[7/13 Update: This beer hit some stores this weekend and it is FLYING off of store shelves. People are saying good things about it! Contact your local store and stay on top of it…]

[7/1 Update: Paul Cain confirmed that Creme Brulee will begin shipping late next week and could be in some stores at the beginning of the following week (7/14).]

(Lakewood, NY) – Exactly one month ago, we posted that the next beer in the Southern Tier Blackwater Series would called Creme Brulee, a vanilla bean-accented stout. Less than two weeks ago, we also reported on a rumor we had seen that Cherry Saison would be a new offering from the brewery. Roland and Russell later confirmed that this would be the second upcoming beer in the Blackwater Series. We are pleased to report that label approval for both beers came in this morning.

[ed: Paul Cain, Brewhouse Operations, has confirmed that Southern Tier Creme Brulee is scheduled for mid-June and that Southern Tier Cherry Saison is due even earlier, anytime between mid-May and early June.]

Creme Brulee is an imperial stout weighing in at 10% ABV. A combination of two-row malt and dark caramel malt, lactose sugar, and a hop mixture of columbus (kettle) and horizon (aroma) make up this big vanilla stout. Cherry Saison is the second Belgian-style beer from the brewery after its Tripel and the first of the series to incorporate oak aging (done with french staves). The imperial saison is brewed with cherries, Belgian-candied sugar, and Magnum and Sterling hops.