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It feels like fifteen years has flown by...but this weekend, Trinity Brewing celebrates their 15th anniversary with a day full of beer, giveaways and 15% off everything.
Hello Brandy, Meet Old Fashioned
For Trinity Brewing’s 15th Anniversary, they’re releasing a special brandy Old Fashioned ale, and we caught up with head brewer Zach Weller to get the scuttlebutt.
“We chose Brandy because we wanted it to be different and fun, while highlighting the cherries added and the crystal malts.”
The Brandy Old Fashioned is a beer that Weller and owner Matt Dettmann have both been interested in doing for awhile now, and the anniversary seemed like a perfect time to do so. According to Weller, the base has tons of Maris Otter and Crystal malt with a touch of cherrywood-smoked malt—similar to what they use in their ESB. For hops, they kept it noble and added some orange peel in the boil to help with the Old Fashioned flavor profile.
Fermentation was handled by a mix of London Fog and British Ale yeast, providing some extra citrus flavors as well as a balanced crisp finish.
After fermentation, Weller aged the beer on Oranges, Maraschino Cherries and brandy/bitter soaked oak chips to really play up the cocktail inspiration. It’s turned out to be a flavorful and different kind of beer.
Trinity’s Brandy Old Fashioned beer clocks in at 7.25% ABV and around 30 IBUs, and will only be available on tap this Saturday, so head in to get some!
As far as the party is concerned, Trinity will be opening bright and early on Saturday morning at 8am for their Weekend Breakfast, so you can spend all day there if you need to. This year, to mark the fifteen years, Trinity is doing $15 gift card giveaways all throughout the day, and everything is 15% off (including breakfast).
Anyways, here’s some photos of Trinity from our archives, for your viewing pleasure:
Upcoming Featured Events
August 22: Diavolo Hot Chicken Popup (more info below)
August 27: OCC Brewing 2nd Anniversary
September 30: Octoberfest at Red Swing Brewhouse
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Like Hot Chicken (and beer)?
Our sister publication, Side Dish With Schniper and Downtown Colorado Springs co-present a ONE-DAY-ONLY pop-up that brings Pueblo's Fuel & Iron food hall's popular hot chicken vendor, Diavolo, to the Springs.
