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Highland Brewing Co.'s Cold Mountain Spiced Winter Ale Celebrates 25 Years

Highland Brewing Co.'s Cold Mountain Spiced Winter Ale Celebrates 25 Years

   

Highland Brewing Co.'s Cold Mountain Spiced Winter Ale Celebrates 25 Years

Highland Brewing Co. in Asheville, North Carolina has announced that its famed Cold Mountain Winter Ale is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Full details are below.


ASHEVILLE, NC — For the past 24 years, Highland Brewing has kicked off the holiday season with a release party for Cold Mountain Spiced Winter Ale. Cold Mountain 2021 will include a ticketed weekend of celebration sessions and online pre-orders for the beer. 

“We started receiving messages in May asking about the dates for the Cold Mountain release,” said Nikki Mitchell, Highland’s Hospitality Director. “Our team is working to make this 25th anniversary celebration special. We’re transforming the brewery taproom into a ski lodge and the tented beer garden in the Meadow offers an incredible music lineup. We have the brewery exclusive beers on draft, Super Spice Cold Mountain in packages this year and blue glass liter bottles available a la carte! The downtown taproom turned winter wonderland has a flights and bites event as well.”

Friday, November 12 through Sunday, November 14:

Stone IPA

Stone IPA

Styles

California
United States
Stone IPA, Stone Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Originally brewed to celebrate our first anniversary in 1997, Stone IPA was an immediate hit and soon became the flagship beer of our young brewery. One of the most well-respected and best-selling IPAs in the country, this golden beauty explodes with tropical, citrusy, piney hop flavors and aromas, all perfectly balanced by a subtle malt character. Over time, we stepped up the dry-hopping process to extract every bit of magic out of the amazing hops we use. This beer is as bold, fresh and flavorful today as it was back in '97.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
6.9%
IBUs: 
71
Hops: 
Magnum, Chinook, Centennial, Azacca, Calypso, Ella, Vic Secret™

 

 


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Triple Sunshine

Triple Sunshine

Styles

Vermont
United States
Triple Sunshine, Lawson's Finest Liquids
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Triple Sunshine is the culmination of our Sunshine series (also including Little Sip, Sip of Sunshine, and Double Sunshine) which is exploding with juicy notes of pineapple, grapefruit and lychee. The brew exudes potent floral and herbal aromas from a deluge of dry-hopping.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
10.5%

 

 


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Skater Aid

Skater Aid

Styles

Louisiana
United States
Skater Aid, Gnarly Barley Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

A nicely balanced Italian Pilsner, this Euro pale lager is 4.2% ABV with a light malt presence while allowing a soft hop aroma to shine through to a crisp dry finish. Dry-hopped with Hallertau Blanc this brew presents floral notes while adding a slight hint of fruitiness. A percentage of sales from this brew supports local skateboarding initiatives.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
4.2%
Hops: 
Hallertau Blanc
Malts: 
Pilsner, Cara-pils

 

 


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Pumpkin Brown Ale

Pumpkin Brown Ale

Styles

Louisiana
United States
Pumpkin Brown Ale, Low Road Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

We took our American Brown Ale and finished it with pumpkin spices and a just hint of toasted coconut.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
5.5%
IBUs: 
22
Hops: 
Columbus, Willamette
Malts: 
Pale Malt, Honey Malt, Crystal 120L

 

 


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Stone Ruination Double IPA 2.0 Sans Filtre

Stone Ruination Double IPA 2.0 Sans Filtre

Styles

California
United States
Stone Ruination Double IPA 2.0 Sans Filtre, Stone Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Stone Ruination IPA was the first full-time brewed and bottled West Coast Double IPA on the planet. As craft beer has evolved over the years, so too have techniques for maximizing hop flavors and aromas. When we updated this incarnation in 2015, we employed dry hopping and hop bursting to squeeze every last drop of piney, citrusy, tropical, punk, metal & hard rock essence from the hops that give this beer its hugely assertive character. Now we’ve arrived at its newest evolutionary form by shoving it into the bottle unfiltered (aka sans filtre) and bringing it to you in its most excellently raw form. This beer has always been unbridled. Now it’s unfiltered.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
8.5%
IBUs: 
100+
Malts: 
Magnum, Nugget, Centennial, Simcoe, Citra, Azacca

 

 


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Stone Hazy IPA

Stone Hazy IPA

Styles

California
United States
Stone Hazy IPA, Stone Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

When we first started brewing IPAs, they were considered an extreme style, only for hardcore beer nerds. (Like, say, us.) Today, they're the most popular style in craft beer and continuing to grow. We're proud of our role in fueling that revolution and thrilled with how the style has evolved over the years. Stone Hazy IPA comes in at an easy 6.7% and less bitter than our other IPAs, but still blooming with bold hop flavors. El Dorado and Azacca hops showcase a myriad of citrus and fruit elements while intense Sabro highlights the tropical notes of this beer. No fruit added, yet intensely juicy. The result of this unique hop combination is a creamy citrus bomb with tons of orange, lemon, melon, mango and pineapple flavors and aromas.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
6.7%
IBUs: 
35
Hops: 
El Dorado, Azacca, Sabro

 

 


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Micro Giant

Micro Giant

Styles

Louisiana
United States
Micro Giant, Gnarly Barley Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

A classic style done up our way. A sturdy amber malt backbone dosed with Belgian Candi Sugar for a body and viscosity that just won’t quit. Brewed with Belgian yeast for a punch of fruity esters. A well rounded and impossibly quaffable beer clocking in at 6.8%.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
6.8%
Hops: 
Tettnang
Malts: 
Pilsner, Munich, Special B, Biscuit

 

 


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Hell & High Water

Hell & High Water

Styles

Louisiana
United States
Hell & High Water, Gnarly Barley Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

A burly 10% stout brewed with a laundry list of dark malts for a deeply complex body, complemented by the addition of oats for a mouth-coating fullness. Our longest ever barrel-aged beer, it spent 18 months in Bourbon Barrels, resulting in a developed and dynamic body.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
10.0%
Hops: 
Cascade
Malts: 
Two-row, C-60, C-120, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Wheat, Oats, Belgian Candy Sugar

 

 


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Low Road Brown Ale

Low Road Brown Ale

Styles

Louisiana
United States
Brown Ale, Low Road Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

This is a standard American Brown Ale with malt richness and balanced hop bitterness.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
5.5%
IBUs: 
22
Hops: 
Columbus, Willamette
Malts: 
Pale Malt, Honey Malt, Crystal 120L

 

 


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