Breckenridge Ophelia, Barleywine Batch # 1 & SweetWater O’Tay Collaboration

From Breckenridge:

Earlier this year we released our brand new spring seasonal, Ophelia Hoppy Wheat. This flavorful wheat beer weighs in at 5% ABV and has a unique hop characteristic that gives the beer a slightly aggressive hoppiness, balanced by light flavors resembling that of mango, papaya, and guava. This beer is available until the end of spring. Find it on our Beer Locator in a store or taproom near you and read more about it HERE.

On Saturday, we released Barleywine Batch #1, the brewery’s first barley wine, in 22 oz., wax-topped bottles.

This beer was cold conditioned for three months and barrel-aged in fresh American Oak barrels for another six. It has an aromatic complexity resembling that of molasses and ripened black cherries, and a robust profile that blends a spectrum of flavors including sweet malts, dark fruits, oak, and esters. Even at 10.1% ABV, this beer drinks exceptionally smoothly. Find out more about Batch #1 HERE.

Just the other day, we had the pleasure of having our friends from SweetWater Brewing Co. come into the brewery to collaborate on a beer.

The brew, named “O’ Tay,” will be a dry-hopped red wheat wine ale. Brewed with red wheat malt from the Colorado Malting Company, along with malted Buckwheat and Mosaic hops, this brew is a tribute to the friendship of brewing buddies J. Todd Usry and Freddy Bensch, the Big Kahuna at SweetWater Brewery, from the times when the two used to pal around in the early days of craft beer.