NIKO'S

WINE CORNER

It's not more than you need just more than you're used to !

In Snellville & in Lawrenceville now !

NIKO'S WINE CORNER
2050 scenic hwy n
snellville, GA 30078
ph: 770-979-3111
nikoscorner@att.net

Welcome to our Beer page

Dedicated to Craft /High Gravity Beer Awareness

We carry beer that you won't find everywhere. Our special selection of micro-brews will keep you coming back to try new things.

Beer of the Month

Innis & Gunn Irish Whiskey Cask

Innis & Gunn Irish Whiskey Cask is now in the USA with a wide-scale program of tastings and events lined up for February and March. Deep, dark, intense velvet chocolate, on the nose and on the palate, wonderfully balanced by the vanilla and oakiness that you always find in Innis & Gunn.

Malts: Chocolate malt and roast barley.

Hops: Fuggles

ABV: 7.4%

Vol: 330ml (basket pack)

IBU: 26

Wood: Rare barrels that had previously been used to mature triple distilled Irish Whiskey.

Aged: 60 days.

Maturation: Three separate maturations follow fermentation: oak maturation, cold maturation and in a bottle.

Nose: Chocolate and treacle with notes and vanilla and oak.

Palate: Rich and intense dark chocolate flavour complemented by an almost soothing oak, vanilla sweetness.

Finish: Long, complex and satisfying. The roast character mellows with time leaving a lingering oaky sweetness.

Food Matches: Rich or spicy slow cooked stews of beef, pork or lamb. Oysters, Treacle pudding, Blue cheese.

Innis & Gunn oak-aged

beer is like no other- $6.49-750ml

sing oak to age beer is unheard of. But, the flavours imparted by the oak barrels (previously used to mature bourbon) lend an incredible depth of taste. Think vanilla, toffee and orange aromas, with a malty, lightly oaked palate; soothing and warm in the finish.

"For 30 days this honey-hued beer sleeps in hand selected oak barrels, locked inside a bonded warehouse, gradually assimilating the subtle flavours that reside in the wood. Barrels are then emptied and maturation continues for a further 47 days in a marrying tun where these natural flavours infuse and fall into perfect balance. This 77-day process is unique and produces a delicious, refreshing beer: Aromas of vanilla and toffee, hints of citrus, with a malty, lightly oaked,palate. Deftly balanced and light in texture, soothing and warming in the finish."

We all love the flavours derived from oak!

All of the great wines and spirits, as well as luxury foods such as smoked
salmon, are enhanced by the use of oak in their production process.

Oak also has a huge influence on the flavour of our beer, imparting a
spectrum of flavours that you will never find in other beers.

Oak Aged Beer 6.6%

Tasting Notes:

Colour:	Honey
Palate:	Luxurious malt and toffee giving way to mellow oak with vanilla overtones. Balanced by the orange peel citrus character. Warming
Finish:	Floral, soothing oak with vanilla more evident, lemon zest. Pour me another!

New in stockInnis & Gunn Rum Cask Finish Oak Aged Beer

We are delighted to present this unique limited bottling of Innis & Gunn finished in oak
barrels which previously contained navy rum. Maturation in special oak barrels imparts
Navy rums with the sweet, spicy character for which they are renowned. We have long
wondered what flavours might be imparted to our beer by finishing it in these same
barrels and earlier this year we decided to find out.

We brewed a special batch of Innis & Gunn beer and matured it in oak for 60 days. Every single drop spent half of that time in American oak barrels before being refilled into selected navy rum barrels to finish the lengthy maturation. Once the beer had absorbed the unique character the barrels were emptied, the beer blended and then maturation continued for a further 47 days until all of the flavours had married together and mellowed. We think the result is absolutely delicious!

Flavour Spidergram
Innis & Gunn Rum Cask Finish 7.4% ABV

Tasting Notes

Colour:

Deep red

Palate:

Surprisingly light in texture, soft fruits and malt fill the palate, balanced by a lively spiciness, A mellow oak background emerges with time.

