, and deliciously complex.

And the tap lineup:

  • Boulder Sweaty Betty - Our rollergirl beer of the month.  A light American wheat.
  • Clipper City Red Sky At Night - A saison from what is becoming one of our favorite breweries.
  • Dogfish Head Festina Peche - Tart and peachy, a great summer seasonal.
  • Dogfish Head Midas Touch - Brewed from an acient recipe, with the taste of grapes in the forefront. 
  • Hofbrau Maibock - Malty and sweet.  Think along the lines of Rogue Dead Guy.
  • Lost Coast Indica IPA - A moderate IPA out of California.
  • Murphy’s Irish Stout - A dry stout served through the nitrogen.
  • Reissdorf Kolsch - Light, refreshing, and great during the heat.

Lots of cool kegs sitting in the cooler as well:

  • Anderson Valley Poleeko Pale Ale - Light and refreshing pale ale.
  • Avery Salvation - Medium bodied Belgian gold from Colorado.
  • Highland Gaelic Ale - A delicious amber.  Last week the keg sold out in under 24 hours, so we got two for this weekend.
  • Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale - A wheat ale that clocks in a little stronger (7.3% ABV) than normal.  We haven’t had it yet.  Probably awesome.
  • Lost Coast 8 Ball - One of our house favorite stouts.
  • Rogue Hazelnut - Dessert in a glass.
  • Rogue Imperial Red - Bold and strongly hopped red ale.
  • Saxo - Easy to drink Belgian, somewhat grassy but with a lot of sweet overtones.
  • Woodchuck Pear Cider - It’s been too long since we had a cider on tap. 

For this weekend, the floats will only be on Friday.  We are going to bring them on more and more during the summer though.

06.11.09

Dogfish Bonanza

Posted in Fermentation Lounge at 9:52 pm by scott

We love Dogfish Head Brewing.  They make great beer that they know the mainstream won’t necessarily like, but those that do like it will love it.  That’s pretty close to our philosophy at Fermentation, and we are thrilled to have three Dogfish beers coming on tap this weekend.  Also, the Dogfish 90 Minute IPA makes its return to our menu in bottles.  Here’s is what is on tap as of Thursday:

  • Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout - A well rounded and smooth stout.  This has been a hit, it may join Lost Coast 8 Ball in the list of our favorite stouts.
  • Bell’s Third Coast - Techincally an Old Ale, but this pushes the boundaries of a barley wine.  Strong and malty.
  • Boulder Flashback - Their 30th anniversary beer - an Indian Brown Ale.  Running low on this, so get it while you can.
  • Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti - Just about gone.  Amazingly complex and delicious.
  • Okocim - A staple at the lounge.  A pale lager from Poland.
  • Old Speckled Hen - A smooth English bitter that we run through nitrogen.
  • Ommegang Rouge - A Belgian sour from New York.  Along the style of Duchesse.  You wil either love or hate this one.
  • Stone Ruination - A massively hoppy double IPA.

In the cooler we have a whole bunch of stuff:

  • Avery Salvation - Medium bodied Belgian gold from Colorado.
  • Boulder Sweaty Betty - Our rollergirl beer of the month.
  • Clipper City Red Sky At Night - A saison from what is becoming one of our favorite breweries.
  • Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA - A delicious and very sessionable IPA.
  • Dogfish Head Festina Peche - Tart and peachy.  Give it a shot, cider lovers.
  • Dogfish Head Midas Touch - Brewed from an acient recipe, with the taste of grapes in the forefront.  Hate hoppy beers?  Give this a shot.
  • Highland Gaelic Ale - An amber out of Asheville.
  • Hofbrau Maibock - Malty and sweet.  Think along the lines of Rogue Dead Guy.
  • Lost Coast Indica IPA - A moderate IPA out of California.
  • Weihenstephan Hefeweiss - A traditional German hefeweizen that we haven’t had on tap in a while.  Which is weird, because it is one of our most popular bottled beers.

10 different kegs in reserve.  Engineers should come study how we pack stuff in that tiny cooler.

06.03.09

Jittery Monster

Posted in On Tap at 7:00 pm by scott

It is First Friday time once again, so we decided to make this a killer week at the lounge by bringing in six beers that we have never had on tap before.  We are excited about all of them, but I think we are most excited about Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti.  Yeah, it is quite the name* but it is also quite the beer.  It’s the usual great Yeti stout aged in oak barrels with espresso added into the mix.  It is a sensory overload of awesome.

