Special Notes: Brewed with milk sugar (aka Lactose). Hopped with Simcoe in the whirlpool and double dry-hopped with tons of Azacca, El Dorado and Rakau.
We are absolutely laser-focused on the Windowsill today!
I’ve been meaning to get Double Nickel Brewing Company back on the sill for a couple of weeks now, so that I could talk about how incredibly generous they are. A month or two ago, I got a couple of beers from them, which I reviewed on the sill. I figured that would be the end of it, but a few weeks later, another package from the New Jersey-based brewery showed up at my door.
Look at this colorful label. Was a laser used to make it? Does that even make sense? (Credit: Martin Stezano/Beers on WIndowsills)
When I opened it, I was floored. Not only did they send me today’s Windowsill brew, the L.A.S.E.R. DDH IPA, they also sent me six other beers and a sweet AF pilsner glass, which has been on the sill already. I’m most looking forward to the three Russian Imperial Stouts—one bourbon barrel-aged, one regular and one oak barrel-aged. Can’t wait!
I do need to talk a bit about the L.A.S.E.R. though, because it was awesome. It’s a New England-style IPA brewed with milk sugar (aka Lactose), Simcoe in the whirlpool and double dry-hopped with tons of Azacca, El Dorado and Rakau. It’s super hoppy without being overly bitter, and you can tell by that color just how bright and tasty it is. Lots of citrus, berries and stone fruit in this one. Gotta try it!
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Trillium Brewing Company makes some pretty badass beers on their own, so I like to think they choose their collaboration partners extremely carefully. That’s why when I saw today’s brew on the available list at Trillium Canton, I knew I had to have it.
This bin is definitely brimming with grapes, just like the beer! (Credit: Martin Stezano/Beers on Windowsills)
The Brimming Bin is a collaboration between Trillium and New Jersey’s Carton Brewing Company. Carton was started in 2011 by cousins Augie and Chris Carton, and is located in the Jersey Shore. They’ve been fist pumping out the good beers since then, and are known for their signature orange and white cans.
The Brimming Bin is a very interesting beer. It’s an American Wild Ale aged on both Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc grapes. It’s slightly sour, and very fizzy. Because of the grapes, I got a pretty nice white wine type flavor and dryness from it. Really pretty color, and a pretty hefty ABV for a Wild Ale! It’s brimming with flavor, crisp and refreshing too.
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I love when I get my hands on an exclusive beer for the sill. What a way to celebrate Beers on Windowsills’ second birthday!
First, the beer. Spartan 117 is a hoppy amber ale from Pennsauken Township, New Jersey’s Double Nickel Brewing Company. It’s heavily dry-hopped with Waimea hops from New Zealand. The result, for me, was very tasty. Citrus and pine punched through right away, and the beer had a nice sweetness to it that i really enjoyed. Love a good amber ale, and this one was very unique.
You Windowsillers that also play video games know exactly what inspired the name for this brew. It’s named after SPARTAN II Commando, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117—the hero of the immensely popular video game series, Halo. That’s him, right there on the can. Appropriately enough, this beer released on January 17. The cool part? It was a taproom exclusive that was not sent out for distribution at all.
The cans sent to me by DNBC: the Spartan 117, and the Failed Resolution. Look at those beautiful labels!(Credit: Martin Stezano/Beers on WIndowsills)
So how did I get it? I started seeing other cans from the brewery all over Instagram, so I slid into their DMs to ask if they were planning on distributing to my area any time soon. John, the designer for DNBC—he does all of the can art, except for their core cans—got back to me and said no, but offered to send me out some beers to try.
John also filled me in about why the brewery is called Double Nickel. His grandfather, whom John delightfully called Pop Pop, came up with it. There’s a bridge down the street from Double Nickel named the Tacony Palmyra bridge. Since it used to cost 2 nickels to get across, people started calling it the Double Nickel Bridge. The nickname stuck, and it made for a pretty great name for a brewery when DNBC opened its taps three years ago.
A week or so later, I got the package. I ended up receiving the Spartan 117 and the Failed Resolution, a New England-style IPA double dry-hopped with Motueka hops. It was also very solid!
I have to thank John, and the Double Nickel crew, for their awesome generosity and quality beer.
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