(Chico, CA) – Sierra Nevada Jack and Ken’s Ale has received TTB approval.
Here is the beer description from Sierra30.com: “Jack McAuliffe is the original microbrewer. McAuliffe’s tiny New Albion Brewery in Sonoma, California inspired countless brewers to start small-scale breweries of their own. Jack agreed to guest brew this very special ale with us in honor of our 30th anniversary. This American barleywine is a nod to the big ales New Albion served at their legendary summer solstice parties. It is robust and complex – brewed with 100% American Cascade hops.”
The official site projects a release date of mid-July though the second beer in the series was delayed so the dates are certainly tentative.
There is a lengthy piece on the life and times of McAuliffe up on CraftBeer.com. The article also discusses McAuliffe’s role in the recent collaboration and the beer itself:
“According to Sierra Nevada spokesman Bill Manley, the beer known as Jack and Ken’s Ale contains two-row Pale, Crystal and roasted barley malts, Northern Brewer, Cascade, Cluster and Brewers Gold hops and the house ale yeast. [...]
Sierra Nevada will produce about 1,000 barrels of the barleywine (compare that with the 450 annual barrels produced by New Albion in its heyday) [...]“
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How can it be “100% American Cascade” and also brewed with NB, Cascade, cluster and Brewer’s Gold?
Hopefully it quaffs better then the reporting.
Good eye! I almost clarified what I interpreted it to mean which is that the Cascade hops in the beer are 100% American-grown, not that the hop bill is 100% Cascade. It’s marketing speak that’s confusing . . . or perhaps there has been a recipe change since they first posted the beer description. I’ll look into it.
Dear Jack and Ken,
Why a Barleywine? I guess I won’t be popping one of these open with myself. Well, you never know
Here’s a two-minute video where Ken Grossman describes the beer. http://vimeo.com/12628355
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