Winter has come to Westeros, and everybody is feeling the chill. Brewery Ommegang, the company that’s long worked with HBO to put out Game of Thrones-themed beers, is recognizing that fact with another libation due out by the end of this month: Winter is Here, a Belgian-style double white ale due out on store shelves by the end of this month.
“For six seasons, Game of Thrones fans like ourselves have watched as the great houses of Westeros battled amongst themselves, all the while knowing that the only battle that really mattered – the great war – was yet to come,” said Doug Campbell, president of Brewery Ommegang. “In this next season, we celebrate the long-awaited arrival of winter with a beer fit for consumption north of The Wall. Winter is Here is a fortifying and delicious double white, brewed with sea salt and white pepper, sure to keep you warm in winter, no matter how long it lasts.” We appreciate the help.
Winter is Here packs 8.3% AVB, so it should get you nice and soused as well as warm. (The Night King, who glowers from the front of the bottle, will surely be displeased.) It’ll be available in 750ml single bottles, on draft, and paired alongside the previously released Fire and Blood Red Ale in a collectible gift pack, seen below:
Fire and ice, everybody. The single bottles will retail for $11.99 and the gift pack for $23.99.
For the beer experts out there, Ommegang provided a lot of information about the specific properties of Winter is Here in its press release. Beer snobs, enjoy:
"Winter is Here is brewed with pilsner malt, white wheat malt, and soft red wheat flakes, hopped with Saaz hops, and spiced with white pepper, sea salt, coriander and sweet orange peel. Brewery Ommegang’s house yeast is used in primary and secondary fermentation. This double white ale pours a hazy pale straw color with a stark white head. Aromas of banana, clove, and pronounced peppery phenols lead, and the flavor is slightly sweet malt, subtly balanced by hints of sea salt. Despite a full mouthfeel and healthy ABV, it still manages to drink quite lightly. The finish gradually builds in a warming crescendo of peppery spice."
All that and it gets you drunk, too!
Anyway, it’s always nice to see something new from Ommegang on the market, and doubly so now, when Game of Thrones fans face not only a literal winter right around the corner but the long dark winter of the soul while they wait for the eighth and final season of their favorite show to air.
By the end of October, Winter is Here should be on store shelves everywhere.
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