Summit Brewing Company releases Batch 02 of thelimited release

Unchained Series:  90/- Scottish Style Ale

ST. PAUL, MN – (November 5, 2009) – Summit Brewing Company is proud to introduce the second beer in the limited release Unchained Series.  Batch 02 is a 90/- Scottish Style Ale with heather, helmed by brewer Eric Blomquist.  A traditional Wee Heavy style, this hearty brew has a rich mahogany color, caramel notes, and a hint of herbal flavor. 

The inspiration for the series is to illustrate the expertise and craft of each brewer while having a little fun in the process.  Each of the six brewers will choose their own beer style and manage the process from start to finish, from research and recipe development all the way to tasting the beer in the final stages to determine proper conditioning and filtration for the ideal flavor and aroma profile.  To make this even more personal, the bottle labels and six-packs are printed with the signature of the brewer in charge of that brew.

“The critical and public success of the first beer in the series, a German style Kölsch, has really fueled the excitement of the whole Summit team.  We’re looking forward to Eric’s warming brew and the rest of the beers that this great brewing crew has in store,” said Mark
Stutrud, Brewmaster and Founder of Summit Brewing Company.

The 90/- uses 100% malted Golden Promise, a barley variety grown in Scotland, as its base malt. Also in the mix are roasted barley, crystal and brown malts imported from the UK along with locally produced wheat malt to add further depth, complexity, and richness. In order to complement the malt, a combination of Target and Willamette hops are used along with the addition of wild Scottish heather to allow for some herbal and floral attributes. Heather is a
low-growing flowering evergreen shrub which has been used in brewing for thousands of years.

A quick beer history lesson: The symbol “/-“ in 90/- represents “shilling”, a currency denomination that was used in the United Kingdom, and as the beers were assessed a tax based on their  strength, the number of shillings that a brew was taxed came to identify that style of ale.

The 90/- will be available in bottles and on draught for a limited time starting the week of November 16.   For a sneak peek, the metro area Pizza Lucé restaurants will have it on tap starting Thursday, November 12.  All metro locations will be tapping the beer at 5:30pm that
day and offering up $3 Summit pints.  The downtown Minneapolis Pizza Lucé will feature bagpipers, food specials, and brewer Eric Blomquist will be on hand to pour the ceremonial first pint.  Brewer Eric will also be at the Four Firkins beer store in St. Louis Park on Monday, November 16 from 6-8pm for sampling.  The next beer in the Unchained Series will be available in the spring.

Digital images of the Unchained Series are available on request. For more information about the brewery, please visit www.summitbrewing.com.

Summit Brewing Company was founded in St. Paul, MN in 1986, and has stayed close to its roots, serving the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region.  It is currently available in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado, Texas, and Florida.  Summit now produces twelve varieties of premium craft beer, including seven year-round and five seasonal beers.  Since its inception, the brewery has been a consistent pioneer in the craft beer movement.