On Saturday, ForeLand Beer will bring together the robust flavors of coffee, stout, and the harrowing tones of doomy blues metal from Sunrift to The Study, the brewery’s Portland taproom. On the latest version of Slow Temple Coffee Stout, ForeLand Beer has collaborated with Bastion Coffee Roasters and Aaron Copelin, formerly of Ex Novo Brewing and current drummer of Sunrift.
The release party for Slow Temple Coffee Stout will take place on Saturday, December 9th from 5:00-7:00pm. In addition to getting the first taste of this year’s beer, The Study will be playing the first EP from Sunrift at this all ages event.
In brewing Slow Temple Coffee Stout, the ForeLand Beer brewing team of Noah Palmer and Brandon Barclay invited one of the brewery’s former brewers Aaron Copelin to brew this batch to what is described as reaching even darker and richer depths. This robust stout blends freshly roasted Nicaraguan coffee from Portland’s Bastion Coffee Roasters, and fragrant vanilla beans from Karnataka, India. These flavors harmonize with bitter chocolate and honey graham cracker notes of the base beer to create a beer blends ingredients and artistry.
“Slow Temple’s dark magic is collaboration,” said Noah Palmer, ForeLand Beer Head Brewer. “Our brewing approach and philosophy melding with Aaron’s along with our partnership with Bastion produced a beer even greater than the sum of its parts. We’re all super excited about it and for the cans to be released.”
Just after the sun sets on Saturday, The Study will be echoing with the deep, harmonious sounds of Sunrift’s debut EP. Consisting of multiple Portland beer industry professionals, including Aaron Copelin on drums, Sunrift is a doomy blues and metal met with lyrics of true feeling. It will be accompanied by other hand-picked jams that inspired them.
“Sunrift’s music is a perfect complement to Slow Temple Stout,” stated Aaron Copelin, drummer for Sunrift and former brewer. “They both tap into the same dark, mystical energy source. It’s beautiful but dark as Hell too. I’m proud to have contributed to both projects.”
Then to make the beer release a bit more fun, ForeLand Beer is bringing in a beer poker to dive further into the depths of flavor and engage in the ancient art of bierstacheln for caramelized pints of malty beers. If you come for the metal, but not beer, The Study will have coffee samples from Bastion Coffee Roasters, glühwein, and hot spiced hard cider available.
Slow Temple Coffee Stout will be available at both ForeLand locations and throughout the Pacific Northwest via Block 15 Distribution. To learn more about ForeLand Beer, visit forelandbeer.com.
ForeLand Beer – The Study
2511 SE Belmont St
Portland, OR 97214
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DJ
D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.