Barrel Aged

Modern Times Funky Lomaland Releases 1/15

Modern Times Funky Lomaland started in the fall of 2013 as Lomaland, the brewery’s year round saison. The brewery added Brettanomyces Claussenii & Brettanomyces Bruxellensis Trois, two funky yeasts for extra flavor character, and aged it in red wine barrels.

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Wicked Weed Oblivion Returns Mid-January

Wicked Weed Oblivion bottles head back to shelves this month.

Oblivion is a sour red, aged with  blackberries and dates in red wine barrels for 12 months.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale  (w/ Blackberries, Dates. Barrel Aged. Wine.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Return: January, 2015

8.5% ABV

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Jailhouse Last Request Coming Late 2015

Jailhouse Brewing (Hampton, GA) has test batched and very small batch released, a barrel aged edition of Breakout Stout.

The bourbon barrel aged edition, dubbed Last Request, will make a wider debut at the end of 2015.

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Posted in Modern Times Beer, New Releases

Modern Times Funky Lomaland Releases 1/15

Modern Times Funky Lomaland started in the fall of 2013 as Lomaland, the brewery’s year round saison. The brewery added Brettanomyces Claussenii & Brettanomyces Bruxellensis Trois, two funky yeasts for extra flavor character, and aged it in red wine barrels.

These two slow-moving yeast strains added a marvelously funky complexity that starts with a barnyardy/fruity aroma and continues in the dry, deliciously complex flavor. The long rest in red wine barrels has given Funky Lomaland a gorgeously fruit-saturated finish & an oaky, rich backbone.

700 bottles of Modern Times Funky Lomaland go on sale on January 15th, release 1/22. Bottles are $18 dollars, with a 3 bottle limit.

Style: American Wild Ale (Barrel Aged. Wine Aged.)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Release: 1/22/15

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

Wicked Weed Oblivion Returns Mid-January

Wicked Weed Oblivion bottles head back to shelves this month.

Oblivion is a sour red, aged with  blackberries and dates in red wine barrels for 12 months.

Style: American Wild/Sour Ale  (w/ Blackberries, Dates. Barrel Aged. Wine.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Return: January, 2015

8.5% ABV

Image via Wicked Weed

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

Firestone Sucaba Revealed to Be Blended with Secret Beer

Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles, CA) will release Sucaba, the brewery’s barrel aged barleywine again on January 17th, 2015. You knew it once as Abacus, but they can’t say that anymore. (It’s legal crap. Last time we will bring it up. Everyone has moved on.)

Interestingly, Firestone Walker’s Matt Brynildson reveals something about Sucaba that has been a bit of a secret. It is actually a blend of two beers. The base beer indeed Sucaba, but a second strong beer, a 10% beer, is blended to give the final concoction the chocolate-y, dark cherry notes.

“We’ve never talked about it, but §ucaba is actually a blend of two separate beers,” Brynildson said.

Firestone Walker Sucaba is part of the brewery’s Proprietor’s Reserve Series, available in 22oz bombers. ERP: $16.99

Style: Barleywine (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Hops: Magnum (bittering), East Kent and Styrian Golding (late kettle)
Malts: Pale Ale Malt, Maris Otter, Munich, Dark & Light Crystal, Chocolate

Availability: 22oz bombers, Individually Boxed. 3500 cases produced.
Arrival: 1/17/15

13% ABV, 42 IBUs 

Post updated with 2015 details. Image via Firestone Walker.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Releases, Saint Arnold Brewing

Saint Arnold Divine Reserve #5 To Return as Bishop Barrel #8

Saint Arnold Brewing (Houston, TX) will re-release Divine Reserve #5 as Bishop’s Barrel #8 in the series..

Divine Reserve #5 was a Russian Imperial Stout that is among the brewery’s best, and highest rated. The brewery re-brewed the award winning recipe and have been aging it in Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels for going on two years.

12oz bottles of Divine Reserve #8 in Texas and Louisiana starting Monday, January 12th.

Style: Russian Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles. Limited Release.
Arrival: 1/12/15

11% ABV, 38 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Quest Brewing

Quest Imperial Smoking Mirror Porter Is Barrel Aged #2

Quest Imperial Smoking Mirror Porter marks the second barrel aged release by the Greenville, South Carolina brewery.

The base beer is a porter, that has aged 8 months in Cruzan rum barrels. Smoking Mirror Porter follows Kaldi Stout, their first barrel-aged release.

“Barrel aging is all about timing. Knowing when the beer has reached its maximum potential and fullest flavor,” says Richardson. “We let this beer age for eight months in Cruzan rum barrels and it resulted in a smooth and slightly smoky beauty, with a rich and creamy finish.”

Quest Imperial Smoking Mirror Porter will be available in 750ml bottles on Saturday, January 10th. Bottles are $20 each, with a four bottle limit.

A third barrel-aged offering is planned to release in mid to late 2015.

Style: Porter (Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 750ml bottles. $20
Release: 1//10/15

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

Olde Mecklenburg “Fat Boy” Arrives January 24th

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery (Charlotte, NC) releases Bourbon Barrel Aged Fat Boy Baltic Porter on January 24th, starting at 9 am.

The biergarten will open at 8:00 am for bottle share around the fire pits. At 9 am – breakfast buffet and beer. Tickets will be $40 and sold at oldemeckbrew.com starting Tuesday, Jan 6. All tickets will include: entry, pint of beer, breakfast buffet, one Bourbon Barrel Aged Fat Boy Baltic Porter bottle to go, and souvenir glass.

Extra bottles (prior to 11 am) are $13.99.

Style: Porter (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Limited Release.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, JailHouse Brewing

Jailhouse Last Request Coming Late 2015

Jailhouse Brewing (Hampton, GA) has test batched and very small batch released, a barrel aged edition of Breakout Stout.

The bourbon barrel aged edition, dubbed Last Request, will make a wider debut at the end of 2015.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Limited release.

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Image via Jailhouse Brewing

by Reid Ramsay