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Second Fiddle DIPA | Fiddlehead Brewing

Fresh Second Fiddle DIPA came in today – don’t drink Second Fiddle while fiddling on the roof!

Second Fiddle DIPA | $12.99/4pk

From: www.fiddleheadbrewing.com:

Second Fiddle Double IPA

  • Big, juicy, Double IPA
  • 80 IBUs
  • 8.2% ABV

Matt Cohen has worked in the brewing industry for 14 years and is known industry wide as “Matty O.” He got his start in a small Vermont brew pub and eventually went on to become the head brewer of Vermont’s largest craft brewery. He’s now the head brewer and owner of the Fiddlehead Brewing Company.

Matt’s philosophy is to brew well-balanced beers. He’s been known to use interesting and exotic ingredients in an attempt to craft the perfect pint.

When he’s not brewing, creating recipes, or enjoying a beer you can find him playing disc golf, skiing, hanging out with his Golden Retriever or spending time with his family.

 

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Broc Cellars | Love Red Wine

 

Luscious and craveable, Broc Cellars Love Red wine delights our customers from vintage to vintage with this alluring red blend.

Specializing in “site specific” wines from biodynamically  grown grapes and minimal intervention, Chris Brockway is a winemaker from whom we buy every drop of wine we can.

Broc Love Red is a wine you can easily enjoy by itself, or at the table with flank steak and roasted potatoes, butternut soup, fried chicken, pork tacos, BLTs, burgers… it is quite versatile (and delicious!)

In the summer, you can even give it just a hint of a chill to enjoy during the warm weather.

Next time you need a new wine to try or a wine gift for under $20, snag a bottle of Broc Cellars Love Red. You won’t be disappointed!

Broc Cellars | Love Red Blend | 2016 | $17.99 / 750ml

 

 

From broccellars.com:

BROC CELLARS | 2016 LOVE RED

  • VARIETAL: 54% Carignan, 31% Syrah, 15% Valdiguié
  • VINEYARD: Wirth Ranch, Parenti and Frei Vineyard
  • LOCATION: Solano County, Green Valley
  • ALCOHOL: 13%
  • TOTAL PRODUCTION: 3600 cases

VITICULTURAL AREA: The grapes come from 50 to 70 year-old vines in Solano County’s Green Valley. This area is tucked between Napa and Suisun Valley. Syrah comes from Parenti and Wirth Ranch. Valdiguie comes from Parenti, Wirth and Frei Vineyard. Carignan comes from Frei and Parenti Vineyard. The grapes of each vineyard grow in clay loam soils and come from dry-farmed and head-
pruned vines. Our wines are made naturally, meaning no use of inoculated yeasts or bacteria. We use only native yeast to spark fermentation. We do not add any powdered tannins or enzymes.

 

 

WINEMAKER’S NOTES: The fifth bottling of Love Red’s grapes were harvested in the second week of September to preserve the grape’s natural acidity. The Carignan and Syrah were 100% destemmed and fermented in stainless steel tanks. The Valdiguié went under carbonic fermentation in stainles steel. Aged for 8 months in neutral French Oak barrels and blended before bottling.

 

 

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Wunderkammer Bier | Vol 11 | Ghost Pipes

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Wunderkammer Bier Vol 11 | Ghost Pipes in our independent store.

Wunderkammer Bier increasingly sells quicker upon each delivery, so snag your bottle whilst you are able.

$9.99/375ml | $49.99/1.5ltr
(plus tax/deposit)

From Vasilios:

 

Ghost Pipes, volume eleven. This beer has a very simple malt profile with some earthy home grown Newport hops in the whirlpool. The beer was then fermented on the lees (re:mixed culture yeast) from Bufo (vol 9), in oak. The goal was to bring forward some of the earthy-ness from the Bufo and hops into a simple and elegant wild ale. The result is a delicate mushroomy beer with herbal accents.

Ghost Pipe, Monotropa Uniflora, (aka Indian Pipe, Corpse Plant) is a type of herbaceous perennial plant found in the forests around us. It produces no chlorophyll, instead is a parasite, living on mostly fungus that grow symbiotically with trees. No Ghost Pipes were used in making this beer. it is instead a appreciation of the beauty and rarity of coming across these plants in the forest, as well as a reference to the method used to create this beer. It liteterally grew on a substrate of a beer made with fungi, extracting that flavor into it.

 

 

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Abracadabra Coffee Co. | Tasting SAT 03/17 10a-1p

Join us St. Patrick’s Day from 10a-1p for a free Abracadabra single origin artisan cold brew coffee tasting to wake you up!

Locally brewed and crafted in Woodstock, VT, Abracadabra cold brew coffee is a wonderful addition to our extensive VT cold brew coffee / kombucha / sap water selection.

