Barrel Aged

Brooklyn Quintaceratops, in Bourbon & Rum

Brooklyn already has one quadrupel, you know it as Quadceratops. When you age it in bourbon and rum barrels, you have Brooklyn Quinceratops.

An upcoming big bottle release by the brewery combines a Belgian-style quadrupel brewed with candi sugar, nuanced by spirits Continue Reading →

Jester King Reposé, Brewed with Hay

Jester King Repose, a farmhouse ale brewed with hay, and hanged in French brandy barrels, is ready to debut.

Repose was inspired by the hay filled barn where Jester King stores their aged hops. In true Jester King fashion, the brewery Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Steel String Brewery

Steel String Dry-Hopped Pretty Polly Kicks Off New Sour Series

Steel String Dry-Hopped Pretty Polly is the first of the brewery’s barrel aged sour line. The base beer is a saison that was soured in the kettle, then fermented in a pinot noir barrel with a another ale, fermented 100% with Brettanomyces.

Steel String Dry-Hopped Pretty Polly features Mosaic, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin hops. The brewery tells Beer Street Journal that the flavor is :vinous, fruity and some what oaky, overall rather complex.

Pretty Polly draws its name from Appalachian murder ballads, often named after the victim or perpetrator. Pretty Polly is about a man named Willy who is courting Pretty Polly. He takes her out into the country on a date and admits that he is so in love with her that he has to kill so she can’t leave him. Each release in the series will feature different names and elements of the songs.

Steel String Dry-Hopped Pretty Polly arrives in Mid-March at the brewery, and through North Carolina by the end of the month.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Barrel Aged. Wine Aged.)
Hops: Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin, Citra

Availability: 500 ml bottles
Release: Mid-March, 2015

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Headlines

Attention Computer Nerds: Cigar City Error Establishing Database Connection

A little computer meets beer for your Monday morning. Cigar City Error Establishing Database Connection.

Terminology for the website being down, Cigar City Error Establishing Database Connection is a barleywine, aged in cognac barrels with orange peel and cacao nibs. (Probably referring to the El Catador Club site crashing on sign up day.)

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Cigar City Error Establishing Database Connection will be available in 750ml bottles. Most likely an El Catador Club offering.

Style: Barleywine (w/ Orange Peel, Cacao Nibs. Barrel Aged. Cognac.)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Release: TBA

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Note: This is a “first look” preview. Details are subject to change at anytime by the brewery. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brooklyn Brewing, Headlines

Brooklyn Quintaceratops, in Bourbon & Rum

Brooklyn already has one quadrupel, you know it as Quadceratops. When you age it in bourbon and rum barrels, you have Brooklyn Quinceratops.

An upcoming big bottle release by the brewery combines a Belgian-style quadrupel brewed with candi sugar, nuanced by spirits barrels. This release will follow Hand & Seal, and “K” is For Kriek.

Brooklyn Quintaceratops has not yet been announced by the brewery.

Style: Quadrupel (w/ Candi Sugar. Barrel Aged, Bourbon. Rum.)
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Corked & Caged
Arrival: TBA

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Jester King Brewery

Jester King Reposé, Brewed with Hay

Jester King Repose, a farmhouse ale brewed with hay, and hanged in French brandy barrels, is ready to debut.

Repose was inspired by the hay filled barn where Jester King stores their aged hops. In true Jester King fashion, the brewery attempted to recreate the sensory experience of the barn.

How do you make barn beer? Hay. Bales of hay. Jester King added hay bales to the mash tun, and aged hops from burlap bags (seen below).

Stylistically, Jester King Respose resembles a French biere de garde. Brewed in February, 2014, the beer was slowly fermented and barrel aged until it was bottled in January of 2015.

Jester King Repose will debut on Friday, February 24th in 750ml bottles and draft.

Style: Farmhouse Ale (w/ Hay. Barrel Aged. Brandy.)
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft. 4,500 bottle run.
Release: 2/27/15

8.3% ABV, 12 IBUS

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Omaha Brewing

Omaha General’s Select Barrel Aged Stout, The Brewery’s First Bottle

Omaha Brewing Company (Omaha, GA) will release their first bottles on February 26th, 2015 – General’s Select Barrel Aged Stout.

For this first release, the brewery aged an imperial stout in Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrels for close to 5-9 months.

This beautiful barrel–aged stout boasts a bold flavor profile with chocolate, Rosie, coffee, oak, bourbon whiskey and vanilla no it’s derived from the combination of seven malts and barrel aging.

Omaha General’s Select Barrel Aged Stout will be available in 750ml corked & caged bottles. Only 14 cases will be available in the Columbus, Georgia area.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Whiskey.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: 2/26/15

11.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Amorous Bottles Make Seasonal Return

Wicked Weed Amorous bottles have returned to the brewpub and Funkatorium in Asheville, North Carolina. Amorous takes the brewery’s love of both hoppy beer and sour ales into one unique offering.

Amorous is defined as being in love or enamored, and no one could doubt that Wicked Weed is in love with sour and hoppy ales. This beer is a blend of both Brett barrels and sour barrels, dry hopped with a bouquet of American hops to accentuate the tropical and citrusy profile of our wild yeast. No ale is more Wicked Weed than Amorous.

Wicked Weed Amorous is available in 500 ml bottles. North Carolina only.

Style: American Wild Ale (Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 500ml bottles. Limited.
Return: 2/20/15

6.9% ABV

Image via Wicked Weed

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Don't Miss This, Seasonal Return

Avery Uncle Jacob’s Stout Returns This Weekend

Avery Brewing Uncle Jacob’s Stout makes a return this weekend. The release is Batch 4.

It took just a few few short weeks for Uncle Jacob’s Stout to be found among the Top 25 most highly rated beers in the United States, prompting the brewery to make this an annual release. Jacob is an imperial stout, aged for six months in bourbon barrels.

 Jacob Spears, our 6th Great Grand Uncle, is credited as the first distiller to label his whiskey ‘Bourbon.” He  built his distillery in Bourbon County Kentucky in 1798– 203 years before we began brewing. While obviously a bit too late to produce Uncle Jacob’s wash, we’ve instead created something for more complex. In his honor, we present this robust, silky smooth, full-bodied and altogether extremely American rendition of an Imperial Stout aged for 6 months in the very finest bourbon barrels. This explains a lot about our penchant for big brews! It in our blood. (Brewed with Rocky Mountain Water, Malted Barley, Flaked Oats, Hops and Yeast.)

Avery Uncle Jacob’s Stout is available in 12oz bottles at Avery,  starting February 22nd. Limited distribution to follow (see states below.)

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12oz bottles.
Distribution: CO, AZ, CA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MN, MO, NJ, NM, NY, OK, PA, SC, TX, VA WA, WI, WY
Release: TBA

16.9% ABV

by Reid Ramsay