(Houston, TX) – It is a big day for Texans as Saint Arnold Brewing releases Divine Reserve 7, a weizenbock. The Austin, DFW and San Antonio areas will get this today and it arrives in Houston next Tuesday (delayed as a result of Ike). For more on the brew, click over to Saint Arnold’s blog containing a video of the brewing process. I contact Spec’s to see if they would be selling it online and it appears that won’t be the case. I was told that the beer sells out immediately, immediately being ‘in fifteen minutes.’ That may or may not be an exaggeration.
As for Dogfish Head Theobroma, it is now on tap at the Dogfish Head Alehouse. As far as it arriving to retailers, this is the only thread in which I have seen such a report on Beer Advocate. And it may have hit Ohio already based on this Ratebeer thread.
Surprisingly, there is still no mention of Great Divide Barrel-Aged Yeti or Old Ruffian. Click the pics on the right for more info on Theobroma and the Great Divide beers.
up a sixer of DR7 at Whole Foods during my lunch break. I also had a sample whilst there. Tasted very good. Maybe not as good as Aventinus, but we will have to see how a full pint goes.
Got my DR7 today in DFW! Thrilled to bits, should have my baby on Thurs and some of this bad-boy-brew on Saturday at the earliest… can’t wait, the timing couldn’t be better.
Congrats, Mary! I’m sure you’re thrilled about the new addition to your home!!
Oh, and congrats on that baby thing, too 😛
I knew nothing about this until visiting the new Spec’s in College Station today. Saw a couple meeting outside with two six packs with this unusual purple label. Since I have tried most Saint Arnold beers I asked them what it was. They told me you could only get it by asking at the managers office. I did that and sure enough they had a secret stash in the corner of the managers office. It was still cold. It was $14.39 for a six pack which seemed a little high and only -one- 6 pack per person. They only had one case left and said that people had lined up at 10am when they opened, to get it. So I feel a little lucky. Plus wheat beer is my favorite. So I will open one of these this evening and swill some good luck. I am sure it is sold out by now. I guess I should have had my wife go in and get a 2nd six pack, but yet, why be greedy? Hehe! 🙂
@PicBuddy You were definitely lucky. Some of the bombers I buy are $10. $14 may be steep for a 6-pack in your area but just be glad that Saint Arnold puts these beers in 6-packs and not bombers.
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There’s a picture of the one I am drinking now, and a second cold one that I will share with my wife when she wakes up from a quick nap. And my favorite A&M koozie, ahem… 🙂
You can see the color a bit in the photo. Quite dark. My first impression was fresh baked bread, a little bit of cloves. I got a hint of the banana (which Paulaner Hefeweizen has mastered), and I did get reminded of drinking some fresh wheat beer at a hillside cafe/brewery in Bavaria by Passau, Germany that is. It has sort of a dry finish… Chocolate? yeah… a bit.
Here, lemme try another taste…. (I served myself with it chilled at exactly 45C as SA suggests.) My glass has been sitting here for about 15 minutes while I photographed it and edited and uploaded the photo…. Ah, a little warmer is better to experience the tastes. Yes, now more banana after the dry finish. And know this is a big beer, higher in alcohol than my daily Paulaner, but I don’t taste alcohol. At all. Now I got what I think is a little coffee, and almost a lemongrass for a moment on the nose, from the hops. So yeah, this is a complex dark wheat, it has homebrewed or rather talented microbrew feel start to finish… I’m impressed with the wheat, it is quite well represented. Lemme see, this really reminds me of something. Not Guinness, but mildly similar. Reminds me of one I tried in Bavaria or Austria. It tastes extremely fresh and considering that it was still cold when I found it, I think it’s probably been chilled since it was born and then arrived in my Aggieland fridge. This is great. It’s worth the $3.50 a bottle and I am glad I got so lucky.
This would pair well with a green peppercorn encrusted, high temp iron skillet baked Porterhouse T-Bone with a side of grilled asparagus with lemon pepper.
Awesome, definitely sounds like an interesting mix of flavors there and great to have a beer like that available every now and then in a place where the selection is thought to be low.
And at $15, I think the bottles only come out to $2.50 per!