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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Manchego on sale!


On sale now! Come in for a free taste!  Try before you buy - as it always has been for 30 years at The Wine and Cheese Place

Aged Manchego.....$12.99
Manchego cheese is the most important and well-known sheep’s milk cheese in Spain. The shape of this cheese is very characteristic and defined, due to the traditional use of esparto grass molds which imprints a zigzag pattern along the side of the cheese. The small wooden boards used for pressing the cheese also imprints the typical wheat ear pattern on the top and bottom.

This rustic molds are used outside of La Mancha as well. Thus, there are other Spanish sheep's milk cheese with similar shape and markings, known commonly as "Manchego style" cheese.

The true Manchego cheese, however, is made only from whole milk of the Manchega sheep raised in the "La Mancha" region. This region is a vast high plateau, more than 600 meters above sea level, which extends from east to west and north to south, adjoining the provinces of Toledo, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Albacete, all in the Castile-La Mancha Autonomous Region southeast of Madrid.

Manchego cheese has a long historic and literary tradition, as it was mentioned by Cervantes in the legendary "Don Quixote of La Mancha". Today, there are two types of Manchego cheese: the farmhouse type, made with unpasteurized sheep's milk and the industrial type, made with pasteurized milk.

In both cases, however, milk from Manchega sheep is the only type used and the cheese is produced in clearly defined homogenous surroundings of wheat fields, fallow land and brush fields. The climate is extreme continental with cold winters and hot summers.

Cheddar with caramelized onions




Somerdale English Cheese
English cheddar with caramelized onion, perfect for left over turkey sandwiches 

Come in for a free taste

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Kasteel Cuvee de Chateau 2010



Kasteel Cuvee de Chateau 2010....$9.99
Rated 95/100 RateBeer

THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN
The Cuvée du Château is really the culmination of 20 years expertise. Both the flavor and the taste of the Cuvée du Château (11% alcohol) are those of a mature Dark Castle that 10 years in peace could evolve in our cellars. The elegant velvet maturity of the dark brown beer, with notes of roasted and caramelized malt, followed by a subtle bitterness of fine English hops in the finish, making this prestigious "ale" a top gourmet beer that even the most demanding chef will not leave indifferent.

THE BREWERY
The castle of Ingelmunster has its origins in the 11th century.Brewery Van Honsebrouck bought the castle in 1986 and spent 3 years later his first Kasteelbier on the market. It's 20 years experience with Dark Castle and brilliant brewer understanding of the family Van Honsebrouck that led to the new Cuvée du Château: an unrivaled dark beer, that immediately the top of the Castle Gamma forms.

Rare Oak Aged Quadruple

Aged for a year in oak....
Limited, we only have 6 bottles.
Straffe Hendrik Heritage 2011...$22.99 / 750ml
This Straffe Hendrik Heritage is a special version of the well- known Straffe Hendrik Quadruple. The dark and heavy beer is allowed to mature for more than a year in oak casks in the bre- wery’s cellars, which date back to the Middle Ages. This gives the beer a more complex taste. The tannins form a harmonious unity with the rich flavours of the special malts. Straffe Hendrik Heritage is a beer that can be kept for several years, during which time the taste will further evolve in the bottle. As it gets older, a hint of port or Madeira wine will become more evident.

New Lips of Faith



In stock now and also online

New Belgium Lips of Faith Collab Brewery Vivant....$11.99 / 22oz
"New Belgium and Michigan's own, Brewery Vivant, each stuck a hand in for this wonderful collaboration. A bright Biere de Garde with a pale copper sheen, this beer is brewed with pale malt, and some oats for creaminess. Hopped with Sorachi Ace to reinforce the citrus bite from the bergamont addition. The Brewery Vivant Collaboration is refreshing, and strong. A hint of clove from Vivant's house yeast brings a spicy bit to the extra dry finish. Enjoy with friends.





New Belgium Lips of Faith Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout...$7.19 / 22oz
"A stout from New Belgium? You'd better believe it. This is dark and rich, strong and roasty, and packed with Fort Collins own, Cafe Richesse espresso. Brewed with roasted barley and midnight wheat, the extra dark color is partnered with a firm pillow of mocha colored head. This malty imperial stout is spiced with fair trade cocoa nibs after fermentation for a nice chocolate flavor, and the coffee brings a pick-me-up zing for a full bodied and bold addition to the Lips of Faith Series."






