(Portsmouth, NH) – Another excerpt from today’s Smuttynose Brewing newsletter…

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Cases and kegs of S’muttonator Double Bock began shipping on November 14 and will be available as part of the Big Beer Series Subscription or in Big Beer accounts in our 19 state distribution area.

Monastic breweries across Europe brewed beer to sustain their brother monks during fasts. The Paulaner monks of Munich, were particularly famous for brewing a stronger, darker lager beer especially for their 46-day Lenten fast. This beer, which came to be known as Salvator, was the world’s first double bock and probably led to some very inspired prayers. Many imitations quickly came to the market and thus a new beer style was born.

S’muttonator Double Bock displays the characteristically full malt flavor that can only come from using the best German specialty malts and a traditional decoction mashing technique. The extra effort also adds a lot of extra time to each batch, but that’s the only way to get the nuttiness, toffee notes and a characteristically smooth melanoidin character that are signatures of the style.

150 barrels were produced.