Barrel Aged

Prairie Pirate Bomb, the rum aged beer returns

Prairie Pirate Bomb, the brewery’s well-known imperial stout aged in rum barrels, returns to the brewery’s lineup again in March, 2016.

The brewery mentions that more of the Bomb! spices were added to the finished Prairie Pirate Bomb, so the pop even more Continue Reading →

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collab

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collaboration with Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. debuts this month.

The creation of Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares started back in January of 2015 when Jonathan Buford and Patrick Ware of Arizona Wilderness traveled to Jester King Continue Reading →

Wicked Weed Myrtille coming to Canvas Series

Wicked Weed Myrtille is coming soon the brewery’s Canvas Series in the near future.

The base golden sour was was aged in neutral wine barrels, locally grown North Carolina blueberries. (Neutral wine barrels are typically older barrels that impart very little Continue Reading →

The Commons Brewery Clarabelle, aged with peaches

The Commons Brewery Clarabelle will be available in bottles on March 12th, 2016.

This beer started off as Maybelle, the brewery’s barrel-aged farmhouse ale. Why stop there, right? Clarabelle is Maybelle, that has been fermented with Brettanomyces with Oregon peaches.

Clarabelle started Continue Reading →

Posted in Prairie Artisanal Ales, Seasonal Return

Prairie Pirate Bomb, the rum aged beer returns

Prairie Pirate Bomb, the brewery’s well-known imperial stout aged in rum barrels, returns to the brewery’s lineup again in March, 2016.

The brewery mentions that more of the Bomb! spices were added to the finished Prairie Pirate Bomb, so the pop even more for this edition. The base stout features chili peppers, vanilla beans, cacao nibs, and coffee.

Pirate bomb is our beer Prairie Bomb! aged in rum casks. The flavor from the casks helps impart more vanilla and coconut flavors to the beer while helping to add more body and smoothness to the already explosive and expressive flavors of Bomb!

Prairie Pirate Bomb is a limited, 12 ounce bottle offering.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee, Vanilla Beans, Chilies. Barrel Aged. Rum)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Latest Return: March, 2016

13% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jester King Brewery, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co., Don't Miss This, New Releases

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collab

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares, a new collaboration with Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. debuts this month.

The creation of Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares started back in January of 2015 when Jonathan Buford and Patrick Ware of Arizona Wilderness traveled to Jester King on a cold Texas day. In hand, the duo had Arizona pecans and Sonora white wheat. Jester King’s additions included Texas pecans and local white wheat.

The result is a new American wild ale inoculated with Jester King’s coolship’s mixed culture, aged in brandy barrels that once contained Jester King Repose.

Jester King Buford’s Roadside Wares was  “momentum batch” for the brewery – a batch of beer designed to wake up airborne yeast and bacteria in the air for more spontaneously fermented beers to come that season.

Available at Jester King starting March 18th, at 4 pm.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (w/ Pecans. Barrel Aged. Brandy.)
Hops: Fuggle

Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft
Debut: 3/18/16

6.4% ABV

Pics via Jester King

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Coming Soon

Wicked Weed Myrtille coming to Canvas Series

Wicked Weed Myrtille is coming soon the brewery’s Canvas Series in the near future.

The base golden sour was was aged in neutral wine barrels, locally grown North Carolina blueberries. (Neutral wine barrels are typically older barrels that impart very little if any oak barrel flavor to the liquid inside.)

Wicked Weed Myrtle is a golden sour ale aged in neutral wine barrels. Two pounds per gallon of fresh, whole North Carolina grown blueberries contribute an earthy and tannic backbone to this uniquely southern sour. When the time is right, the barrels are blended to achieve the perfect balance of berry and house Brett culture.

Wicked Weed Myrtille will be a 500 milliliter bottle offering, The brewery has not yet announced this beer.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blueberries. Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: TBA

6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in EPIC Brewing Company, Headlines, Ska Brewing

Epic and Ska Brewing team up on a barrel-aged peach IPA

Colorado breweries Epic Brewing and Ska Brewing will debut a new collaboration beer on March 19th – Skeptic Barrel-Aged Peach IPA.

The new beer encompasses each of the brewery’s individual strong points. In the case of Epic – barrel-aging and the fruit. For Ska, hops. The result – Skeptic Barrel-Aged Peach IPA.

We like to view the world with a rational eye, and that’s the beauty of this beer. Share it with a friend – discuss UFO’s, the existence of a soul, how could homing pigeons possibly have ESP, who shot JFK… One thing’s for certain: this collaboration between Epic and Ska, aged in Peach Street Peach Brandy Barrels, is something you can believe in.

Skeptic Barrel-Aged Peach IPA will debut at Collaboration Fest, put on by the Colorado Brewers Guild on March 19th. Distribution across Colorado, and parts of the U.S. to follow after.

Style: IPA (w/ Peaches. Barrel Aged. Peach Brandy.)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft
Release: 3/19/16

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Crane Brewing, New Beers

Crane Brewing Barrel-Aged Kumquat Weiss

Crane Brewing Barrel-Aged Kumquat Weiss

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Don't Miss This

Wicked Weed Garcon de Ferme, a foeder beer with peaches

Wicked Weed Garcon de Ferme, a new foudre aged beer on the horizon from the Asheville, North Carolina based brewery.

Peaches highlight Garcon, an foeder aged American wild ale. The base farmhouse ale was fermented with house Brettanomyces, then blended with a golden sour ale.

Our craft honors our childhood lessons. We were lucky to learn ours the hard way: “stick with it,” “wipe your tears,” “Earn your calluses,” and “try to keep up with our ol’ man.” These are the lessons that stay, working their way into our weather flash and aching bones until they are as much a part of us as our own names.

Garson de Ferme is a foeder-rested, Brettanomcyes farmhouse ale.  After fermentation,this pleasantly tart ale is blended back onto over a pound and half per gallon of fresh, whole peaches to reflect and echo that the craft of the old has not been wasted on the young.

Wicked Weed Garcon de Ferme is a 500 milliliter bottle offering. The brewery has not yet announced this offering.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Peaches. Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: TBA

6.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Commons Brewery, New Releases

The Commons Brewery Clarabelle, aged with peaches

The Commons Brewery Clarabelle will be available in bottles on March 12th, 2016.

This beer started off as Maybelle, the brewery’s barrel-aged farmhouse ale. Why stop there, right? Clarabelle is Maybelle, that has been fermented with Brettanomyces with Oregon peaches.

Clarabelle started off as Maybelle, our barrel aged farmhouse ale. It was then aged in gin barrels from Ransom Spirits before finishing in a stainless steel tank with a blend of Brettanomyces and 500 pounds of Oregon grown peaches from Baird Family Orchards.

The Commons Brewery Clarabelle will be available in 11.2 ounce bottles for a limited time.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Peaches, Barrel-Aged. Gin.)
Availability: 11.2oz Bottles
Release: 3/12/16

7.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay