(Corvallis, OR) – Block 15 Brewing announced the full details of its big bottle release on June 28th. More below via email newsletter…
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Brunch!
We have two options for you to enjoy the morning of the release. A confirmed brunch reservation includes an option to purchase all bottles up to the limit amount. As our releases have become more popular we are adjusting the way you can secure a spot. It is our hope that everyone who wants a reservation is able to secure one. We do know that some folks may be left out and we really wish we could accommodate more. Bottle limits are set so that even if you do not secure a reservation, the first 40 people in line when we open at 11am will be able to purchase bottles. This is also why bottle limits may change the day of the release.
Caves Bier & Kitchen
Farm To Fruit & Golden Canary will be on tap
Enjoy our regular brunch menu, specials, 20 taps, and over 150
bottles. http://www.biercaves.com/kitchen/
Block 15 Brunch Buffet
All release beers will be on tap to purchase!
A buffet to include
Mixed Artisan Cheese & Farmers Market Fruits
Smoked Salmon Mousse
Black Currant Muffins
Buttermilk Biscuits with Honey Butter, White Peach Jam and Sausage Gravy
Farm Fresh Scrambled Eggs
Veggie Sausage
Pepper Bacon
Home Fried Potatoes
Pacifica Coffee
$14
How To Request A Reservation
Saturday June 14th, 10am please go to
www.block15.com/brunch
Please fill out the form ony once for your entire party.
Here you fill out a form to request your reservation preference. Please be prepared with the number of seats in your group, the time preference for your reservation (9:15, 9:30, 9:45, or 10:00), and your restaurant preference.
Due to limited seating, we can only allow a set number of tables to sign-up, so when reservations are full you will not be able to fill out the form. However filling out a request does not guarantee a reservation. Your reservation will be confirmed by Tuesday June 17th at 4pm via email, or you will automatically be placed on the waiting list.
Please email any brunch questions for both Block 15 and Caves to [email protected]
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Bottle Limits
I set these limit as if everyone at brunch were to buy their full limit AND to leave enough for the first 40 people in line. If/when the line is complete you will be able to purchase additional bottles if you so desire. As our brewery slowly grows it is my goal to bottle enough beer to satisfy everyone who supports us at our events. In the future I plan to bottle a minimum of 70 cases for releases to accomplish this. As the wild beers take much longer to mature I anticipate this occurring in a year or two
Golden Canary
A blend of five barrels; 10 months, 11 months, 1 yr 4 months, 2 yr, and 3.5 yrs old. All barrels are from our wild gold program, open fermented with brewer’s yeast, brettanomyces, lactobacillus and pedio. When sampling barrels I look for a combination that will make a complex combination of acids, medium funkiness, stone & tropical fruits, with supporting body structure. The character of this blend is very similar to 2012’s blend at the time of bottling with a PH of 3.4 and identical final gravities. I’m very happy with the acid profile that complements an array of esters, complex brettanomyces and tropical & stone fruit notes. Waiting the extra year to find this blend was well worth it.
7% ABV
60 Cases, 375ml bottles. $9/bottles limit of 3
Turbulent Consequence Peche & Cassis
Our spontaneous program continues to slowly expand. These beers are brewed with a complex turbid mash of unmalted wheat and malted barely, boiled with aged hops, and naturally cooled over night in our custom coolship. Barrels are then filled where spontaneous fermentation and maturation occur. We blend various vintages of barrels from the program, sometimes adding fruits and in the future herbs and flowers. All bottles are conditioned with locally gathered honey and no added yeast for true 100% spontaneous fermentation throughout.
Peche
Our second release of this beer. My wife Kristen and daughter Cassidy helped me hand pick 150lbs of winter snow white peaches from Olson Family Farm last fall. I then selected two barrels of Turbulent consequence barreled on April 26th, 2013 and added the peaches. We then matured the beer another 7 months before blending. This year’s blend is exceptional with clean and sharp acids, floral peachy aromas, creamy wheat, and citrusy brettanomyces. At 6.8% the beer is a bit stonger in this years blend due to higher extraction of milled wheat at 6.8% and a final PH of 3.1.
50 cases, 375ml bottles, $9/bottle, limit 2
Cassis
This is our first time adding black currant to Turbulent Consequence. I really wanted to procure whole currants, which turned out to be tougher than anticipated. I ended up finding a farm out of NY that would send whole berries overnight. With shipping, these little berries cost us more than any other fruit we have worked with. We added the whole currants to a single barrel of fall 2012 Turbulent Consequnce and matured it another eight months. These tart currants lend a lot of character to the base Turbulent Consequence. In addition to a beautiful magenta color, I find notes of dark cherry, plum and mint. At a PH of 2.8 this is be the most mother puckering beer we have released.
26 cases, 375ml bottles, $10/bottle, limit 1
Farm To Fruit Apricot
Available on tap Friday at Les Caves Farmhouse Festival.
http://www.biercaves.com/happenings/farmhouse-festival-june-27th
Brewed to celebrate Les Caves two-year anniversary. This strong farmhouse ale was brewed with wheat, oats, mosaic and citra hops, and open fermented with farmhouse yeast. It was then barreled with fresh organic apricots and then topped with beer from Les Caves mother barrel, which contains portions of each caves saison brewed. This is possibly our most labor-intensive beer to date as several hundred pounds of organic apricots were spread out on tables in the wild cellar. Each apricot was individually pitted and placed into barrels when perfectly ripe. This occurred over a span of five day! The beer shows a wonderful apricot aroma with soft grain complexities. The hops have faded overtime and balance the beer nicely. The Caves mother barrel has been an interesting blend to work with. This barrel seems to be even more unpredictable than our spontaneous program with acids, esters, and pediococcus ebbing and flowing over time. In this blend the barrel took several months to mature developing gentle acids and complex farmhouse notes. I like this blend so much that we will continue it each year, picking a different fruit to work with.
10.25% ABV PH 3.9
26 Cases, 750ml bottles. $19/bottle. Limit 1