They grow up so fast, don’t they? This weekend, River Dog is celebrating its first anniversary with a day-long celebration including a new and special beer release and other festivities.
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River Dog debuts new milk stout for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t until Monday (note to self: wear green) but most of the holiday’s festivities will be going down this weekend. The folks at River Dog will be celebrating with a pre-launch party at the brewery for their new milk stout.
River Dog hosts special barrel-aged beer release
For such a young brewery, Ridgeland’s River Dog brewery has quite an adventurous barrel program. Their Pappy Van Winkle barrel-aged Quad has been well-received at numerous beer festivals across the state, and on March 1, the brewery is giving visitors at its tasting room a chance to taste a range of their BA offerings.
That Saturday, River Dog is offering a behind-the-scenes look at its barrel and sour program, including a talk with River Dog Brewmaster Dan Baker. In addition to the Pappy BA Quad, visitors will be able to sample River Dog’s Maker’s Mark Holiday Toffee Ale and Choco Rye Porter (aged in barrels for four months); Bitten by Bourbon; Cherry Oud Bruin Dog; Okatle Saison and Rye Dopplebock (being released for the first time); and Eureka Citrus Sour, a lemonade-ish sour ale.
There doesn’t look to be any additional cost for the event, so just show up to the tasting room at noon on the first and enjoy!
River Dog releases Pappy BA Quad
Among bourbon fans, Pappy Van Winkle bourbons are some of the most highly sought-after whiskeys on the market, with bottles of the 23-year-old variant garnering thousands of dollars on the after-sale market. Among beer geeks, any beer aged in Pappy barrels is bound to draw a wealth of attention.
Both groups of fans will be happy to know coastal brewery River Dog recently release a version of its Belgian Quad aged in Pappy barrels. Previously tapped at the Music to Your Mouth Festival, the beer is now available in the brewery’s tasting room. The base is an 11% Belgian-style quad with all the quintessential dark fruit and raisin notes, but with a Pappy sheen on top, bumping the final product up to 12% ABV.
Julian Van Winkle, the current president of the Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, recently gave his stamp of approval to the brew.
River Dog experimenting with barrel fermenting
There are a lot of ways to barrel age a beer. Sometimes unfermented wort is racked directly into barrels. Sometimes fermented beer is added and then allowed to age. And then there’s the happy medium: Allowing the beer to ferment in the barrel and seeing what magic happens.
That latter path is the one River Dog is currently taking. On Tuesday, they posted a photo of barrel fermentation in progress inside two barrels at the brewery. No word on what beer is in the barrels or what the barrels are, but it should be noted River Dog has a proclivity for Maker’s Mark barrels.
River Dog expands into Georgia
Things must be going well down at Ridgeland’s River Dog Brewing Co. The coastal brewery broke the news early Tuesday that starting this weekend, they would be expanding distribution into Georgia thanks to a few new fermenters they recently received.
No word on which markets they’ll be hitting first, but you can likely expect to see American Pale Ale, Coastal Wit, the River Dog IPA and more on draft in some of the state’s bigger markets.
Quest, River Dog update tasting room hours
The (tasting room) times, they are a-changin’ for a couple more South Carolina breweries.
Earlier this week, Conquest announced it would be adding an additional day and a few more weekend hours to its tasting room’s hours of operation. And since then, two other SC breweries have followed suit:
- Quest pushed their opening time back an hour for weekdays. They will now be open from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursdays and 4-9 p.m. on Fridays.
- River Dog has added “Hoppy Hump Day” to its tasting room hours. They’ll now be open on Wednesdays from 3-8 p.m., in addition to Thursdays and Fridays (same hours) as well as Saturdays (noon-8 p.m.).
