The wait is over!!! We have officially released the two newest High Water Brewing seasonal releases and I am very proud of the final product. The first is the Aphotic Barrel Aged Baltic Porter. I brewed this batch in September 2011 at Devils Canyon Brewing, after fermentation 1/3 of the beer was racked into 18 year old Elijah Craig Bourbon barrels, another 1/3 was racked into Gallo premium Brandy barrels and the remaining 1/3 of the beer was stored in stainless tanks. We then blended the batch back into a single tank and bottled and kegged the finished product. This is probably the darkest beer I have ever brewed thus earning the namesake Aphotic. Aphotic [ā-fō’-tic] Greek: without light. Formally defined as the depths in water beyond which less than one percent of sunlight penetrates. We have had a tremendous rush on this beer and have essentially had to allocate one 5 gal keg per account. There was a total of 205 cases also produced and they are also selling quickly. I hope you can get to try it and have a short but safe trip to the dark side......
Our second new release is called Blind Spot and is also a dark seasonal beer. The first direction the recipe was taking was to produce an English style Old Ale. But with a Barley Wine already in the cellar aging, I decided to pursue a winter warmer with a slight spice addition. The beer is a dark Mahogany color with tinges of amber. The addition of dried ginger, cardamon, grain of paradise and star anise during the whirpool give this beer an amazing nose and wonderful flavor. I am not a big fan of spiced ales so I was somewhat judicious in the amount of spices I added and I hope you enjoy this beer as much as I do. This beer was also brewed at Devil's Canyon Brewing. The beer finished out at 8.2% ABV.
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