(San Diego, CA) – Modern Times Beer released its first bottles late last week with the arrival of Oneida.
CraftShack, our sponsor, now has these online available for shipping.
More on Oneida and the upcoming Phalanx below courtesy of the Modern Times newsletter…
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Oneida is all about the hops, which in this case are Hallertau Blanc, Cascade, and Experimental Hop 05256. Hallertau Blanc is a new German variety that is very fruity/white wine grapey; it’s the German growers’ attempt at a Nelson-like hop. They largely succeeded, but it doesn’t have the dank bass note that Nelson does, which is why we added the Experimental Hop 05256 (it’s like a fruitier Simcoe). The grapefruit character of Cascade blends with the light fruitiness of the Hallertau Blanc and adds a slightly resinous charge, turning the whole thing into a delicious fruit/hop orgy.
We gave Oneida a very simple, stripped-down malt bill to keep the focus on the hops, while providing just enough backbone to let us really pile on the radness.
For those of you who have had the chance to taste Oneida in our tasting rooms, prepare your piehole because the batch going into bottles is easily the best version of Oneida yet (and the first batch with 05256).
Why bottles? Because new cans are an enormous logistical undertaking. We’ll be filling 450 cases total of Oneida. For a canning run to make sense, we’d need to fill around 3,000 cases. And we don’t have anywhere near that kind of capacity (nor the supply of these rare hops). Oneida may make it into cans some day, but that day is a ways off.
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Booming Rollers–our Citra, Motueka, Centennial hopped IPA–is nearly gone at our tasting rooms. In fact, tomorrow we will tap our last kegs at the Lomaland Fermentorium & the North Park Flavordome. So if you want a pint before it goes away for a long while, this is the week to visit us.
But here’s the good news: we just brewed a brand new IPA to replace it. Phalanx, at 7.5% ABV & 100 IBUs, is somewhere between a single IPA & a double IPA. It prominently features Australian Summer hops, which bring a very distinctive peach/melon character to the beer. That awesome fruit character is balanced by some citrusy Chinook hops & a touch of dankness from Horizon. All in all, we’re pretty excited about this aggressive new member of our IPA family.
Phalanx will make its debut at our 1st Anniversary Party on July 12th & 13th.