Mikkeller Bar SF Mad Fritz Brewing Featured Brewery Night 10-12-17 'This month’s featured brewery is close to home. Mad Fritz Brewing is based out of St Helena CA.

This husband and wife team crafts rustic style ales by sourcing their own ingredients, from malt to hops, and they even malt to spec. If you have not heard of them, you are in for a treat. They use prolonged barrel aging to add depth to their clean beers. From an Altbier to a Double IPA and even a barrel aged lager, it is sure to be a fun night of beer all-around. We will be tapping four different kegs from Mad Fritz as well as tapping a Firkin of “2009 Schneider Eisbock” for a straight gravity pour sitting on the corner of the bar. I picked up my allocations this past weekend. When I dropped by, there was a tasting going on, and Nile was generous enough to let me join.

Ended up tasting all the beers they had available, I believe. I didn't try to analyze any of the beers in too much detail. After all, I tried just a couple ounces of each beer, and was enjoying talking to Nile and the other guests. The Crow & the Water (Dry Stout) was so impressive. Wonderful, earthy coffee notes on the nose.

One of the best noses I've smelled from any beer. Shoot Out Riddim Rar. So, you might imagine, I was quite surprised to learn the beer didn't have any coffee additions. From the beer's description, Nile added some roasted barley and black malt to 'broaden the roast tonalities', and aged it in freshly emptied Cabernet Sauvignon barrels to increase the acidity. Well, these two choices worked some serious magic, since the roast and coffee notes were better than I've had in any beer I can remember.

Moreover, the beer only clocks in at 5.4%, despite the full mouthfeel and big flavors. Rivermaya Between The Stars And Waves Rar. The Peacock and Crane (Kolsch-style Ale) was also great. This batch was aged in freshly emptied Chardonnay barrels and the barrel is very noticeable on the pallet. If you had Cellador's Saison de Chuchotements series, the Chardonnay character was very similar.

To continue with this comparison, The Peacock and Crane trades some effervescence for a fuller mouthfeel. Both share a slight lemon peel character, and fruitiness, though the actual fruit additions by Cellador takes this further. The Peacock and Crane finishes much more clean while Cellador's Saison de Chuchotements ended with a proper barnyard funk. These two beers have to be the most enjoyable delicate beers I've tried. Crack Softperfect Bandwidth Manager 2.9.10. Again, very impressed. I'll report back on the current allocation when I open my bottles in about two months.

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I did actually try two of this quarter's allocations during the tasting, but I was still getting lots of the previously poured beer from the glass, so I'll have to wait before commenting. Unfortunately, I only have enough cold storage for six bottles, so I could only get one bottle in addition to my allocation. Heads up, though, I'll be bringing the additional bottle I got to Woodshop for those interested.