Jeffrey Center of the Universe Imperial Apple Brandy Aged Stout Review

	BEEr		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	six.5% ABV
	Bald Irishman		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Irish Cerise Ale 6% ABV	Bald Irishman is an Irish Red Ale brewed with 5 different malts and a whole lotta love! Brewed for our Satellite club fundraisers, dubbed the "El Balderinos" 10% of the gain from this mash will go to support the St. Baldrick's foundation, an organization which provides life-saving research for children with cancer.
	Barrel Aged Flight School		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Abbey 6.vii% ABV – 21 IBU	Flight Schoolhouse is a Belgian Abbey-style ale brewed with 5 different malts – Balmy, Munich, Honey, ESB and Belgian caramel malt. Night Belgian Candi Carbohydrate, added during the boil, contributes more than fermentables while also calculation darker color and rich molasses and caramel character. High german and American hop add a subtle bitterness and bawdy aromas. Flight School is fermented with a yeast strain originating from one of Belgium's celebrated breweries. After principal fermentation is complete, the beer is aged on dried orange skin. We and then moved Flight School into some barrels that nosotros got from Barrel Oak Winery in Northern Virginia. The barrels had originally been used to age Woodford Reserve Bourbon. Butt Oak Winery used the bourbon barrels to historic period their port-style Chambourcin. Flying School aged in these barrels for near a month. The result is a deep ruby Belgian-mode ale that is layered with flavors – oak, vanilla, ripe fruit, and some spice, just to proper noun a few.
	Butt Aged Smashing Scotch		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Scotch Ale 10% ABV
	Barrel Aged Scotchtown		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Scotch Ale 7% ABV	We took our Scotchtown Scotch Ale and aged it in A. Smith Bowman Bourbon Barrels to add just the right amount of bourbon barrel flavor. This is a small-scale batch and volition but be available at the brewery for a limited time.
	Blackness Dawn		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Rye IPA
	Bourbon Butt 13% Milk Stout		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Stout
	Chameleon (Carmine)		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA 6.viii% ABV – seventy IBU	Hops: Galaxy & Simcoe
	Chameleon (Yellow)		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA 6.8% ABV
	Chameleon IPA		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	American Pale Ale half-dozen.viii% ABV
	Chameleon Orange		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA 6.8% ABV – 51 IBU
	Chic Saison		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Saison 6.i% ABV – 18 IBU	Chic Saison is a French Farmhouse Saison brewed with Mangosteens! Mangosteens are grown in Southeast Asia and contribute a tart and tropical fruit punch that pairs perfectly with the estery and spicy qualities of the French Saison.
	Chin Music		Eye of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Red Lager 4.5% ABV	The Richmond Flying Squirrels and COTU Brewing proudly present an amber lager as crisp as opening night and equally smooth as a walk-off swing. Chin Music is the perfect brew to enjoy while watching America's favorite pastime, baseball. COTU uses water that is like to some of the great lager-brewing areas of Europe. Four dissimilar malted barleys are used in the mashing process. In the boil kettle, German Tettnang hops create a modest bitterness, just plenty to balance with the malt. A Czech yeast strain is used during fermentation that leaves the beer looking make clean and tasting malty. Mentum Music then goes through a common cold conditioning menstruum (lagering) until the flavors are merely right. Naturally carbonated, Chin Music is and so filtered to remove any excess yeast. The effect is a beautiful and crisp amber lager from COTU. Leave the ordinary beer in the bat rack. And swing abroad with Mentum Music.
	Crazy Bet		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Imperial Cherry-red Ale 9% ABV	Crazy Bet is no longer bachelor on draft, however can be purchased in the canteen for a express time. English mild ale malts were the main building cake for Crazy Bet. Several different caramel malts were used, adding additional sweetness and a deep ruby color. Numerous hop additions throughout the boil of Columbus, Mount Hood, and Nugget combine to add both a counterbalanced bitterness and intense aromas. Additionally dry-hopped in the fermenter with more Columbus and Nugget, Crazy Bet Imperial Amber is sweet upfront and bitter in the end. Just similar her namesake. We call up she'd similar it.
	Dos Duderinos		Heart of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Purple Stout 11.1% ABV – 33 IBU	Inspired by overachievers, line fouls, and nihilists, Dos Duderinos is here to settle the score. Twice the power of El Duderino, this cooler isn't for the weak minded.
	El Duderino		Heart of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Stout half dozen.5% ABV	El Duderino is inspired by slackers, sweaters, eccentric friends and exotic drinks (the White Russian to be verbal). This decadent chocolate milk stout has been a year in the making and has been piloted and tested at the brewery countless times to ensure its quality. The final masterpiece pours midnight blackness and is capped with a tan pillowy head. Eight dissimilar malts and whole vanilla beans create flavors of chocolate and espresso, offering a perfect manner to mellow out subsequently a rough set on the lanes.
