Collection: Beer Library

Dropping Fruit PTCN

Fruited Sout

6.1% ABV

Inspired by the famous island cocktail Painkiller, this Dropping Fruit is our 6.1% Fruited Sour with Pineapple, Tangerine, Coconut and Nutmeg. Like all the beers in the Dropping Fruit series, it undergoes an overnight souring process followed by a clean fermentation with house ale yeast. Towards the end of fermentation we add a generous amount of Pineapple and Tangerine. Finally the beer is conditioned on freshly processed raw coconut and a hint of nutmeg. This Dropping Fruit balances the tropical flavors of piña colada and citrus with the subtle hint of spice and a slightly tart finish.

Dropping Fruit POG

Fruited Sour

6.0% ABV

Dropping Fruit POG is brewed with Pilsner and Wheat malt and soured in the kettle. We add a small amount of Czech Saaz during the boil then ferment it with our house ale yeast. During fermentation we added a ton of passionfruit, orange, and guava to ramp up the tropical juice flavors. Dropping Fruit POG creates a delightfully balanced beer, retaining a touch of residual malt sweetness reminiscent of the classic tropical breakfast juice with a hint of acidity and tartness perfect for the summer’s warm weather.

Epic Overhead

Triple IPA

10.2% ABV

Epic Overhead is an exceptional 10.2% Triple IPA brewed with a similar flavor profile to its younger brother, Overhead. To achieve its distinctive flavor, we added a slight bittering addition in the kettle with Columbus hops before a large dose of Centennial in the whirlpool. We added a large charge of Simcoe in the first dry hop and added a second round of Amarillo, Centennial, and Columbus hops for a truly layered experience. Epic Overhead pours with an unfiltered pale haze and brings a blend of clean citrus and pine, complemented by subtle notes of resin.

Sea Summit

India Pale Ale

6.8% ABV

Sea Summit is our 6.8% West Coast-Inspired IPA brewed with a blend of Pilsner, wheat, dextrine and light crystal malts. It is hopped plentifully in the kettle and whirlpool with a blend of Centennial, Simcoe and Wimea hops before being fermented dry with a classic west coast yeast. Sea Summit is then dry hopped with Simcoe, Waimea, Citra and Centennial. Sea Summit pours a pale yellow color with a light natural haze. It has aromatics of citron, mangoes and an underlying fresh pine profile. Crisp and Clean.

Rhubarb & Grüner Veltliner | 2020 Harvest

Spontaneous

When we received our first pressing of New Jersey Grown and harvested Grüner Veltliner, we set aside a portion of the blend to then referment and age on freshly harvested rhubarb. For the base of this blend, our team utilized a blend of a 2-year-old buckwheat spontaneous beer along with a small portion of young spontaneous beer. The blend refermented for an additional eight months through the winter of 20|21 before receiving freshly harvest rhubarb from a century old rhubarb patch. The beer was allowed to soak on the rhubarb for an additional five months prior to packaging. The average age of Rhubarb & Grüner Veltliner | 2020 Harvest is 37 months at release. Rhubarb & Grüner Veltliner | 2020 Harvest pours a deep golden color with a firm white foam. Aromatics of strawberry rhubarb pie along with fresh cut green apples and honey.

Red Currant | 2020 Harvest

Spontaneous

In July of 2020, our team made the trip to northern New Jersey to select some beautiful Red Currants. These red currants had a uniquely citric, bright and tannic profile that brings a unique balance to our blends of spontaneously fermented beers. For this harvest, our team chose a blend of one- and two-year old traditionally brewed spontaneous beers. We added the red currants directly to the oak barrels and aged the beer on the ribes for an additional year before packaging. After bottling, Red Currant | 2020 Harvest spent an additional 22 months conditioning in bottle. The average age of Red Currant | 2020 Harvest is 48 months at release. Red Currant | 2020 Harvest pours a bright orange color with a dense white foam and aromatics of orange citrus, and cranberries.

Head High Batch 4,000

India Pale Ale

8.0% ABV

Head High 4000 marks the celebration of our 4000th batch of Head High. For this batch, we took all the favorite things we have learned from brewing Head High and its variants over the years. The base of this beer drew inspiration from Double Head High, creating a fuller mouthfeel to layer an amped up version of the Head High hopping profile. In order to commemorate the 4000th batch we took the dry hopping regime of Head High and quadrupled it to provide an intense drinking experience with tons of grapefruit, citrus and fruit loop character. Head High 4000 pours an opaque orange color with a rocky white foam. It has aromatics of sweet fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, orange creamsicle and fruit loops.