First Friday also means roller derby.  Tallahassee Rollergirls Pixie Pounder and Callous Lily will be on hand pouring pints of Sweaty Betty.  One dollar from each draft will go to support local roller derby.

On to the rest of the beer…as of Wednesay night our tap list is:

  • Abita Restoration - Moderate pale ale from New Orleans
  • Bell’s Oberon - An American style hefeweizen, great for the warmer weather.
  • Boulder Flashback - Their 30th anniversary beer - an Indian Brown Ale. 
  • Clipper City Peg Leg - A borderline imperial stout with lots of delicious flavor.
  • Lagunitas 2009 Correction Ale - Limited release IPA from one of our favorite breweries.
  • North Coast Old Rasputin - Our favorite imperial stout, served through the nitrogen.
  • Ommegang Rouge - A Belgian sour from New York.  Along the style of Duchesse.  You wil either love or hate this one.
  • Unibrew Blanche De Chambly - A witbier full of citrusy goodness.

In the cooler we have:

  • Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout - A well rounded and smooth stout.
  • Bell’s Third Coast - Techincally an Old Ale, but this pushes the boundaries of a barley wine.  Strong and malty.
  • Boulder Sweaty Betty - A light wheat beer.  Rollergirls will love you forever if you order this.
  • Coney Island Lager - We have had Coney Island beers since we opened and now they finally are here in kegs.  Remember last Halloween when Dan did the Human Blockhead trick every time someone ordered this beer?  He is still sore.
  • Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA - A classic from our friends at Dogfish.
  • Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti - Have I mentioned this yet?  Because I am crazy excited.
  • North Coast Red Seal - We always have Red Seal.  It’s awesome.
  • Old Speckled Hen - A smooth English bitter that we run through nitrogen.
  • Stone Ruination - It’s been too long since we had this double IPA.  A massive hop explosion.

Two new lambics on the menu: St. Louis Peche and Floris Framboise.  I know Lindeman’s is awesome, but try something new already.

* Sarah has to get that to fit on the tap board because she has the best handwriting.  Wish her luck.

05.28.09

Pirate Night!

Posted in On Tap at 9:36 pm by scott

Pirate Night is back this Sunday.  We will be watching Pirate movies on the big screen, drinking Loose Cannon and Peg Leg on draft, Piraat Ale in the bottle, and whatever other glass of grog that you might fancy.  If you show up dressed as a pirate, you will get $1 off your tasty beers!

Oh yeah, and we have lots of delicious beer on tap right now:

  • Bell’s Expedition - We are running low on this crazy strong stout.  Get it while it is still here.
  • Franziskaner - A wheat beer in the traditional German style.  Cloudy and unfiltered.
  • Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat - Tastes like sunshine.  And tangerines.
  • North Coast Acme Pale Ale - An easy to drink, lightly hopped pale ale.
  • North Coast Old Rasputin - Our house favorite imperial stout.
  • Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard - Also running low.  Such a delicious and oaky bastard.
  • Terrapin Rye Pale Ale - Very sessionable pale ale from Athens.
  • Unibroue Blanche De Chambly - A witbier with notes of citrus and Belgian yeast.

In the cooler we have:

  • Bell’s Oberon - A fantastic wheat beer in the American style.
  • Clipper City Loose Cannon - A piratey IPA.
  • Clipper City Peg Leg - A piratey stout.
  • North Coast Pranqster - What is it with us and North Coast?  Anyway, this is their awesome take on a Belgian gold.

Coming next week: Some seriously cool beer.  We never say what beers will be on tap until they actually arrive (this has burned us in the past) but we have ordered some really exciting stuff.  Stay tuned.

05.27.09

June Summer School is sold out

Posted in Fermentation Lounge at 9:38 am by scott

All seats for the June session of Summer School with Doug Blackburn are now sold out.  We will have individual tickets for the July and August sessions available in a few weeks.