	Exit 89		Centre of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Lager iv.half dozen% ABV – 24 IBU	Exit 89 Lager begins with water from the North Anna River. Once filtered information technology'southward soft and has a mineral content similar to some of the nifty lager brewing areas of Europe. Nosotros employ this water to mash in with four dissimilar malts. In the boil kettle, several additions of German language Tettnang hops create a small bitterness, just enough to residual the malt. The result is a beautiful, crisp amber (Vienna-style) lager.
	Flight Schoolhouse		Heart of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Abbey 6.7% ABV – 21 IBU	Flight School is a Belgian Abbey-style ale brewed with five different malts – Balmy, Munich, Honey, ESB and Belgian caramel malt. Nighttime Belgian Candi Sugar, added during the eddy, contributes more than fermentables while also calculation darker colour and rich molasses and caramel graphic symbol. German and American hops add a subtle bitterness and earthy aromas. Flight Schoolhouse is fermented with a yeast strain originating from one of Belgium'due south celebrated breweries. Afterwards primary fermentation is complete, the beer is aged on dried orange skin. The event is a deep ruby Belgian-style ale that is both circuitous and bold. And, we retrieve, quite tasty.
	Florida Roots		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Double IPA 8.5% ABV – 58 IBU	Hop Bursted Double IPA
	Keen Scotch		Eye of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Scotch Ale 10% ABV
	Homefront		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA 7% ABV – 65 IBU	Homefront IPA was adult in 2011 past Fremont Brewing Company and Center of the Universe Brewing Company in order to heighten money and sensation for Performance Homefront. Homefront IPA is a West Coast style IPA, brewed with orange peel and aged on Louisville Slugger bats donated by none other than Louisville Slugger. Afterwards the beer is brewed, the bats volition be dried and auctioned off. Homefront IPA is a unique clemency beer in that 100% of the proceeds go to Operation Homefront. Performance Homefront is a clemency that provides emergency financial assistance to armed forces heroes and their families. With the help of 6 participating breweries and various suppliers that donated the hops and grains used to brand the beer, Hops for Heroes was able to enhance $165,000 dollars for Operation Homefront in 2012.
	IV		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Abbey Quad ten.6% ABV
	Kolsch		Centre of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Kolsch Ale 4.5% ABV – nineteen IBU	The COTU Kolsch is created using Pilsner malts with a touch of German Munich malt. The resulting straw-colored beer is both light in body, only counterbalanced with the subtle hop spiciness of German Tettnang hops.
	Main St.		Heart of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Ale 5% ABV – 40 IBU	Pilsner malt and High german Munich and Caramunich malts are the courage of this beer. The rich toasted and bready flavors imparted by the Munich malts are balanced with a sharp just balanced bitterness imparted past the imported High german hops.
	Main St. (Brandy Barrel)		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Alt 5% ABV	Principal St. Ale anile in brandy barrels.
	Monkey's Uncle		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Belgian Tripel eight% ABV – 26 IBU	Monkey's Uncle is COTU's take on a classic beer fashion from Belgium – the Tripel. Fresh lemongrass, grown past our friends just down the street at Village Garden, was added at the end of the boil, resulting in a refreshing treat. We hope you lot savour it.
	Mr. Rodgers		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Rye IPA
	Oak Aged Ray Ray'due south		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Pale Ale 5.2% ABV	Oak aged Ray Rays'due south Stake Ale.
	Oak Anile Richard		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Regal IPA nine% ABV – 85 IBU
	Oaked Poca Betty		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Imperial IPA	Oak aged blend of our majestic red and IPA.
	Oakey Pokey		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA six.8% ABV	Our Pocahoptas IPA, anile for a month on white oak
	Oaky Bet		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Purple Scarlet Ale 9% ABV	Nosotros took our Crazy Bet and aged information technology in a few A. Smith Bourbon barrels to add a deep, oak flavor to our Crazy Bet (description below). English mild ale malts were the main edifice block for Crazy Bet. Several different caramel malts were used, adding additional sweetness and a deep cherry color. Numerous hop additions throughout the boil of Columbus, Mount Hood, and Nugget combine to add both a balanced bitterness and intense aromas. Additionally dry-hopped in the fermenter with more than Columbus and Nugget, Crazy Bet Imperial Bister is sweet upfront and bitter in the end. Just similar her namesake. We remember she'd like information technology.
	Oktoberfest		Centre of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Oktoberfest 5.7% ABV – 25 IBU	Center of the Universe's Oktoberfest is our have on the classic Munich fest biers. High german Munich and Vienna malts are used to requite the beer a slightly sweetness and malty season with some toasted notes as well. Noble German language hops were added during the boil, calculation just plenty bitterness to balance with the flavors of the malt. We then chose a Czech yeast strain that accentuated the malt and fermented nice and clean. After fermentation COTU Oktoberfest went through an extended cold workout period known every bit lagering. After lagering, the beer was filtered, removing any yeast that had not however dropped out naturally. COTU Oktoberfest is malty, clean and refreshing. Golden to amber in color, COTU Oktoberfest would be right at home in the festival tents of Munich. Or Virginia. Prost!
