Uhl’s Brewing Celebrates Second Anniversary with a Duo of Barrel-Aged Beer Releases
Known for their love of barrel-aged beers, it’s only natural that Uhl’s Brewing would celebrate their anniversary weekend with a double release.
BOULDER, CO– Uhl’s Brewing is turning two in March and celebrating that accomplishment with a weekend of music, food, and barrel-aged beer releases.
Uhl’s will be hosting their anniversary weekend on Saturday, March 19 from 12-9pm and on Sunday, March 20 from 12-8pm. Festivities will include live music from The Desert Furs on Saturday from 6-8pm and Alex Mackenzie-Low of A-Mac on Sunday from 5-7pm. Additionally, Charlotte’s Lil Kitchen will be serving up Mediterranean-inspired fare on Saturday and Kingcomo’s Quesadillas will be there Sunday serving up creative, cheesy snacks. The brewery will release their anniversary beer, Barrel Aged Big Mole Stout, and a rum barrel-aged Belgian Quadrupel named What Did We Do?
Uhl’s Barrel Aged Big Mole Stout is brewed with a laundry list of exotic ingredients, including Ecuadorian cacao nibs, Tahitian and Madagascar Bourbon vanilla beans, Vietnamese and Indonesian cinnamon, and ancho chili peppers from south of the border. Every batch is brewed with slight tweaks on the spice levels, adjusted by the owner Aaron Uhl, to bring out the best flavor every time. Big Mole’s creation stemmed from an award-winning homebrew recipe, inspired by some of the best spiced beer makers in the world, Perennial Artisan Ales, Prairie Artisan Ales and Cigar City. Specifically, Aaron took flavor notes from Prairie’s Bomb! and Perennial’s Abraxas stouts to create his Barrel Aged Big Mole.
"The feedback I got on the original homebrew recipe helped me realize I just may be able to make it on a larger scale,” said Aaron. And indeed he did. Uhl’s will be releasing the Barrel Aged Big Mole, which was aged in a single 9-year-old Buffalo Trace barrel for 14 months, on the weekend of their anniversary.
Uhl’s What Did We Do? is a rum barrel-aged Belgian quadrupel that rested for 12 months in 20-year-old rum barrels from South America before getting racked on more than 50 pounds of fresh bananas, 30 pounds of raw coconut flakes, 2 pounds of Madagascar Bourbon vanilla beans and just a hint of cassia chips to round it out. The resulting flavors and aromas ignite the imagination with thoughts of hot buttered rum cakes and Bananas Foster desserts. What Did We Do? is really what you will be asking yourself, as nothing like this has ever been made on the Front Range.
Known for their love of barrel-aged beers, it’s only natural that Uhl’s would celebrate their anniversary weekend with a double release. This anniversary not only marks two years of business, but two years of business beginning in and continuing through the COVID-19 pandemic. Aaron and Uhl’s have overcome pandemic-era challenges and continue to provide the Boulder community with delicious options.
Aaron Uhl and the whole Uhl’s family want to welcome guests to celebrate their two year milestone this March. Join them for local food, good music, a special limited edition anniversary glass, and plenty of delicious beer.
For more information contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com.
ABOUT UHL’S BREWING
Uhl's Brewing Co. was launched by a roaming brewer with beer in his blood. Aaron Uhl developed his brand for several years around Colorado's Front Range before settling on Conestoga Court in The People's Republic of Boulder. This experimental brewery will try anything once (maybe even twice), and rarely repeats recipes. Y'Uhl love the fresh, ever-changing beer list and the savvy staff ready to talk shop. Find the latest menu additions and tasting room events calendar at uhlsbrewing.com.
Ska Street Brewstillery and Skratch Labs Host Food Drive For EFAA
Boulder, Colorado companies collaborate to support Boulder Emergency Family Assistance Association
BOULDER, CO— Ska Street Brewstillery and performance nutrition innovator Skratch Labs will host a food drive for the Boulder Emergency Family Assistance Association on December 23 at the brewstillery on 1600 38th Street. Ska Street is expanding hours for the day to accommodate this drive with outdoor dining to boot.
From noon to 8pm, guests who drop off a bag of nonperishable food or supplies at Ska Street Brewstillery will receive their choice of a free crowler (filled with Euphoria Pale Ale or nonalcoholic Grapefruit Skagua), or a single serving of Skratch hydration mix.
Ska Street’s expanded hours from noon to 8pm this Wednesday, December 23 apply to patio seating and curbside pickup. The brewstillery is stocked with beer and spirits for last-minute holiday shopping.
Contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com with media inquiries about Ska Street Brewstillery, Peach Street Distillers, and Ska Brewing.
