FYI //Mike Behrendt From: The Four Firkins [mailto:alvey@thefourfirkins.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of The Four Firkins Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 11:24 AM To: mgbrew(a)comcast.net Subject: Forget the Champagne - bring something special to New Year's Eve! Plus: Bigfoot sighting and holiday hours. Having trouble viewing this email? Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=bctplocab&v=001qNmFLvMdR PBcgm1LvbOpfLZTbeZMriOHhWM5CEEBLeLJhYsxXxrEw14ubu1I4z7oO_iOvIRdcwuiW2VY3RL5R cOVrbhbht1-8rAp_0oTv68%3D> <http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?t=1111992708285.0.1102140918849.9429&ts=S0849&o=h ttp://ui.constantcontact.com/images/p1x1.gif> The Four Firkins <http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/3.jpg> Supporting beer drinkers and craft brewers, one beer at a time. <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/tips_winerybord er1top1.gif> Be bold: bring beer to New Years! <http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs115/1102140918849/img/1259.jpg> DeuS (pronounced DAY-oos) is something special. Whenever someone asks us about a celebration beer, this is the first thing we think of at the Firkins. Despite the packaging and presentation, make no mistake, this is a beer. DeuS is brewed with barley and hops in its homeland of Belgium, then Champagne yeast is pitched and it's shipped over the border to France for the final maturation in bottles in the caves of Champagne. This is the only beer allowed in the caves sacred to sparkling wine lovers. In France, DeuS undergoes the riddling process for an entire year. This is when the bottles are rotated daily and aged upside-down and at an angle to settle the yeast in the neck. After a year, the yeast plug is frozen at the top of the neck and expunged, just like Champagne wine. Every 12th bottle is then sacrificed to top up the previous eleven. This would be for nothing if DeuS wasn't so divine. It is dry and effervescent like Champagne, but you'll get a much more interesting palette of aromas and flavors than wine because it is brewed with barley and hops. Mint, anise, ginger, almond, and a delicate peach are some of the flavors I pick up. Drink it in a flute and drink it cold, chilled in ice. Unlike other Belgian beers this does taste better with a chill. We have stocked heavily on DeuS ready for the big day. Last year we sold over twenty cases before we sold out. This year we learned our lesson and purchased quite a bit more. It is here now. When you pop the cork on this one you'll have a very cool story to tell your friends and I bet they'll be blown away when they try some. A bonus: this year we have the 2010 and 2011 vintages. The 2011 just started to arrive last week. Try them side by side and see what an additional year can do! Don't bring Champagne to your New Years Eve party. Be bold, be different, bring beer, bring DeuS! -Bryan <http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/1031.jpg> <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/travel_winerydi vider.gif> Early Arrival: BIGFOOT. <http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs115/1102140918849/img/1260.jpg> People ask for Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot all year. This iconic American Barleywine has become legend to beer geeks for many reasons; to me it fulfills many promises I think makes beer and beer culture great. For the first time ever it is in 4 packs, and it's almost 2 months early! Bigfoot could be argued to be the first true American Barleywine, parting from its English parent by adding irresposible amounts of hops. This makes it so the sweet caramel, molasses and brown sugar flavors of a traditional barleywine are metered out by huge citrus aromatics and a bitterness that is expertly balanced. In addition, this 9.6%ABV beer is one of the most affordable barleywines on the market. We are not kidding when we say people buy this by the case! We will not have a purchase limit, so if you want two cases you will be set until next year. If you ever had the thought to cellar beer, this is the one to get yours going. You can keep it in a cool, dark area of your house and over time it will develop port and sherry-like tones. The hops will mellow. Because Sierra Nevada's volume make this so affordable, it would be a perfect start for your first beer cellar. We drank a 2003 vintage last week and it tasted like Christina Hendricks had asked me on a date. (I would have to politely decline, but it would be awfully flattering.) -Bryan <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/travel_winerydi vider.gif> Holiday Hours! <http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs115/1102140918849/img/1261.jpg> Hey, listen up! 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