Barrel Aged

Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam returns

Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam has returned to the Portland, Oregon based taproom this week. This weekend, you can buy bottles to go once again.

Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam is the brewery’s Adam, an old ale, aged with Continue Reading →

Nightshift Brewing Marilyn, a 400 bottle run

Nightshift Brewing Marilyn will be available on February 17th.

The base beer for Nightshift Brewing Marilyn is a blonde barleywine, aged in apple brandy barrels.

…Sipping with sumptuous notes of honey, toffee, and maple syrup.

This run of Nightshift Marilyn is limited to Continue Reading →

Posted in Don't Miss This, New Releases

Avery Lunctis Viribus blends tequila & wine barrels

Avery Lunctis Viribus is the brewery’s 33rd release in their Barrel-Aged Series. A unique blend of barrels that you might not always mix together, highlight this new release.

Avery Lunctis Viribus is a 50/50 blend of American sour beer aged tequila barrels, and Cabernet Sauvignon barrels. It’s not often you see tequila blended with wine.

This 33rd entry in the series will be available Sunday at the brewery at 11 am. Distribution states found below.

Style: American Wild Ale (Barrel Aged. Tequila. Wine Aged.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles

Distribution: AZ, CA, CO, DC, IL, KS, KY, MA, MN, MO, PA, TX, VA, WA, and WY.
Release: 2/14/16

5.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Bramble Barrel joins Canvas Series

Wicked Weed Bramble Barrel has joined the Asheville, North Carolina brewery’s Canvas Series. Inspired by the the Gin Bramble cocktail.

The base beer for Wicked Weed Bramble Barrel is an American sour ale, brewed with local blackberries, and aged in Cardinal gin barrels. Those barrels give the beer a touch of spearmint. The finishing touch is lemon zest, to properly mimic the cocktail.

The bramble cocktail hails from 1880’s London, England. Dry gin and lemon juice are the stars of the cocktail, along with red fruits like blackberries and cranberries. (No cranberries in this beer.)

Wicked Weed Bramble Barrel is available in the usual 500 milliliter bottles. Distribution started this week.

Style: American Wild Ale/Sour (w/ Barrel Aged. Blackberries, Lemons.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: Mid-February, 2016

7.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Hair Of The Dog Brewing

Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam returns

Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam has returned to the Portland, Oregon based taproom this week. This weekend, you can buy bottles to go once again.

Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam is the brewery’s Adam, an old ale, aged with Oregon black cherries. The beer is subsequently aged in both bourbon and sherry casks.

The fruit lends a sweet tartness to the finish, melding with the wood and adding a new dimension of complexity.

Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam is a limited draft and 12 ounce bottle offering.

Style: American Strong Ale (w/ Cherries. Barrel Aged. Bourbon. Sherry.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Limited.
Return: 2/12/16

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Nightshift Brewing

Nightshift Brewing Marilyn, a 400 bottle run

Nightshift Brewing Marilyn will be available on February 17th.

The base beer for Nightshift Brewing Marilyn is a blonde barleywine, aged in apple brandy barrels.

…Sipping with sumptuous notes of honey, toffee, and maple syrup.

This run of Nightshift Marilyn is limited to 400 bottles. $16 dollars each.

Style: Barleywine (Barrel Aged. Brandy.)
Availability: 750ml bottles.
Release: 2/17/16

10.2% ABV

Image via Nightshift 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Deschutes Brewing, New Releases

Deschutes releases two barrel-aged Pub Reserve beers February 13th

Deschutes Brewing has two new Pub Reserve Series beers available starting this Saturday. Beers in this series are limited, experimental, barrel-aged, and only sold at the brewery’s pubs and tasting rooms.

Release #1 is Deschutes Murder in the Rye. The base beer is Bourbon Murder, originating in the the Portland Pub. The imperial stout is aged in rye whiskey barrels from Oregon Spirit Distillers. 11.8% ABV

Release #2 – Deschutes Rum Wowzenbock. The base beer is Wowzenbock from the Portland Pub, aged in Spanish rum barrels for 16 months. 12% ABV

Each of the beers are wax dipped, available starting February 13th, 2016.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Allagash Brewing, Don't Miss This

Allagash St. Klippenstein (aged in bourbon) released

Allagash St. Klippenstein, a new barrel aged stout, releases today at the brewery in Portland, Maine.

The base beer is a big 11% alcohol by volume imperial stout that has beer aged in bourbon barrels. Allagash St. Klippenstein is hopped with Chinook and Northern Brewer hops.

This beer has notes of vanilla, coconut and oak.

Allagash St. Klippenstein is named for one of the brewery’s favorite made up holidays. Apparently – that day is December 16th, which means free ham in the break room (day).

Available in 750 milliliter bottles starting February 1st at the brewery, and distribution later this month.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Hops: Chinook, Northern Brewer

Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: February 1, 2016

11% ABV

Image via Allagash Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Natty Greene's, New Beers

Natty Greene’s American Sour 2015

Natty Greene’s American Sour 2015

by Reid Ramsay