Coney Island and Gouden Carolus

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that we've got a few new beers here since the last post.

First off there are a couple of new Coney Island lagers out now. Aside from the original Coney Island Lager, we now also have the Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager and the Albino Python White Lager.

The Sword Swallower has plenty of hops in it, ten different varieties in all. Of the ten different hop varieties and the five big malts that make up this beer, it is dry hopped with Cascade, Amarillo, and Crystal hops to give it a little extra bite. Also it checks in at about 6.8% abv.

The Albino Python White Lager is another interesting beer as well. This 6% abv. beer is brewed with spices like a Belgian Wit beer. It is spiced with ginger, orange peel, coriander, and crushed fennel, so like the other beers in the Coney Island line, this beer is not your average lager. The other kinda cool thing about all of these beers is that some of the proceeds from them go to Coney Island USA, which is a non-profit group thats mission is to defend and restore some of the lost arts and culture that go along with Brooklyn's historic Coney Island neighborhood.

Also now in, we have the Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van de Keizer Blauw and the Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van de Keizer Rood. This the 2008 vintage of both of these beers, which are brewed only one day a year, February 24th, the birthday of Charles the Fifth. The Blauw is a big, bold, and strong, 11% abv adaptation of the Gouden Carolus Classic Belgian ale, and really has a lot going on in it to say the least. The Rood is a top fermented 10% abv blond ale that is bottle refermented and offers a great balance of all the diferent ingredients that make up this classic beer.

That's about it for now, I did also want to mention though that we do have a half barrel of Sierra Nevada's Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale, which would go very nicely in someone's kegerator. Hope everyone takes care and I'll update just as soon as we get anything new or have any big news from here.