Left Hand Fade to Black Volume 4

In stock at Forsyth and Rock Hill and now online



Left Hand Fade To Black Volume 4....$9.99 / 6pk
"Fade to Black. That time of year when the light fades away. Brewed for the darkness, Fade to Black speaks in volumes. Welcome to Volume 4, the Beer pours pitch black with an off white head. Citrus (bergamot) and roast dominates the nose. Slight sweet malt gets pushed back by initial citrusy hops followed by powerful Italian Amaro, gentian and hop bitterness. Finishing with a pleasant duality of dry roasted malts and hop bitterness." -- brewery

Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout

In stock now at all four stores....also online


Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout...$9.99 / 6pk

TAKING AMERICA BACK.

Dark & delicious, America’s great milk stout will change your perception about what a stout can be.Pouring hard out of the bottle, Milk Stout Nitro cascades beautifully, building a tight, thick head like hard whipped cream. The aroma is of brown sugar and vanilla cream, with hints of roasted coffee. The pillowy head coats your upper lip and its creaminess entices your palate. Initial roasty, mocha flavors rise up, with slight hop & roast bitterness in the finish. The rest is pure bliss of milk chocolate fullness.

From STLHops.com - 

Harvest Dance is back!!!


Harvest Dance Wheat Wine new version in stock!!



Boulevard Smokestack Harvest Dance Wheat Wine
available online also


"There was three men come out o' the west their fortunes for to try,And these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn must die,They ploughed, they sowed, they harrowed him in, throwed clods upon his head,'Til these three men were satisfied John Barleycorn was dead.
"This grim little verse belongs to one of the oldest of English folk tunes. It depicts the cultivation of barley as a series of abuses and indignities committed upon pour little John Barleycorn, who eventually triumphs, reborn as beer and whiskey. Our Harvest Dance Wheat Wine is a celebration of John's cousin wheat, the great staple crop of Middle America. Wheat wines are a somewhat recent stylistic development, akin to barleywines in strength, but brewed with a large portion of wheat malt, which provides a soft mouthfeel to balance the big body of these warming brews. We add a generous helping of Hallertau and Citra hops, and age the beer on both French and American oak, resulting in a beer that opens up with a warming burst of tropical fruit flavors, adding subtle Sauvignon Blanc notes before rounding slowly to a dry, oaky finish. This is a perfect beer for sharing with friends and family as we gather together for the fall and winter holidays. Pairs well with aged cheeses or seasonal squash and pumpkin dishes. And though it may appear that Miss Wheat is about to be cut down in her prime, have no fear: just pour a glass of Harvest Dance and you'll find she's alive and well."


Four Roses Small Batch 2012

Limited...SOLD OUT







Four Roses Small Batch 2012...$64.99
Our Master Distiller has hand selected four remarkable Bourbons from our 10 distinct Bourbon recipes to become our Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch for 2012. The four Bourbons, perfectly aged between 11 and 17 years have been artfully mingled at barrel strength to create mellow flavors of orange peel and ripe red raspberries that melt into balanced tones of dark chocolate and caramel custard. These four Bourbons are married into one of the most alluring spirits we’ve ever made. Available September 2012.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Creamy vanilla and citrus with hints of all spice, nutmeg and rich pipe tobacco.
Palate: Orange peel and ripe red raspberries, dark chocolate and caramel custard.
Finish: Mellow finish with wisps of soft cedar and vanilla.
Recipe
OBSV -17 years
OBSV – 11 years
OBSK – 12 years
OESK – 12 years

Sour Beer with Lauren Salazar!!!! New Belgium

In stock now at Rock Hill and Forsyth

New Belgium Lips of Faith Collab Brewery Vivant....$11.99 / 22oz
New Belgium Lips of Faith Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout...$7.19 / 22oz


Taste these tonight along with Lips of Faith Lost Abbey Collaboration and whatever surprises that Lauren Salazar brings from the brewery!!

The Wine and Cheese Place is proud to present...

