Last night, for our inaugural meeting, we went on October’s field trip. Five of us were fortunate to be able to tour the Schlafly Tap Room brewery, bottling area, and cellar with Schlafly’s Head Brewer, Stephen Hale. Overall, the tour was exceptional, but there were a couple of major highlights.
The first was being able to see Schlafly’s 20th Anniversary Volume 4: Southern Hemisphere, which had just been brewed that day, fermenting away. The hop aroma from the discharge tube was subtle, but hinted that this would be an exciting beer. This beer will be an IPA kettle and dry-hopped with Galaxy hops from New Zealand.
The other big highlight was being allowed to try their 2011 Barleywine that hasn’t even been bottled yet. It tasted amazing. I’ve decided that it’s time to start putting together a Schlafly Barleywine verticle.
Thanks for inviting us to the group, and stay tuned for all of the beer goodness from St. Louis!
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