Barrel Aged

A Look at Boulevard’s Barrel Aging Program [VIDEO]

Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas, City, MO) has over 1,200 wine and spirits barrels where beers like Love Child, Imperial Stout, Bourbon Barrel Quad and more are aged.

Meet the barrelly/boozy birthplace many of your favorites.

Coming Soon: Cigar City Nouveau Bruin

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) will soon brewing you Nouveau Bruin, a wine barrel aged oud bruin ale.

Oud Bruin (old brown) is a Belgian beer style that undergoes extended aging and multiple fermentations. The resulting beer is full of caramel, Continue Reading →

Posted in Headlines, Monday Night Brewing

Monday Night Releases First Barrel Aged Offering [VIDEO]

Monday Night Brewing’s Black Tie Series grows with the addition of Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt. This second series release follows Hipster Hop Harvest Ale, and is the brewery’s first barrel aged release.

The brewery took their year round scotch ale Drafty Kilt and aged it in fresh Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. The resulting brew is full of caramel, a hint of smoke, with lots of vanilla bourbon flavor.

Monday Night Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt is available in 22oz bottles and draft for a limited time.

Style: Scotch Ale (Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft

8.5% ABV

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

A Look at Boulevard’s Barrel Aging Program [VIDEO]

Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas, City, MO) has over 1,200 wine and spirits barrels where beers like Love Child, Imperial Stout, Bourbon Barrel Quad and more are aged.

Meet the barrelly/boozy birthplace many of your favorites.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Monday Night Brewing

Monday Night Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt Headed to Bottles

A few months ago, Beer Street Journal did a teaser of the barrel aging program at Monday Night Brewing (Atlanta, GA).

A little something to salivate over this Monday morning, the first barrel aged offering is ready to go.  Jonathan Baker and crew at the brewery aged their year round offering Drafty Kilt in bourbon barrels, for the past few months and have officially gotten the brew ready for kegging.

Monday Night Bourbon Drafty Kilt will soon be available on draft and 22oz bottles. This is the second release in their Black Tie Series.

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

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

Boulevard on Barrel Aged Imperial Stout [VIDEO]

Boulevard Brewing (Kansas City, MO) is on the cusp of releasing another round of Imperial Stout in their Smokestack Series.

Imperial Stout rounds out the Smokestack Series release calendar. This big 11.8% ABV imperial stout is a blend of whiskey barrel aged and fresh beer. Nuance is everything in craft beer. Just ask brewer superstar Jeremy Danner.

At a glance – see Boulevard’s 2014 Smokestack Schedule.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Headlines

Anderson Valley’s Barrel Aged Series: Huge Arker Bourbon Barrel

Last year, Anderson Valley partnered with Wild Turkey Distillery.  The move was to give the brewery more access to bourbon barrels, allowing all their markets as taste of their barrel aged offerings.

First up in the barrels was Barney Flatts Oatmeal Stout. First available in draft in 2012, bottles arrived in early 2013. Another brew joining the series is Huge Arker Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout.

The imperial stout (stout?) spent 6 months in Wild Turkey prior to bottling. As with release #1, expect both draft and bottles offerings.

Style: Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

6.9% ABV

Ed. Note: Anderson Valley has a Russian imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels by the name of Huge Arker that has made a tap room appearance. That release is around 11% ABV.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Headlines

Coming Soon: Cigar City Nouveau Bruin

Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL) will soon brewing you Nouveau Bruin, a wine barrel aged oud bruin ale.

Oud Bruin (old brown) is a Belgian beer style that undergoes extended aging and multiple fermentations. The resulting beer is full of caramel, dark fruits, and is slightly acidic thanks to different bacterias used in the aging process.

For this release, Cigar City aged the beer in red wine barrels, after dry hopping it with Pacific Gem hops.

Cigar City Nouveau Bruin release details to follow.

Style: Oud Bruin (Red Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick Slings Beards & Bourbon in Boozy Newbie

Coming in January, 2014 is a brand new bourbon barrel offering from Red Brick Brewing – Beard Envy.  You know there is no shortage of beards in the beer industry. If you don’t have one/can’t grow one, this might be the beer for you.

Back in July of of this year, the brewing team at Red Brick filled Buffalo Trace barrels with a 9% barley wine. It is quietly waiting for the first of the year, to show off what its got.

I’ve already tasted this brew,  from the rack. You love malty, caramel-y barley wines mixed with vanilla/oak flavor?  This is the beer for you.

Beer Street Journal will be bringing you a video inside this beer in January.

Style: Barleywine (Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: January, 2014

9% ABV

Artwork is by local artist and Beer Street Journal Supporter, Mr. Jert.

by Reid Ramsay