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(Alpine, CA) – Alpine Beer Co. is set to release two new Belgian beers next month. Chez Monieux, a Belgian Kreik, will be released in 750 mL’s and Briscoe, a Belgian lambic, will be released in 375 mL’s. The brewery will also be offering up three IPAs (so much for hop shortages!): Exponential Hoppiness, Duet, and O’ Brien’s IPA, for growler fills. The full newsletter is included below. Be sure to visit the ‘Contact’ page at alpinebeerco.com to join the newsletter.

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Spring has sprung and April is just around the corner. For some, April is a month of flowers blooming and birds singing, and for others it’s the month that taxes are due. For those of you dreading the evil IRS we here at Alpine Beer Company have created “Tax Relief Day,” April 15th. When we open for business that day, there will be 5 extra beers available, 2 new bottled beers and 3 draft re-releases.

For growler fills only, we’ll offer Duet – a 7% IPA using Simcoe and Amarillo hops “in harmony,” O’Brien’s IPA – a 6% IPA that’s slightly maltier and more sessionable, and Exponential Hoppiness – a 10.75% Triple IPA that’s double dry-hopped and oak chipped. Look for these same beers at your favorite beer establishments around town.

The bottled beers are very special. These beers have been aging for 15 months in oak barrels formerly used for red wine. We have about 75 cases of a Belgian Kriek called “ Chez Monieux.” It comes in a 750 ml Belgian-style capped bottle and weighs in at 5.8%. We used 2 varieties of cherries with a dominate amount being the tart Montmorency Cherry from Michigan. You don’t want to know how much the cherries cost. The Kriek bottles are not bottle conditioned, no sediment at the bottom, so long aging (more than 2 years) is not recommended, but who knows.

The other bottle is a Belgian Lambic which comes in a small 375 ml bottle at 5%. This is the same barrel aged beer without the cherries. It has a tart, fruity, sour taste and is bottle conditioned. It does taste like a one year old lambic and should age well if properly stored. It’s called “ Briscoe” and because of its demure size we refer to it as “Briscoe Lambic Junior.” We have about 20 cases.

Neither the Kriek nor the Lambic are available for samples. There is a 6 bottle limit on the Kriek and a 4 bottle limit on the Lambic.

Since April 15th looks to be a very busy day, if there is a line at the counter there will be no sampling. We think it’s only polite to allow everyone that wants to buy beer to have a chance and sampling takes a lot of time.

What little is kegged of the Belgian beers will be saved for the opening of our pub. Remodeling will start on the future site of our barbeque themed watering hole after the first of April. We feel more positive about actually starting work there since we’ve seen a sign posted inside saying they are moving April 1st, no joke.

We have 2 brewery tours scheduled. One for Wednesday, April 16th at about 9:30 AM and the other on Friday, April 18th, about 3 PM. The World Beer Cup will be in town that week and there will be lots of international beer people visiting San Diego. The organizers scheduled several tours around the county and we were included on the Wednesday tour and some Belgian Judges have arranged a private tour for that Friday. Watch for small groups of people with accents that Friday afternoon and say ‘welcome.’ “