{"id":45044,"date":"2021-09-16T10:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T17:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/?p=45044"},"modified":"2021-09-16T12:23:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T19:23:49","slug":"off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Color Brewing release 3 new beers Very Busy Predator, Aqua Predator, Le Predateur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three can releases on the same day? Well, isn&#8217;t Off Color Brewing motivated! Explore the <em>Predator<\/em>\u00a0family at Mousetrap or swing by for carryout.\u00a0<em>Aqua Predator<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Le Predateur<\/em>\u00a0will be pouring on draft ($6) with\u00a0<em>Very Busy Predator<\/em> in cans ($6). And they have a <em>Mixed Predator 4-pack<\/em>\u00a0for $10 (<a href=\"https:\/\/app.upserve.com\/s\/off-color-brewing-chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">carryout only<\/a>). Read all about today&#8217;s releases below!<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur\/#Very_Busy_Predator\" title=\"Very Busy Predator\">Very Busy Predator<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur\/#Farmhouse_Ale_mix_fermented_with_white_wine_yeast\" title=\"Farmhouse Ale mix fermented \nwith white wine yeast\">Farmhouse Ale mix fermented \nwith white wine yeast<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur\/#Aqua_Predator\" title=\"Aqua Predator\">Aqua Predator<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur\/#Farmhouse_Ale_mix_fermented_with_white_wine_yeast-2\" title=\"Farmhouse Ale mix fermented \nwith white wine yeast\">Farmhouse Ale mix fermented \nwith white wine yeast<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur\/#Le_Predateur\" title=\"Le Predateur\">Le Predateur<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/off-color-brewing-release-3-new-beers-very-busy-predator-aqua-predator-le-predateur\/#French_Saison\" title=\"French Saison\">French Saison<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45047\" src=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_very_busy_predator-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"null\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Very_Busy_Predator\"><\/span><strong>Very Busy Predator<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Farmhouse_Ale_mix_fermented_with_white_wine_yeast\"><\/span><em>Farmhouse Ale mix fermented<br \/>\nwith white wine yeast<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>$10 \/ 16oz 4-pack<br \/>\n6.5% abv<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Very Busy Predator\u00a0<\/em>continues our fermentation study with traditional strains of beer yeast mix fermented with the white wine yeast Torulaspora delbrueckii. Starting with their ester expressive farmhouse ale yeast strain and supplementing with Torulaspora yeast creates a fruit salad of esters featuring flavors of elderflower, apricot, and pear all from fermentation (no botanicals or fruit was harmed in the making of this beer). Mid palate of bread crumb and a Chardonnay dry finish. <em><strong>Mousetrap Exclusive.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45046\" src=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_aqua_predator-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"null\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Aqua_Predator\"><\/span><strong>Aqua Predator<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Farmhouse_Ale_mix_fermented_with_white_wine_yeast-2\"><\/span><em>Farmhouse Ale mix fermented<br \/>\nwith white wine yeast<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>$10 \/ 16oz 4-pack<br \/>\n6.5% abv<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Aqua Predator<\/em> is their annual wet hopped saison made with their friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/hopheadfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hop Head Farms<\/a> over in Michigan. Hops are only harvested once a year and, once picked, they need to be immediately processed and carefully dried or they overheat, wilt, and burn off all the oils that make them so aromatic, distinctive, and intriguing. One day a year though, brewers and hop farmers can celebrate the new harvest by making a beer with the freshly picked hops. Timing is crucial and the beer needs to be made within hours of the hops being pulled from the vine. In the very early morning farmers at Hop Head Farms pick the hops, load them in a rental car, and hightail it to Chicago where Off Color Brewing have wort ready and waiting for them in the kettle. Off Color Brewing recirculates this hot wort through the fresh hops in an open topped wine tank that becomes their improvised \u201chopback\u201d for the day and crack a beer for the very tired and beleaguered farmer. It\u2019s a lot of stress and effort, but you pull delicate, nuanced flavors and aromas that are only present for a very short window speaking to the ephemerality of life or OMG THERES SO MUCH PINEAPPLE AND A LITTLE STRAWBERRY IN THESE THIS YEAR depending on who\u2019s writing the flavor notes.<\/div>\n<div><em>Available at Mousetrap with\u00a0<u>very limited<\/u>\u00a0local distribution and even more limited distro outside of Illinois.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45048\" src=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/off_color_le_predateur-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"null\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_Predateur\"><\/span><strong>Le Predateur<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"French_Saison\"><\/span><em>French Saison<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>$10 \/ 16oz 4-pack<br \/>\n6.5% abv<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Off Color Brewing&#8217;s lion friend spent a year abroad during college in (wait for it) Lyon. <em>Le\u00a0Predateur<\/em> is brewed with imported French malts and fermented with a French saison yeast as a nod to that insufferable, overwrought French persona he came back with for the next few months. Rustic, peppery phenols and rotund fruit notes are coupled with Nelson Sauvin hopping. Despite being from New Zealand, Nelson Sauvin lend the similarly lush, tropical fruit and minerality of their namesake, Bordeaux native Sauvignon Blanc grapes. Supposedly, there is some sort of connection between France and wine&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><em>Available at Mousetrap with wide local distribution and just a smidge going to Michigan and beyond.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/app.upserve.com\/s\/off-color-brewing-chicago\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/app.upserve.com\/s\/off-color-brewing-chicago<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offcolorbrewing.com\/taproom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.offcolorbrewing.com\/taproom<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three can releases on the same day? Well, isn&#8217;t Off Color Brewing motivated! Explore the Predator\u00a0family at Mousetrap or swing by for carryout.\u00a0Aqua Predator\u00a0and\u00a0Le Predateur\u00a0will be pouring on draft ($6) with\u00a0Very Busy Predator in cans ($6). And they have a Mixed Predator 4-pack\u00a0for $10 (carryout only). Read all about today&#8217;s releases below! Very Busy Predator&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68,13],"tags":[912,3096,634],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}