	Orange Is The New Stout (O'Connor Collab)		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Imperial Stout 10.five% ABV	16 months in the making, what began every bit an RV excursion, a couple of beers, and an thought shared among friends has become the sweet reality called "Orangish IS THE NEW SOUT." This imperial chocolate stout is crafted using fresh oranges and bounding main salt creating a truffle like season clocking in at 10.v% abv which volition keep your spirits warm and bright all winter long.
	Pepperhoptas		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA 6.8% ABV
	Playa Hater		Centre of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Smoked
	Plowed Brown		Heart of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	American Brown Ale 5.seven% ABV	A mildly spiced brownish ale just in time for the common cold days in Virginia! Plowed is spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon.
	Pocahoptas		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA 6.8% ABV – 72 IBU	This hop forward India Pale Ale features four different hops from the Pacific Northwest combined with a base of imported English ii-row barley and Crystal malts. Dry out-hopped for additional hop flavor and scent.
	Porgie		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Porter half dozen.1% ABV
	RVAle		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Farmhouse 4.v% ABV	The time has come up to honor Scott Gold, the winner of COTU's inaugural Wort Share Competition. The Wort Share took place in February when COTU offered upward some freshly prepared wort for local RVA region homebrewers. 6 weeks after we welcomed dorsum those 60 local brewers for a friendly beer tasting competition. The top 3 then returned to COTU to brew Scott'south beer with head brewer Mike Killelea. Scott'south winning beer is a lite and refreshing spiced summertime Belgian-style ale. Bask this light bodied beer bursting with citrus and spice notes and accompanied past traditional Belgian esters. The beer comes in at four.5% alcohol past book with an accompanied 20 IBU's. This is a express one-off batch, so come and become you fill and take home a special labeled bottle for your enjoyment later!
	Ray Ray'due south		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Pale Ale five.2% ABV – 42 IBU	The namesake beer of COTU'south founders, Ray Ray's Pale Ale starts with imported English 2-row barley that provides a full rich flavor. Nearly continuous additions of Pour hops contribute both a balanced bitterness and archetype spicy and citrusy aromas and flavors.
	Scotchtown		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Scotch Ale 7% ABV – 38 IBU	Our Scotchtown Ale is COTU's take on a classic Scottish-manner ale. Brewed with viii unlike malts, including roasted barley and smoked malt, Scotchtown is a distinctly malt-forwards beer. Due east Kent Goldings hops add a subtle bitterness, but plenty to balance the rich malt flavor.
	Shut Upwards		Heart of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Regal Stout x.ii% ABV – 65 IBU	Earlier we dive into the season profile, manner of beer, etc., I think it'south important we take y'all through where this beer came from. A timeline of where beer originated, before it was beer, is necessary to truly understand and appreciate the dark wonder that is "Shut Upwardly." And so, without further ado, lets take you back to Shut Up'southward roots. The yr was 2006. June 6th to be exact. It's a hot day at the distillery in Versailles, Kentucky. The caput distiller was transferring some freshly distilled bourbon into oak barrels to residue for the adjacent 7 years. At present the site of this distillery isn't just some other place in Kentucky where delicious bourbon is produced. It happens to be the oldest in the land, rich with history and stained with some of the finest bourbon in the country. Only, I digress. Little did these barrels, or the distillers themselves, know that these barrels were destined for greatness. They put the bungs in and transferred the barrels into the cellar to age. On another steamy summer day in 2013, much like that of 2006, a great copper colored liquid emerged from its resting place. The bourbon was removed from the barrels and packaged. As previously arranged, the barrels were purchased and picked up by a new purveyor of alcohol, a winery. This winery, located in Delaplane, VA, was intrigued by the flavors of this celebrated bourbon. So much so that it decided to age their chambourcin port-style wine within the very vessel this bourbon called abode for the final 7 years. The port was fabricated of the of the chambourcin grape, which produces a slightly sweetness flavor with essences of plums and black cherries. That sounds delicious by itself, simply the winery didn't stop there. The port-style wine is then littered with fresh cocoa nibs in social club to impart a dark chocolate decadence to the wine. Both the port and the nibs are added to the barrel to meld with the sweetness Bourbon that one time resided there. In May of 2014, the vino maker dipped his vino thief into the barrels to discover that his creation was at present consummate. This is when the barrels' journey takes an interesting turn. Phil and Chris Ray, who were lucky enough to call just at the right moment, get out the Center of the Universe brewery and head up to the Northern Virginia winery to retrieve simply the rare barrels they were looking for their regal stout. The 1.v-hour trip each way is rewarded with the acquisition of the historic barrels and the