Tapped by 5pm on Friday, 4th of June!
Yes, you read correctly!  One of my favorite styles of beer is on tap Alabama Beer Week Eve!  One of the top breweries in the world, Great Divide always makes great beer.  Always!
Belgica – The Roman name for the Low Countries – is a marriage of the best in American and Belgian brewing traditions. Belgian pilsner malt, a generous amount of American and European hops and a unique Belgian yeast strain combine to give Belgica big notes of citrus and spice, creating a …

Interested in meeting brewmasters from four different breweries?  Back Forty!  Great Divide!  Moylan’s!  Tommyknocker!  Plus, a carefully paired 6-course beer dinner?
Well, make a reservation for the Brewmasters’ Beer Dinner at The J. Clyde on Tuesday, 8 June beginning at 6pm!   This event is presented as part of Alabama Beer Week.
Tommyknocker Hop Strike! Black Rye IPA will be tapped prior to the dinner at 5:15.  It will be served with a gourmet cheese board where you can welcome the brewmasters to Alabama and talk beer with them.
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This beer has won more medals than Michael Phelps!
“If One is Good, Then Two is Better!  Our Moylander Double IPA is fat and resiny, with aggressive and excessive hops swinging on an enormous malt backbone like naughty monkeys on a vine.  Double malt, double hops – do the math, it’s academic.  This brew has twice the things you’re looking for, and it’s big enough to share with the one you love.  And isn’t that what it’s all about?”
This special firkin is dry-hopped with California Organic Ivanhoe.  Add that to its standard …

For the “Mother of All Beer Weeks“, we’ll tap a cask on Thursday, 20 May - as part of a very special Terrapin showcase and another on Friday, 21 May with our local brewery – Good People Brewing Company!
As usual casks are tapped by 5pm.

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Terrapin’s firkin is cask-conditioned Hopsecutioner aged with Woodford Reserve oak chips.  I haven’t tried this combination before, but I know folks who have.   “Totally awesome” is what I’ve been told.
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Good People cooked up a “funky” Brown Ale innoculated with cultured Orval and Rodenbach yeast.  I have affectionately dubbed this beer …

We’re turning a beer dinner into an Alabama family cookout!  It will be summer soon; and we have plenty of Good People beer!  So, let’s get together for a casual dinner which pairs great drink with great food like Alabamians have been doing for a couple of hundred years!
Dinner starts at 6pm on Sunday, May 23rd at The J. Clyde.  All proceeds benefit Junior Achievement of Birmingham.  At 5pm, we’ll be potentially tapping a special Wild IPA from Good People.  Will inform you here if that doesn’t look likely.  Otherwise, it’s on!
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Left Hand Brewing Company’s Jackman’s Pale Ale is this week’s cask-conditioned ale.    This beer took home a Gold Medal from the annual Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival in Stockholm, Sweden.  The gold medal, awarded in the Ale 4.8% to 5.9% alcohol by volume category, was the first for Left Hand at the festival, which became one of the most important events on the European beer circuit.
 
Draft Magazine describes this Colorado beer as an American-style Pale Ale “which pours with a golden-orange hue and a fluffy, playful white head.  The aroma bursts with …

This week’s firkin is from Rogue and will be tapped on Wednesday instead of Friday this week as we celebrate Mexican culture at The J. Clyde with a cask-conditioned Chipotle Ale.  On May 5th!  Cinco de Mayo for you folks who don’t speak Mexican!
Roasted chipotle peppers produce an eye opening chile flavor in this deep golden ale with a malty, smoky aroma and smooth, crisp flavor.

8 Ingredients: Malts: Harrington, Klages & Maier Munich.Hops: Cascade and Willamette.Specialty: Chipotle Peppers.Yeast & Water: Rogue’s Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.

Dry hopped with Amarillo this beer …

Paste Magazine has named The J. Clyde as one of the top 30 beer bars in America!
…and just to prove that The J. Clyde has more work to do, Paste also lists its top 25 American breweries of the past decade.  We are only privileged to have 10 of these 25 within our borders.
We took a few mintues to compile the list below for quick reference highlighting those available in Alabama with The J. Clyde logo.

25. Great Divide
24. Sierra Nevada
23. Brooklyn
22. Ommegang
21. North Coast
20. Stone
19. Jolly Pumpkin
18. New Belgium
17. New …

This week’s cask-conditioned ale is a wonderful stout from Kalamazoo, Michigan-based Bell’s Brewery.  Tapped by 5pm today, Friday, April 30th.

Full-bodied and roasty, this beer is brewed with brewers licorice.  Brewers add licorice to increase head retention and thickness, but it also provides the beer with an interesting after-taste.  Licorice has a medicinal quality that helps open nasal passages, which excites the palate even more.  So, all the wonderful roasty character in this beer becomes that much more prominent.
This is another great beer from a great brewery!
Cheers!

A special version of Kilt Lifter prepared for fans of The J. Clyde is on cask this week.   From Moylan’s website:
“Robust and Strapping , Our Scotch Ale takes BIG Beers to a whole new level.  Rich malt balances perfectly with delicate hops to provide a concentrated and intense flavor; an ideal companion for hearty foods, or as a meal unto itsself.  Allow this ale to warm slightly in your glass to enhance its truly bold character .  Sharing is encouraged, as this is one beer that lives up to its …