Smuttynose Spreads Beer-therly Love

Philly Beer Week was founded in 2008 and has set the benchmark for beer weeks around the world. It's a giant pile of awesome that we're excited to add some Granite State flavor to the mix. There'll be Bouncy House, Finestkind, Smuttlabs and a few other limited releases for your drinking pleasure during some of the most creative beer events we've seen. Take a look, plan ahead and join Joanna for tons of fun!




Smuttynose Philly Beer Week Events:

Fri., 5/30- 5pm-Lucky's Last Chance- Smuttynose & Oskar Blues Tap Takeover

Sat., 5/31- 4 to 7pm- Bar 31- Smuttynose vs. Heavy Seas vs. Stone

Sat., 5/31- 9pm- Xfinity Live-Smuttynose vs. Heavy Seas vs. Stone

Sun., 6/1- 6pm- BarLy- Girl Power Hour! 60 tap takeover celebrating the women of craft beer, featuring Allagash, Dogfish Head, Ommegang, Yards, Great Lakes, Sly Fox, Flying Fish, Evolution, Smuttynose, Oskar Blues, Sam Adams, and Firestone Walker.

Mon., 6/2- 5 to 7pm- Druid's Keep- Corn Hole Tournament with Smuttynose, Flying Fish and Ithaca

Mon., 6/2- 5 to 10pm- BarLy- Several super 'S'-breweries serving suds. Smuttynose, Shawnee Craft, Sixpoint, Susquehanna Brewing Co, Sly Fox. Surprise stars! Special snacks!

Tues., 6/3- 6 to 9pm- Whole Foods Plymouth Meeting Rooftop- "Hips & Hops, a Yoga, Music and Beer Experience"  This collaborative event produced by Whole Foods Plymouth Meeting, Yoga Home and Smuttynose, is perfect for downward dogs, warriors and trees who want to enjoy a few beers after some time on the mat.  Book your space ahead of time at http://ouryogahome.com/hips-hops-a-yoga-music-philly-beer-week-event/.

Weds., 6/4- 5 to 8pm- Spinnerstown Hotel- Smuttynose hosts 3rd Annual Beard and Mustache Competition!  Come enjoy some Smuttynose on draft and show off your mustache. If you don’t have a mustache, you can raise your glass to those who do!  $15 buys you a special glass that can be filled for two hours. Judging for the competition will be held at 8pm by the professionals at Modern Male Barber in Sellersville.

Weds., 6/5- 10pm to 2am- Varga Bar- Lip Sync with Smutty and Southern Tier!

Thurs., 6/6- 7 to 9pm- Bottle Bar East- Beer and Burlesque

Friday., 6/7- 7 to 9pm- Bottle Bar East- Brews and Tattoos

Saturday., 6/8- 12 to 2pm- The Foodery on 10th and Pine- Smuttynose Tasting!

Smuttlabs Satchmo and Hugs 'n Rainbows

I'm a little behind on this update, but with a the new brewery opening (Saturday May 31 at 10am), we're all spinning a few extra plates here at the 'Nose.

There are two new Smuttlabs beers available now: Satchmo and Hugs 'n Rainbows. This post has information on them both. Shipments have begun so you should see these in bars and stores soon, if you haven't already.

This is our second batch of Satchmo, Smutty's first culinary collaboration beer. Initially conceived with Chef Evan Mallet, three time-James Beard semi-finalist of Portsmouth's Black Trumpet Bistro and Newmarket's The Joinery, Satchmo is a brown porter brewed with black trumpet mushrooms from New Hampshire's forests. These unique mushrooms (below), also known as black chantrelles, can't be cultivated, so we called the New Hampshire Mushroom Company in Tamworth, who sourced 36 pounds of dried fungus for the brew.

The result is a 4.9% full-bodied, full-flavored beer that lacks the roasted astringency typically found in porters and instead highlights fudgy, chocolate notes and rich, but subtle earthiness from the mushrooms. The malt character is the perfect compliment for the fungus. When we poured the beer at SAVOR in Washington DC, even self-professed "mushroom haters" surprised themselves by how much they enjoyed it.

