![]() Sheppard, who has heritage from the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara of North Dakota), and her business partner and wife, Dr. He would tell her that, even in a blizzard, the buffalo would turn to face the storm. The sculpture reminds her daily of a lesson from her grandfather, who raised bison. Above her, a faux trophy mount of a sculptural white buffalo presides over the room. In the taproom, where ambiance is a vital part of the tasting experience, no detail is too small to escape her notice. ![]() The brewery’s co-founder and CEO, Sheppard cut the stems of purple, white, and golden blossoms, and tucked them into white ceramic vases. They’ve also managed to limit any significant residual sweetness so Triple is surprisingly drinkable for a 9 percent ABV Belgian beast.In spring 2022, Shyla Sheppard sat at a long bench in the two-story beer hall at Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.’s flagship location in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arranging flowers. The booze is nicely hidden behind a veritable wall of slightly honeyed malt while still lending a soothing warmth. The trick to a great tripel is somehow finding that balancing point between sweet malts, spicy hops and hot alcohol and I reckon they’ve more or less nailed the brief here. It pours with a riot of complex Belgian character leaping from the glass: banana esters, faint clovey phenols, and a malt character that presents almost like a sponge cake. Triple, a Belgian tripel, then spent eight months in can, avoiding the very worst of 2020 to gracefully emerge just in time to see minimal community COVID transmission and a spectacular US election. The second classic style to get a release is a collaboration with the Little Alchemist Brewing Co that happened all the way back in the Before Times (February). In a perfect world, this little sweetheart should be drunk by the litre with roughly seven metres of assorted wurst. I’d say this one is closer to the classic Vienna style opposed to the sweeter, more modern takes predominantly out of North America. There’s also toasty malt and caramel with a hint of floral hops, toasted white bread with touch of light honey and soft malts, and a spicy hop bitterness that lingers, finishing dry and clean. It pours an elegant deep gold with a long lasting, off-white head that throws off those classic German lager yeast esters. Also, I feel I have to mention that I practically demanded that Vince brew a Vienna lager earlier this year on Instagram. It’s a sort of best of both worlds type situation, as long as you’re the kind of beer nerd who is positively fizzing at the thought of picking up a four-pack of German lager to balance out the mouth-stripping humulus assault of almost every other beer released in 2020.īrewed for their annual Oktoberfeast, The World of Yesterday is a Vienna lager inspired by a Stefan Zweig novel of the same name. I think what’s most endearing about Frenchies is their ability to continuously take on classic styles that rarely see the inside of a bottleshop fridge and absolutely nail them while pumping out DDH hazies and milkshake IPAs at the same time. Frenchies Bistro & Brewery Published Novem 00:00:00
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