anticipation of creating something amazing. That same twenty-four hour period, dorsum at the brewery, head brewer Mike Killelea took the final measurements from Brite Tank 1 and realized that it was fourth dimension to prepare the imperial stout for its journeying into the "wonder" barrels. Upon arrival at the brewery, Chris and Phil were light-headed with excitement from their journey and couldn't wait to introduce the base beer to information technology's new home. Over the next few hours, barrel-past-barrel, the stout was moved in. Once completed, information technology was time to sit, wait, and imagine what the showtime sip of this brew would entail, and mean, for the universe. Fast frontwards to August 5th, 2014. The day has come up. The beer has enjoyed about four months of rest inside its butt dwelling. The essence of premium bourbon and port-fashion vino is successfully infused and blended with the flavour of the imperial stout. The brewery team gathers around the starting time barrel to be moved back in the tank. The hurl is removed and the room is filled with a floral ecstasy of dark chocolate, raspberry, and toffee. Mike dips the wine thief into the barrel and pulls out a midnight black sample of Shut Upward. The clouds pause and a beam of light shines in from the heavens into the mash room. (Ok, that didn't really happen, but it should have.) The team takes a sip. Everyone shuts up. Information technology's perfect. Shut upward finished at ten.2%, only you wouldn't know information technology with its smooth cease. Dark chocolate, raspberry, cocoa, and espresso engulf the pallet. The hops are present at 65IBU'due south, but blend perfectly with the surrounding flavors. The beer travels through a flavor roller coaster as it warms creating a unique experience with each sip. Relish this beer with friends, or in the solidarity of your home to shut up the stresses and troubles of the outside earth. Enjoy Shut Up on its own, or pair it with a well-marbled steak and some blueish cheeses.
	Slingshot		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Kolsch Ale 4.v% ABV – xix IBU	Slingshot Kolsch is created using Pilsner malts with a touch of German Munich malt.  The resulting straw-colored beer is both light in body, but balanced with the subtle hop spiciness of German Tettnang hops.
	Southern Berry Blonde		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Belgian Blonde 4.5% ABV
	Summer Moon		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Imperial Wheat 8.ane% ABV
	Tailgator Aid		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA half dozen.2% ABV – 40 IBU	It's that time of year again! Lite those grills, pull out the lucky shirt, and cascade yourself a glass of fresh TAILGATOR AID. Brewed with heaps of Citra hops and tons of grapefruit, this beer will get your tailgate going in the right management!
	The Donny		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	English Brown Ale 7.five% ABV
	The Donny		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	English Brown Ale seven.5% ABV
	The Dude		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Stout 6.five% ABV	El Duderino aged in bourbon barrels.
	The Jeffrey		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Stout 6.5% ABV	El Duderino anile in apple brandy barrels.
	The Richard		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Double IPA 8.3% ABV – 72 IBU	The angry uncle of Pocahoptas. This once beer is a result of being our starting time brew on the system. A piffling off hither, short some h2o there, and we are left with a double IPA very like to Pocahoptas, only much stronger.
	There Gose Summer		Centre of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Gose iv.three% ABV
	Travesty		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Bourbon Barrel Stout ten.4% ABV
	Treat Yourself		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Wheat Ale
	Universal		Heart of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Lager
	Unseasonable Stout		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Purple Stout 9.5% ABV	Base beer for Shut Upward! Imperial Stout anile in port barrels. Its Summertime, it's 90 degrees, and we are releasing an Imperial Stout. Deal with it. Head on out to COTU for this brewery simply release of a delectable, unseasonable, Majestic Stout bursting with flavors of coffee, nighttime chocolate, and reddish. This beer clocks in at 9.v% and the hops tin be felt from showtime to end. At that place is no better mode to cool yourself off than with a glass of this Unseasonable Stout, because stouts should be enjoyed all year circular.
	Walter		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Regal Stout ten.vi% ABV	Base brew for Travesty. Big milk stout with a calorie-free roast, and shine chocolate notes.
	Nosotros Ride		Middle of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	Double IPA 9.6% ABV – 100 IBU	El Dorado Amarillo and Ahtanum hops
	Wort Share: Maple Brown Ale		Center of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	American Chocolate-brown Ale
	Wort Share: Session IPA		Centre of the Universe (COTU) Ashland, VA	IPA 4.5% ABV	The 2015 COTU WORT SHARE mash is a delicious and bright SESSION IPA engineered by JOHN ARTHUR, the winner of this yr'southward homebrew competition. Warrior, Citra, Milky way, Mosaic, Motueka, and Amarillo hops are generously used creating a light bodied IPA chocked full of citrus and spice notes. The brew clocks in at 4.v% making it a perfect edition to a hot summer day.

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