Ever had a pink beer? Now’s your chance.
Meet Chainsaw.
Or Chainsaw the Princess of Karate to be exact. Raised by a family of punk rock ninjas, she set out to battle cancer with a skillset that includes flying, rocking out, and…kicking ass. She is arriving just in time for International Sour Beer Day (9/13).
Chainsaw is roughly a Belgian Pale Ale with flaked rice (aka Awesome Ale). But what makes her punk rock is that she is soured for several days with four strains of lactobacillus. The lacto metabolizes sugars and produces a beer that is tart and tangy, as opposed to the vinegary flavor of some sours. Boiling kills the lacto and she is then fermented with Brettanomyces Bruxellensis Trois. The Brett adds to the tart, fruity character of the beer. To kick it off, near the end of fermentation, 50 lbs of dragon fruit puree are added to the 10 barrel batch. Hence, pink, punk rock beer.
(Dragon fruit!)
Chainsaw is also a tip of the cap to our past as a collaboration with Big Choice Brewing. When we were starting out, we shared a shipping container from a Chinese manufacturer for some of our original equipment, and Big Choice received some tanks in that shipment as well. To mark that, we chose flaked rice and dragon fruit because they are indigenous to China, and we brewed this one in collaboration with Big Choice.
Attendees of the 18th Annual Colorado Brewers Rendezvous in Salida, and our own One Year Anniversary Party will remember Chainsaw. She’s been a hit everywhere she goes.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we are once again teaming up with Big Choice Brewing to raise money for Susan G. Komen Colorado with our pink collaboration beer, Chainsaw the Princess of Karate. We are kicking off the campaign on Saturday, October 4th, while Big Choice will hold their kickoff on Sunday, October 5th. During the opening night and for the remainder of the month, we are donating a $1 for every pint of Chainsaw sold. In addition to that, we will donate all the profits from the Chainsaw T-shirts sold as well (t-shirt design coming soon).