Finish:

Malt to the fore with the spicy notes softening leaving a pleasant lingering sweetness.

Augustiner-Bräu Wagner brewery

Edelstoff

A bright export beer, sparkling and fresh at the same time, brewed with noblest raw materials. The high-class product of the old-Bavarian brewing art. A great treat for every beer expert.

Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops
ALC. 5.6% vol.

Commercial Description:
A bright export beer, sparkling and fresh at the same time, brewed with noblest raw materials. This high-class product of the Old Bavarian brewing art. A great treat for every beer expert. Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops

Maximator

The pleasant, dark Doppelbock of monasterial origin, especially suited for festivities during the chilly season.

Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops
ALC. 7.5% vol.

Commercial Description:
Maximator is a huge beer, sticky in consistency, dark ruby in color with virtually no carbonation and a sweet malty nose

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New beers are here...

Vrienden Ale


ABV -	8.5%

Get a Belgian Brewmaster and a master of Belgian brewing together and theres sure to be

spontaneous imagination that leads to micro-organisms mingling in fermentation.

Allagash and New Belgium are pleased to offer you our collabeeration

brewed with the slightly fruity hibiscus flower, the aromatic Brettanomyces, and the flavor

-boosting Lactobacillus.

We recommend pairing it with creamy, soft cheeses and charming Vrienden

- thats friends in Flemish

Fischer
Beers from France

Fischer beers combine traditional Germanic brewing techniques with the passion of French culture to create a truly exceptional beer. The finest natural ingredients, including pure water from underground wells and locally-grown malt and grain, produce a beer that is full of flavor and uniquely French.

Labels: Fischer Amber, Fischer Blonde

Amber

Fischer Amber is the flagship of the brewery. It represents the love of French people for tradition and passion for authenticity. A round taste and a delicate fruity aroma characterize this high-quality product. A special brewing process creates its golden color and rich head.

Ingredients: Water, malt, syrup of glucose, corn, caramel, hop, ascorbic acid

Aroma: Cereals and slightly roasted malt

Appearance: Bright amber color

Color: 16 EBC

Taste: Full flavored, creamy head and smooth malt finish

Bitterness: 18 EBUs

Strength: 6% alc./vol.

Original Gravity: 13.9 °P

Lagering Time: From 10 to 15 days

Shelf Life: 14 months

Calories: 172 per 12-oz. serving

Carbs: 9.74 grams per 12-oz. serving

Presentation: Embossed bottle with traditional swing-top closing system.

Packages: 22-oz. and 12-oz. bottles

Blonde

FISCHER BLONDE

Ingredients: water, malt, glucose syrup, corn, caramel, hop extract

Aroma: cereals and slightly roasted malt

Appearance: bright gold color

Color: 8.5 EBC

Taste: unique flavor, subtle and fruity accents

Bitterness: 18 EBUs

Strength: 6% alc./vol.

Original: Gravity 13.0 °P

Lagering Time: From 10 to 15 days

Shelf Life: 14 months

Calories: 172 per 12 – oz. serving

Carbs: 9.74 grams per 12-oz. serving

Presentation: Embossed bottle (22-oz. has the traditional swing top)

Available Packages: UPC 22oz / packaged 12 bottles to a case: 0 80060 24128 6

Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Beer

Schloss Eggenberg-ABV 14.00%

world’s strongest lager (a Guinness Book record!)

“Samichlaus” beer is brewed once a year, in each case on December 6th, and stored and matured afterwards for over 10 months before it is bottled. "Samichlaus” beer can mature for many years in the bottle; older vintages obtain a complexity and receive their creamy warm aftertaste. This beer can be served with heavy meals and desserts, particularly with chocolate - or as digestive and meditations drink. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the strongest lager beer in the world with 14 % alcohol and 32 degrees original extract content. It is brewed exclusively of natural raw ingredients after the purity requirement of 1516.

