You’ve got 4 days to get your last minute gifts for friends and family…not to mention yourself. Lucky for you, you like craft beer and craft beer bottles make the perfect stocking stuffer, or extremely visually obvious wrapped gift. Even luckier, both Boundary and Structures Brewing are releasing bottles this week to meet your gift giving needs. The stocking’s await!
Boundary Bay Brewery
Imperial Oatmeal Stout & Bretta Whiskey Fever
Release Party today, 12/21 at Boundary Bay Brewery, 6pm
From Boundary Brewer, Bryan Krug
It’s exciting due to it being radically different than anything Boundary has ever released. The aroma has paradoxically ephemeral and at once, hearty qualities, which I find fascinating; and as a brewer, a bit frustrating to pin down. BWF is more than anything a great reminder to let go, to relax and really ease into the slower internal modes of the season. What a lovely synchronicity that we get to release it on the Winter Solstice! I expect it to age incredibly well, upright and at cellar temperatures, for at least the next two years.
Structures Brewing
Focus
Blend of Barrel Aged Biere de Miel and Saison
Released this Friday, 12/23. only available at Structures Brewing
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Structures head brewer and owner, James Alexander, told Tap Trail
This blend of two beers was inspired by the many American and European saisons Max and I have had over the last few years. It excites us to put out a beer that is roughly nine months old and has a price point of $11. Don’t get me wrong, some beers deserve to be priced high (fruit, boatloads of hops, or a 15% beer.) But this is a yeast driven beer with great complexity. But, overall it is simple and subtle, just like Structures
Biere de Miel – Brewed with the honey from the blossoms of raspberry plants. Fermented in puncheons and aged in merlot, French oak barrels for 7 months – 60% blend
Saison – Brewed with wheat and fermented with a mixed culture, containing both lactic acid, bacteria and Brettanomyces. Fermented in puncheons and aged atop the lees for 6 months
Why should you buy these stocking stuffers? Like that diamond you’re considering buying to propose to your fiance with on Christmas morning, these are one of a kind and likely will never be seen again. They are limited and rare. In fact, if you are considering proposing with a diamond this Christmas morning, save yourself a few thousand dollars, be original and propose with a bottle from Boundary or Structures.
Just imagine handing your fiance a bottle of original local craft beer, popping it and saying, “Will you marry me?” while pouring each of you a tulip. It will be much more romantic than that expensive rock to haul around. Also, you’ll consume it together, which is super romantic.
Not getting engaged on Christmas Day? All good, these beers will still taste good! In fact, they might even taste better.