05.21.09

Beyond the Pale

Posted in On Tap at 10:47 pm by scott

After going all malty the past few weeks, we have jumped back into the arms of hops and the deliciousness of pale ales.  Want something with some hop character but not overpowering bitterness?  A pale ale is what the doctor prescribed*.  As of Thursday, here is what is on tap:

  • Abita Andygator - A sweet and deceptively strong doppelbock.  We are only getting two kegs in for the short term and the first keg only lasted three days.  Get it before it is gone.
  • Bell’s Expedition - A powerfully strong imperial stout.  Thick and delicious.
  • Great Divide Hercules - Massively hopped double IPA.
  • North Coast Old Rasputin - Our house favorite imperial stout running through the nitrogen.
  • North Coast Red Seal - Drink this unless you hate rollergirls.  They get a dollar from every pint sold.
  • Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale - Our most favorite pale ale in the history of ever.  Strongly hopped for the style.
  • Reissdorf Kolsch - Light, refreshing, and perfect for summer.
  • Wychwood Hobgoblin - A very smooth and classic English brown ale.  I don’t like many brown ales but I love this one.

In the queue we have:

  • Bell’s Two Hearted - A big delicious IPA.
  • Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard - Everyone’s favorite bastard aged in oak barrels.
  • Terrapin Rye Pale Ale - This flew out the door the first time that we had it.  Try contrasting it with the Rye Squared and Indian Brown which are both on the menu in bottles.

* If your doctor prescribes pale ales, please let us know.  That’s the kind of doctor that we like.

05.14.09

Oddities

Posted in On Tap at 4:08 pm by scott

When our beer menus hit the printer this week, they will have a new section: Oddities.  We had been lumping all the miscellaneous beers under the "ale" category, some are so distinct that we really didn’t want someone to stumble across it by mistake.  If you are looking for an amber ale and accidentally order Petrus Oud Bruin, then you probably won’t really like what you get.  So we moved a few more of the interesting beers to their own section (Midas Touch, Petrus, and Boon Gueuze to be specific) where they will await selection by the more adventurous types.  Fun fact: Trevor named the section of the menu "Oddities", which narrowly beat out Rachel’s suggestion of "Weird Shit".  Seriously, it was a close decision.

Ok, enough of that.  Here’s the draft list as of Thursday afternoon:

  • Anderson Poleeko Gold Pale Ale - Light bodied with just a hint of hoppiness.
  • Dogfish Indian Brown - A brown ale with a strong hop character.
  • Dogish Palo Santo Marron - A dark brown ale with strong tastes of Brazilian ironwood.
  • Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout - Our house favorite oatmeal stout.  Someone pointed out yesterday that I refer to many things as being one of my favorites.  But this seriously is one of my favorites.
  • Old Speckled Hen - Coming through the nitrogren.  Smooth and creamy.
  • Rogue Imperial Red - From their XS series.  Thick with a sweet maltiness.
  • Sierra Nevada Brown Saison - Light on the earthiness normally associated with saisons, with a strong malt presence.
  • Sprecher Bavarian Black - A schwarzbier, sort of a half lager/half stout combination.  Great for when the weather is warm.

In the cooler we have:

  • Abita Andygator - A delicious doppelbock from our friends in New Orleans.
  • Anderson Hop Ottin IPA - Brand new to us.  Supposed to be awesome, and who are we to argue?
  • Bell’s Expedition - A powerfully strong imperial stout.  Thick and delicious.
  • Lost Coast Red Seal - Our rollergirl beer of the month!
  • Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat - Tastes like tangerines and happiness.
  • North Coast Old Rasputin - We just might have dueling imperial stouts on tap this weekend.
  • Stone Arrogant Bastard - You aren’t worthy of this.

BTW, Terrapin Rye Squared is a limited release and our inventory is dwindling.  Try it before it is gone for good.

05.07.09

Summer School with Doug Blackburn

Posted in Fermentation Lounge at 11:11 pm by scott

Tallahassee’s favorite beer blogger, Doug Blackburn, will be on hand three times this summer to teach you all about the wonderful world of beer.  This is your chance to drink some great beer and talk about it with the man himself.  Three sessions are scheduled for this summer:

  • June 1: American Belgian-style ales with cheese pairing from Sweetgrass Dairy.
  • July 6: Porters and stouts with chocolate desserts.
  • August 3: The diverse world of brown ales.

Each class is on the first Monday of every month and, since Fermentation is normally closed on Mondays, the entire bar will be dedicated to basking in Doug’s awesomeness.  Sessions are $20 each, and $50 for the entire series.  Seating is limited, so sign up soon!  All profits from Summer School will be donated to Big Dog Rescue of Tallahassee.

If you have any additional questions, you can email scott@thefermentationlounge.com or call us at 850-727-4033.

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