One of Tampa Bay’s newest craft breweries, Bastet Brewing, is celebrating their second anniversary this weekend with several special releases.
From Bastet Brewing:
There’s some good stuff going on at Bastet Brewing and we’d like to fill you in on what’s coming up.
We’re celebrating Bastet Brewing’s Second Anniversary November 3rd through the 6th! Sometimes it’s hard to believe we’ve made it this far in such challenging times for small business owners. But here we are, still fighting the good fight.
Beginning on Thursday, November 3rd we’ll begin selling two Bastet Brewing barrel aged beers. We have a very limited amount of Barrel Aged Duat and Double Barrel Aged JoAnn’s Tater Pie in 22 ounce bottles!
More information about Bastet Brewing’s anniversary beers:
Our Barrel-Aged Duat is a 10.5 % ABV full bodied, intensely flavored, rich, malty Russian Imperial Stout. It was aged for 16 months in a whiskey barrel and has an exceptional oaky barrel character. With forward flavors of chocolate and molasses, this jet-black ale shows a touch of sweetness and finishes with a slight lingering bitterness and heightened woody notes.
Our Barrel-Aged JoAnn’s Tater Pie is a 9.1 % ABV Seasonal ale that was brewed with maple sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and LOTS of sweet potato and was then aged in a rye whiskey barrel and a second whiskey barrel for 16 months to round out the flavors. It conveys a more tempered barrel character that pairs well with its maple notes. The sweet potato imparts big flavor and a deep orange color and is balanced with a slight maltiness and the perfect amount of spice. This one will go great with Thanksgiving dinner!
About Bastet Brewing
Beer was of significant importance to ancient Egyptian society and was enjoyed by people of all ages as a staple drink of everyone; The rich and the poor, the young and the old. Wages for Egyptian workers were often paid in beer and the Egyptian gods were made offerings of beer. Some ancient Egyptians were buried in their tombs with beer so that they could drink it in the afterlife! It is known that the workmen living in the workers village at the great pyramid of Giza received beer three times a day as part of their payment. Archaeological evidence has revealed that as a staple foodstuff, ancient Egyptian beer was not particularly intoxicating but was actually nutritious, thick and sweet.
In short, the story of Bastet is a story of how beer saved the world. History has again and again shown that beer has changed the world in significant ways. The name Bastet is a celebration of this fact and is an homage to one of the world’s greatest beer making cultures, ancient Egypt.