Meet Lauren Salazar
Sour Beer and Lips of Faith Tasting
Open House - please join us and tell your friends to welcome this special guest to St. Louis

TONIGHT-  Tuesday November 6, 2012 --- 5-7pm

The Wine and Cheese Place
7435 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton MO 63105
314.727.8788
The event will feature Lauren Salazar, New Belgium’s Wood Beer Cellar Manager and Blender and all around Sour Beer Rock Star, and will provide customers an opportunity to sample some of New Belgium’s highly regarded sour beers, La Folie and Tart Lychee.   In addition, we will also hope to have available more from our Lips of Faith series of small-batch artisanal beers.  


We will be tasting the two new releases plus more....
Lips of Faith Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout
Lips of Faith Collab with Brewery Vivant Biere de Garde




From New Belgiums Blog...


Dear Brewery Vivant,

Your're the best, I mean it. I wanted to take a few minutes and write you a letter expressing my adulation. So, here it is... When we first met it was magical. New Belgium was starting the Michigan roll out process and there you were, in an awesome, old funeral home in Grand Rapids. Your beers we great right away. We stopped by to say hello, drink a little, and it turned out that everybody inside the old funeral home (turned brewery) was awesome too. With wonderful and like-minded individuals such as yourselves it didn't take very long for the idea of a collaboration to come to the front. 

First was the beer brewed at your place, in Grand Rapids: Escoffier. A bretta beer with French chef-er-y roots, and a beer dinner that was 12 courses long. 12 courses! The highlights that I read just barely did it justice. And the few cans you sent me left me craving more (can you send more?). The beer is all over Michigan now, and the Chicagoland area too, but really, it should be world-wide.

Then, we met Brian and Jacob (brewer, and head brewer, respectively). These guys came to Fort Collins to brew the other version of the collaboration. They were beyond friendly and extremely knowledgable in beer, it was a real treat to talk to them. The beer they made here, with our brewers, is not Escoffier, it's something else, but amazing too. This half of the collaboration is a biere de garde, of the farmhouse family (as with Escoffier). It has bergamot, orange peel, and uses your house biere de garde yeast (oh, so yummy). The collaboration's bottle is a 22oz-er. In homage to you, Brewery Vivant, Jodi put somes roosters on it, it's spectacular. To the right is a very dramatic picture of a mocked up bottle (the real bottle will be silk screened (just like the rest of our Lips of Faith)). 

I am very excited to taste this next half of our beer relationship, it promises to be a real gem. Oh, and Brewery Vivant, this beer will be available through our distribution network in about a month (or so). Maybe you can come back to Colorado and we can drink both sides of this beer collaboration together, while sitting around a fire, and maybe we can share our feelings and more beers. That would be nice.
Until we meet again Brewery Vivant, I miss you...
Yours, 
-Juicebox



More on 
 Lauren Salazar
"Lauren is the Sensory Specialist and a Quality team member at New Belgium Brewing Company, where she has been employed for over eleven years and sensory-focused for over ten. She developed the sensory program from a basic production check to its present program and is responsible for all facets from design to implementation to re-engineering. Other areas of interest and fun at the brewery include brewery-wide flavor training, new product development, small/esoteric beer production and wood barrel project blender. Lauren is a judge at the World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival, has presented and taught short courses for the CBC, WBC, AHA, ASBC, MBAA and many others.

Salazar received her BSW from the University of Georgia a lifetime ago and holds a Certificate from UC Davis for Applied Sensory Science and Consumer Testing." -- New Belgium

Monday, November 5, 2012

Six Row/TWCP Buffalo Killer Release Party

We are proud to announce the 6th beer released as part of The Wine and Cheese Place Barrel Aged program...
Six Row Buffalo Killer Release Party!
Hosted by Evan Hiatt, brewmaster at Six Row.
November 16th from 6pm-7pm
SOLD OUT

  • Limited to 30 people 
  • To be held in our tasting bar at our Forsyth location in Clayton
  • $10 per person
  • Informal tasting of both the Killer Whale and Buffalo Killer
  • We also have some cheese out for sampling with the beers
  • Very informal, you will get both beers when you arrive and stay as long as you like
  • Plus we will have up to 2 bottles of the Buffalo Killer Ale reserved and available for you to purchase that night. 


  • Plus we will be featuring Six Row's "regular beers" at our normal Friday night tasting from 4-6pm that night also (Nov 16) with Alaina from Grey Eagle.  This is an open house format.



