Barrel Aged

Lost Abbey’s Track #10: Meatloaf, Ships

The Lost Abbey’s Track #10, the highest rated offering from from the brewery’s Ultimate Box Set, has shipped again. The set was a series of one-off releases, featuring special blends and treatments from Lost Abbey’s lineup. This isn’t the Continue Reading →

Heavy Seas Red Sky At Morning, July

Heavy Seas Beer (Baltimore, MD) is making some new additions to their Uncharted Waters Series. The series kicks off with Siren Noire in January, a fan favorite. Coming this year – Heavy Seas Red Sky at Morning.

The brewery is putting Continue Reading →

Posted in Almanac Beer Co., Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir Looks to Join Farm To Barrel Series

Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir takes aim at the brewery’s Farm to Barrel Series. These small batch barrel aged offerings typical feature local fruits, mixed with wine, bourbon or spirits barrels.

Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir is a base imperial stout that spent some time with popular cognac, Rémy Martin.

This very limited release is a love letter to barrel aging. We started with an imperial stout brewed with our favorite dark malts. We aged the beer for over a year in large Remy Martin Cognac puncheons where the beer breathed in the rich oak, vanilla and cognac aromatics of the barrels – resulting in this contemplative black ale.

Almanac Cognac Barrel Noir will be available in 375ml bottles.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Cognac.)
Availability: 375ml Bottles
Release: TBA

10% ABV

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

Brooklyn “K” is For Kriek (Cherries, Bourbon Barrels) Ships Out

Brooklyn Brewing’s next Quarterly Experiment is Brooklyn “K” is For Kriek, brewed a year ago.

In 2014, the brewery added Montmorency cherries to their Local 2 offering, an abbey ale, and aged it in American charred oak bourbon barrels. Over time the sugar from the cherries fermented, turning Brooklyn “K” is For Kriek into something special.

Long Island, New York saw the first bottles of “K” is For Kriek hit shelve this week. The 750ml offerings will make their way to bottle shops over the next few weeks.

Style: Kriek (w/ Cherries. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Corked & Caged.
Release: Late January, 2015

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lost Abbey

Lost Abbey’s Track #10: Meatloaf, Ships

The Lost Abbey’s Track #10, the highest rated offering from from the brewery’s Ultimate Box Set, has shipped again. The set was a series of one-off releases, featuring special blends and treatments from Lost Abbey’s lineup. This isn’t the first beer from the series that saw a wider release, as last year Track #8 showed up on shelves.

The original details about this release below…

The Lost Abbey released Track #10 on October 20, 2012. This edition is fresh Serpent’s Stout aged in bourbon barrels.  Right before packaging, the brewery added 17 lbs of Ryan Brothers coffee and 4 lbs of TCHO cacao nibs. Each of the Ultimate Box Set beers echoes a hard rock track. For #10, it’s Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell.

Late in November of 2011, Mike Rodriguez our head brewer asked about creating a Coffee and Cacoa Nib version of Serpent’s Stout for the San Diego Strong Ale Festival. The beer was a hit with our fans. When we wrote up the syllabus for the Ultimate Box Set, we knew a version of this beer would be included.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee, Cacao Nibs, Barrel Aged)
Availability:  12.7 oz bottles. Limited
First Release: 10/20/12
Release #2: January, 2015.
Distribution: Entire Lost Abbey Network

13.5% ABV

Image via Lost Abbey. Read more: Lost Abbey Ultimate Box Set Lost Abbey Track #10

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Innis & Gunn, New Releases

Innis & Gunn Irish Whiskey Aged Stout Available Stateside

Innis & Gunn (Edinburgh, Scotland) has released Irish Whiskey Aged stateside ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. This seasonal is a stout, aged on Irish whiskey soaked oak chips.

“Ireland is known throughout the world for producing great stouts and Scotland is famed for its whisky,” saysInnis & Gunn founder and master brewer, Dougal Sharp. “In making Irish Whiskey Aged, we’ve taken the best of each and produced a Stout made uniquely from Scottish malts, which we then mature over Irish whiskey-infused oak. The chocolate malt and roasted barley both give a real depth of flavor to this brew and the Super Styrian hops add an earthy, balancing sweetness.”

Innis & Gunn Irish Whiskey Aged is available in 11.2oz bottles and draft for a limited time.

Style: Stout (Barrel Aged. Whiskey)
Hops: Super Styrian
Malts: I&G Ale Malt, Crystal Malt, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Raw Wheat

Availability: 11.2oz Bottles, Draft. Seasonal release.

7.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bayou Teche Biere, Coming Soon

Bayou Teche Syrup in the Sky, with Pistachios

Bayou Teche Brewing (Arnauldville, LA) readies a new barrel aged offering as 2015 picks up – Syrup in the Sky.

Bayou Teche Syrup in the Sky is a barrel aged smoked wheat ale, brewed with cane syrup and pistachios. Available in 22oz bottles, and draft.

Style: Smoke Beer (w/ Cane Sugar, Pistachios. Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft. Limited release.
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Heavy Seas

Heavy Seas Red Sky At Morning, July

Heavy Seas Beer (Baltimore, MD) is making some new additions to their Uncharted Waters Series. The series kicks off with Siren Noire in January, a fan favorite. Coming this year – Heavy Seas Red Sky at Morning.

The brewery is putting Red Sky at Night, the multiple medal winning saison, into red wine barrels. We’ve been waiting.

A version of our award winning saison ale ale enhanced by aging in wine barrels. The saying goes “red sky at morning, sailors take warning”, but we think there is only good news here for beer lovers!

Other additions to the Uncharted Water Series includes recently released Blackbeard’s Breakfast, and Phantom Ship.

Heavy Seas Red Sky at Morning is available from July to August, 2015.

Style: Saison (Barrel Aged, Red Wine.)
Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft. Limited release.
Release: July, 2015

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Abita Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Abita Bourbon Street Maple Pecan to Join Bourbon Street Series

Abita Brewing has launched a new big bottle seres with Bourbon Street Imperial Stout. Macchiato Espresso Milk Stout just hit shelves. Up next, Bourbon Street Maple Pecan.

Abita Bourbon Street Maple Pecan features the mix of bourbon barrels, with flavors of maple syrup and pecan.

Maple Pecan will be available in 22oz bottles. Details available closer to launch.

Style: American Strong Ale (w/ Maple Syrup, Pecans. Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Limited Release.
Release: TBA

8.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay