Photo by Jordan Albertson
Three Taverns’ most anticipated annual event, Helm’s Deep Day, returns this Saturday, 12/18, when we release the 2021 editions of Helm’s Deep and German Chocolate Helm’s Deep.
Carefully brewed and barrel aged by our head brewer and wood cellar manager, Neal Engleman, this year’s HD is a blend of 4-year Buffalo Trace and 8-year Blanton’s barrels and arguably one of our best to date. The body is silky smooth and mouth coating with flavors of fudge brownie saturated with sweet vanilla and subtle spice from the bourbon oak. Neal was overly permissive in his use of coconut for the German Chocolate variant ensuring an indulgent slice of cake in your glass.
Adding pomp and circumstance to this year’s release will be a Renaissance-style faire worthy of the people of middle earth. Traditional pub music will be performed live by Marc Gunn, with food suitable for a medieval feast (smoked turkey legs, sausages, and corn on the cob) from Smoke & Honey. Our draft selection will also include a new HD variant - S’mores HD - plus our new barleywine, Witch-King.
A limited amount of HD and GCHD bottles will go on pre-sale this Wednesday 12/15 at noon via Oznr with the remainder, along with our first commemorative HD glass, available for sale at the brewery in Decatur on Saturday. We look forward to welcoming you all at the brewery this Saturday with a return to celebrating in person the 2021 edition of Helm’s Deep Day.