From the Brewer: Life & Limb is a 10% ABV strong, dark beer that defies style characteristics – brewed with pure maple syrup from the Calagione family farm in Massachusetts and estate barley grown on the Grossman “farm” at the brewery in Chico, CA. The beer is alive with yeast-a blend of both breweries’ house strains-bottle conditioned for added complexity and shelf life, and naturally carbonated with birch syrup fresh from Alaska. Life & Limb is dedicated to the family of beer drinkers and enthusiasts worldwide who continue to support the little guys, iconoclasts, entrepreneurs, and pioneers who risk life and limb to shape the vibrant craft-brewing community.  Limb & Life is a ’small’ beer, made from the second runnings of the larger Life & Limb.  Limb & Life has a roasted malt flavor reminiscent of dark roasted coffee and toasted bread, combined with a pronounced hoppiness from the use of bold and aromatic American hops.  It’s an easy drinking ’session’ beer – an antidote to the heavy sippers.  It is balanced yet flavorful, hoppy yet not without strong malt, and drinkable but still complex.  Limb & Life will be an extremely limited draft-only release.

The Beer Box Score

Life& Limb

• ABV:  10.2%
• IBUs: 50
• Original Gravity:  24 Plato
• Final Gravity: 6.0 Plato
• Bittering Hops:  Bravo
• Finishing Hops:  Perle & Sterling
• Malts:  Two-row Pale, Chocolate & Carafa
• Other ingredients:  Maple & Birch syrups

Limb & Life

• ABV:  5.2%
• IBUs: 49
• Original Gravity: 12.2 Plato
• Final Gravity: 2.8 Plato
• Bittering Hops:  Magnum
• Finishing Hops:  Perle, Cascade, Magnum
• Dry Hop:  Experimental Hop #188
• Malts:  Second runnings from Life & Limb
• Other ingredients:  Maple and Birch syrup

From Us:  On this episode of Taste Buds Anna Nadasdy once again joins Erik and Dusty.  This time they all risk life and limb in sub-freezing weather to try the new collabrews from Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head  – Life & Limb and Limb & Life.   Watch to find out if the adventurous crew make it through without freezing!

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