Barrel Aged

NEW RELEASE: Left Hand Wake Up Dead

The newest barrel aged offering from Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) and its a doozy.  “Wake Up Dead” follows on the heels of the sophomore release in the Fade To Black series – “Smoke Baltic Porter”.  It’s brandy barrel aged, Continue Reading →

NEW RELEASE: Widmer Brrrbon

I loves me some barrel aged beers.  This new release by  Widmer Brothers Brewing (Portland, OR) is the 3rd release in their “Brothers’ Reserve” series.  Brrrbon joins Cherry Oak Doppelbock, and Prickly Pear Braggot.  If you are a fan of Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE: Left Hand Wake Up Dead

Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) sent out a press release yesterday about their upcoming beer “Wake Up Dead”.  It’s a barrel aged Russian imperial stout.  I cut the info about Fade To Black out, as this is a post about Continue Reading →

Shmaltz Vertical Jewbelation Arrives!

Shmaltz Brewing (San Francisco/NYC)  just released Jewbelation 14 in celebration of their 14 years of craft brewing.  Just to recap – it’s a big barleywine – 14 hops, 14 malts. The Jewbelation series started in Shmaltz’s 8th year of brewing Continue Reading →

NEW RELEASE: BrewDog Smokehead

Joining BrewDog’s (Glasgow, Scotland) Paradox imperial stout series is Smokehead.  Paradox is series of oak aged explorations, where the base stout is aged in different Scottish whiskey cask.  This stouts are bold, and complex.   They aren’t for the faint Continue Reading →

Founders Backwoods Bastard

The Backwoods Bastard is back.  This fall seasonal from Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI) is a must have for bold tastebuds.  Take a big scotch ale and throw it in a bourbon oak barrels you get a rare treat comes Continue Reading →