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From Bloomberg.com: The 10 Best Craft Breweries to Hit Up in New England This Summer
From hundred-year-old lager houses to small-town cider makers revolutionizing the craft, there is something for every brew lover.
by Spike Carter – July 8, 2015 — 12:45 PM EDT – original article appears here: Bloomberg.com
New England has long been a destination for craft beer lovers. The beer-focused crowds seem to get bigger annually as an almost-overwhelming amount of exciting producers releases exciting products. Here are just a few breweries—new and old—whose products merit a visit, purchase at a store, or an order at a bar this summer while you’re in the area. (For those spending no time in New England, some of these breweries distribute beyond their immediate areas; be sure to check the listed websites for more information.)
Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores (OEC) ~ Major importer B. United, which specializes in beer, cider, and mead, opened Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores last summer in Oxford, Conn. (It’s known, less cumbersomely, as “OEC.”) The campus shares space with B. United’s ambitious “Zymatore” program, in which they experiment with barrel-aging brews in a wide variety of pre-used casks. There are also fruit trees and an herb garden whose yield gets utilized in their old-world-with-a-fresh-spin elixirs. Keep your eyes especially peeled for releases in OEC’s continuing “Experimentalis” series that features various beers aged in oak barrels with fruit. 7 Fox Hollow Rd., Unit B, Oxford, Conn. 06478 – For the rest of this article please click here.
Saturday, July 25th – Experimentalis With Peaches #3 (Pedro Ximenez Sherry Barrel), Aeris Singularis #1 (Ransom Spirits Pinot Noir/Gin Barrel) & OEC Brewing/B. United Facility Tours!
by Tony Pellino
Join us on Saturday, July 25th for a day of special releases and our very rare OEC Brewing/B. United facility tours. Our hours are extended on the 25th as well, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. In addition to our already eccentric line-up we are releasing to new products…
Experimentalis With Peaches #3 (Pedro Ximenez Sherry Barrel) – Experimentalis is our barrel aging project using fruits that are grown in our Horticultural Are. Each release is unique and no two releases will taste the same. This version of Experimentalis With Peaches was aged on our garden peaches for 12 months in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Barrel from Spain. Limited to 500 750ml bottles and strictly limited to 4 bottles per customer, $22 per bottle. No holds or early sales on this due to the limited nature of the product. Also available on draft.
For more on Experimentalis click here.
Aeris Singularis #1 (Ransom Spirits Pinot Noir/Gin Barrel) – Barrel fermented, strongly hopped, light colored north German style ale, brewed with over 40% wheat malt. Dry hopped and lagered. Our interpretation of a style brewed in Einbeck in the 1300’s. Aeris Singularis is a special edition matured in oak barrels. Batch #1 was matured for over 7 months in Ransom Spirits Gin / Pinot Noir barrels. 750ml bottles limited to 6 bottles per customer, $15 per bottle. Also available on draft.
OEC Brewing & B. United International Facility Tours – As we are constantly growing there is now more to see. The NEW tour will last roughly an HOUR AND HALF and will occur at our facility in Oxford, CT. Limited to 15 people per tour. The tour will be lead by Tony Pellino, OEC Brewing’s Assistant Brewer. Please be aware that there will be a decent amount of walking including stairs. Part of the tour will also be outdoors so please bring umbrella if weather requires it. As part of the tour – you will taste directly out of barrels that we pick. However, pours of OEC beers will need to purchased separately!
Tour includes the following areas: – OEC Brewhouse (includes brew house, coolship & fermenters) – Smoke House (for smoking malts)/Barrel Room – Vineyard & Orchard (Horticultural area) – Herb/Spices Greenhouse – Citrus Greenhouse – Amphorae/Granite Fermenters – Apiary (Bee Hives) – OEC/B. United Barrel Room (over 300 barrels) – Vintaging Room – Keg Cleaning Room – Keg/Bottling Room & Warm Room – Eisbarn in Winter & Hot House in Summer – Urwaga Fermentation Pit – and various other current construction projects. Tickets are NOT REFUNDABLE but are transferrable.
Purchase tickets here:
12:30 p.m. – https://goo.gl/SVU1va
2:00 p.m. – https://goo.gl/PCkAed
July 25th Tap List:
- Experimentalis With Peaches #1 (Pedro Ximenez Sherry Barrel)
- Experimentalis With Peaches #3 (Pedro Ximenez Sherry Barrel)
- Aeris
- Aeris Singularis #1 (Ransom Spirits Pinot Noir/Gin Barrel)
- Exilis
- Tempus (Blend #4)
- Artista Zynergia: Gosatequin
- Phantasma Sour (Blend #2)
- Malefactus (Wine Barrel Aged #1)
- Zymatore Saison de Pipaix (Christian Drouin Calvados Barrel)
And we now have a foosball table.