ABOUT SKA STREET BREWSTILLERY
Ska Street is a joint project of sister companies Ska Brewing and Peach Street Distillers that bring beer and spirit production under one roof in Boulder, Colorado. The Brewstillery includes a restaurant, a ten-barrel brewing system, a 450-liter still, thirty taps of Ska beers, a mixology program and all of the music-inspired silliness the has made Ska one of Colorado’s favorite destinations. Visit Ska Street online at skastreet.com.
ABOUT SKRATCH LABS
Based in Boulder, Colorado, Skratch Labs is a performance nutrition innovator that helps athletes and active people be better. Skratch Labs was founded by Dr. Allen Lim after he learned what nutrition was needed while coaching professional athletes for races such as the Tour de France. He was determined to create a sports drink that didn’t make his athletes sick by using less sugar, more sodium and real food ingredients. Because of his close relationship with these athletes, each product goes through extensive testing and critical feedback from some of the world’s best. Skratch Labs products are made to help “the doers” who always strive for reaching or exceeding their performance goals, no matter what stage they’re in. For more information on Skratch Labs and its products, visit skratchlabs.com or visit Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Ska Street Brewstillery Debuts First Packaged Products: Chasing Gremlins Imperious Stout and Third Wave White Rum
Ska Street Brewstillery in Boulder, Colorado begins limited distribution today with the release of their first packaged products.
Damon Scott; photo courtesy Brewtography Project
BOULDER, CO— Ska Street Brewstillery, the first Colorado business of its kind, begins limited distribution today with the release of their first packaged products— Chasing Gremlins Barrel Aged Imperious Stout and Third Wave White Rum crafted by Brewstiller Damon Scott.
In the truest fashion of the Legion of Ska, Ska Street, a joint project of sister companies Ska Brewing and Peach Street Distillers, will hit the market in a big way— with a bold, 18.5% ABV beer and an inspired spirit that showcase Scott’s robust brewing and distilling background. Scott received his MSc degree in Brewing and Distilling from Heriot-Watt University, and worked as the Technical Brewing Projects manager of the Brewers Association with a decade of brewery production and management in between.
“This is the guy we put in place to execute everything we’ve learned in 40 collective years of experience in brewing and distilling,” says Ska Brewing CEO and Co-Founder Dave Thibodeau. “We’re proud to showcase his unique skill set and the facility we’ve built around him with the release of a new product from both sides of Ska Street.”
Chasing Gremlins Imperious Stout was aged at Ska Street in a Peach Street Colorado Straight Bourbon 5 Year Single Barrel, with added maraschino cherries and vanilla to “layer in flavors like you would a cocktail,” Scott explains. Chasing Gremlins connects the dots between the brewing and distilling side of what Ska Street does, Scott says. “At 37 proof, it’s almost a spirit in itself!”
Along with Chasing Gremlins comes Third Wave White Rum, distilled from 100% organic cane sugar. Tasting notes include tropical fruit, pineapple, and banana esters, with a hint of vanilla sweetness. Third Wave is Scott’s first contribution to the Peach Street family of spirits, which up until now has not included rum.
“Traditionally rum has a lot of mixed culture fermentation, which offers a chance for us to use our super traditional copper, alembic pot still,” Scott says. “We picked specific yeasts isolated from rum fermentations known to produce esters and more fruity flavors, and our still allowed us to retain as much of that character as possible.”
Third Wave Rum bottles and Chasing Gremlins Imperious Stout bombers will be available this week across Colorado. The beer and spirit will be self-distributed by Ska Street in Boulder and Palisade, and by Ska Distributing in Durango. Contact Dustin Lemoine with Ska Street distribution inquiries at dustin@skastreet.com.
Contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com with media inquiries about Ska Street Brewstillery, Peach Street Distillers, and Ska Brewing.
ABOUT SKA BREWING
Based in Durango, Colorado, Ska Brewing was founded in 1995 and produces more than a dozen award- winning beers fueled with Ska music, and lots of it. Pioneers in the canned craft beer movement, Ska Brewing is known for an array of styles in 12 oz cans that include Mexican Logger, Modus Hoperandi, and Rue B. Soho. For information (a lot of it), more music, and a good time, visit www.skabrewing.com.
ABOUT PEACH STREET DISTILLERS
Peach Street Distillers was founded in 2005 in the heart of Colorado’s Fruit and Wine region, Palisade Colorado, where the high desert meets the mountains. The warm days and cool nights in Palisade make the local fruits and grains unimaginably delicious. Living the very definition of “craft” we do everything the hard way to turn these fermentable raw materials into extraordinary spirits. Because, this is what we consider fun and what makes for a mighty fine drink. Peach Street Distillers is Colorado’s oldest continuously owned and operated distillery. Visit Peach Street at www.peachstreetdistillers.com for more about the spirits and the spirits squad.