Stinky, Ceeg and I, along with my wife Maya and Stinky’s better half Jillian, represented the Brew Dog Blog crew in Pleasantville, NY this weekend at the Captain Lawrence Cuvee de Casteleton release. The doors opened at noon to obsessive enough beer hounds who wanted to get their hands on the limited run of the second batch of Cuvee de Castleton to be produced by Captain Lawrence.
The beer is an “American Wild Ale” or an “American Sour,” but whatever it is it ain’t normal. Oak Aged for a year, refermented with Muscat Grapes, dosed with other beer-consuming creatures, etc. Captain Lawrence produces what is in my experience the first East Coast beer that rivals the insanity of a Belgian Sour beer. Not quite as intense as a Lambic or Gueze, but super intense, tart, acidic, balanced, dry, and just delicious. It’s a great sign for the brewery, and a great time to be around and obsessed with beer.
The event itself was pretty fun and highlighted some of the best qualities of the craft beer community. Awaiting the first people to show up pretty early on a saturday morning for a beer release was a cooler with the first bottle of the batch inside. The first people to show up opened it up and shared it — awesome! The parking lot turned into a tailgate party, with people sharing brews they had to share, talking shit about beer, and enjoying a beautiful Saturday morning. Next time CL has a release, I’ll probably be there! If you will be too, let us know!
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