New Arrivals For Friday Sept. 21, 2007

We received a couple tasty fall seasonals today, and a few things from Baron Brewing in Washington are now available in Oregon.

First up, the seasonals:

Avery Kaiser: Billed as an "Imperial Oktoberfest", Avery's popular fall offering weighs in at 9.3% abv. One 22oz bottle of this delicious nectar should be more than enough to get you dancing in your leiderhozen. This is also a great candidate for aging, so grab a couple and forget about them until Portland gets gets hit with the annual January ice storm.

Elysian Night Owl: This is one of the tastiest pumpkin beers available, mainly because they don't overdo it on the spices. Elysian even schedules a tasting around the release of this beer involving the ceremonial tapping of a giant pumpkin full of Night Owl. Their website is a bit out of date so I couldn't find any info, but I'll see if I can dig something up. EDIT: I found something on meetup.com regarding the the Great Pumpkin Festival, but I still can't find anything from Elysian so I'd advise calling the brewery to confirm before making the trek up there.


Now it's time for the new guys: Please note - I haven't tried any of these yet, so all you get for today are the commercial descriptions.

Baron Schwarzbier: The Schwarzbier is a classic German black beer. The color is black with tinges of ruby and brown. The flavor is full and crisp. The Schwarzbier starts with a slight roast flavor upfront followed by a faint chocolate body with a very crisp clean lagered finish. A very full yet drinkable lager. Now that I think about it, I had some of this at the International Beer Festival, but it was pouring way too cold to appreciate.

Baron Pilsner: The Baron Pils is a traditional Northern German Style Pilsner. It has a fantastic malty aroma with a slight spice from the hops. The head is brilliant white and floats on the clean pale lager. The sparkling mouthfeel gives way to a soft malt sweetness that is followed by a long dry super crisp finish. The balanced clean finish taunts the mouth to take another drink.

Baron Oktoberfest: The Baron Oktoberfest is a traditional German Style Oktoberfest / Marzen. The beer has a deep copper / amber color with a sweet rich but light malt flavor. The finish is crisp and easy, leaving the mouth desiring for more. We age the Oktoberfest for a full 3 months to guarantee a fantastically smooth beer.

For more info on Baron's beers, or the brewery, please visit Baronbeer.com