Friday, July 17th
3:00PM
Hello all,
Yes we’re having a hoppy July here at the Parched Eagle and all you hop lovers are welcome to join us! In fact TODAY, Friday July 17th, we’re having the special release party for a brand new beer: UTOPIAN Imperial IPA! Clocking in at 107 IBUs and 9.7% ABV, this huge beer is a marriage of Maris Otter and Crystal malts, Demerara sugar, and waves and waves of Simcoe, Chinook, and Amarillo hops!
We’ll also have live music that evening by singer/songwriters Les Hoffman and Barney Decker: https://www.reverbnation.com/leshoffman
UTOPIAN will be on tap when we open at 3 and live music will start at 7. We also have our flagship beer HOP-BEARER IPA on tap along with CRANE ALE APA and from our buddies at Next Door Brewing ROCKETS RED ALE. Rest assured that we also have sumptuous non-hoppy beers on tap for you non hop heads
Hop Heads of the world unite at the Parched Eagle! The summer is a great time of year for crisp, refreshing, hoppy beers (and stronger/less crisp hoppy beers, too).
Cheers,
Jim
Hello all,
Yes the arrival of summer means that it’s the season for one of my favorite beer styles: Belgian Saison (aka Farmhouse Ale).
Saisons are complex: fruity/tart, spicy, a tad bitter, and with just enough malt backbone to support everything else going on. A good adjective for Saison is effervescent as it elegantly proceeds down through the taste buds. A high level of carbonation adds to the effervescent feel.
Today we’re releasing Saison DuRok: a beer that we’re quite excited about! We used the zest from a bag of organic Valencia oranges along with 5.5 ounces of ground Indian coriander as the spices for this brew, which has fermented quickly and fully to a hearty 7.1 % ABV!
Brewers: we use Wyeast’s French Saison yeast for Saison DuRok. I’m a huge fan of that yeast strain and strongly recommend it.
Here’s a little background on the style from bjcp.org:
A seasonal summer style produced in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium. Originally brewed at the end of the cool season to last through the warmer months before refrigeration was common. It had to be sturdy enough to last for months but not too strong to be quenching and refreshing in the summer. It is now brewed year-round in tiny, artisanal breweries whose buildings reflect their origins as farmhouses.
Stop on by the Parched Eagle soon to have Saison DuRok on tap!
Cheers,
Jim
Sunday, May 17th
4:00PM
Greetings all,
Yes I brewed a special American Pale Ale called A Public Affair, named after WORT Community Radio’s mid-day news/talk program, for WORT’s annual block party this Sunday on the 100 block of MLK Blvd!
So, it’s an APA called APA, the common abbreviation for A Public Affair at WORT, where I worked for several years as Listener Sponsor Development Director. Last year my former co-workers at WORT cleverly suggested I brew an APA called APA, and I’ve been all over it!
Recipe-wise A Public Affair is considerably different than our year-round APA Crane Ale, with different grain and hop bills. They are similar in clocking in at about 42 IBUs (International Bittering Units), but one striking difference is my use of Sorachi Ace hops for dry hopping as opposed to Amarillo for Crane Ale.
Sorachi Ace is unique in the lemony citrus character it provides for flavor and aroma. I haven’t used Sorachi Ace before and am looking forward to that lemony character for the APA called APA!
Hope to see you at the WORT block party’s famous No Crap on Tap beer garden this Sunday! The party runs from 11AM to 7PM and I hope to get there around 4 or 5. APA will be tapped around then.
Cheers,
Jim
Saturday, May 9th
4:00PM
Hoppy Wednesday all and greetings from the Parched Eagle!
Our Madison Craft Beer Week event is coming up this Saturday May 9th and you are invited!
Harpy is the first specialty beer we’re brewing at the Parched Eagle and is a new recipe by Head Brewer Jim Goronson. Harpy is an American Strong Ale, in this case (roughly) a double Amber Ale that is rich, malty, complex, and damn hoppy! A bit devilish at about 8.2% ABV. Inspired by the likes of Stone Double Bastard–one of Jim’s favorite beers!
The pilot batch I brewed in January turned out so well we decided to make it the first specialty beer brewed here.
We’ll begin pouring chalice glasses of Harpy at 4PM. Come on by! We open at 11 that morning for lunch and will be pouring Harpy from 4 to midnight.
Looking forward to seeing you here.
Cheers!
Jim
Thursday, April 30th
3:00PM
Hoppy Monday all,
Yes we are very pleased to announce our official GRAND OPENING this Thursday April 30th!! Doors open at 3PM and we’ll be open until 11: our normal Thursday hours. What a great way to kick off Madison Craft Beer week the day before it officially begins!
On the heels of our very well attended soft opening this past Saturday (and thanks to everyone who came!) we will have our five year-round beers on tap:
- Crane Ale APA
- Janethan Robust Porter
- Parched Eagle Golden Ale (kölsch)
- Verily Belgian Dubbel
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Our grand opening will also be the debut of our flagship beer: HOP-BEARER IPA! Hop Heads of the world unite for this one.
Our food menu will also be making its debut on Thursday!
This has been a LONG TIME coming and we’re really looking forward to seeing you here!
Cheers,
Jim and Tom
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