This one is Six Row's Killer Whale ageing in a Buffalo Trace Bourbon Barrel since June 11.   Resting comfortably in barrel for almost 6 months.   

Buffalo Killer is the Killer Whale aged in a Buffalo Trace Bourbon Barrel.
Six Row Killer Whale:
This is the Second Anniversary Beer for Six Row Brewing Company. We took our Whale, a longtime favorite, and beefed it up into it’s “Killer” status of what essentially amounts to a barley wine equivalent. Deliciously strong, fruity, and floral, this beer is not to be taken lightly.
(ABV: 9.0%, Bitterness Units: 62.8 IBUs)

Here are some more details for your reading pleasure about our other barrel aged beers - click here.

The Wine and Cheese Place Barrel Aged Program:
So far these beers have been released and sold out...
#1 Schlafly Bourbon Barrel Aged Quadrupel
#2 2nd Shift Bourbon Barrel Aged LSD
#3 Perennial Bourbon Barrel Aged Devil's Heart of Gold
#4 Charleville Bourbon Barrel Aged Hairy Cow
#5 4 Hands Brewing Bona Fide Barrel-Aged Stout

Friday, November 2, 2012

Wild Onion from Illinois


Wild Onion Hop Slayer Double IPA...$9.49 / 4pk cans
An intense Double IPA brewed for the "hopheads" of the world. This robust ale is so full of malt and hops that you can almost chew on it. Served in a snifter to bring out all of the nuances of malt, hop, and alcohol.
8.2% ABV * 100 IBU

Wild Onion Paddy Pale Ale...$8.49 / 6pk cans
This American Pale Ale is our flagship brand, celebrating hop bitterness and aroma. Dry-hopping with three different varieties in the fermenter gives our Paddy it's signature hop-forward bite and rich "nose". Breathe deep the wonderful aromas before taking a sip of this most satisfying session ale.


Wild Onion Jack Stout...$8.49 / 6pk cans
Style: Oatmeal Stout
A very full-bodied oatmeal stout with five different roasted malts and a thick, creamy texture. Served on nitrogen, this ale is truly a meal in a glass.

Sweet Sophie Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup

In stock now and available online

The Wine and Cheese Place is very  proud 
to announce the release of 
Sweet Sophie!

Available at all 4 of our locations now.
Stop by any of our stores and ask for a taste!

This batch yielded 708 bottles.  Make sure you grab some before they are gone.  They will make perfect gifts for this holiday season for everyone on your list.


An exciting and original project for St. Louis....


Sweet Sophie Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup...$13.99 / 250ml 
Aged in a Jefferson 18 Year Old Bourbon Barrel
Serving suggestions: as a glaze for salmon, pork or bacon, as a sweetener for coffee, oatmeal, granola or yogurt, pour over ice cream and bananas, make exotic cocktails and of course on pancakes and waffles.  
The possibilities are endless.


As part of our 30th Anniversary this year, The Wine and Cheese Place started buying our own barrels of Bourbon.  After the bourbon was bottled, we sent the spent barrels off to local breweries to age beer for us (click to read more).    Currently we have 5  Bourbon Barrel aged beers have that been released and sold out and we have another 15 barrels in the works.  
What was the next step?
How about ageing some  Maple Syrup in a Bourbon Barrel!!!!
So we took a rare Jefferson 18 Year Old Bourbon barrel and delivered it to 4 Hands Brewing Company to be filled with Maple Syrup.
We ordered a 55 gallon drum of 100% Organic Pure Vermont Maple Syrup and hand pumped it into the barrel back on August 8th and let it age until October 30th - almost 3 months.  On October 30th, it took 3 of us almost 10 hours to bottle 708 bottles of this delicious golden nectar.  We had to hot bottle it at 190 degrees, what a sticky mess.  We are currently over the next couple of days hand labeling and hand dipping each bottle in wax to seal the top.   On the label, it says Batch #1, but it was a ton of work, not sure if there will be another batch or not.   


Right now we have about 280 bottles waxed and labeled.  
Should have the rest ready next week.

More beer...

In stock now---

Southern Tier 2XMAS
Southern Tier Oat
Southern Tier Krampus

More beer..




