Milwaukee-based Sprecher Brewing Company will release the 2014 batch of “Beyond” Braggot, a style of mead made with honey and barley malt, on Feb. 24.
Limited edition “Beyond” was made in three separate brews with over 50 percent honey and four different yeast cultures. Beyond has aged for 18 months and will be released in three separate batches, one batch of roughly 400 cases in each of the next three years.
Created by Sprecher brewmaster Craig Burge, “Beyond” is brewed with local Wisconsin honey used for Sprecher sodas, along with barley malt and Cascade and Centennial hops, and is the color of “wildflower honey, with a medium body and low carbonation,” the company said.
Burge said it has a great balance of flavors, including “sweet and dry honey mead notes followed by the big fruit character of Belgian Barleywine.”
Each batch of “Beyond” will have its own distinctively colored bottle. The 2014 batch will be in a copper colored 12 oz. bottle, and is 11 percent alcohol by volume.
