Just ME: Crystal

Single Hop Pils 4.7%

Just Me is our single hop Pilsner series. The name comes from the interaction we all have (or should have) on the trail when you’re out riding/running/hiking solo and you run into another person, always heeding the right of way to whoever has it. This batch features more North American grown malt and hops than our last few versions. A single decoction of Pure Idaho Pilsner malt grown just a few hours away outside of Pocatello blended with a hint of Bamberg Pilsner gives the base beer a nice malt foundation to showcase Crystal Hops grown by our good friend Diane Gooding at Gooding Frams in Parma, ID. Crystal was first released in 1983 and is red from Hallertau Mittelfruh. It’s been a popular hop for many years but not necessarily in lagers. This Idaho grown Crystal really shines with some complex citrus notes up front with some underlying floral spiciness. It’s very refreshing and easy to drink and a great expression of this lovely hop.

Hops: Magnum, Crystal

RAUCH HELLES

Bamberg Style Smoked Light Lager 4.6%

Excited to offer not one but TWO smoked beers at Offset this spring. This smoked German light lager is made in the true Bamberg tradition. Unlike the smoked Marzen which uses 70% smoked malt in the grain bill this Helles actually uses no smoked malt. However we take the yeast used to ferment the Marzen and use it to ferment this Helles as would be traditional. The yeast itself retains some of the smoke character from the marzen and imparts just a hint of smoke to the Helles. It comes through ever so slightly in flavor and aroma and honestly you might not even notice it if we didn’t tell you. It brings a little more nuance and complexity to a very simple beer. ‍ ‍

Hops: Spalter Select

Rauch Marzen

Bamberg Style Smoked Amber Lager 4.8%

After a two year hiatus our smoke beers are back! At one point in time all beer was smoked beer. Until the first, smoke free, malt drying machine was patented in 1635 all malt was dried over an open flame. Two breweries in Bamberg Germany have kept the old tradition alive and continue to smoke their malt over an open flame today. This Rauch Marzen is a tribute to those beers. A malt bill consisting of over 70% beechwood smoked pilsner malt gives this dark amber lager a distinct smokey flavor and aroma. Incredibly complex yet eminently drinkable .

RUN CLUB

Fun Lager 3.8%

Hey Look... Another “WTF style of beer”. Just keeping you on your toes. Craft Lager can get a bit serious sometimes if you know what I mean. All these triple decoctions, cold fermentations, strict rules, and fancy pours out of these weird looking faucets and shit... they can be a bit much. Am I right? This lager is none of that. Just lager yeast, Pilsner malt, some extra electrolytes and a careful addition of Calamansi puree. If you’ve never had Calamansi before it’s an amazing fruit. Grown primarily in the Philippines it looks like a lime from the outside and an orange on the inside. It delivers a myriad of citrus character and some additional acidity. The result is a real crushable fun summer bier that goes well with all outdoor activities, but especially running. It kinda falls somewhere between a Mexican lager with lime and a Radler. We’re not allowed to say it’s good for you but it’s not, Not good for you...

Hops: Motueka Fruit: Calamansi

Table Bier

Dry Blonde Ale 4.5%

Table Bier returns. Instead of our house ale yeast we fermented this with Kölsch yeast. This yeast gives the beer a nice white grape/pear ester but also contributes just a hint of Sulfur. We also chose to use a new experimental hop in this beer, HBC1134. This hop is grown in Washington and was bred to mimic traditional European noble hop varieties. It delivers a nice blend of light citrus, floral, and herbal notes that are more reminiscent of Continental noble hops than we’ve experienced in a US grown hop. Table Bier was inspired by the dry bitter beers brewed by a few breweries in Belgium. Those beer have the bitterness of a pils but the somewhat fruity esters of an ale combined with the floral/herbal character of noble hops. This is our homage to those beers done with our unique spin.

Hops: Cascade, HBC1134

SILVER DAGGER

New World Lager 4.5%

Silver Dagger is back and better than ever. This is our spin on a lightish American Lager. We cereal mashed a decent amount of rice to give it that really crisp profile and hopped it in the kettle with nothing but Zumo. Zumo is a new hop that we love for it’s subtle lime zest character. We brewed it high gravity just like the big guys do and diluted it down to 4.5% right before packaging. It’s the ultimate companion to summer activities. Crisp, crushable, with just a bit of weirdness to make uniquely ours. For the first time we also packaged it in a limited number of clear 12oz bottles just so we could serve Spaghetts at the tap room. If yer not on the Spaghett train we suggest you hop on ASAP. Light bier + Aperol + lemon. We needn’t say more. Presently this is only available in cans to go and on site in Spaghett form.

Hops: Zumo

ALTBIER

German Brownish/Amberish Ale 4.8%

Altbier is a style we love and will hopefully continue to brew every year from here on out. The style originates from Düsseldorf in western Germany. There are 6 or so breweries brewing Altbier in Dusseldorf and they’re all quite different. Ranging from sweet and malty to dry and bitter. Most American interpretations tend to fall into the maltier/sweet category whereas our Altbier leans a little on the drier, more bitter side of things. Think, bitterness level and dryness of a pils but with more malt flavor. The malt bill has always been somewhat similar but we now have the ability to decoct.....so we did. An extended single decoction mash, hopped with Tettnang and Mittelfrüh in the boil, fermented with our favorite German Ale yeast and then cold conditioned for 10 weeks! Yup 10 whole weeks. I think this is the best version of this beer we’ve made to date. The extended lagering has really refined the flavors and created an even more nuanced drinking experience. We’re loving it and I hope you do too.

KÖLSCH

German Blonde Ale 4.7%

Kölsch has been brewed in the German city of Cologne for over 100 years and holds a Protected Geographical Indication within the European Union. It’s a very defined style yet when you go to Cologne Kölsch tends to vary widely between producers. The key element to producing true-to-style Kölsch is the yeast. True Kölsch yeast is known for producing these really delicate white wine or pear like esters that really add a unique twist to a crisp, easy drinking pale bier. We source a unique yeast from a small yeast bank on the east coast that creates these lovely esters and is a little different than the yeasts normally used by most American brewers producing Kölsch. This is our lightest, easiest drinking bier and truly a fan favorite here at Offset.