Weekend in Prague

Czech-Style Lager

4.5%

Weekend in Prague is a 2023 Beer Garden exclusive. This Czech lager is hopped with Czech Saaz hops. It pours a golden color with floral aromatics.

Sunday Brunch (2023)

Imperial Milk Porter

9.2% ABV

Sunday Brunch is brewed with maple syrup, cinnamon, Rook Coffee, and lactose. It is brewed with a blend of pilsner malt and English crystal and roasted malts. Sunday Brunch pours a black color with light coffee foam. Aromatics are of freshly roasted coffee and maple-drenched french toast. Sunday Brunch drinks are smooth with a rounded body and intertwined notes of coffee, maple, and cinnamon.

Ghost Rainbow

Pale Ale

5.0% ABV

Brewed to deliver on the highly drinkable yet incredibly aromatic profile of the earliest New England hoppy beers, Ghost Rainbow is hopped densely with Centennial in the whirlpool followed by Citra, Simcoe and Centennial in the dry hop. Ghost Rainbow pours a sunset orange with a rocky white foam. It has aromatics of nectarines, stone fruit and a touch of pine.

Coolship 11°

Czech-Style Pale Lager

4.3% ABV

Coolship 11° was brewed using exclusively floor-malted Moravian barley utilizing a three-step mash.⁣ It was hopped with Czech Saaz in the kettle before being racked to our Coolship for a short two-hour rest to produce an extremely clear wort. While in the Coolship we added a large dose of whole leaf Saaz hops.⁣ It was then cold fermented with a traditional Czech yeast strain provided by the Wild East team.⁣ After fermentation it was transferred to 500L Puncheons for extended cold lagering before packaging. ⁣ Coolship 11° pours bright gold with floral and spicy aromatics that can only be achieved with whole leaf hops. ⁣ The crackery malt profile is supported by smooth, clean bitterness making for an extremely drinkable 4.3% lager.⁣

Barrel-Lagered Winter Daydream

Barrel-Lagered Winter Bock

7.9% ABV

Barrel Lagered Winter Daydream is a 7.9% Winter Bock. We took Winter Daydream and gave it an additional 2 months of lagering in freshly emptied bourbon barrels. Brewed with traditional German base and roasted malts, Winter Daydream pours a dark mahogany with ruby highlights. It has rounded aromatics with nuances of bourbon, vanilla and chocolate from the intermingling of the beer and oak with a plush mouthfeel boosted by the additional lagering time. Barrel Lagered Winter Day Dream, balanced and clean.

Cognac Double Barrel-Aged Driftwood (2023)

Barrel-Aged Imperial Brown Ale

14.1% ABV

Double Barrel-Aged Cognac Driftwood was brewed with British Golden Promise and a blend of chocolate, coffee and dark roasted malts. To further develop flavor we added Vermont Maple Syrup and Molasses to the kettle. Following a slow fermentation, this full bodies Brown Ale was racked to a single Buffalo Trace Blanton's Bourbon barrel. After two years of aging it was sent to a single Cognac cask to finish. Double Barrel-Aged Cognac Driftwood pours a dark mahogany brown with notes of chocolate, red fruit and toasted walnut, along with the complexity of maple syrup and crème brûlée.

Sea Dream

Imperial India Pale Ale

8.0% ABV

Sea Dream is brewed with Cashmere and Motueka in the whirlpool and more Cashmere, Trident and Citra Cryo in the dry-hop. Sea Dream pours a hazy orange color with aromatics of mangos, pineapple, passionfruit and lime.

Mexican Dessert (2023)

Imperial Milk Porter

9.2% ABV

Mexican Dessert is our 9.2% massive and decadent Imperial Milk Porter brewed with heaps of Vermont Maple Syrup and conditioned on graham crackers, coconut, maple syrup, cinnamon, cacao nibs, ancho chilies and Rook coffee. It is brewed with a blend of German and British malts to provide a complex base for this delicious dessert beer Mexican Dessert pours black with a mocha foam and aromatics of s'mores, bakers chocolate, maple syrup and Mexican chocolate milk along with a creamy top note of toasted coconut.

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Port Omna

Barrel-Aged Imperial Milk Stout

9.8% ABV

Port Omna Bourbon Barrel-Aged Blend is our 9.8% Imperial Milk Stout comprising over 1/3 of barrel aged stout aged in Elijah Craig 8-Year bourbon casks for over 26 months. These barrels were specifically selected for their luxurious body and elevate the base Port Omna with notes of caramel, bourbon, vanilla and dark fruit all derived from oak aging.

