New craft beers arriving in Memphis for 2012
To ring in the new year, craft beer distributor Southwestern Distributing is bringing some new beers to town.
Here’s a quick guide to the beers you’ll be seeing in Memphis to start 2012. Look for these beers soon at local retail establishments, as well as bars and restaurants.
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Name: Ruthless Rye IPA Brewery: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Style: Rye beer ABV: 6.6% The Ruthless Rye IPA is the latest seasonal offering from Sierra Nevada. According to Southwestern, the beer is “brewed with rustic rye grain for refined flavors that combine the peppery spice of rye with bright, citrusy flavors of whole-cone hops.” Since it’s a high-ABV beer, the Ruthless Rye will be available only at liquor stores and local bars and restaurants. |
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Name: Bavik Brewery: Bavik Brewery Style: Pilsner ABV: 5.2% Bavik has been brewed in Belgium since 1894. According to globalbeer.com, Bavik “is considered one of the best Belgian Pilsners, and is certainly one that survived the onslaught by Interbrew-Labatt, which tried, and still tries to take over as many Belgian breweries as possible, to shut them down and to stop brewing their beers.” |
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Name: Wittekerke Brewery: Bavik Brewery Style: Belgian witbier ABV: 5% According to the book “Beers of the World,” this golden wheat beer was named after a popular Flemish TV soap opera set in a fictional village of the same name. The beer was launched as a promotional tie-in with the series. Wittekerke is brewed “according the time-honored method using a proportion of malted oats, as well as barley and wheat, to give the beer a smoother, fuller body and slightly sweeter flavor,” the book says. |
That’s it for now, though more beers will be introduced as the year goes on. According to Southwestern, if you can’t find a beer you like at a certain retail store, find the manager and ask them to carry it.
What beers do you hope to see land in Memphis in 2012? Leave a comment below.