$3.99/can | $14.99/4pk

 

Abracadabra Cold Brew Coffee

Single Origin | Brazil Fazenda Vale De Lua

notes – caramel, dark chocolate, almond

 

Abracadabra Cold Brew Coffee

Single Origin | Ethiopia Aricha

notes – blackberry, lime, cherry

 

Read more at: https://www.abracadabracoffeeco.com/

 

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Mega St. Patrick’s Day Beer Guide

 

You don’t need a pot of gold to nab the best beers for your St. Patrick’s Day revelry!  From deep deals on Guinness  & O’Hara’s (yay back in VT!!) to domestic/local ales, your locally owned Bevie will make sure you don’t go thirsty!

 

O’Hara’s & Guinness Family 12pk Sale!

  • Guinness (IRL) | Draught | Irish Nitro Stout | 4.20 ABV | 6pk 11.2oz Bottles | $12.99 sale
  • Guinness (US-PA) | Blonde | American Lager | 5% ABV | 6pk 12oz Bottles | $12.99 sale!
  • Guinness (IRL) | Extra Stout | 5.6% ABV | 6pk 11.2oz Bottles | $12.99 sale
  • Harp (IRL) | Irish Pale Lager | 5% ABV | 12pk 11.2oz Bottles | $12.99 sale
  • Smithwicks (IRL) | Irish Red Ale | 4.5% ABV | 11.2oz 12pk Bottles | $12.99 sale
  • Guinness (IRL) | 200 Year Anniversary Variety Pack | 3 each of: Nitro Draught / Foreign Extra Stout / Anterpen 20tth / Anniversary Export Stout  | 12pk 11.2oz Bottles | $12.99 sale
  • –>> O’Hara’s (IRL) | Irish Beer Variety Pack | Irish Red 4.3% ABV / Irish Pale Ale 5.2% ABV / Irish Stout 4.3% ABV | 12pk 11.2oz Bottles | $16.99 sale

 

Guinness Family & UK Cans:

  • Guinness (IRL) | Draught | Irish Nitro Stout | 4.20 ABV | 4pk 14.9oz Cans | $6.89 sale!
  • Guinness (IRL) | Nitro IPA | 5.8% ABV | 6pk 11.2oz Cans | $7.99
  • Guinness (IRL) | Draught | Irish Nitro Stout | 4.20 ABV | 8pk 14.9oz Cans | $11.99 sale!
  • Murphy’s (UK) | Draught | Irish Nitro Stout | 4% ABV | 4pk 14.9oz Cans | $5.49
  • Wexford (UK) | Irish Creme Style Ale | 5% ABV | 4pk 14.9oz Cans | $10.29

 

Irish Bottles:

  • Guinness (IRL) | Draught | Irish Nitro Stout | 4.20 ABV | 6pk 11.2oz Bottles | $7.89 sale!
  • Guinness (IRL) | Extra Stout | 5.6% ABV | 6pk 11.2oz Bottles | $7.89 sale!
  • Guinness (IRL) | Antwerpen Stout | 8% ABV | 4pk 11.2oz Bottles | $8.29 sale!
  • Guinness (US-PA) | Blonde | American Lager | 5% ABV | 6pk 12oz Bottles | $7.89 sale!
  • Guinness (IRL) | 200th Anniversary | Export Stout | 6% ABV | 6pk 11.2oz Bottles | $7.89 sale!
  • Guinness (IRL) | Heritage Pack | 6 each of: Smithwick’s / Harp / Guinness Nitro Draught | 18pk 11.2oz Bottles | $25.29

 

Vermont Red Ale’s, Craft Domestic Nitro Stout, & Other:

  • Drop-In (US-VT) | Red Dwarf | American Red/Amber Ale | 5.5% ABV | 4pk 16oz Cans | $11.99
  • Left Hand (US-CO) | Irish Nitro Milk Stout | 6% ABV | 4pk 13.65oz Cans | $9.79
  • Left Hand (US-CO) | Irish Nitro Milk Stout | 6% ABV | 6pk 12oz Bottles | $10.69
  • Breckenridge (US-CO) | Nitro Irish Stout | 4.8% ABV | 4pk 13.6oz Cans | $9.99
  • Trout River (US-VT) | Rainbow Red Ale | American Red/Amber Ale | 5.5% ABV | 4pk 16oz Cans | $9.99
  • Dropkick Murphys & Magic Hat (US-VT) | Barroom Hero | Pub Ale | 4.20% ABV | 4pk 16oz Cans | $6.69
  • George Killians (US-CO) | Irish Style Red Ale | 4.9% ABV | 12pk 12oz Bottles | $14.39

 

(all prices do not include VT tax/deposit)