Hop Grail
Black Tart Barrel Aged Sour Ale
- Wild / Brett / Lambic-style
- 5.5% ABV
- Label approved Oct 7, 2019
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Alphabet City Brewing Company's Wild / Brett / Lambic-style. Label approved 7 October 2019.
Lighter than 81% of the 297 Wild Ale labels we've read.
Brewed at CAPTAIN LAWRENCE BREWING COMPANY, CAPTAIN LAWRENCE BREWING, LLC (New York).
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 46–54°F (8–12°C)
- Glass
- Teku: a stemmed bowl that gathers aroma, built for sour and hoppy beers
- Goes with
- Goat cheese and brie, Mushroom dishes, Fruit desserts
About 140–170 calories and 8–15 g carbs
About 110 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Wild / Brett / Lambic-style. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 6th of 9 labels we have from Alphabet City Brewing Company. It is one of 78 wild / brett / lambic-style labels approved in October 2019. Its label was approved 14 days after it was submitted. The label carries barrel-aged on the front. The brand on the label is Alphabet City Brewing Company; it was brewed at CAPTAIN LAWRENCE BREWING COMPANY, CAPTAIN LAWRENCE BREWING, LLC in New York. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
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A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: SourBrewery: Alphabet City Brewing Company