Heavy Seas Announces Uncharted Waters Red Sky at Morning & Riptide Returns

BATIMORE, MD — The “Uncharted Waters” Series by Heavy Seas Beer will soon

welcome its third new beer in 2015, Red Sky at Morning. This limited release will be

available from July – August in all 18 states where Heavy Seas beer is distributed.

This is a very special version of the past seasonal, “Red Sky at Night.” This beer

is brewed with authentic Belgian candi sugar. It’s then finished in Chardonnay barrels to

give the beer a complex, dry finish. Old world (wine) meets new world (beer), so it’s the

best of both worlds!  Explore with reckless abandon.

According to Brewmaster, Christopher Leonard,  “Red Sky at Night has been a

popular seasonal product for us for a few years now.  And, while we do love it, we

wanted to explore its "potential" by incorporating it into our “Uncharted Waters”

program.  We have never done a white wine barrel-aged beer before, but the core

flavors of Red Sky at Night seemed like they would be a good fit for doing so – with a

few tweaks, of course.  Red Sky at Morning is a stronger beer than Red Sky at Night. 

We added a higher percentage of sugar to the boil, we increased the hop flavor slightly,

and we employed a different yeast strain that produced spicier esters.  All in all, we’ve

retained the soul of Red Sky at Night, which is the sailor’s delight, while adding flavor

and aroma dimensions in a 10% ABV version that definitely fits the bill of Red Sky at

Morning – sailor take warning.”

Style: Belgian-style Saison aged in Chardonnay

barrels

ABV: 9%

IBU’s: 30

Availability: July – August

Malts: Pale malt, Wheat Malt, Acidulated Malt

Hops: Styrian Aurora, Hallertau Mittlefrue,

French Strisselspalt

Heavy Seas Beer is pleased to announce the return of the seasonal release,

Riptide. This white IPA will be available from July – September in all 18 states where

Heavy Seas beer is distributed.

Riptide white IPA is a beer brewed with a malt body similar to a Belgian style Wit

with loads of torrified wheat.  It’s hopped like an IPA, but we use a unique blend of

Czech Saaz, French Strisselspalt, and Cascade hops to create a big citrus nose and

flavor with floral accents.  To complete the feel of the wit style, we push the beer

through our hopback which is loaded with Spanish sweet orange peel, Curaçao bitter

orange peel, coriander, and a generous helping of hops.  It’s fermented with a classic

Belgian Wit yeast which provides all of the fruity and spicy notes you’d expect.  We then

blast the tank with our hop cannon which is loaded with Strisselspalt, and Cascade hops

and more orange peel.  The beer is then lightly filtered to retain all of the exceptional

yeast character.

Style: White IPA

ABV: 7.25%

IBU’s: 45

Availability: July – September

Malts: 2-Row, Caramalt, Torrified Wheat

Hops: Warrior, Saaz, Strisselspalt, Cascade

Suggested Glassware: Tulip Pint