Shifting Squall

Imperial Stout

9.0% ABV

Shifting Squall is brewed with a robust grist composition featuring choice English Golden Promise, Oats, Chocolate and Roast malts and hopped with Cascade, Chinook, and Bravo in the Whirlpool. This beer underwent a double-mash process which involved two separate mashes collected together and boiled for an extended period, allowing for further development of flavor. Shifting Squall pours jet black with a cascading mocha tan head and presents a complex flavor profile of fruity dark malts, chocolate-citrus, baker’s chocolate, and roasty burnt brownie edges rounded out by a pleasant resinous hop bitterness.

Morning Bell (2023)

Imperial Milk Porter

9.2% ABV

Morning Bell is brewed with a pilsner base and a blend of British and German crystal and roast malts, lightly sweetened with the addition of milk sugar. Following fermentation and cold conditioning, Morning Bell is conditioned on a blend of Rook dark roast coffee. Morning Bell is bold, rich, creamy, smooth, and delicious. It pours a mocha brown with balanced aromatics of freshly ground coffee with a touch of cream. Notes of chocolate and sweet caramel provide complexity to the milk porter base.

Morning Bean (2023)

Imperial Milk Porter

9.2% ABV

Morning Bean is brewed with a pilsner base and a blend of British and German crystal and roast malts, lightly sweetened with the addition of milk sugar. Morning Bean pours a mocha brown with balanced aromatics of crème brûlée, cake frosting and freshly ground coffee. Notes of milk chocolate and coffee ice cream fill out the profile of Morning Bean. Morning Mocha is conditioned on dark roast coffee and Madagascar vanilla beans.

Morning Mocha

Imperial Milk Porter

9.2% ABV

Morning Mocha is brewed with a pilsner base and a blend of British and German crystal and roast malts, lightly sweetened with the addition of milk sugar. Morning Mocha pours a mocha brown with aromatics of fudgy sweet chocolate and cold brewed coffee. Flavors of brownies, maple syrup are supported by a nutty chocolate profile.

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Driftwood (2023)

Barrel-Aged Imperial Brown Ale

13.8% ABV

Driftwood Bourbon is our 13.8% Imperial Brown Ale, a beautifully, smooth sipper. Aged in a blend of Buffalo Trace EH Taylor Small Batch Bourbon and Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon casks for an average of 32 months. It is brewed with a base of Golden Promise barley and a blend of British crystal and roast malts and the addition of both maple syrup and molasses in the boil. Driftwood Bourbon pours a dark mahogany color with aromas of maple soaked french toast, flavors of marshmallows, creamy bourbon vanilla and baking spices.

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch (2023)

Barrel-Aged Imperial Milk Porter

12.6% ABV

Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch is our 12.6% blend of Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Milk Porters conditioned on maple, cinnamon and dark roast coffee. For this year’s blend we selected Imperial Porters that were brewed with lactose and Vermont maple syrup and aged them in a combination of 12-Year Weller, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, 10-Year Russel's Reserve and Old Fitzgerald bourbon barrels for an average of 14 months. After resting in these barrels, the blend was conditioned on maple, cinnamon and dark roast coffee. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch pours black with a mocha head, with aromatics of maple drenched French toast, hints of vanilla, coconut, caramel and crème brulee from the extended aging in oak.

Chocolate Coconut Biscotti

Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

13.0% ABV

Chocolate Coconut Biscotti is our decadent 13.0% Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout brewed with maple syrup and lactose that began as a blend of Imperial Stouts aged in Eagle Rare, Blanton's, Russel's Reserve, and Woodford Double Oaked bourbon barrels for an average of 16 months. It was then conditioned on a blend of cacao nibs from Ghana, Haiti and the Philippines along with Madagascar vanilla beans and freshly toasted Marcona almonds and coconut. Chocolate Coconut Biscotti pours black with a mocha foam head and rich aromatics of fresh baked pastries dipped in chocolate. The coconut adds a sweet creamy component and another layer of decadence to this classic cookie inspired treat.

Double Double Cask

Barrel-Aged Barleywine

12.8% ABV

Double Double Cask is our 12.8% double barrel aged barley wine. This release came from two separate barley wines, chosen for their notable complexity. The first component originated from a 2-day boiled barley wine aged initially for 12 months in a blend of large format Cognac and Jura wine casks before then being aged an additional 24 months in a single 13-Year-Old Forester Bourbon cask. The second component came from one of our favorite English barley wine recipes that was aged initially in a large format Armagnac cask for 20 months before being aged an additional 22 months in a single Early Times 10-Year Bourbon cask. Double Double Cask has an average age of 39 months. Double Double Cask pours a near-black dark brown with aromatics of rum raisin, candied oranges and chestnuts along with undertones of cacao and crème brûlée.