Raison D'Etre
Availability: Year-Round
A deep, mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar, green raisins, and Belgian-style yeast. As complex as a fine, red wine. Voted "American Beer of the Year" in January 2000 by Malt Advocate Magazine
8% abv
36 ibu
Tasting Notes: Notes of pit fruit, decadent, winey, raisiney, malty.
Food Pairing recommendations: Steak, duck, game, wine-reduction sauces, Blue cheese, ham, mussels.
Glassware recommendation: Goblet or Snifter
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Raison D'Extra
A bigger, bolder version of our Raison D'Etre.
This is a bulbous, brown ale brewed with a bunch of malt, brown sugar and raisins.
18+% abv
41 ibu
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