Join us Tuesday, 07/31/2018 from 4-8p.m. for some extra hours in the tasting room. This month’s Eisbock will be Artista Zynergia: Jotunheim, weighing in ~16% abv! Pours will be limited and only available on Tuesday, don’t sleep on this one!
Eccentric Concoctions
Join us Tuesday, 07/31/2018 from 4-8p.m. for some extra hours in the tasting room. This month’s Eisbock will be Artista Zynergia: Jotunheim, weighing in ~16% abv! Pours will be limited and only available on Tuesday, don’t sleep on this one!
Join us in Oxford, CT this Tuesday from 4 – 8 p.m., Friday from 2 – 8 p.m. & Saturday from 12 – 7 p.m. to try our interesting elixirs. Featuring 9 OEC lines and several guest lines! No food truck or bakery this week, but please feel free to bring your own food.
Hours:
Tuesday 02/27: 4 – 8 p.m.
Fridays: 2 – 8 p.m.
Saturdays: 12 – 7 p.m.
Please note, if you would like to stop by the brewery to purchase bottles or pre-filled growlers during the week, please call us at (203) 295-2831, if we are here, you are welcome (we are typically here from ~10a.m – 5p.m.). Please be sure to call ahead.
Draft List:
Exilis – 3.8% abv
Baudelot Blanche* – 4.5% abv
Coolship Saison* – 5.2% abv
Tempus (Blend #9) – 5.9% abv
Artista Zynergia: Oudilis Cassis – 6.2% abv
Cease & Narcist – 8% abv
Artista Zynergia: Oudilis Cerasus Oryza – 8.6% abv
Phantasma (Blend #5) – 9% abv
III Dry-Hopped with Mosaic, Vintage 2016 – 9% abv
III Dry-Hopped with Mosaic, Vintage 2016 EISBOCKED – ??% abv – Available Tuesday 2/27 Only!
* 8oz pours only.
Guest List:
Hanssens Oude Lambic – 6% abv
Christian Drouin L’Hiver Winter Cidre – 6% abv
Hitachino Dai Dai iPA – 6.2% abv
Hofstetten Heller-Bock Ariana – 7.4% abv
Dansk Mjød Viking Blod – 19% abv
Bottle & Can List:
III Dry-Hopped with Mosaic, Vintage 2016 – 5o0ml – $13 – Limit 2 per customer. LIMITED/VINTAGE.
Exilis – 4x16oz cans – $14 – Limit 4 4pks per customer. LOW STOCK.
Floresco – 750ml – $12 – Limit 6 per customer. LOW STOCK.
Phantasma (Blend #5) – 750ml – $14 – Limit 6 per customer.
Tempus (Blend #9) – 750ml – $13 – Limit 6 per customer.
Growler List:
Baudelot Blanche – OEC/750ml: $8 – 32oz/1L: $10.25 – 64oz/2L: $20.50
Coolship Saison – OEC/750ml: $10 – 32oz/1L: $12.50 – 64oz/2L: $25
Guest Growler List:
Christian Drouin L’Hiver Winter Cidre – OEC/750ml: $14, PRE-FILLED ONLY
Dansk Mjød Viking Blod – OEC/750ml: $20 – 32oz/1L: $26.50 – 64oz/2L: $50
Hanssens Oude Lambic – OEC/750ml: $19.50 – 32oz/1L: $24.50 – 64oz/2L: $49
Hitachino Dai Dai iPA– OEC/750ml: $12 – 32oz/1L: $18, PRE-FILLED ONLY
Hofstetten Heller-Bock Ariana – OEC/750ml: $13, PRE-FILLED ONLY
Snacks:
Dirty Jalapeño Heat Potato Chips – $1.25
Dirty Mesquite BBQ Potato Chips – $1.25
Dirty Sea Salted Potato Chips – $1.25
Soft Pretzel – $2.50
Zuppardi’s Apizza: 10″ Red (tomato sauce) w/Mozzarella – $10
Zuppardi’s Apizza: 10″ White (no sauce) w/Fresh Tomato & Garlic – $10
Growler Policy:
In order to make growler filling an efficient experience please adhere to these guidelines:
· All growlers that you bring in must be clean prior to filling.
· We will fill 12oz, 500ml, 750ml, OEC Growlers, 32oz, 1L, 64oz & 2L growlers. This does include growlers from other breweries, stores & bars.
· We will only fill screw-top growlers if you provide a clean sealable screw-top. We will not have these caps available at the brewery.
