Topic Archives: Imperial Stout
Dogfish Head Utopias Barrel-Aged World Wide Stout will return
When Dogfish Head and Boston Beer merged, it was big news. After the dust settled, we were left wondering what’s next. Will it just be Sam Adams and Dogfish Head, independently but together? The sales team for Dogfish Head grew by more than 400%, and there was talk of seeing the Boston Beer logo on Dogfish Head, and vice versa. All that is just boilerplate business stuff.
Then this surfaced – Dogfish Head Utopias Barrel-Aged World Wide Stout.
The combination of those two things might make you a little dizzy. Besides 120 Minute IPA, World Wide Stout is one of Dogfish Head’s strongest beers.
Sam Adams Utopias is a blended strong ale born and blended from a plethora of barrels, hovers around 27% alcohol by volume, and runs around $200 dollars a bottle.
Dogfish Head rested World Wide Stout for 7 months in freshly emptied Utopias barrels. Combining these two beers creates something boozy, rare, and special. If you missed the first release in March of 2020, the brewery has bottled another round.
Utopias Barrel-Aged World Wide Stout, a jet-black, rich and roasty beer with balanced notes of espresso, cocoa, sherry and vanilla.
Like we said last year, it’s one hell of a way to intercompany collaborate.
Dogfish Head Utopias Barrel-Aged Utopias World Wide Stout will be available again soon, an actual release date hasn’t been announced yet.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel-Aged)
Availability: 12oz Bottles. Limited Release, Delaware Only.
Debut: 3/27/20
Latest Return: Fall 2021
17.3% ABV
Orpheus Brewing’s Stouts All the Way Down gains 16th release
Orpheus Brewing Stouts All the Way Down Vol 16 debuts on September 3rd, a part of the brewery’s “Year 7” Anniversary.
This is the 16th iteration of the brewery’s ongoing Stouts All the Way Down Series started an imperial stout aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels. Which as odd as it sounds now, was very unique upon release (around the brewery’s 5th anniversary. Why? No vanilla, lactose, cereal, or other food. Just a barrel-aged imperial stout -something we basically forgot about.
The series name draws from the mythological idea of a world turtle that supports a flat earth on its back. That turtle rests on a larger turtle, and that turtle on a… you get the idea. The stack of turtles continues indefinitely. It’s a popular example of the regress argument in epistemology. If you want to deep dive into a logical wormhole, read up on the term “infinite regress.”
This particular [Turtle] in the series is an imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with honey roasted peanuts and strawberries.
Stouts All the Way Down Volume 16 will Bev available in 12.7oz bottles at the brewery starting September 3rd.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Honey Roasted Peanuts. Strawberries. Barrel-Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles. Limited Release
Debut: 9/3/21
13% ABV
MORE: Orpheus Year 7 Releases
Orpheus Brewing Stillness Feels the Air and Shudders
Orpheus Brewing Stillness Feels the Air and Shudders, an imperial stout debut on the brewery’s Year 7 Anniversary weekend.
The base beer is an imperial stout, aged 2-3 years in whiskey barrels.
The stillness feels the air and shudders. Toiling through the hulking gate from now to always now, extant riches burning so we venerate the ashes. The oppressive sound of nothing dampens drifting calculations, but broken thoughts entwine when creeping darkness has no alibi. Constructing eternity out of discount ruins, engulfed in all that’s real to me, which takes me home amidst morass to see through smoke and ash the brief infinity we built.
Orpheus Brewing Stillness Feels the Air and Shudders will be available in 12.7oz bottles on September 3rd.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Whiskey.)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles
Debut: 9/3/21
13.2% ABV
MORE: Orpheus Year 7 Releases
Orpheus Brewing Darkness Has No Alibi
Orpheus Brewing Darkness Has No Alibi an imperial stout debuts this weekend.
The base beer is an imperial stout brewed with oats, molasses and spices, and aged in bourbon barrels.
The stillness feels the air and shudders. Toiling through the hulking gate from now to always now, extant riches burning so we venerate the ashes. The oppressive sound of nothing dampens drifting calculations, but broken thoughts entwine when creeping darkness has no alibi. Constructing eternity out of discount ruins, engulfed in all that’s real to me, which takes me home amidst morass to see through smoke and ash the brief infinity we built.
Orpheus Brewing Darkness Has No Alibi is available in 12.7oz bottles on September 3rd.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon. w/ Molasses. Spices.)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles. Limited Release
Debut: 9/3/21
12.9% ABV
MORE: Orpheus Year 7 Releases
Orpheus Brewing Constructing Eternity Out of Discount Ruins
Orpheus Brewing Constructing Eternity Out of Discount Ruins, an imperial stout debuting as a part of the brewery’s “Year 7” Anniversary.
The base beer is an imperial stout, brewed with vanilla and coffee, aged in bourbon barrels.
The stillness feels the air and shudders. Toiling through the hulking gate from now to always now, extant riches burning so we venerate the ashes. The oppressive sound of nothing dampens drifting calculations, but broken thoughts entwine when creeping darkness has no alibi. Constructing eternity out of discount ruins, engulfed in all that’s real to me, which takes me home amidst morass to see through smoke and ash the brief infinity we built.
Orpheus Brewing Constructing Eternity Out of Discount Ruins will be available in 12.7 ounce bottles on September 3rd.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee. Vanilla Beans. Barrel-Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles
Debut: 9/3/21
13% ABV
MORE: Orpheus Year 7 Releases
Orpheus Brewing Extant Riches Burning So We Venerate the Ashes
Orpheus Brewing Extant Riches Burning So We Venerate the Ashes is an imperial stout, debuting as a part of the brewery’s “Year 7” Anniversary.
The base beer is an imperial stout brewed with bananas, cinnamon and vanilla beans, aged in bourbon barrels.
The story of Orpheus is a story of rebirth, first in his journey into and out of Hades, and finally in the transmigration of his soul into the body of a swan. We pay tribute to this rebirth with every beer we put into barrels, to be transformed by its time in the wood and reborn as something new.
Extant Riches Burning So We Venerate the Ashes will be available in 12.7oz bottles on September 3rd.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cinnamon. Vanilla Beans. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.?
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles. Limited Release
Debut: 9/3/21
13% ABV
MORE: Orpheus Year 7 Releases
Founders KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa coming in November
Founders KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa a new variant of the brewery’s famed Kentucky Breakfast Stout debuts in November.
For years, the ‘Ides of March’ brought the seasonal release of Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, aka KBS. Like everything in beer brewing, things change. Founders shifted KBS to year-round status and started releasing variants of the venerable stout.
To date, variants have included KBS Espresso and KBS Mackinac Fudge. This November a third variant will debut – KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa.
…the sumptuous, deep coffee and chocolate flavors of KBS rise to the next level with a swirl of cinnamon and a hint of vanilla to create a sweet-but-not-too-sweet barrel-aged drinking experience. It’s a whole new spin on KBS that’s sure to sweeten your spirits.
Joining Founders KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa will also be the return of KBS Espresso. Both will be available in 12-ounce bottles and draft across the brewery’s distribution starting in November 2021.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Vanilla. Chocolate. Cinnamon. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Limited Release.
Debut: November 2021
12% ABV
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