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Maerzen

"Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier is not only among beers but among all alcoholic drinks a classic...Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier is the world's most famous smoked beer."
Michael Jackson **** World Classic [Pocket Guide to Beer, pp. 64, 65]:

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Maerzen is unpasteurized and made entirely from smoked malt. Heller Trum is one of the very few breweries left in Germany that does its own malting. During germination of barley, the smoke of beech wood fire is "forced" through the germinating barley for a total of between twenty four hours and thirty six hours at varying temperatures. Therefore, Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier gains an unusual smoky dryness from this process. In contrast, the standard drying procedure for malt is to be heated in a kiln. The brew is mashed by double decoction, hopped once, bottom fermented,and matured 7 weeks.

Uerige "Doppelsticke"

Style:	Altbier

Created and designed by Uerige Obergaerige Hausbrauerei for their very special customers in the USA only! Apart from being sold in the USA, this rarity can only be obtained at our STICKUM bar – that is, if we have it in store. This beer also has a guaranteed minimum storage period of four weeks, but true aficionados take this to be a mere suggestion – they swear by storing their DoppelSticke in the cellar for another whole year. But then...!

Uerige DoppelSticke might just be "Germany's interpretation of the classic barley-wine style ", ie a third definition next to England's "malt-driven" concoction {such as JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale} and America's "hop-heavy" version {such as Sierra Nevada's BigFoot}.

The world-classic Duesseldorfer Altbier
**** Michael Jackson's Pocket Guide to Beer, p 36:
"UERIGE …is the most assertive, complex and characterful of the Alts"
Düsseldorfer Altbier is one of Germany's great beer styles. Uerige Alt is in my view the finest example of the style, and one of Germany's truly great beers. I love it for its big, spicy hop aroma; its firm, malty, middle; and its confidently dry, appetising, finish. No short cuts, no compromises: a beer that punches it weight.

As if this were not enough, Zum Uerige has in Doppel Sticke invented a new variation on the style. The hop aroma is huge and herbal. The palate is rich, oily, enwrapping. The finish is full of restrained power. No alcohol burn, just a warm glow.”
Michael Jackson 2005, press release

"The complexity here is enough to drive one mad."
Fred Eckhardt, Author

"Delicious and bursting with character."
Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster

Reissdorf Koelsch

Style: Koelsch

"Reissdorf is light, soft, and delicious"
M. Jackson [Pocket Guide to Beer, p.38]

"[Reissdorf Koelsch] has a minty, hop aroma; sweet, vanillalike, malt flavors; and a crisp, dry, cedary finish. A delicious Koelsch..."
M. Jackson [The Ultimate Beer, p. 50]

The town of Cologne, the namesake for Koelsch, not only has more breweries than any other city in the world, but also has a federal law protecting its right to brew this pale, top-fermenting ale (appellation controlee). Koelsch, which has been brewed in Cologne and outlying areas since before 1300, furthermore has a brewers guild (founded in 1396) that mandates certain parameters for its brewing and protects the appellation worldwide.

Koelsch is typically lighter even than Pilsner in color and is often around 5% ABV with a slightly malty, fairly soft palate. The finish is decidedly dry due to its high attenuation and firm hop character. The cleanness is a result of a fairly long, cold maturation of two to six weeks.

These days Reissdorf Koelsch has almost reached a "cult status" with beer connoisseurs around the world looking at it as a "well preserved secret". Top fermentation lasts for about eight days with another four weeks of cold conditioning following. "Reissdorf Koelsch" is designed to be pale of color, soft on the palate, restrained on fruitiness, with a delicate dryness in the finish. "Reissdorf Koelsch" is a "session style" beer served in its typical 7 oz. glass in the wee-hours after work.

Another tradition unique to this beer style is its method of serving. Small wooden casks brought up to the pub via dumb waiter and placed on the bar counter are gravity -dispensed into narrow, cylindrical glasses (20 cl) called " Stangen" to expedite the pouring of the beer as well as to reduce the waiting time for impatient guests.