Tough to keep up now....
In stock now...
  • Boulevard Nutcracker
  • Leinenkugels Snowdrift Vanilla Porter
  • Summit Winter Ale


Guinness new 12 pack mix...
Includes:
Guinness Foreign Extra
Guinness Black Lager
Guinness Draught
Guinness Generous Ale  -- NEW ONE!!!!

New package....Schlafly....



The 2012 versions of Schlafly Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels and the Barleywine aged on oak are in stock.

New vintage and fantastic new package!




Salmon is here...

Fresh batch landed at Forsyth.  


It has been a number of weeks since we have been able to get some, but finally it is here!!!  It arrived yesterday and there are only 7 pieces left already.
Smoked Salmon from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Usually the best things we find for our store are products that don't come looking for us, they are products that we go looking for them.  Durham's Tracklements Custom Smoked Provisions is one of those products.  I






Durham's Tracklements

OUR ORIGINAL HIGHLAND SMOKED SALMON - half pound packages

Inspired by a stay in the Northwest Highlands and Islands of Scotland, a genuine hand-rubbed dry cure of salt with a bit of brown sugar, lightly smoked over our own blend of select hardwoods. Mellow fresh flavor with moist, firm yet buttery texture 



Best of the Best in 20 years of Tasting

"unanimous...no comparison" - Marian Burros, The New York Times



Salmon just doesn’t get any better than this.

--Sylvia Rector, Detroit Free Press



More info on Durham's Tracklements

Custom smoked provisions using the finest ingredients available, Since 1992. 

We cure and smoke in small batches with the careful, hands-on attention essential to providing outstanding freshness, flavor and texture. For our Salmon Specialties we use only farmed Atlantic salmon raised in the cold waters of the Bay of Fundy, where strong tides assure excellent growing conditions and make the regular use of antibiotics and algaecides unnecessary. Salmon are selected at the optimal size, and flown fresh direct to us each week!



 No additives of any kind, always dated for superior fresh flavor. The finest genuinely hand-crafted quality available--anywhere.




Thursday, November 1, 2012

Schlafly Christmas Ale!


Schlafly Christmas Ale has hit at all four of our locations!

Founders Harvest



Our New Ballas location finally got in their case of Founders Harvest Ale.


Plus we have Nectar Black Xantus a little left at Forsyth and plenty at Rock Hill.



16 hops, 16 malts, and 16% ABV

In stock now....and online


CUPCAKES AND UNICORNS AND THE MOST EXTREME 
SWEET 16 - AND CHANUKAH BEER - EVER CREATED!
Jewbelation Sweet 16®
16th  Anniversary Celebration Ale 
Brewed with 16 Malts, 16 Hops, and Soaring to 16% Alc




He'Brew Jewbelation Sweet 16....$7.49 / 22oz
HE'BREW Beer's award-winning Anniversary journey:
Jewbelation Sweet 16®. A complex, enormous brown ale with a dynamic labyrinth of multi-layered flavors, Jewbelation Sweet 16® is brewed with 16 malts, 16 hops and soars to 16% alc. Since its inception in 2004, Shmaltz’s Jewbelation® series has been hailed by critics and showered with accolades."


click on picture below to enlarge.




HE'BREW Holiday Gift Pack®




2012 HE'BREW Holiday Gift Pack®....$26.99
Featuring Eight Delicious Shmaltz Beers Plus a Custom Glass, Chanukah Candles, and 
Instructions on How to Build Your Own Beer Menorah
New York, San Francisco, Beyond! – September 24, 2012 – This holiday season, Shmaltz Brewing Company celebrates its "Sweet 16" with the limited-edition release of the next stop on Annual 
HE'BREW Holiday Gift Pack® features 
eight 12 oz. bottles of beer which include 1 bottle of each:

  1. Genesis Dry Hopped Session Ale®
  2. Messiah Nut Brown Ale®
  3. Origin Pomegranate Strong Ale®
  4. Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA®
  5. Hop Manna IPA
  6. Collaboration with Terrapin Brewing, Reunion Ale ’12 - A Beer For Hope®. 
  7. 2012’s rare, barrel-aged blend Funky Jewbelation®
  8. Jewbelation Sweet 16®. 

The Gift Pack® includes a custom glass, Chanukah candles and instructions on “How To Build Your Own Beer Menorah” –– which details how to enter the 3rd  Annual “Best Beer Menorah” Facebook competition for a chance to win a chosen prize!