Smuttynose Short Batch #18: Durty
Smuttynose is proud to introduce our eighteenth Short Batch Beer, "Durty," a brown IPA!
There's no denying that IPA is king of the craft beer world right now. The style is getting so popular that even the big brewers are attempting their own versions, while IPA sub-styles, like session IPA, double IPA, white IPA and black IPA, continue to be created and defined. Brown IPAs combine the caramel and nutty-biscuity flavors of a brown ale, with an American IPA-sized does of hops; it's pretty straight-forward, but pretty delicious.
On to the beer...Durty is a big beer (8.4% abv, 55 IBU) packed full of big hops. We've used Polaris, a new German high alpha variety for bittering, followed by American hop icon, Nugget, for the flavor additions and finally, a boatload of Simcoe post-fermentation for dry-hopping. The malt selection isn't too different from Old Brown Dog, but it's a bit heavier on the nutty character and dark cocoa notes.
Durty will debut at Smuttynose on Saturday, December 15 from 3pm-5pm
(unless you join us for a tour that day). We hope that this time change will allow more of you to come to Portsmouth for Durty, and other Short Batch releases.
This will also be our first Short Batch to appear in 22 ounce bottles, each of which are bottle-conditioned. Bottles will retail for $9 and there will be a remarkably small amount (25 cases) of off-premise distribution in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. They will ship from Smuttynose on December 17 and be available at a very minute number of beer stores (see below). If you'd like to know when these accounts will have the bottles, we suggest you contact them directly, as we don't know when they take deliveries from our wholesaler.
On to the beer...Durty is a big beer (8.4% abv, 55 IBU) packed full of big hops. We've used Polaris, a new German high alpha variety for bittering, followed by American hop icon, Nugget, for the flavor additions and finally, a boatload of Simcoe post-fermentation for dry-hopping. The malt selection isn't too different from Old Brown Dog, but it's a bit heavier on the nutty character and dark cocoa notes.
This will also be our first Short Batch to appear in 22 ounce bottles, each of which are bottle-conditioned. Bottles will retail for $9 and there will be a remarkably small amount (25 cases) of off-premise distribution in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. They will ship from Smuttynose on December 17 and be available at a very minute number of beer stores (see below). If you'd like to know when these accounts will have the bottles, we suggest you contact them directly, as we don't know when they take deliveries from our wholesaler.
Vital Stats
8.44% abv 55 IBU
Malts: North American 2-Row, Munich 10L, Chocolate, C-60, Brown
Hops: Bittering- Polaris, Flavor- Nugget, Dry Hop- Simcoe
Yeast: American Ale Yeast
Batch Size: 106 logs, 69 cases
New Hampshire: Top Shelf Brews (Hampton)
Hampton Falls Village Market (Hampton Falls)
Johnson's Market (New Durham)
The Beer Store (Nashua)
Bert's Better Beers (Hookset)
Barb's Beer Emporium (Concord)
Ayotte's (Hudson)
Discount Beverages (North Conway)
Portsmouth Provisions (Portsmouth)
Massachusetts: Table and Vine (West Springfield)
Craft Beer Cellar (Belmont)
Liquor World (Somerville)
Kelly's (Dalton)
Spirited (Pittsfield)
Domaney's (Great Barrington)
Liquors 44 (Hadley)
Ryan and Casey (Greenfield)
Yankee Spirits (Sturbridge)
Julio's (Westboro)
New Hampshire: Top Shelf Brews (Hampton)
Hampton Falls Village Market (Hampton Falls)
Johnson's Market (New Durham)
The Beer Store (Nashua)
Bert's Better Beers (Hookset)
Barb's Beer Emporium (Concord)
Ayotte's (Hudson)
Discount Beverages (North Conway)
Portsmouth Provisions (Portsmouth)
Massachusetts: Table and Vine (West Springfield)
Craft Beer Cellar (Belmont)
Liquor World (Somerville)
Kelly's (Dalton)
Spirited (Pittsfield)
Domaney's (Great Barrington)
Liquors 44 (Hadley)
Ryan and Casey (Greenfield)
Yankee Spirits (Sturbridge)
Julio's (Westboro)
Bogie's Beer and Wine (Beverly)
Redstone Liquors (Stoneham)
Blanchard's (Jamaica Plain)
Ball Square Fine Wines (Somerville)
*We haven't quite finalized all the case allocations for the Boston area yet, so there will be a few surprise drops.
Redstone Liquors (Stoneham)
Blanchard's (Jamaica Plain)
Ball Square Fine Wines (Somerville)
*We haven't quite finalized all the case allocations for the Boston area yet, so there will be a few surprise drops.
6 comments:
Hey- If we come up between 3-5pm, are you guys going to be selling it in the Portsmouth Brewery store downtown?
Durty bottles will only be available at Smuttynose on Saturday, Julia. We're only releasing 8 cases in New Hampshire and we want them to go to accounts around the state.
Luckily, Smuttynose is just three miles from Portsmouth Brewery, so it's very easy to pop on over.
Durty bottles will only be available at Smuttynose on Saturday, Julia. We're only releasing 8 cases in New Hampshire and we want them to go to accounts around the state.
Luckily, Smuttynose is just three miles from Portsmouth Brewery, so it's very easy to pop on over.
Got to try this tonight at Alewife in NYC. It was FANTASTIC! Really grateful I got a chance to try it. I hope it finds its way into production somehow. Either way, thank you for the notes because I definitely want to try doing something like this at home.
It was so good I requested a growler, but I guess they don't do that on the really limited beers. Would love it if this showed up around town again.
Had some at Alewife NYC tonight and it was FANTASTIC! I hope it makes it into production somehow and it's inspired me to try something similar at home, so thanks for the notes.
Too bad they wouldn't give me a growler because it's so limited! Maybe I'll be lucky to find it around town again.
We're all gettin Durty this weekend at https://www.facebook.com/whymcraftbeer
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