ShopRite Wines & Spirits Micro-Brew Edition

From the Brewer – “Our Chocolate Pumpkin Porter melds together rich chocolate decadence with fall spices. Notes of cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg collide with a delicious chocolate flavor to create a whirlwind of flavor in your glass.”

Hops: Warrior, Tettnang
Malts: 2 Row, Crystal, Chocolate, Roasted Barley
Hop Bitterness (IBU’s): 35
Alcohol by volume: 7.8%
Format: 6 Packs
Seasonality: Fall

From the Brewer – “Celebrate shorter days with a fuller body. Leinenkugel’s® Snowdrift Vanilla Porter™ is brewed with a select blend of seven malts revealing layers of caramel, chocolate and coffee notes. Aged on real vanilla, this brown and ruby-hued brew imparts a slightly spicy aroma from its creamy body that’s ideal for the season.”

Pairs well with marshmallow sweet potato casserole, glazed ham with cherries, long roasted meats with mole, bananas foster and almost any combination of chocolate and cherry.

Hops: Cluster & Wilamette
Malts: Two- and six- row Pale Malt, caramel 60, Carapils®, Special B™, Dark Chocolate and Roasted Barley
Alcohol by volume: 6%
Format: 6 packs
Seasonality: Winter

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In the 14th century, sailors would rely on sheer skill to get from a starting point to a final destination. they called this Dead Reckoning. We see our beer the same way. We know where to begin and know where to go, but there are hundreds of ways to get there. Unfiltered and aggressively hopped for the style, Dead Reckoning’s flavor originates in the chocolate and roasted malts, then follows through with sharp, earthy bitterness and a rich, smooth cocoa mouthfeel.

From the Brewer – “The outstanding taste and flavor of Dead Reckoning originates in the chocolate and roasted malts, says John Trogner.  There is a nice hoppiness in the front of the beer, followed with a rich, smooth cocoa mouthfeel.”

Great with roasted or smoked food; barbecue, sausages, roasted meat and blackened fish.

Awards

Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal – American Stout – 2009.

Hops: Vanguard, Chinook
Malts: Pilsner, Caramel, Roast, Black
Yeast: Ale
Hop Bitterness (IBU’s): 53
Alcohol by volume: 5.8%
Format: 6 Packs
Seasonality: Fall/Winter

From the Brewer – “This is the beer that started the brewery. Named after the ancient homeland of the Lavery’s. It is rich, dark and smokey. Not for the faint of heart but that’s how we intended it. It has a taste of bacon, which is one of the most beautiful images I can image; a bacon beer (No actual bacon is in this beer). A solid earthy hop bitterness with a little astringency from the dark malts.”

This beer has no better pair than excellent Vermont Cheddar cheese.

Hops: Northern Brewer
Malts: Pale, 2 types of Crystal, Chocolate, Munich & German Rauchmalz
Hop Bitterness (IBU’s): 40
Alcohol by volume: 7.5%
Format: 1 Pint 6 oz bottles
Seasonality: Winter