Uniquely rooted in North Carolina, our Barrel Reserve Genever Inspired Gin starts out with a base spirit distilled from 100% regionally-grown and locally-malted barley, then re-distilled with a selection of locally grown botanicals and rested in our own used American Malt Whiskey casks.
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Ahoy ye hearties! Tampanian Devil be back on tap just in time for our Gasparilla Pirate celebration. Inspired by the Cuban neighborhood where our co-owners Brian and Nicole lived for a few years, Tampanian Devil is a symphony of fruit and spice – flavors derived from the Belgian yeast strain – and Cuban desserts, which often feature guava and star anise.
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HARD TO KICK- A 6.2% Carolina smoked porter. #letyourtastebudsroam with a dark roasty body, balanced and uplifted by a bright smokiness with a hint of sweetness to temper the fire from which it was born.
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To highlight and enhance the qualities of these finishing barrels, our distillers selected a range of 5 single malt mash bills, each containing a range of toasted, roasted & caramel malts – including a custom-toasted barley malt from Riverbend Malt House. Aged for greater than 4 years, including over 18 months in the Cabernet barrels, the result showcases a dynamic balance between bold flavors of malt, fruit & toasted oak – highlighting the best best of both wine &
CHRONOMANCER- blended farmhouse ale made from young stainless fermented saison and 18 month barrel-aged mixed culture sour beer conditioned on 1 LB-per-gallon black currant purée. 6.2% ABV. Original art by @bserway.
Saison de Coupage (or blended farmhouse ale) is kind of our thing nowadays! It allows us to marriage what we love about both barrel aged sour beer and young saison into something that we feel is greater than the sum of its parts.
Join us this Friday for the release of Preciate Y’all, a Southern Lagerbier made exclusively with malt from the homies at Riverbend Malt House. Rustic and bright, soft and crushable, this American lager features Bloody Butcher Corn, a favorite of ours for its earthiness and slight funk. As always, you know we preciate y’all.
The climate of the commodity grain supply chain in 2022 was bleak, to say the least. Our customers vented about shipping delays and inconsistencies, corporatization, and price upsurges— all served with a side of obtuse sales strategies and degraded product quality. As occasional issues turn endemic, we continue to scrutinize our malt quality, business model, and customer service standards. And we’re proud to report that our proactive mission has mitigated reactivity to the aggressively changing malt industry.
Conviviality – (noun) the quality of being friendly and lively; friendliness.
For good reason, face-to-face sales calls during the pandemic looked a lot different. Masks and social distancing made it tough to connect with customers sans curated tastings that had become the hallmark of our industry. Once we arrived on the other side of Omicron in early 2022, things began to ease up a bit– allowing a more comfortable vibe to return to our day to day routine.
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Durham, North Carolina-based Fullsteam Brewery is a long-standing partner of ours. Years ago, they were one of the first craft breweries to go all-in on our mission by switching to Riverbend as a primary base malt provider. Utilizing local ingredients falls in line with their Southern Beer Economy ethos and dedication to sourcing within North Carolina as much as possible.
“We were proud to support Riverbend before expansion,
We’re thrilled to return to the Florida Beer Blog! This time David Butler hosted our Florida, Georgia, and Alabama Territory Manager Tyler Adams for an in-depth conversation about craft malt– including the malting process, SRM, smoked malt, custom malt projects, single-origin Pilsner varieties like Chesapeake Pilsner and Cumberland Pilsner, and Florida 401 Grain Rye (commonly known as Florida Black Rye), to name a few of the topics they covered.
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