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We were headed east on I-10 Thursday, and crossing over the bridge over the Mississippi River; I said, “take the first exit!”
That’s the exit you take to go to Tin Roof Brewing.
It’s been a few months since I stopped by and had a few beers in their taproom, and I wanted to try out some of their new, brewery-only releases. After parking, we walked into their rather-busy-for-a-Thursday-afternoon tap room.
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Sitting at one of the tables was Tin Roof’s CEO Jacob Talley — perhaps the nicest and most knowledgeable person in the Louisiana Craft Beer industry. I asked Jacob which of their beers he wanted me to try. He meditated on this for a bit, and then recommended a flight of five limited release beers.
The first was Bière Rosé, a kettle soured ale currently available only in their tap room. Wow — this beer has a refreshing, fruity, easy-to-drink quality of a rosé wine.
It is kettle-soured, which adds acidity to the beer, along with some subtle fruit notes. Jacob told me that it is fermented with a saison yeast, giving this ale a fruity and spicy overtone.
They also added macerated beets that contribute their distinctive color to help this beer earn its name.
Second was their Blood Orange Voo Doo APA. The original Voodoo is a heavily dry-hopped American Pale Ale, which relies on malted and flaked oats to enhance the tropical and fruit flavors provided by the hops. In this adaptation, the brewers have added blood oranges for flavor. Expect melon, passion fruit, tangelo, and pine flavors and aromas from the use of Citra and Simcoe hops, plus extra citrusy zests from the citrus. The heavy dry-hopping and the use of oats and wheat result in a naturally hazy beer.
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I then sampled two extremely limited versions of their 7th Anniversary Imperial Stout.
The first was called Oreaux and they took a small portion of the 7th Anniversary Imperial Stout and then added 5 pounds per barrel of everyone’s favorite cookie to create a chocolaty goodness — this was a real treat.
Second was a Syrah, the same base beer aged on Syrah-soaked oak chips and a little bit of tart cherry to create a tannic experiment in a glass. Both were quite tasty.
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To finish off my visit, I sipped on their Parade Grounds. This ale is a porter loaded with Italian/Espresso Roast Coffee from Garden District Coffee in Baton Rouge. This gives the porter a well-balanced coffee and mocha flavor with hints of chocolate.
While I was sipping on this last beer, the two founders of Tin Roof walked in the tap room to check to see if their customers enjoyed their beers, and that everyone’s experience there was perfect.
I told them both that the beers were wonderful, and I was having an amazing time in their beautiful tap room. It’s a great place to meet friends both old and new, and they always have something new on tap.
Next time you’re headed over the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, take that first exit.