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* * * Gardner Ale House Beers * * *
In addition to the
beers listed below, we also have on tap some guest micro-brews and a few popular * Now Pouring Updated 01/30/2012 The Belgian Chair (5.4% alc./vol.): This is our Chair City Pale Ale recipe with a different yeast. You can taste the resemblance, but you may have to squint a bit to really believe they are the same. This new yeast (secret, secret, secret) delvers a decidedly Belgian array of spicy notes which smooths out the aggressive hop additions and delivers a fruity blend to your palate. Old School Pilsner (5.3% alc./vol.): Called Old School because we are making Pilsner the old fashioned way - without rice! Our authentic recipe uses Bohemian hops, very lightly toasted malts and German lager yeast. We baby this beer until it is ready (about 8 weeks) and then let it loose in summer. It's pale, medium bitterness and mild aroma take you to the fields of Bavaria where I'm sure they drink it all day long. *Summer’s End (4.9% alc./vol.): Our first house-brewed beer is made to celebrate and extend the final days of summer. It is light, yet full flavored. Made with a German Kolsch yeast and German noble hops, our first beer will allow you to explore, relax and feel sunny. Rocker Red (4.6 % alc./vol.): The Irish Style Rocker Red is probably the beer that has sold the fastest of any style we have ever made, at least that is what happened in '08. It is a St. Patrick's Day popular beer and so that gives it an extra push. We make it with an English style ale yeast, some Black Patent Malt (to give it its red color) and a mild combination of hops such that this beer, for its amber color, is somewhat light tasting, mild and smooth. A real, crowd pleaser, the Rocker Red has a difficult time staying on tap. Dunkelweizen (5.5%) Dunkelweizen is a German dark wheat beer made from approximately 50% wheat and 50% barley malts. The special yeast used produces a clovey, fruity taste beloved of German ex-pats and a lot of Americans too. It's soft finish makes it an easy drinker. *Winter Lager (6.3%, 25 IBU) This dark, German lager is the kind of beer that takes forever to make and then runs out quicker than you can blink. Very, very dark with garnet highlights, this rich lager hits you with all kinds of malt notes like caramel, nuts and roast. Balanced with a low bitterness and subtle European hop aromas, this elixir's quaffability is almost bordering on dangerous. Oh, the joys of winter! Nightcrawler (6.2%, 60 IBU) Here we have the dark, American cousin of Facelift IPA. It is bitter, full of body and laced with spicy American hops. We also used a new Japanese hop as a final addition. Nightcrawler is a black IPA. Close your eyes and you can hardly tell what your drinking is so dark. Tastes and drinks like an IPA. The Hef (5.0%): The Hef is made in the style of a Hefeweizen (pronounced ‘Hayfavietzen’). It’s light, tart notes are married to a clovey taste and aroma, the combination of which produces our outstanding summer nectar. We call it the Hef because the girls love it and the guys feel loved when they drink it. Easy Wit (5.8%): This is a Belgian style of beer known as Witbier, literally “White Beer”. It is made using a Belgian yeast which can produce some refreshing fruit flavors. The use of wheat results in a high protein content which adds to haze and so gives the beer a cloudy appearance, hence the “White” of Witbier. Witbier is traditionally made from a combination of Barley malt and Wheat malt. Ours has added some Oat malt, approximately 15%, to round out the finish. This style also is typically mildly spiced and our version has Bitter Orange Peel and Coriander. It is refreshing, smooth and has the light touch perfect for warm weather drinking. Oma’s Altbier (5.0 % alc./vol.): Oma’s Altbier is German for “Grandma’s Old Beer.” This Altbier comes to us from an ale recipe that can be traced back hundreds of years, hence the ‘Alt’ or ‘old’ designation. This rich and full-bodied beer is medium in strength and amber colored. Its unique character is accredited to German specialty barley malts and distinctive German Ale yeast. Try this for a big mouth feel, distinctive flavor profile and smooth finish. Chair City Pale (5.2% alc./vol.): Our first Pale Ale is an example of the spicy, assertive style of beer that can only be described as American. It uses an American Ale Yeast and American Hops in a recipe that is designed to confront and engage your palate. Chair City is spirited, with a