Just Released to Select Liquor Stores, 

3rd Ring Belgian Strong Ale

Grist Brewing Company Background

Our vision of craft beer can be summed up in a few words:  Science Balanced With Creativity.  Now we know some of you folks out there will say that our beers are not as creative as some of our craft beer brethren.  The funny thing about making beer is that it is much harder to create a great craft beer within a style than it is to simply add adjuncts and flavors to beers and create the illusion of quality by overwhelming the palate.  That being said, we will always have 5 core beers that are held to strict stylistic and scientific guidelines.  We analyze these beers in our lab to make sure we are within the guidelines and that each batch is consistent.  For the more daring folks out there, we always have 4-7 beers that are a bit outside the box.  From Imperial IPAs made with hops only from Colorado to Juniper Berry Belgian Singles to Colorado Wildflower Honey Blonde Ales.  We will always push the limits of what we can brew for you balancing science and creativity.Our passion is not just held to liquid in a glass, but also to the community around us that makes our so-called “work” possible.  We strive to participate in community events, sponsor local charitable festivals and invest in our economy by purchasing our state of the art, new American made 20 barrel brewhouse.  We want to always be a strong presence in the community that supports our efforts.  So, stop by - visit the taproom, soak up some Colorado sun on our patio with your family and friends for an afternoon or evening after a day well lived in our fine craft beer state of mind!

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Juniper Berry Belgian Single - A Belgian Blond Ale is a light, refreshing ale that has all that great Belgian yeast flavor packed into a brew that is lower in alcohol than it's sibling, the Belgian Tripel, thus why we call it a Single.  The yeast provides a similar phenolic flavor profile that will remind you of the 3rd Ring Belgian Strong, but the flavors are more subdued.  We finished this beer with a late addition of juniper berries rather than hops.  This gives it a slight fruityness that compliments the esters and phenolics from the yeast and you'll a taste a difference in the juniper berry bitterness compared to traditional hop bitterness.  Grab a tulip of this fine offering the next time you're in the taproom.

For the more serious beer geeks out there or those wanting to know more: A lot of folks come into the brewery and ask us what the SRM is and what it means.  SRM stands for Standard Reference Method.  Quite simply put, it is the color of the beer.  The higher the value, the darker the beer.  Typically this scale only goes to a value of 40.  Anything above 40 is considered black to the human eye.  At Grist, we measure the SRM based on a standard method from the American Society of Brewing Chemists.  To do this, we look at the absorbance of the beer in a 1 cm quartz cuvette at 430 nm.  This value is then multiplied by 12.7, a correction value based on the Bouguer-Beer-Lambert law required when using a 1 cm cuvette.  If any dilution factors are required, those are susequently considered as well.  So now you know, SRM is the color of your beer.  And yes, Rob is a dork, so we actually do measure this for every batch of beer on the UV-Vis spectrophotometer in the lab area.