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Furthermore Beer
PO Box 776, Spring Green, WI 53588
www.furthermorebeer.com
Proper
Availability: Year-Round. ABV: 4.5%. It's not just about the best beer, but the best places to enjoy it. APT and its festive, open-air venue have inspired us to craft an elegant, light-bodied and "proper" English Ale. At 12° Plato, the Proper is fairly light, with subtle toasty notes and a slight sweetness garnered from a touch of Munich and Caramel Malts. 15.5 IBUs (bitterness units) is enough to sharpen the mouthfeel without coming across as bitter. The hop bill is at its core, English—Kent Golding being the dominant player but we've employed “Brewer's License” and thrown in some very non-English Tettnang hops—because it tastes good. Furthermore Proper is a toast to APT, a Spring Green gem.
Knot Stock
A most particular pale. Availability: Year-Round. ABV: 5.5%. Black, cracked, stuffed in a sack, boiled and cold-infused. The real treat of our A.P.A. is the tangle of flavors that fresh cracked pepper and Northern Brewer Hops create. At 65 IBUs (bitterness units) there's plenty of zing for the Hop Heads or Bitter Bettys, but not so much to overpower the tingle of the black pepper as it slowly kicks in. Likewise, the 15° Plato malt bill features a healthy dose of caramel malt meant to soften (but not stifle) the play of pepper and hops on the palate.
Fatty Boombalatty
A dangerously drinkable Belgian. Availability: Spring/Summer. ABV: 7.2%. The conception and naming of this beer happened in one fell swoop. Unsure whether to offer a light session beer or a fun ball-buster as our warm weather seasonal, we decided on a beer that would be “a big, fatty boombalatty” version of a Belgian white. And away we went, taking a recipe for a white beer and ramping up the grain bill by 50%; we dropped the amount of wheat by 75% to keep the beer rough around the edges. We bucked tradition by steering the bitterness in the direction of a pale ale, and coupling hops with coriander in the fermenter. The resulting beer gives you all the bubblegum goodness of a big Belgian, with enough crispness to cut through the sweet profile, thus making you want to sip it again and again. Dangerous, indeed!
Fallen Apple
Fallen Apple is finally going into the bottle. this is the latest release of the beer since its inception, and its all because the apple trees had a slow start this spring. I know many of you have been jonesing hard for your sixer, but first a few words for the over-enthused. 1)Do not bob for apples in this beer. Seems like natural thing to do, but the cider is tart due to naturally occurring malic acid--it will sting the eyes. 2) Do not hand out this beer in lieu of Bit-O-Honey. Halloween is a hard time to assess the age of people in your neighborhood. No matter how tall, or how deep the voice, stick with candy or smokeless tobacco for the trick or treaters. That said, 3) don't hoard your Fallen Apple. Many people find that if they gift it at parties or Sunday football games, they can get a jump on the crowd and get 2 of the 6 bottles, if not 3. Thanks for your patience. Enjoy.