Barleywines

Lagunitas Brown Shugga 2013 Arrives

Lagunitas had to cut Brown Shugga’ from its lineup a couple of years ago. The brew is one of the most expensive beers in the portfolio, and for every case of Shugga‘  Lagunitas brewed, they were short 3 cases of their daily beers. The brewery in Petaluma Continue Reading →

Rock Art Releases Barrel Aged Vermonster

Rock Art Brewery is releasing Barrel Aged Vermonster today. The base barleywine is brewed with 100 pounds of malt per barrel (31 gallons). That’s a lot of malt driving your final ABV to 10+%.

This edition spent time in bourbon barrels Continue Reading →

Red Brick Now Barrel Aging New Barleywine

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta) just shipped 20th Anniversary Imperial Stout. This is the first time the brewery has used Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels. After draining 20th Anniversary, the brewery refilled the barrels with a full bodied barleywine, Continue Reading →

Posted in Seasonal Return

Lagunitas Brown Shugga 2013 Arrives

Lagunitas had to cut Brown Shugga’ from its lineup a couple of years ago. The brew is one of the most expensive beers in the portfolio, and for every case of Shugga‘  Lagunitas brewed, they were short 3 cases of their daily beers. The brewery in Petaluma has since expanded, (and Chicago is nearing ready) and the beer is here to stay. (Well, that’s what Lag says.)

The beer exists thanks to an accident. Lagunitas had a failed batch of Olde Gnarlywine in 1997, so they tried to fix it with brown sugar. You know what happened from here.

12oz bottles and draft have seasonally returned. Rejoice, grab bottles, get happy.

Style: Barlywine (w/ Brown Sugar)
Availability: 12oz botttles, Draft. Seasonal

9.84% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Brewdog, Don't Miss This, Oskar Blues Brewing

Shipwrecked is the Oskar Blues/Brewdog Collaboration

Oskar Blues (Colorado & North Carolina) recently collaborated abroad with Scottish craft brewer Brewdog. The duo brewed a boozy barleywine that clocks in at 10.5% ABV. The beer is aggressive; a beer “for people who enjoy nonsense and walking on tightropes.”

This is available in Brewdog’s shop if you want bottles stateside.

Style: Barleywine
Hops: Chinook, Cascade, Citra
Malts: Extra Pale, Munich, Crystal, Chocolate

Availability: 12oz bottles

10.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Harpoon Brewing

Harpoon’s Tap Room Barleywine Headed To Bottles

Harpoon Brewing celebrates the coming of colder weather with a barleywine. Until now, Bronze Age was just an employee tap room release.

The barleywine boasts flavors of dark fruit, pepper, vanilla, and carmel. Suitable for fresh drinking or keeping in your cellar for a while. Look for this in 22oz bottles.

Style: Barleywine
Hops: Tettnang, Chinook

Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Rock Art Brewery

Rock Art Releases Barrel Aged Vermonster

Rock Art Brewery is releasing Barrel Aged Vermonster today. The base barleywine is brewed with 100 pounds of malt per barrel (31 gallons). That’s a lot of malt driving your final ABV to 10+%.

This edition spent time in bourbon barrels prior to its release.

Style: Barleywine (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz bombers. Limited Release

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick Now Barrel Aging New Barleywine

Red Brick Brick Mason Glass

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta) just shipped 20th Anniversary Imperial Stout. This is the first time the brewery has used Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels. After draining 20th Anniversary, the brewery refilled the barrels with a full bodied barleywine, to sit for about 6 months, debuting as a part of the Brick Mason Series in January, 2014.

More to come on this release…

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Pipeworks Brewing

Pipeworks Murderous

Pipeworks Murderous

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Bruery, Headlines, New Releases

The Bruery Mash & Grind, featuring coffee and bourbon

The Bruery Mash & Grind, a barrel-aged barleywine from the California based brewer.

The English-style barleywine (more malt forward than American barleywines) is aged in bourbon barrels, with coffee from Portola Coffee Lab in Costa Mesa. I’m sure you get where the name comes from by now – Mash (beer) & Grind (coffee beans).

Mash & Grind is Mash with the addition of Portola Coffee Lab’s Lucio Delgado (Columbia) at a rate of 1 lbs. per 10 gallons. This has contributed an intense coffee aroma and some additional body, with flavors of raspberry jam, tart pineapple and maple brown sugar. Mash & Grind is certainly delicious on its own, but we deliberately sought a strong coffee aroma and flavor so you could try your own blending, 

The Bruery Mash & Grind is a 750 milliliter, limited bottle offering.

Style: Barleywine (w/ Coffee. Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Debut:

12.5% ABV

PIC: Beer Street Journal 

by Reid Ramsay