I’ve gotta admit upfront that I’m a real sucker for products with a great design behind their labeling, packaging, marketing, etc. So with that in mind, I’m really impressed with the whole aesthetic and branding behind BrewDog, a little brewery in Scotland.
Named for the brewmasters’s chocolate lab, and billed as “Beer for Punks,” this sorta seems like the craft beer for the same kinda indie punks that’d rock PBR. Despite the artisan-ness and only-a-year-old-ness of the brewery, there’s just something weathered and underground about them .. again, it’s probably just the label design.
As you can guess by now, these beers are now available in New Orleans at Martin’s Wine Cellar. Read on for the lineup of what we’re getting…
- Ripe Tide Stout
- Punk IPA
- Hardcore IPA
- The Physics
- Paradox Imperial Stout - Islay Ardberg 1991
- Paradox Imperial Stout - Islay Bowmore 1987
- Paradox Imperial Stout - Speyside Glen Moray 1991
All of their beers seem really interesting and the writings on them are full of beer geeky lingo. I mean how many brewery sites have things like “4 Hop Cones willingly sacrificed themselves in fiery cauldron that is our brew kettle to ensure your mouth is left feeling punished and puckering for more..” in their official descriptions? None, that’s how many.
While I want to try all their beers, I think my first purchases will be their stouts. The Rip Tide is described as “the beer equivalent of the big, cute chocolate monster.” If that’s isn’t enough to make you wanna buy a bottle of this, I dunno what magic sentence will. The Paradox series of stouts are Brewdog’s line of trendy whiskey aged beers. I’m not a big fan of Islay Scotches, so I may grab a bottle of that Speyside Glen Moray aged version.
I will end this post with another witty quote from the Brewdog site about their “The Physics” beer:
April 28th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
We are the importers of BrewDog. I wanted to drop you a line to let you know there are more Paradox coming in July - Caol Ila, Imperial, Macallan Sherry cask, and Glen Grant. Email me for more info.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I saw those when I was in there, but didnt know if they were any good. I really want to try the Rip Tide, and a few of the Paradox’s. They sound very interesting.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Come on by and get em. They are selling really well. I haven’t heard anything about the new ones mentioned by Preiss Imports but they sound cool!
Cheers!
Beerbuddha
Martin Wine Cellar
October 14th, 2010 at 1:11 am
we have a wine cellar on our home and my grand daddy uses it a lot,”*
October 20th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
my grandpa has a private wine cellar where he keeps a lot of those vintage wines;”"
November 10th, 2010 at 6:14 am
the wine cellar that my grandfather have contains those vintage wines of the early 180-s –,
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