Submitted by: Atwood Ales
Atwood Ales will release several new beers at the Bellingham Farmers Market in coming weeks. Here’s the inside scoop:
Concurrently #1
ABV 7.0% (Being released 4/7/18)
Barrel-aged Brown Ale with Black Currants 500ml Bottle Conditioned
This garnet-colored ale was aged for five months in oak barrels and then for an additional three months with black currants. Layers of dark chocolate, espresso, vanilla and fruit preserves ride tandem with mild acidity, tannins and a moderate dose of cattle barn funk.
Concurrently #2
ABV 5.1% (Being released 4/14/18)
Barrel-aged Farmhouse Ale with Black Currants 500ml Bottle Conditioned
This ruby-colored farmhouse ale was aged for six months in oak barrels with three different strains of Brettanomyces, and then for an additional three months with black currants. Time in barrels with Brett and whole fruit brings out not only black currant flavor but raspberry and stone fruit esters as well. The impression of mild fruit sweetness is subdued by oak tannins, acidity and funk.
Red Bretta
5.1%ABV (Being released 4/21/18)
Barrel-aged Farmhouse Ale 500ml Bottle Conditioned
This amber-hued farmhouse ale was aged for nine months in oak barrels with three different strains of Brettanomyces. Our friends, Oak and Brett, add mild acidity, (pillowy lactic acid and touch of acetic acid); some tannins and dryness (like an oaked chardonnay); fruity esters (berries and stone fruit); and an indeterminate funk blast.
