Heritage Brewing Kings Mountain

As we waited for a few seats to open at the Capital Ale House bar earlier this week, I perused the tap line and noted a tap for another Heritage Brewing beer, Kings Mountain. I had missed this one last week. As I finally took my seat, the conversation with David the bartender was short and to the point.

"What are you drinking?"
"What style is the Heritage beer?"
"Scotch Ale"
"I'll take it."
"Small or large?"
"Large, please."

It was an easy decision as I do enjoy the Scotch Ales. And I was excited to try another beer from a new Virginia brewery. Kings Mountain pours a deep copper color with a think beige head. The aroma is toasted and sweet malt with hint of dark fruit. The flavor brings forth toffee, caramel, dark fruit and lightly toasted bread notes. The finish leaves some lingering sweet malts. Kings Mountain is on the lighter end of the Scotch Ale scale, but it's fully flavored, and at a moderate 7.4% ABV it's no slouch.

That's three Heritage Brewing beers I've tried in the past week. And I've enjoyed each one of them. If there's a commonality, it's that they are all rich in flavor but not over the top. Just the thing for enjoying several in sitting, or along with a meal.

I really need to get that visit to Heritage Brewing on my schedule. Really.

Two Beers From Heritage Brewing

Heritage Brewing Company is a new brewery that opened this fall in Manassas, VA. I've not been able to get there yet, even though I have a coupon for a free beer from my Kickstarter contribution. I've been eagerly looking forward to trying out their beers, so I was very excited when I spotted their "revolutionary" tap handles recently at Capital Ale House.

I was informed that a Pale Ale and and IPA were available, and I could not resist trying both. I started out with The Teddy Pale Ale. The color was amber-gold with a thin head. The aroma was mildly toasted with hint of pine hops. The flavor was predominately pine and fruity hops with a mild citrus bitterness. I found this to be a clean, crisp, and mild pale ale.

Next up was the Ironsides IPA. When my glass arrived I saw a clear, yellowish liquid with a mildly sweet biscuit and citrus aroma. This doesn't really look like an IPA I thought, and Colleen even made a comment about the light appearance. Upon tasting it though, I found the flavor to be more of what was expected. There was a nice balance of bitter citrus and sweet malt, albeit in a light bodied beer.

I was intrigued by this odd IPA and had to get out my smart phone to do some research. It turns out Ironsides is described as a "session IPA." The beer checks in at an easy-drinking 4.8% ABV. While not as strongly flavored as a typical IPA, Heritage Brewing Ironsides is a full-flavored beer in a small package.

It was a nice surprise to find the Heritage beers on tap, and now I'm even more determined to make the trip to Manassas to visit the brewery in person and try out more of their beers.

Heritage Brewing Reaches Kickstarter Goal

Just six weeks ago I posted about the Kickstarter Project by Heritage Brewing. A few weeks ago it appeared the fund raising was progressing slowly. However, this weekend I received an email letting me know that the brewery's initial goal had been reached. Reaching that $20,000 goal took just 60 days. Aren't craft beer fans great?

As a (small) contributor to the project, I understand I have a Heritage Brewing pint glass and merchandise voucher on the way. I can't wait to put them to use at the brewery!

Congratulations Heritage Brewing!

Heritage Brewing

Who knew that Manassas was becoming such a hot bed of brewing? In addition to BadWolf Brewing, which we recently visited, there's another craft brewery setting up a Manassas, VA base.

Heritage Brewing Company is planning a Fall 2013 opening for their 20 barrel brewery. In order to raise additional startup funds, the brewery has launched a Kickstarter project.

In the interest of full disclosure, I did make a small contribution to the project. The world can always use another brewery. Besides, they have a great logo! I'm looking forward to trying the beers too.

Update: I gotten to try a few of the Heritage beers at a local pub. They are indeed quite tasty. Click the Heritage Brewing link in Related Topics below.