Barrel Aged

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster Coming to 19.2oz cans

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster will be released by the Manhattan, Kansas brewery in 19.2 oz cans this summer.

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster is a Belgian-style tripel, aged in rye whiskey barrels.

The brewery has recently quadrupled their capacity to a full 60,000 barrels. Improvements Continue Reading →

Heavy Seas Phantom Ship Hits Shelves

Heavy Seas Phantom Ship joins the brewery’s Uncharted Waters series this year. The new offering is set to follow Siren Noire, the brewery’s quite popular bourbon barrel chocolate milk stout.

Heavy Seas Phantom Ship is a Belgian-style tripel, aged in bourbon barrels.

The spicy Continue Reading →

Posted in Headlines, Tallgrass Brewing

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster Coming to 19.2oz cans

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster will be released by the Manhattan, Kansas brewery in 19.2 oz cans this summer.

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster is a Belgian-style tripel, aged in rye whiskey barrels.

The brewery has recently quadrupled their capacity to a full 60,000 barrels. Improvements in their packaging lines, along with expanded production, are setting the stage for new offerings throughout 2015.

Exact launch date for Tallgrass Wooden Rooster will be announced in the coming weeks.

Style: Belgian-Style Tripel (Barrel Aged. Rye Whiskey.)
Availability: 19.2oz Cans
Release: TBA

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

Yazoo’s Embrace The Funk Tri-Bottle Release 4/2

On Thursday April 2nd, Yazoo Brewing’s Embrace the Funk division will release three wild/sour offerings. Among those is the second release of Deux Rouges.

Deux Rouges (Batch 2) – Brewed in late 2013 this Flanders Red style evolved for over a year with wild yeasts and souring bacteria in Merlot wine barrels.  This marriage of funky red beer and red wine creates a wonderful array of dark fruits, oak, vanilla and tartness. This is the base beer used in our Great American Beer Festival award winning “Cherry Deux Rouges”.  Limit 4 bottles per person $20 each (750ml).

Delicieux –  Historically the Belgian Pale Ale style was a “session” or “everyday” beer for the areas around Antwerp, Belgium.   Our version of this Pale Ale is fermented with a classic Belgian yeast and two Brettanomyces strains from the Senne Valley in Belgium. Upfront subtle maltiness and spicy/peppery aromas from a generous Styrian Golding dry hop addition, lead to a hoppy dry delicate funky finish. Delicious! This ever-changing beer will age well. No limit on bottles (12oz) at $4 per bottle.

Funky Blue Persuasion – This is a 100% wine barrel fermented golden sour ale that aged with souring bacterias and wild yeasts. Then we added over 2 pounds of Blueberries per gallon along with a fresh dose of funky Brettanomyces for a secondary fermentation.  Right now this deep dark blue colored ale is bursting with a pleasing balance of blueberry, lemon citrusy sourness and funky Brett character. Make sure you don’t drink this one too cold, the character will come alive as it warms. With age the fruit will fade and the beer will increase in sour/funkiness. This is a single barrel batch, so we have to put a limit of 1 bottle per person at $25 each (750ml).

All three bottles will be available in the tap room in Nashville, Tennessee starting at 4 pm on Thursday, April 2nd.

On May 3rd, 2015, the brewery will hold another Embrace the Funk Sour Festival.

Image via Yazoo Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Weyerbacher

Weyerbacher D’Tango Unchained

Weyerbacher D’Tango Unchained

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Heavy Seas, New Releases

Heavy Seas Phantom Ship Hits Shelves

Heavy Seas Phantom Ship joins the brewery’s Uncharted Waters series this year. The new offering is set to follow Siren Noire, the brewery’s quite popular bourbon barrel chocolate milk stout.

Heavy Seas Phantom Ship is a Belgian-style tripel, aged in bourbon barrels.

The spicy elegance of a Belgian style triple paired with a vanilla notes from a bourbon barrel… A ghostly figure takes the helm and you lose yourself in it surreal pleasures as you explore uncharted waters.

Look for Heavy Seas Phantom Ship is now in  22oz bottles and limited draft.

Style: Belgian-Style Tripel (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. Limited Release.
Arrival: March, 2015

10% ABV

Read more: Heavy Seas Uncharted Waters Line

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Three Taverns Brewery

Three Taverns Departed Spirit Coming to Bottles

Three Taverns Departed Spirit will be the brewery’s next bottle release in April. The base beer is Three Taverns Theophan the Recluse Imperial Stout the brewery aged in bourbon barrels.

Departed Spirit recently took first in Atlanta’s Secret Stash Bash in March. Above, oran Van Ginderacther and brewery founder Brian Purcell celebrate the top spot.

Beer Street Journal sampled Three Taverns Departed Spirit this week, and can safely say, we are excited. The beer has a great bourbon to stout balance. The barrels don’t over power the greatness that Theophan the Recluse is.

Expect Three Taverns Departed Spirit in 750ml bottles in late April. The artwork will remember Heavy Bells, their bourbon barrel quad.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Release: Late-April, 2015

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Cigar City Endless Nameless, Hopefully After Nirvana Hidden Track

Going completely out on a limb here. Cigar City Endless Nameless, a future imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels, pays homage to Nirvana.

Let’s dig in. For those of you that don’t know, Endless Nameless is actually the hidden track on Nirvana’s Nevermind album, released in 1991. The last track “Something in the Way” ran a full 10 minutes, 29 seconds, with Endless Nameless appearing at 3:46.

As for the beer, Cigar City Endless Nameless as mentioned earlier, is an imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels.

It could be something else entirely. Just like Ommegang’s new IPA.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: TBA

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing, Headlines, New Releases

Green Flash Silva Stout Kicks of “Cellar 3” Program

Green Flash Silva Stout will kick off a series of corked and caged finish ales from the brewery’s “Cellar 3” barrel aging facility.

Green Flash Silva Stout has made various draft and 12oz bottle appearances in the past. The base beer is the brewery’s Double Stout, aged in bourbon barrels. The brewery has expanded their barrel program over the past few years in order take some smaller offerings national.

Our Double Stout ages in oak bourbon barrels, and artfully emerges as Silva Stout. This midnight black ale features elegant notes of oak, vanilla, dark chocolate, coffee, roasted barley and ripe cherry. Round and delicately balanced in body, each sip envelops the palate with its impressively complex craft composition.

The brewery has expanded their barrel program over the past few years in order take some smaller barreled offerings national. Green Flash Silva Stout makes a tap room debut on Tuesday, March 24th.

Distribution in Green Flash networks in April, 2015.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon Barrels.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Corked & Caged.
Release: Late-March, 2015

10.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay