Goodnight Bodacious

Double Black India Pale Ale

Goodnight Bodacious is a big beer. Big on bitterness. Huge on hops. Doubly dark. It is a Double Black IPA that is unabashedly strong in flavors, hitting you hard with black barley and roasted coffee, complemented by dark juicy fruit and green earthy hops. Sip after sip will surprise you, as the boozy qualities of this brew will become more prominent when it warms up. Embrace the absolute darkness.

Unleashed power embracing absolute darkness TM

  • ABV: 10.9%
  • IBU: 88
  • ABW: 8.5%
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Origin Story

This beer was first proposed by one of our latest additions to the cellarman position, Al Russel (aka Aljezeera). Often we see brewers pushing the limits of craft beer by simply taking a look at two completely different traditional beer styles and then seeing if they can be fused together in one balanced brew that presents equal flavors of both beers, creating the need to call it something new. Some of these recent hybrid beers styles have even gone on to be acknowledged by the Brewers Association and even get stylistic guidelines written for them. Styles like India Black Ale, Session Beer, and Belgian IPA are a few that have seen some increased interest in the last few years, even having appropriate definition written to describe each. By using various malt varieties, lowering ABV’s, and incorporating yeast strains or hops not commonly used for making certain historical brewing styles, today’s craft brewer is constantly expanding what we know and consider to be definable as beer. Goodnight Bodacious is the perfect example of what can result from incorporating dark malts, a ton of hops, and an increased malt bill (7 specialty grain) that would typically result in a categorically high ABV. Al had come across a few examples of what brewers were referring to as Black Barleywines and pitched the idea to Tony Hansen, who was intrigued by it and created a recipe for a Short’s version. Color is not often a huge defining characteristic for Barleywines. What usually is the focus for this style is their intensely sweet malt flavors and notably high alcohol strength, typically resulting from a significantly larger malt bill and a lengthened boil time. Tony decided that since we would be altering the beer’s prominent malty sweetness by adding specialty grains, like black barley and midnight wheat giving it a unique appearance along with some robust flavors and malty bitterness, that we could increase the hop profile as well. The end result is a beer with substantial depth and character, with a final malt bill totaling 1,200lbs of grain and 4 bold flavored American hop varieties added to it. Referred to as a Black Barleywine, the flavor profile could almost indicate a new stylistic definition of its own, somewhere along the lines of a high gravity Double India Black Ale. Goodnight Bodacious is certainly going to be a beer that will provoke many conversations at the pub. Originally going to be called “Goodnight”, to indicate that the high ABV would be enough to send anyone to bed, “Bodacious” got added to the end, implying that this beer could even bring down the most famous and feared riding bull of all time. Bodacious had a record unrivaled by any other bull in history, with a patented move that would leave riders thrown from his back in the most unforgettable fashion. Rearing up high and then violently bucking back, the rider would often be tossed forward, inevitably colliding in a head to head collision with this mighty cunning beast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugMLUE1fDkE). His demise was that of a Greek tragedy, where rather than finishing out his years to stud as a prized bull such as himself normally would, Bodacious died a far sadder death, as an infection in one of his hoofs ultimately claimed his life. His legend was immortalized in a ballad written by the band Primus, and his honor will live on through story, an undefeated record, and now beer. Perhaps this drink could have tamed the beast that no human rider ever could

Hops

Amarillo Citra Simcoe Zeus

Nutritional Information

  • Calories: 315
  • Carbs: 26

Name Origin

Originally going to be called “Goodnight”, to indicate that the high ABV would be enough to send anyone to bed, “Bodacious” got added to the end, implying that this beer could even bring down the most famous, and feared, riding bull of all time. Bodacious had a record unrivaled by any other bull in history, with a patented move that would leave riders thrown from his back in the most unforgettable fashion. Rearing up high and then violently bucking back, the rider would often be tossed forward, inevitably colliding in a head to head collision with this mighty, cunning beast. His demise was that of a Greek tragedy where, rather than finishing out his years to stud, as a prized bull such as himself normally would, Bodacious died a far sadder death, as an infection in one of his hoofs ultimately claimed his life. His legend was immortalized in a ballad written by the band Primus, and his honor will live on through story, an undefeated record, and now beer. Perhaps this drink could have tamed the beast that no human rider ever could.

Available In

  • 12oz Can
  • 6 Pack Cans
  • 1/2 Keg
  • 1/6 Keg
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