Barrel Aged

Brooklyn Black Ops 2014 Hits Shelves

Brooklyn Black Ops, the brewery’s bourbon barrel aged imperial stout is back on shelves. The very limited beer’s recipe is apparently only known by two people.  (Like Coca-Cola.)  Each years recipe & flavor is just a little different.  What you do need to know Continue Reading →

Deschutes The Dissident 2014: December 12th

Deschutes Brewery’s The Dissident will make its return on December 12th.

The Dissident is a Flanders-style sour brown ale, aged in pinot and cabernet wine barrels with Brettanomyces yeast and cherries for 18 months. The breakdown this year (from the label) Continue Reading →

Wicked Weed Divergence Bottles, 12/6

Wicked Weed Divergence, the brewery’s barrel aged sour porter with coffee, releases in bottles on December 6th.

This house favorite, brewed with locally roasted Konga Dry Processed coffee shines with bright notes of berry boosted by a roasted sour quality that Continue Reading →

Monday Night Fills Wine Barrels

Monday Night Brewing (Atlanta, GA) is filling red wine barrels today, for a future Black Tie Series release.

The Black Tie Series is a special big beer/one-off/barrel aged series. It’s fancy. You know, black tie fancy.

Releases include Gun Show, Hipster Fresh Continue Reading →

Posted in Almanac Beer Co., New Releases

Almanac Tequila Barrel Noir Now Available

Almanac Beer Company has just released a new barrel aged offering in their Farm to Barrel Series – Tequila Barrel Noir. The base beer is a stout, aged in tequila barrels.

This robust American Stout is aged in used Tequila barrels. As it matures, the toasted oak breathes in the beer, infusing the stout with hints of smoke and spice from its former life holding distilled agave. Pair with a San Francisco-style super burrito.

Almanac Tequila Barrel Noir is available in 375ml bottles.

Style: Stout (Barrel Aged. Tequila.)
Availability: 375ml Bottles
Arrival: Late Nov/Dec, 2014

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brooklyn Brewing, Seasonal Return

Brooklyn Black Ops 2014 Hits Shelves

Brooklyn Black Ops, the brewery’s bourbon barrel aged imperial stout is back on shelves. The very limited beer’s recipe is apparently only known by two people.  (Like Coca-Cola.)  Each years recipe & flavor is just a little different.  What you do need to know — it’s a Russian imperial stout aged in bourbon oak barrels.  Bottled flat, and bottle conditioned with champagne yeast.

Brooklyn Black Ops does not exist. However, if it did exist, it would be a robust stout concocted by the Brooklyn brewing team under cover of secrecy and hidden from everyone else at the brewery. Supposedly “Black ops” was aged for four months in bourbon barrels, bottled flat, and re-fermented with Champagne yeast, creating big chocolate and coffee flavors with a rich underpinning of vanilla-like oat notes. They say there are only 1,000 cases. We have no idea what they’re talking about.”

Style: Russian Imperial Stout (Barrel aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml bottles, corked & caged. Limited Release.

10% ABV

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

Deschutes The Dissident 2014: December 12th

Deschutes Brewery’s The Dissident will make its return on December 12th.

The Dissident is a Flanders-style sour brown ale, aged in pinot and cabernet wine barrels with Brettanomyces yeast and cherries for 18 months. The breakdown this year (from the label) is 35% aged in wine barrels, 65% ale with cherries.

22oz bottles and draft go on sale in the tasting room 12/12/14.

Style: Sour Brown Ale (w/ Cherries. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Waxed
Seasonal Return: 12/12/14

10.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Don't Miss This, Woodchuck Cider

Barrel Aged Woodchuck Spitter Splinter Cider Joins Limb Series

The next offering in Woodchuck Cider’s Out on a Limb Series is Spitter Splinter, a barrel aged cider.

“Spitter” refers to European bittersweet apples used in this release, known for their tart and acidic nature. The fermented juice is aged in bourbon barrels, giving the cider vanilla and oaky notes.

The Out on a Limb Series is a rotating selection of one-off, experimental ciders. The packaging stays the same, but the ciders change every 45-60 days.

Style: Ciders (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 12oz Bottles. Limited release.
Arrival: December, 2014

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Releases, Westbrook Brewing Co

Westbrook Raver’s Extra Ripe Old Ale Released

Westbrook Brewing Company (Mt. Pleasant, SC) just released Raver’s Extra Ripe Old Ale. The beer is an old ale, aged 50% bourbon barrels, 25% in red wine barrels, and 25% brandy barrels.

Dust off those glowsticks and get ready to rave once again etith this ripe and funky old ale spiked with brettanomyces and aged for one year in a blend of bourbon, apple brandy, and red wine barrels. Yep!

Westbrook Raver’s Extra Ripe Old Ale is available at the brewery only on draft and 22oz bombers.

Style: Old Ale (Barrel Aged. Brandy, Wine Barrels, Bourbon Barrels)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. Brewery only, no distribution.

8.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Divergence Bottles, 12/6

Wicked Weed Divergence, the brewery’s barrel aged sour porter with coffee, releases in bottles on December 6th.

This house favorite, brewed with locally roasted Konga Dry Processed coffee shines with bright notes of berry boosted by a roasted sour quality that culminate in complex bourbon-aged ale.

Bottles will be available at the brewpub and Funkatorium, and will hit North Carolina distribution shortly after.

Style: Porter (w/ Coffee, Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability:
Arrival: 12/6/14

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Monday Night Brewing

Monday Night Fills Wine Barrels

Monday Night Brewing (Atlanta, GA) is filling red wine barrels today, for a future Black Tie Series release.

The Black Tie Series is a special big beer/one-off/barrel aged series. It’s fancy. You know, black tie fancy.

Releases include Gun Show, Hipster Fresh Hop, Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt, and Bed Head Coffee IPA. Bourbon Drafty just returned again this week.

Depending on the barrels, the wine barrel aged beer (pictured above) could release sometime in 2015.

Image via Monday Night

by Reid Ramsay