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Great Beer Names: Brash Brewing “Biggie Smalls”
Today in great beer names comes Brash Brewing’s Biggie Smalls. Biggie is an imperial brown ale, with split barrel aging. Half of the beer is aged in rum barrels, the other half is aged in whiskey barrels. It’s big too Continue Reading →
Victory Red Thunder Returns This Month
Victory Brewing Company will be re-releasing wine barrel aged Red Thunder again this month. The brewery took Baltic Thunder and aged it in red wine barrels. We’re hoping for a wider distribution this time around.
“Flavor?
…The burnished cocoa creaminess of the Baltic-style porter Continue Reading →
Goose Island’s “Gillian” Set To Return
By all best estimates, 2010 was the last time the world saw Goose Island Gillian. This farmhouse ale is brewed with strawberries, white pepper, and honey, then aged in wine barrels. You might know Gillian by another name – Scully. Inspired Continue Reading →
Saint Arnold Bishop Barrel #4: August 12th
Those lovers of Saint Arnold Brewing Company’s Bishop Barrel Series can look forward to the forth release this month. Saint Arnold brewer Stephen Rawlings created a weizenbock that aged in Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels with cocoa nibs. Interestingly, after barrel 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 →
Goose Island’s Sour Peach Saison Hits in October
In May, we mentioned a draft only (at the time) newbie from Goose Island (Chicago) – Halia. The Belgian-style farmhouse ale will soon be offered in bottles .
Halia is brewed with peaches and aged in wine barrels with brettanomyces yeast, Continue Reading →