Vital Stats for Satchmo
4.9% abv  25 IBU  25 barrels brewed
Malt: North American 2-Row, Munich 10L, C-60, Brown, Chocolate
Hops: Willamette
Yeast: American Ale Yeast
Other Ingredients: Black Trumpet Mushrooms, Red Wine Barrels

Hugs 'n Rainbows joins Brett & I and our two Short Weiss beers in the 'non-traditionally fermented" category. This red beer began in stainless steel tanks where it was fermented exclusively with Brettanomyces, a non-traditional brewer's yeast that does excellent things to beer and makes winemakers quake in their boots. After fermentation ended, we moved the beer in whiskey barrels for eight months of aging, to be sure we got the beer we wanted: tart, yet fruity with a subtle malty note in the finish to keep the beer from drying out your mouth. We look forward to bringin more sour beers to you in the future, as we grow Smuttlabs plans.

Vital Stats for Hugs 'n Rainbows
6.5% abv  8 IBU   32 barrels brewed
Malt: North American 2-Row, Aromatic, Caramunich 2, Brown Malt
Hops: Willamette
Yeast: Brettanomyces
Other Ingredients: Dark Candi Syrup, Oak Barrels

We have a few cases of each of these beers saved for our Smerchendise boutique at Towle Farm, but we expect they'll go fast once we open the doors.

See you at the farm! 

Big Beer Series: Frankenlager

Smuttynose Frankenlager is on its way to a beer store near you, if it isn't there already. 

Smuttynose is on the verge of opening our long-awaited new brewery at Towle Farm in Hampton, but we have been brewing for a little while now, putting our brand new equipment to work. Frankenlager, an India Pale Lager, is the first Big Beer to come from our new home, which means our brewing staff has been able to make decisions that weren’t possible before. 

When you pour Frankenlager into a glass, you’ll be struck by its deep golden color, clarity, a signature grapey aroma and clean malt character.

Our new, automated, German brewhouse gives us excellent controls over mash profiles, so we’ve decoction-mashed this beer, which helps with the extra clarity, but more importantly, adds the unique grape-like character. It’s a traditional German technique for lager brewing and we’re very excited to be able to use it here. A more efficient boil means a cleaner malt taste and a brighter, smoother beer. By automating, we control all the times and temperatures.  On a brewhouse like this, it really is all about the recipe. Our new centrifuge spins out residual yeast and solids to the level we choose, which also means that we reduce waste, while cleaning up the visual appearance of our beer, another significant step forward.

Don't forget, we begin brewery tours on May 31, 10am at the new brewery.  We'll see you soon!

Frankenlager Vital Stats

6.1% abv   60 IBU   15° Plato

Malt: North American 2-Row

Hops: Bittering- Magnum, Flavor and Dry Hop- Saphir

Yeast: WLP-920 Old Bavarian Lager

Suggested Food Pairings: Spicy dishes such as curries, chicken satay with peanut sauce, spicy tamales

May 15: Big Apple, Big Bouncy House Debut on May

The Bouncy House IPA debuts keep popping up!  This post lists all the places in the five boroughs wher you can enjoy a pint of this new, year-round offering. All of these accounts will be tapping Bouncy House on May 15, so please join us for a hoptastic, 4.3% pint of liquid gold from Granite State!

There will be a separate posting of accounts that will happily sell you a six pack the same day if you're into drinking outside of bars or you like colorful packaging.

Manhattan:

Ulysses

Shorty's Pearl Street

Tribeca Tap House 

Keg 229

Growler

Amity Hall

Slainte

Coopers

Marshall Stack

DBGB

Blind Tiger

One-Mile House

DBA

UCB East

Proletariat

Ginger Man

George Keeley’s

Jacobs Pickles

Good Beer

City Swiggers

Beer Authority

Rattle n Hum

The Jeffery

Fools Gold

Amsterdam Tavern

Amsterdam Ale House

3rd Ave Pub

Spring Lounge

The Wren 2 1/2

ABC Beer

Top hops

Valhalla

Pony Bar East

Mudville 9

Beer Culture

Guilty Goose

Dive 96

Stag’s Head Saloon

Cannibal

Taproom 307

Brooklyn:

The Gate   

Toby’s 

Bierkraft 

Mission Dolores

Owl Farm

Bar Great Harry

4^th Avenue Pub

Fulton Grand

Strong Place

Gutter

Barcade

Uncle Barry’s

South

Greenwood Park 2 ½

Double Windsor

Brooklyn Crab

Glorietta Baldy

High Dive

Seawitch

Queens:

Alewife Queens

Astoria Beer and Cheese on Ditmars Ave

Oliver's

Sunswick

Crescent and Vine 

Bronx:

Bronx Ale House

Long Island:

Big Z Beverage

Black Sheep

Mr. Beery’s