{"id":2655,"date":"2010-05-17T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2010-05-16T10:41:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T14:41:23","slug":"collaboration-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/17\/collaboration-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"BEER RELEASE Collaboration Kriek between New Belgium, Coopersmith\u2019s and Odell Brewing (Colorado)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Collins, CO Craft Brewers Unite\u200f – New Belgium, Coopersmith\u2019s and Odell Brewing create \u201cCollaboration\u201d Kriek as part of American Craft Beer Week
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(FORT COLLINS, CO – May 2010)<\/strong> In honor of American Craft Beer Week, May 17-23, Fort Collins craft brewers Odell Brewing, Coopersmiths and New Belgium Brewing will release \u201cCollaboration\u201d Kriek<\/strong>, a Kriek or cherry beer brewed at all three facilities. It is the first time the three local brewers have collaborated on a single beer. \u201cCollaboration\u201d Kriek is a blend of Odell Saboteur (15%), New Belgium La Folie (45%) and Coopersmith\u2019s Kriek (40%).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Saboteur\u2019s earthy maltiness and subtle Brett character combined with the intense sour cherry from Coopersmith\u2019s Kriek are complimented by a spicy finish from the La Folie,\u201d<\/em> said Coopersmith\u2019s Head Brewer, Dwight Hall<\/strong>. \u201cThe blend became a beer of its own, yet you can still distinctly taste each beer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Brewers from multiple breweries working together is very much in the spirit of American Craft Beer Week (http:\/\/www.americancraftbeerweek.org\/<\/a>), the Mother of All Beer Weeks, as designated by the Brewer\u2019s Association. The weeklong series of events celebrates small and independent craft brewers and highlights all that America loves about the growing segment of craft beer.<\/p>\n

\u201cCraft brewers love to get together to swap ideas and taste each other\u2019s creations,\u201d <\/em>said New Belgium Marketing Director, Greg Owsley. <\/strong>\u201cAmerican Craft Beer Week is a great opportunity to celebrate that and to go one step further by giving craft drinkers something new and exciting to try.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Only three and a half barrels of Collaboration Kriek exist in the entire universe. The beer will begin pouring May 17th at Coopersmiths and Odell and May 18th at New Belgium Brewing.<\/p>\n

About the origin beers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Odell SABOTEUR <\/strong>– Our brewer\u2019s created an unpretentious, yet sophisticated brown ale. Then they plotted, and dosed this full-bodied ale with brettanomyces, the ultimate adversary of wineries. Embracing this vintner\u2019s nemesis resulted in a complex and wonderfully drinkable beer. Intense earthy undertones, and notes of vanilla and pineapple come together with a sour silhouette. Aged in American oak barrels.<\/p>\n

New Belgium\u2019s LA FOLIE sour brown<\/strong> is our wood conditioned ale, resting in French Oak barrels between one and three years before being bottled. Our La Folie emulates the spontaneous fermentation beers of Flanders, Belgium with sour apple notes, a dry effervescence and earthy undertones.<\/p>\n

Coopersmith\u2019s Kriek is a Belgian style beer<\/strong> that is naturally fermented with wild yeast and cherries in oak barrels. The wild yeast contributes a very tart spicy character. The wood and cherries add depth and piquancy to the flavor and aroma. This unique beer took over two years to make! 7.4% ABV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fort Collins, CO Craft Brewers Unite\u200f – New Belgium, Coopersmith\u2019s and Odell Brewing create \u201cCollaboration\u201d Kriek as part of American Craft Beer Week (FORT COLLINS, CO – May 2010) In honor of American Craft Beer Week, May 17-23, Fort Collins craft brewers Odell Brewing, Coopersmiths and New Belgium Brewing will release \u201cCollaboration\u201d Kriek, a Kriek […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[548,28,108,102],"tags":[1086,1087,1085],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/odell_logo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2658,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions\/2658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}