hoppy, in-your-face, aroma. Its citrus and floral notes are the result of the chemistry of fermentation and the generous use of Cascade hops in the later stages of the boil. Our first pale ale is given the name Chair City because, like the Chair City, it is solid, energetic, remarkable, and will be around for a long time. *Facelift IPA (6.2% alc./vol.): Loaded with English Hops and using a traditional English IPA recipe, this beer will happily lift your face as your palate explores its bitter, yet smooth effect. Facelift’s up front bitterness gives way to a mellow depth of flavor that will have you requesting another pint. Face-off Double IPA (9.5%alc./vol.): Absolutely smashing IPA with loads of American hops and made with a typical American ale yeast. You will maybe be amazed at the equal balance between hop and malt, wrestling to see who wins. Absent from this double is that very grassy, in-your-face hoppiness that makes some doubles difficult to quaf. Truly a comfortable and remarkable face adjuster. Vienna Lager (5.0% ABV, 25 IBU, Gold Medal – 2007 Great International Beer Festival): An amber lager (named after the city in which the style originated), Vienna has a nice rich malt profile, low hope aroma, and a nice balanced bitterness. It’s toasted malt flavor comes from a combination of 9 different malts, with Munich and Vienna malts dominating. German noble hops are used to balance out the malty sweetness. We love this beer, and the judges agree! This lager just took a Gold medal in the amber lager category at the 2007 Great International Beer Festival. *Naked Stout (4.0% alc./vol.): This crisp, dry Irish-style stout is typical of those made in England and Ireland. Ours contains hints of chocolate and coffee as a result of the fermentation process. Nitro Naked Stout (4.0% alc./vol.): The above Naked Stout, but less carbonated and has Nitrogen added to produce that familiar, thick, foamy head traditional in Irish Stouts. Chocolate Porter (5.2% alc./vol.): Made in the style of a Robust Porter, our Chocolate is higher in alcohol than a ‘normal’ porter. Its very malty profile is due to an abundance of crystallized malts. It’s chocolaty and nutty undertones (overtones?) result from these Barley malts, Oat malt and a healthy dose of a very dark, roasted malt known as Chocolate. The overall effect of these ingredients gives a full and malty flavored drink with roasty and chocolate notes that are not due to any addition of actual chocolate or cocoa. Drink this alone to feed yourself or with a meal to celebrate yourself! Cask Conditioned: On Fridays & Saturdays we often fill a firkin (a small keg) with a special recipe based on one of our current beers. It is usually a hopped up or fruited up version that has inspired Dave (the brewer) and me (Rick) to put out there as something special. Lately, Dave and I are considering beer blends and you will see those on Cask as well. If you receive our newsletter, then you know all about it. See you there, on Friday. Dave’s Double (8.6%, Bronze Medal – 2007 Great International Beer Festival): This doppelbock is a traditional German strong lager typically brewed in winter. Its heavy malt emphasis and higher alcohol content provide the perfect antidote to late winter storms and bone chilling cold. You can taste coffee, caramel and toffee, to name a few. Dave’s Double is a round and smooth drink, the one you have been asking for. Wicked Big Stout (8.5%): The Big brother to Naked Stout. Made in the style of a dry Imperial Stout. Very big flavor and alcohol, dry from start to finish, but not too dry, just refreshingly, roastingly so. Served in a 12-oz. snifter only. XSB Extra Special Bitter (5% alc./vol.): Extra Special means a slightly more aggressive version of the Bitter style of English ale. It is slightly more hoppy, a bit maltier, a little darker, a little more alcohol and a bit toasty too! It's a Bitterer Bitter! We use English Ale yeast from a secret source. XSB is the English cousin to our Oma's Altbier. *Downtown Smoky Brown ((5.9% alc./vol.): This smooth Brown Ale has plenty of hearty, dark malts to give it that flavorful, malty richness that you’d expect from a typical Brown. However, we snuck in a small amount of Cherry wood smoked malt into this brew, which gives it a mild, yet tasty, smoky flavor. Picture drinking a fantastic dark brew in front of a roaring fireplace. It’s glorious! 5-Beer Sampler: Try out 5 of our beers at once in a round of five 4-ounce glasses! * Now Pouring
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