· We will not fill plastic, clear, metal or large wide mouth German style growlers with handles (They unfortunately do not fit in our growler fillers). Sorry for any inconvenience.
Nobody really knows for sure how the first “eisbock” came together but we can assume that it was a pure accident. One version suggests that somebody left a cask of beer outside during a very cold winter night some hundred years ago.
Physics tells us that the explanation is quite simple: It is based on the different freezing points of water and alcohol. While everyone complained about the bitterly cold winter of 2014/2015 it gave us an opening to not only find out how exactly this natural process works but also how it impacts on the flavor and aroma complexity of the brews inside such casks.
We also theorized that its impact on flavor and aroma should be quite different from such versions that use modern freezing technology to create “eisbock style brews.” In order for us to go for the highest possible impact we increased the stakes quite a bit:
1) We did not simply transfer brews into casks but used original Zymatore wooden barrels in which the chosen brews had already started to transform themselves for quite some time. Some were filled in 2013, some in early 2014.
2) We moved 24 of these different Zymatore wooden barrels into our uninsulated “eis-barn” to allow for nature to completely take over the entire process.
3) From mid-December, 2014 through mid-March, 2015 the bitter cold temperatures made their way through the wood into the precious liquids. Our biggest concern was that the expanding ice might burst our precious Zymatore barrels (again, physics tells us that water becomes less dense below 39F and therefore expands when starting to freeze).
4) Around mid-March, 2015 we opened the bungs to find incredibly interesting results: An ice ring had formed inside the wooden barrel, around 3″ to 4″ thick. When we drilled through it we reached the liquid. Using a pipette to draw a small sample we found marvelous brews of most intense flavors and aromas.
5) We then transferred some of our “Eis Zymatore Projects 2014/15” into kegs. To be tapped at some of the upcoming 2015 B.United International/OEC Brewing festivals and out in the market. Many, however, were transferred into new Zymatore wooden barrels (we chose beautiful French Chardonnay wine barrels from the remarkable Matthiasson Vineyard California) for a very rare Double-Zymatore-Aging undertaking.
6) Lastly, we will of course use all Eis Zymatore Barrels (after dumping the frozen ice) for future Zymatore projects. Rumor has it that OEC has already transferred some of their new Lambic style wild brews into some of the former eis-barrels.
UPDATE – Jan. 2016: The first release from the eis-barn is finally ready! Come by OEC Brewing this Saturday, 01/16/2016 from 12-7 p.m. to try the first release on tap and take it home it bottles!
Introducing Imperium. Imperium is part of our Frigus project. Frigus barrels are selected and aged in our small barn. The barn is neither heated nor cooled and in the winter drops well below freezing exposing the beer to the natural fluctuations of our climate. Imperium is a wheat wine that was brewed specifically for this project and aged 1 1/2 years in red wine barrels from South Africa. Available in bottles and on draft. 500ml/$16. Limit 6 bottles per person.
OEC Brewing, 7 Fox Hollow Rd, Unit B, Oxford, CT 06478.
Hofstetten has unveiled something quite exciting. Based on the Heller Bock recipe but with a few new and exciting twists… This go around they are not using the traditional bottom-fermenting yeast but a top-fermenting ale yeast plus copious amounts of Austrian Muehlviertel Sapphire hops! But the changes do not end there.
After five weeks of lagering the “Heller Bock Ale” is then frozen down, several times actually. Each time the forming ice crystals are removed. As the frozen water content is removed the remaining liquid becomes richer, sweeter and more alcoholic (as water freezes long before alcohol will). This is, of course creates what we know as an “eisbock” or “ice bock”.
After the freezing part is complete, the new beer now known as “G’Froren’s Heller Bock Ale” is dry-hopped. Of course, they could’ve dry hopped the whole batch, but three different versions were created, with three different dry-hopping treatments: One with Austrian “Muehlviertel Aurora”, one with “Hallertauer Bavarian Mandarin” and finally one with ” Muehlviertel Sapphire.” Each batch was dry-hopped for roughly 6 weeks.
And voila: The “G’Froren’s Ice Bock IPA” has been born. A beautiful inventive re-interpretation of a classic lager.
Each version will bring different aromatics in play. In order for all flavor and aroma compounds to have an opportunity to shine at their brightest we decided to fill the “G’Frorens” in true English casks!
Which one is the most celebrated one? Check out the bars and pubs in your greater area that will receive & tap one of these special casks shortly!