Burnside Brewing Releases Neptune's Wrath
New Burnside Brewing strong ale released in Magnum sized bottles Tuesday on February 28, 2012.
Neptune’s Wrath is an Strong Ale brewed with 18 gallons of Hama Hama oyster liquor and 4 pounds Lemon peel. We took half of this batch of beer and aged it in Cristom Pinot noir barrels. After 6 months on oak we back blended it with the non barrel aged half. This beer is 10.2% ABV and has notes of cherry, french oak, malt sweetness with a slight brininess at the back end.
Packaged in Magnum sized (1.5 litres or 51oz) and limited to only 100 hand numbered green glass bottles with a wraparound label Neptune’s Wrath is expected to cellar well and be a valuable edition to anyone’s craft beer collection! Bottles go on sale at the pub opening this Tuesday 2/28 at 3pm for $30.
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I was really psyched for this release and even more-so after i tasted this fantastic beer on draft… however, I passed on purchasing any bottles because the bottle caps are mis-matched to the bottle size. As a home-brewer I can tell you, I’ve encountered this problem many times before. These beers will not hold carbonation and will most definitely not withstand the test of time. Rookie mistake.
My wife and I won the first bottle (1/100) at a new years raffle. We just opened it today, May 20 2012, and it was delicious. Not sure why the previous poster believed the beer would lose carbonation, but hey I’m not a big time brewer. It had a wonderful tartness to it, tasted delicious, went down smooth and easy, and was nice and foamy. Kudos Burnside!