Waiters, called "Koebes", dressed traditionally in blue jackets or shirts and leather aprons, pick up as many as 12 beers at a time from the "Zappes" (the "tapper") which fit in recesses around the perimeter of a metal tray ( the "Kranz" or crown) with a central handle. Tabs are run by the Koebes making tick marks on the customers' coasters and Koelsch keeps coming without asking! Koebes are seldomly tipped, but will allow you to buy them a round which they usually finish in one swallow.

Troubadour Blond

Refermented in the Bottle & Keg: living beer.
Belgian Blond Ale 6.5% Alc. by Vol.

The clear, golden, attractive color is what strikes you first. A firm white head is the crown of this golden ale. Your first experience, while sipping the BLOND, will be a refreshing, sparkling effect on your tongue, followed by a mild bitterness enhanced by a spiciness, that finishes with a sweeter sensation. A good nose recognizes the hops, in combination with fruity esters.

With its 6.5 % alcohol by volume it is somewhat stronger in alcohol content than regular beers, but it’s not overpowering, and it allows one to easily drink more than one glass--especially with dinner, where we recommend it certainly with fish dishes. Although it is a typical beer to sharpen the appetite, while drinking it with your friends, family or business partners before actually having dinner. And of course we will not refrain you from drinking a few more after dinner while having more fun with your company.

Troubadour Obscura mild stout

Refermented in the Bottle & Keg: living beer.
Belgian Mild Stout Ale 8.5% Alc. by Vol.

Pretty dark color, as you would expect from a stout. Slightly more red-brown, though, when compared with Irish stouts. A dense rich creamy beige head crowns your glass. Thanks to the refermentation in the bottle, we have the natural carbonation. The flavors are deeper, richer, more pronounced: malty, clearly roasted (is it hints of coffee, is it hints of chocolate?) Deceptive, because the relatively high alcohol content is not immediately felt, except maybe a slight glowing sensation. A complex aftertaste, with some licorice undertones, and a pleasant bitterness survives last. Absolutely a beer to savor and enjoy—let you taste buds experience every ounce of flavor. A lot of lace is left on the empty glass.

Food recommendations: more a beer to have with your main course. The pronounced taste makes it an ideal match for dishes with strong tasting sauces. Let it fight, let it compensate. Some will enjoy this beer as their last beer of the day, or as dessert. Another ideal occasion would be the middle of the afternoon sitting on a patio with friends, or watching people go by. This beer clearly reminds you of the Good Life.

Terrapin's Georgia Theater Sessions
Double Feature

Dubbel Feature “Belgian Style Dubbel” is the second of four beers in Terrapin’s Georgia Theatre Sessions. It is brewed with 100% Belgian Malts, an authentic Trappist yeast and Golding and Hersbrucker hops. This deep caramel colored brew has a delicate balance between sweet malt, estery yeast, a subtle bitterness and mellow alcoholic warmth. All the characteristics of a fine Trappist Ale.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Georgia Historic Trust for Historic Preservation Fund to rebuild the Georgia Theatre. To make things even more interesting, there is one Golden Ticket hidden among each of the Georgia Theatre Sessions brews. This means that four lucky winners will receive a lifetime pass to the new Theatre.
I hope that you are the lucky winner!
Cheers!
Spike
S.G. 17.2 F.G. 3.2 ABV 7.7%
MALTS: Belgian Pilsner, Belgian Munich, Belgian Aromatic, Belgian Biscuit, Belgian Crystal 45, Belgian Special B
HOPS: Goldings, Hallertau Hersbrucker SUGAR: Belgian Candi Syrup Dark, Belgian Amber Candy Sugar
Hoptaneous Combustion

Brew 4 – December – A nod to the the tragic fire and a look into the future.
This unorthodox smoked double I.P.A. has all the combustible hop residue of an over the top “west coast” hop bomb, combined with the smoky goodness of a Boy Scout jamboree’s camp fire.
Brewed to let the hop bitterness blaze through your tongue and the smoked malt smolder on your palate, this final curtain call from our Georgia Theatre Sessions series of beers will have you screaming for an encore.
MALT: 2 Row, Weyermann Smoke, Best Munich, Pale Crystal HOPS: Warrior, Nugget, Centennial, Simcoe
ABV:9.3 % O.G.: 22.2 F.G.:3.8

The house may have burned down but the beat goes on. Now that the smoke has cleared, we need your help. Since June 19, 2009 when fire gutted the historic Georgia Theatre, people have been asking: will it be back? It will. If we band together, we can bring it back from the ashes.

