Barrel Aged

Mikkeller’s Funky E Star Finds Chardonnay

Mikkeller’s Funky E Star is getting a little funkier.  The Belgian strong pale ale is spending some time in a chardonnay barrel.  This edition of Funky is being billed as a wild ale to boot.

Style: Wild Ale (Wine barrel aged)
Availability: 12.7 Continue Reading →

Sneeky Peeky: Lost Abbey Track #6 [Video]

Track #6 is “reverse” Deliverance (Brandy Angel’s Share, Bourbon Serpent’s Stout).  This reverse beer known now as “Track #6” is a blend Angel’s Share aged in bourbon (2009!) and brandy barrel aged Serpent’s Stout.  Releases June 16th, 2012

14.4% ABV

Avery Oud Floris Releases 6/24

#12 in Avery Brewing’s Barrel-Aged Series arrives on June 24th, following on the heels of Recolte Sauvage, and Muscat d’ Amor.  Aged in Bourbon, Cabernet Sauvignon,Chardonnay, and Rum barrels.

…In honor of our old friend and chief consultant of our new Continue Reading →

Anheuser-Busch Does A Little More Barrel Aging

Sound familiar? It’s a lot like Michelob Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale (Another A-B product.)  Anheuser-Busch looks to be doing a little more barrel aging with Batch 539 joins,  Batch 541 joins 537, 538,  542 in this (currently secretive) Brewmaster’s Small Batch series coming soon Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Mikkeller Ages Funky E Star In Expensive Wine

Mikkeller is diversifying the Funky E Star lineup.  The Belgian strong pale looks to return as a wild ale (over the standard pale ale)  this time around, aged in Chardonnay.  Depicted above is the second in the series of new Funky Es, aged in Sauternes wine barrels.  Sauternes is a French sweet wine from the Satuernais region, near Bordeaux.  Sauternes wines are a blend of three grapes (Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, & Muscadelle) infected with noble rot.  (Remember the recent Dogfish Head beer?)

Yet another expensive ingredient going into a Mikkeller beer, as Sauternes wines are pretty pricey due to the high cost of production.  Other high price ingredients include black truffles, and Kopi Luwak coffee.

Style: Wild Ale (Wine barrel aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

9.39% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Mikkeller’s Funky E Star Finds Chardonnay

Mikkeller’s Funky E Star is getting a little funkier.  The Belgian strong pale ale is spending some time in a chardonnay barrel.  This edition of Funky is being billed as a wild ale to boot.

Style: Wild Ale (Wine barrel aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles (Wine barrel aged)
Arrival: TBA

9.39% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lost Abbey, Seasonal Return

2012 Lost Abbey Bourbon Angel’s Share Releases 6/16

This Saturday, Lost Abbey will release two beers.  Track #6  “Highway To Hell,” and the 2012 edition of Bourbon Angel’s Share. Angel’s Share is an American Strong Ale aged in bourbon barrels for close to a year.    The yield for the 2012 batch was lower than the brewery expected. A 6 bottle limit is imposed for those buy at the brewery this weekend.

Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles, corked & caged. Limited Draft.

12.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, The Lost Abbey

Lost Abbey Takes The Highway To Hell with Track #6

The sixth entry in Lost Abbey’s Ultimate Box Set releases Saturday.  An ode to AC/DC’s 1979 hit Highway To Hell.    Track #6 is a blend of 2009 Bourbon Angel’s Share, and Brandy Barrel Aged Serpent’s Stout.  This hellish blend clocks in at 14.3% ABV.

Why is this blend unique?  Well, it’s reversed.

For the past two years The Lost Abbey has released a winter barrel aged blended strong ale. This amazing blend of beer has focused on a marriage between Bourbon Barrel Aged Serpents Stout and Brandy Barrel Aged Angel’s Share. We believe it’s one of the most amazing barrel releases we do each fall.

But in the spirit of old recordings and records I started thinking what would happen if we played this one in reverse? Would we hear the Demon himself on the record? So with that, we flipped the blend on its ears and spun it backwards. The result is a blend of Brandy Barrel Aged Serpent’s Stout and some Bourbon Barrel Aged Angel’s Share.

It’s still an epic struggle between good and evil, only this time we slowed it down and played it in reverse.

Style: American Strong Ale  (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. Brewery release only

Arrival: 6/16/12

14.3% ABV

Read More: Ultimate Box Set Releases

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lost Abbey, Videos

Sneeky Peeky: Lost Abbey Track #6 [Video]

Track #6 is “reverse” Deliverance (Brandy Angel’s Share, Bourbon Serpent’s Stout).  This reverse beer known now as “Track #6” is a blend Angel’s Share aged in bourbon (2009!) and brandy barrel aged Serpent’s Stout.  Releases June 16th, 2012

14.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, New Releases

Avery Oud Floris Releases 6/24

#12 in Avery Brewing’s Barrel-Aged Series arrives on June 24th, following on the heels of Recolte Sauvage, and Muscat d’ Amor.  Aged in Bourbon, Cabernet Sauvignon,Chardonnay, and Rum barrels.

…In honor of our old friend and chief consultant of our new brewery, we christened this Flanders-esque dark brown sour Oud Floris. We’re not sure any will make it out of the state, and release party will go down on June 24th at 4pm. Op uw gezondheid! (Dutch for: To Your Health!)

Style:  Flanders Oud Bruin (Barrel Aged)
Yeast: Saccharomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Brettanomyces

Availability: 12 oz bottles. 225 case yield.
Arrival: 6/24/12

9.53% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anheuser-Busch, Coming Soon

Anheuser-Busch Does A Little More Barrel Aging

Sound familiar? It’s a lot like Michelob Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale (Another A-B product.)  Anheuser-Busch looks to be doing a little more barrel aging with Batch 539 joins,  Batch 541 joins 537, 538,  542 in this (currently secretive) Brewmaster’s Small Batch series coming soon from Anheuser-Busch.

This one, just like the others, has a geographic location on the label, corresponding to  AB brewery/production location.   Batch 538: St. Louis, MO. Batch 537: Los Angeles, CA.  Batch 542: Fairfield, California.  Batch 541: Baldwinsville, NY.  539: Williamsburg, VA.

Style: ??     (w/ vanilla, Barrel Aged)

Availability: 12 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

7% ABV

Read More: Brewmaster’s Small Batch Series

Not the first barrel aged A-B product…

 

 

by Reid Ramsay