Just one month earlier than its first milestone anniversary, the Pompano Beach-based brewery’s proprietor and brewmaster Matt Manthe acquired phrase he’d received not one — however two — bronze medals within the nation’s largest skilled beer competitors.
Odd Breed took residence two medals in the course of the thirty sixth annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) that happened in Denver this October, making it certainly one of ten Florida breweries to obtain a medal this 12 months.
This 12 months, Manthe’s “Bretta” festbier and “Tilling Time” Belgian-inspired lambic have been acknowledged in the course of the skilled beer competitors, every awarded a bronze medal in the course of the official award ceremony that happened October 8 on the Colorado Convention Center.
The recognition comes on the heels of Odd Breed Wild Ales first GABF win, a gold medal the brewery acquired within the “mixed-culture brett beer” class for its “Oddities and Outliers Blend Two” beer, a mix of beers aged in French oak barrels for one to a few years.
Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is taken into account the nation’s prime craft beer competitors. This 12 months, the competition awarded 300 medals to one of the best business breweries within the United States in 98 beer classes protecting 177 completely different beer types, with practically 10,000 business brewery entries.
For Manthe, profitable three medals in two years from the most important and best beer competitors in North America is an honor.
“I’m blown away,” Manthe tells New Times. “When I first heard the news about the gold medal, I was sure someone had made a mistake. It’s so competitive, and there are so many breweries, I feel there’s always a bit of disbelief before it settles in.”
This 12 months, Manthe mentioned he streamed the award ceremony dwell whereas working the bar at his Pompano Beach taproom. When the primary award was introduced, he was excited to have a second win.
But he was floored when he heard the announcement for his third medal — this one for “Tilling Time” — introduced simply fifteen minutes later.
This 12 months, Odd Breed once more was acknowledged within the “brett beer” class for its “Bretta” festbier, which was brewed and fermented like a German Dortmunder pilsner earlier than getting older in French oak barrels with Brettanomyces wild yeast for 14 months. The wild lager showcases Odd Breed’s distinctive wild yeast strains with notes of hay, leather-based, and lemon rind alongside a touch of tartness.
In the “wood and barrel-aged sour beer” class, Manthe’s Belgian lambic “Tilling Time” was acknowledged as a standout. A singular twist on the basic model, the beer was aged for 16 months in French oak barrels earlier than it was transferred into Islay Scotch barrels for an extra 5 months of getting older, a course of that yields intense aromatics of peat with notes of apricot, honeydew melon, and vanilla earlier than ending with refreshing acidity.
This weekend, these fascinated by sampling Odd Breed’s award-winning beers can achieve this in the course of the brewery’s fifth-anniversary celebration happening on Saturday, November 19.
The brewery shall be open till 10 p.m., permitting visitors to pay as they go or buy a limiteless drink ticket by way of the Oznr app. Unlimited drink tickets are priced at $75 per particular person and embody a 750-ml bottle of Odd Breed’s “Fifth Anniversary” ale, a mix of 5 distinctive beers rested in French oak barrels from one to 4 years, in addition to limitless draft pours that includes a wide range of Odd Breed’s current and classic beer lineup out there from midday till 4 p.m.
When requested if there might be extra award-winning beers in Odd Breed’s future, Manthe mentioned he’s up for the problem.
“Winning two medals this year is a huge honor for our boutique, specialty brewery — especially after winning a gold medal last year,” sums up Manthe. “All of our beers demand an unbelievable quantity of effort and time to provide, with excessive consideration to element, and I’m extremely grateful that our native followers assist us in our endeavor to create one of the best beer. As lengthy as I really feel I’ve one thing worthwhile to compete with, I’ll enter once more.”
Odd Breed Wild Ales Fifth Anniversary. Noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, November 19, at 50 NE First St., Pompano Beach; 754-220-6099; oddbreed.com. Admission is free; limitless beer tickets value $75 by way of store.oznr.com.