This Saturday, January 25, Conquest will celebrate its first anniversary with an all-day party at the brewery. The highlight of that party will be the release of The Finisher, Conquest’s 17.5% imperial stout brewed with honey and brown sugar and fermented with champagne yeast. With the release of the highly desired beer just a few days away, the brewery on Wednesday announced details about how Saturday’s release will proceed.
Impeachment was a draft-only imperial wheat ale brewed by Spartanburg’s RJ Rockers. But sadly, Impeachment is dead. However, Peachy King will arise in its place beginning in March and – for the first time – in bottles.
Brewery reps told me last fall the name “Impeachment” was met with mixed signals among drinkers. The name came from an online contest the brewery ran and it was never meant to be a jab, but with it joining their expanded four-pack limited-release lineup, RJR chose to rebrand the beer something less political. And so, Peachy King took the throne.
On Tuesday, the new label artwork was reveled along with release details. The 9% imperial ale brewed with spices and peaches – a big brother to now-year-round Son of a Peach – will be available in four packs for the first time and on store shelves in early March.
