Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) runs the largest barrel aging program in the United States. Today, they received 200 more barrels for aging various beers – like Matilda, or Sophie.
The pissed off dragon you see above is Clown Shoe’s Angry Beast, mentioned here a few weeks ago. The brewery is taking some of their May, 2012 batch of Vampire Slayer (imperial stout, brewed with holy water) and blending it with Continue Reading →
The Lost Abbey will release Track #4 “Sympathy For The Devil,” the most recent release in series of musical releases this year. (Click here for the Track List thus far.)
What is Track #4?
Each of the the three predecessors have been Continue Reading →
Shmaltz Brewing’s barrel aged edition of Human Blockhead will return again this summer. Barrel Aged Human Blockhead is aged for 5 months in Buffalo Trace barrels.
Style: Doppelbock (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: Summer, 2012
10% ABV
Future sales of FiftyFifty Brewing’s Eclipse go on sale in 30 minutes. Eclipse is the brewery’s Totality, aged in various barrels. Below are the barrel variations, and costs. Head over to Fifty Fifty’s website for the order from. (11 Continue Reading →
Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel Bourbon Barrel Stout. Brewed with molasses.
Availability: Draft Only (as of 4/1/12
Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) runs the largest barrel aging program in the United States. Today, they received 200 more barrels for aging various beers – like Matilda, or Sophie.
The pissed off dragon you see above is Clown Shoe’s Angry Beast, mentioned here a few weeks ago. The brewery is taking some of their May, 2012 batch of Vampire Slayer (imperial stout, brewed with holy water) and blending it with barrel aged Blaecorn Unidragon. The result you see above. The dragon seen above is indeed the infamous Blaecorn Unidragon. Just…angrier.
Hoppy Feet guy extinguished evil via a sharp stake through an undead chest. Now, Blaecorn Unidragon, mad as hell, has expelled another blood sucker from Earth. No, we do not like Vampires, but we love vampire slayer, which was blended with bourbon barrel aged Blaecorn Unidragon to beget Angry Beast.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA
11% ABV
The Lost Abbey will release Track #4 “Sympathy For The Devil,” the most recent release in series of musical releases this year. (Click here for the Track List thus far.)
What is Track #4?
Each of the the three predecessors have been various blends of barrels, and Lost Abbey beers, culminating a beer meets rock symphony that melts your face off. (Too much?) The blend for Track #4 starts with two barrels from one of the base components of 2011’s Veritas 009 (Sour Ale), and two barrels of Port Hot Rocks (Aged in red wine w/ brett). Blend it all together and you have Track #4. The art pays homage to The Rolling Stone’s Sympathy For The Devil, released in 1968. Musical refresher course in the video below…
Liner Notes:
Another epic blend of beers not widely seen out side our tasting bar. The base for Track #4 starts off as two freshly emptied barrels which were to be part of our Veritas 009 blend. To these barrels we have married two French Oak red wine barrels that have been harboring Hot Rocks Lager for nearly two years. The base beer sports a deep black color with crimson highlights. Flavors of leather, tobacco and a wine like jammy quality were developed as the base beer.
The addition of Hot Rocks Lager aged in Wine barrels brings a strain of Brettanomyces not normally found in our beers (wine strain we found in the barrels as we did not inoculate them here at the brewery). As is our hope for all these blends, the sum of all the parts has yielded great results. Perhaps one of the more subtle yet harmonious blends to date for our brewers, this one promises to deliver another great Lost Abbey experience.
Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged, w/ Cherries)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. (Consumed on site only) $15/bottle.
11.33% ABV
Note: Framboise de Amorosa releases the same day. Check out Lost Abbey’s notes on the release if you’re going.
Shmaltz Brewing’s barrel aged edition of Human Blockhead will return again this summer. Barrel Aged Human Blockhead is aged for 5 months in Buffalo Trace barrels.
Style: Doppelbock (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: Summer, 2012
10% ABV
Future sales of FiftyFifty Brewing’s Eclipse go on sale in 30 minutes. Eclipse is the brewery’s Totality, aged in various barrels. Below are the barrel variations, and costs. Head over to Fifty Fifty’s website for the order from. (11 Am EST, 8 Pacific.)
Futures sales go live online on Monday, April 16th at 8:00am Pacific time, and allows purchasers to guarantee not missing out on their favorite styles. Orders will only be taken on the website and are on a first come, first served basis. Last year, several styles sold out on the first day, and they expect a similar response this year.
Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel Bourbon Barrel Stout. Brewed with molasses.
Availability: Draft Only (as of 4/1/12
