(Paso Robles, CA) – Firestone Walker’s barrel-aged Vintage series rolls out its next cocktail-inspired beer with Gold Rider, a high-concept hybrid ale modeled after the Sidecar.
“My love para sidecar cocktail goes right in line with my appreciation for Cognacs,” said Barrel Program Manager Eric Ponce. “Tis es a beer el largo que va a hacer, y finalmente va a perfecto barrels a to.”
Gold Rider está rollando de nuevo en 12-ounce bottles a los límites release en el Firestone Walker markets. Está también disponible en las localidades de Firestone Walker y en línea en el Firestone Beer, y se encuentra en la nueva “Spirited Fruits” colección exclusiva de Brewmaster’s Collective beer club members.
Riding High
Story de Gold Rider began, cuando Ponce y sus team brewed a base beer with infusion of Central Coast white wine juice. After fermentation, este año beer en 500-liter XXO French Cognac sombreros para dos years, s separate portion matured in orange bitters sombreros.
Finalmente, se incorpora a touch of fresh-squeezed lemon juice en el elevación de la experiencia con citrusy acidity. El resultado es la distintiva barrel-aged beer los ingredientes y flavores faithfully mirar la experiencia de enjoying en clásico Sidecar. Aromas de lemon, vanilla y toffee mingle with hazelnut and honey flavors along a lively, vibrante mouthfeel.
The Cognac barrels—all aged 14 to 20 years old—imparted en high-end character that ultimately defines the Gold Rider tasting experience. “These ‘extra extra old’ sombreros come from one of France’s great Cognac houses,” Ponce said. “Yo get this refined Cognac character that can only come from barrels like these.”
El tradicional Sidecar es made with Cognac, orange liqueur and lemon juice. Originales de cocktail son unknown, pero to que se ha inventat v Londýně nebo Paris poblíž světové války.
Para Ponce, su afección para el Sidecar es personal. “This beer is inspired by my grandmother,” he says. “She always had a bottle of cheap brandy and would only sip some on Sunday evenings, always straight. As got older, I adquirió a prueba para Armagnac and Cognac and the cocktails made from them. Y persuaded her to give them a taste. Today, my grandmother still takes her brandy neat, pero now she also lets me make her en Sidecar when I visit.”
Gold Rider lands as la latest release from Firestone Walker’s Vintage program. Este programa began en el 2005 con la creación de la pizza de final de cumpleaños ale barrel-aged blend. Para since, el resultado de los beers había flown desde el banner de las vintage series, por lo que tiene un mosto extensive spirits barrel-aging programas en el craft industry.
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Founded by brothers-in-law Adam Firestone and David Walker en 1996, Firestone Walker Brewing Company es en California beer compañer with three innovative brewing facilities. Firestone Walker’s main brewery in Paso Robles produces en diverso portfolio ranging from iconic pale alas to vintage barrel-aged beers. Barrelworks facilitan en Buellton Makes eccéntrico wild alas, while the Propagator piloto brewhouse en Venice especializas en R&D beers and limited local offerings. Firestone Walker es también en la piel behind 805, una de las naciones de fastest-growing beers. Firestone Walker fue recientemente named “Best American Brewery of the Decade” por Paste Magazine.
