We’ve got a new beer on our hands, and the first Double Elbow collaboration beer produced/released in Minnesota! The new guy is “Five Star,” and it’s a double-decocted Czech-style pale lager of extremely moderate strength brewed in collaboration with our old pals at Living Haus Beer in Portland, Oregon. Coming in at a svelte 3.4% ABV, Five Star is our homage to what the Czechs might call “Světlé Výčepní Pivo 8°,” which translates roughly to “pale draft beer.” It’s an every day beverage – really, an any time of day every day beverage – that is the calling card of what I’d call a truly civilized beer drinking culture. Our version is the very first double decoction I’ve attempted, and it is pretty dang hoppy, too.
It’s on tap at Little Thistle starting Tuesday 2/11/25, and I’ll be delivering kegs and cans of it to Rochester and Minneapolis/St. Paul on Thursday 2/13. The yield gods were not working in my favor on packaging day, and so allocations are kinda tight on this guy (exactly the sort of scarcity you expect from a 3% lager?). Seek it out ASAP, is my advice.
I waxed all sorts of philosophical about it on the beer page, so head on over to learn more.
DOUBLE ELBOW BEER 