Coming Friday 3/5: CASK VANILLA BEAN STOUT!

We are again rolling out a cask from the cellar for Carpinteria's first Friday celebration! This month's offering is our delicious Vanilla Bean Stout! The backbone of this ale is our esteemed winter beer, Starry Night Stout, a rich and roasty foreign style stout weighing in at 7% ABV and 50 IBUs. When fermentation is nearly complete, we rack the ale into a cask and add a whole vanilla bean. After a lengthy maturation process, the jet-black ale takes on the subtle flavors and nuances of the vanilla bean for a unique and delicious treat of a beer! In addition, we will be hosting a chocolate and beer pairing that night, featuring the chocolates of Chocolats du CaliBressan (one made with our original Starry Night Stout). We can't think of a better way to kick-off the weekend than with a combination of chocolate and vanilla stout! Hope to see you here. Cheers! -IBC

BLACK FRIDAY!!! Stout and Christmas Ale!

This "BLACK FRIDAY", 11/27, we will be releasing two kegs of dark, rich, and of course black ales in celebration of the season. Starry Night Stout is a robust, opaque, jet black foreign style stout. It is full of roasty flavors and checks in at a moderate 7%ABV and around 50 IBU. Starry night has been a fixture here during the wintertime and many fans await its release at the end of autumn. Our other black beer is the Collaborative Christmas Ale, a beer brewed in conjunction with many other local breweries. This beer could best be described as a malty version of a Russian Imperial Stout, with a hint of chocolate flavor. It clocks in at 9%ABV and about 40 IBU. In addition, other local breweries will be producing their own versions of a holiday ale using the same specialty malts, creating different interpretations and styles based on base malts and and adjuncts that are used. Each brewery will be serving their unique beer throughout the holiday season, with more details to follow. Both of these beers will be unfiltered, and available only on BLACK FRIDAY! Come by the tasting room and get some for yourself! Cheers -IBC

Coming Friday 8/7: Cask Conditioned Vanilla Bean Stout

We are once again rolling out a cask of real ale on Friday 8/7! The latest creation is our popular dark, rich and roasty Starry Night Stout infused with real vanilla bean! Like our other casks it is unfiltered and served at ambient temperature, English style. We will be tapping the cask Friday afternoon at two o'clock, hope to see you then. Cheers -IBC

Coming This Friday 7/3/09 - CASK CONDITIONED ESPRESSO STOUT!

Just in time for the big holiday weekend we will be releasing a small volume of our cask conditioned Espresso Starry Night Stout. This jet black, roasty ale was infused with a hefty dose of espresso, adding a deep coffee flavor and aroma, and allowed to finish fermenting in the cask. Come in and sample a glass with us, we will be tapping the cask when we open at two and plan on it selling out that night. Hope to see you then, CHEERS! -IBC