     B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout
Winner GABF Gold Medal 2008
This Bodacious Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout will crush you like no other! This is the grand-daddy of all stout styles, with an intensely deep roasted and full bodied flavor. A robust hop character adds a refreshing balance.
9.4% a/v | 107 OG (25.3°P) | 60 IBU

     Silk Porter
Dark, robust and silky-smooth, with many flavors of roasted, toasted and caramel malts. Porter is an old-world beer style, so popular that it helped start the industrial revolution. Taste the history.
6.2% a/v | 70 OG (16.9°P) | 26 IBU. Enjoy.ABV:9.3 % O.G.: 22.2 F.G.:3.8MALT: 2 Row, Weyermann Smoke, Best Munich, Pale Crystal HOPS: Warrior, Nugget, Centennial, SimcoeABV:9.3 % O.G.: 22.2 F.G.:3.8MALT: 2 Row, Weyermann Smoke, Best Munich, Pale Crystal HOPS: Warrior, Nugget, Centennial, SimcoeABV:9.3 % O.G.: 22.2 F.G.:3.8MALT: 2 Row, Weyermann Smoke, Best Munich, Pale Crystal HOPS: Warrior, Nugget, Centennial, Simcoe


An American wheat beer perfect for the "General Population," Slammer Wheat is characterized by inviting citrus aromas and delicate malt flavors that finish clean and crisp.

Malt - U.S. malted pilsen and wheat varieties.
Hops - U.S. Sterling
O.G. - 12°P | ABV - 5.0% | IBU - 15

Suggested Pairings - Mild cheeses such as Buffalo Mozzarella or tangy cheese with fruit; Light salads with vinaigrette dressings or fruit; sushi or mild fish dishes; lightly spiced curries; Mexican fajitas

Mugshot IPA features an arresting lineup of Warrior, chinook, cascade and sterling hops and a balanced blend of malt flavors that finish nice and dry. Forward hop bitterness lingers on without a overwhelming the palate.

Malt - U.S. malted 2-row barley; munich, caramel, and special roast; demerera sugar
Hops- Warrior, Chinook, Cascade and Sterling
O.G. - 14°P | ABV - 6.7% | IBU - 50
Suggested Pairings: Sharp Cheddar cheeses including spicy hot infused cheeses; Pork BBQ; Fried Dill Pickles; Pizza; Curry

Break out of your routine with our robust blend of dark roasted malts. Breakout Stout is a bold American Stout with a sturdy hop bitterness, a hint of chocolate from chocolate malt and a pleasing finish. Breakout Stout compliments desserts and lends a surprising depth when paired with savory dishes.

Malts - U.S. malted 2-row barley; caramel malt; chocolate malt; roasted barley
Hops - Chinook and cascade
O.G. - 19°P | ABV - 7.8% | IBU - 45

Suggested Pairings: Cheesecake; Brownies; Chili-flavored Black Beans; Steak Burritos/Fajitas; Horseradish Cheddar Mac-n-Cheese

Releasing this Month
Saison Reprieve - Seek your relief!
The First Release of Our Trustees Series - Each Seasonal will be Released in Limited Quantities only to be Locked Up until Next Year.
Brewed with 100% floor malted grain this is a single malt, single hop, beer made in the French Saison style.
Reprieve will be a light, refreshing, beer with complex aromas and a nice malt character. Targeted to be a sessionable beer to enjoy while relaxing in the comforts of spring weather. A Reprieve from the cold if you will.