Barrel Aged

Clown Shoes/Brash Flight Of The Pimp Arrives

Flight of the Pimp has arrived.  A collaboration between Brash Brewing  and Clown Shoes.  

What pimp? Pimp is a brown ale that the two breweries did together.  Clown Shoes is taking Pimp, and blending with Knob Creek Barrel Aged Blaecorn Unidragon.

Style: Strong Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers

?? ABV

Sierra Nevada Wood Aged Brown Saison

Sierra Nevada Wood-Aged Brown Saison.  Aged in red wine barrels. 

Style: Saison (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: Draft only, as of 5/17/12

6.2% ABV

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Posted in Innis & Gunn, New Releases

Innis & Gunn’s Newest American Lovin’ Beer Arrives

Innis & Gunn‘s newest offering is officially stateside.   Independence Day, commemorates the history of the United States and Scotland have together

In true I&G fashion, Independence Day is aged in American oak bourbon barrels.  Expect the beer to be  “a summery beer, a celebratory beer, which combines refreshment with complexity, and goes perfectly with barbecued meat or prawns.”

Style: English Strong Ale  (Barrel Aged)
Hops: Styrian Golding
Malts: Malted barley

Availability: 11.2 oz bottles

7% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Alpine Beer Company

Alpine: More Barrel Aged Black Odin’s Raven, Good, Great & More

Alpine Beer Co announced today that more Barrel Agd Black Odin’s Raven is available at the brewery.

From out of a black hole, miraculously escaping and arriving in exquisite condition, we are pleased to announce the re-release of “Barrel Aged Odin’s Raven” in 22 oz. bottles. This batch is 100% barrel aged, not blended, and has a more pronounced bourbon influence. Bottle limits of 4 in the brewery and no samples available there. As soon as we run out of “Token” in the pub we will put some “Barrel Aged Odin’s Raven” on for samples and tulips. We will run out of “Token” today, sometime.

Some other beers to be aware of – 

Friday June 1st –  “Bad Boy” will be available for growlers and pints at the pub.

Another newbie: “New Millenium.”  Pale ale, 5% ABV.  We dry hop this light pale ale with Millennium and Galaxy hops for an out of this world flavor and aroma experience.

On deck –  “Good” barleywine.   Some “Good” is going into bourbon barrels.  Next year, you’ll see it as – “Great.”

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brash Brewing, Clown Shoes Brewing

Clown Shoes/Brash Flight Of The Pimp Arrives

Flight of the Pimp has arrived.  A collaboration between Brash Brewing  and Clown Shoes.  

What pimp? Pimp is a brown ale that the two breweries did together.  Clown Shoes is taking Pimp, and blending with Knob Creek Barrel Aged Blaecorn Unidragon.

Style: Strong Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Coming Soon, Innis & Gunn

Scotland Celebrates America with Innis & Gunn Independence Day

Innis & Gunn will be shipping a new offering to the United States in June.  Independence Day,  commemorates the history of the United States and Scotland have together.  Innis & Gunn states that “21 of the 56 men signing the Declaration of Independence had Scottish blood.  Two were actually born in Scotland.”  America’s “Uncle Sam” has parents from Scotland.  Innis & Gunn states that 30 million American citizens trace their decent from Scotland, despite the population of Scotland topping out at a mere 5 million people.

To celebrate the history, Innis & Gunn will be bringing Independence Day 2012 stateside.  Aged in oak bourbon barrels, Independence is described as “a summery beer, a celebratory beer, which combines refreshment with complexity, and goes perfectly with barbecued meat or prawns.”

Tasting Notes from Dougal Sharp’s Notebook:

Innis & Gunn Independence Day 2012 Beer

Nose: Biscuity malt & fruity citrus notes competing for prominence, then our classic Innis & Gunn oak-vanilla notes come through. Hints of apple and marzipan
Palate: Mouth-tingling and vibrant, biscuit malt and citrus flavours vie for attention, vanilla and oak dancing on and off the palate and become more pronounced as the beer warms in the glass. Delicious.
Finish: Malty sweetness with fruit and lingering oakiness

Style:          (Barrel Aged)
Hops: Styrian Golding
Malts: Malted barley

Availability: 11.2 oz bottles
Arrival: June, 2012

7% ABV 


by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Surly Brewing

A Little Beer & A Litte Satan With Surly Pentagram

Surly PentagramSurly Brewing’s future satanic offering – Pentagram.  A wild ale aged in red wine barrels.  This evil beer looks like it would fly around the room if it could.  Surly mentioned this release back at GABF in October. It might become an annual release. It was apparently known as Surly Five from a year ago.

This Arcane Seal guards an enigmatic brew that is FUNKY, DARK, and SOUR.  If you choose t0 break the seal, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!  100% Brettanomyces Dark beer fermented stainless and aged in used red wine barrels. “Brett” is a unique yeast strain that produces flavors that would be considered offensive if  they were not intentional. Flavors of sour  cherry, tobacco, oak and classic “Brett” barnyard funk balanced by dark munich mall chewiness. Enjoy immediately or age at cellar temperature for a couple years.

UNLEASH PENTAGRAM. You have been warned! 

Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV

Surly also is working on their 6th Anniversary beer – SŸX.

note: The above is tentative.  Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Coming Soon, Mikkeller

A Barrel Aged Edition of Mikkeller/3 Floyds BooGoop

Mikkeller 3 Floyds Barrel Aged BoogoopMikkeller and 3 Floyds recently collaborated on BooGoop, a wheat wine heavy on buckwheat.  It was brewed at De Proef, in Belgium and imported into the states.

Above is a new version of Boogoop – aged in Grand Marnier cognac barrels.

Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

10.4% ABV

note: The above is tentative.  Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Wood Aged Brown Saison

Sierra Nevada Wood Aged Brown SaisonSierra Nevada Wood-Aged Brown Saison.  Aged in red wine barrels. 

Style: Saison (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: Draft only, as of 5/17/12

6.2% ABV

Read More: Sierra Nevada

by Reid Ramsay