Barrel Aged

Shmaltz RIPA on Rye Back for Year 4

Fouth year on this one.  Shmaltz Brewing’s small batch release R.I.P.A. on Rye is aged in Sazerac 6 year rye whiskey barrels.

Style: Rye Beer (Barrel Aged)
Hops – Warrior, Cascade, Simcoe, Crystal, Chinook, Amarillo, Centennial
Malts – Specialty Two-Row, Rye Ale, Torrified Rye, Rye Flakes, Continue Reading →

Nebraska Sexy Betty Returns Tomorrow

Nebraska’s  Inception Series Sexy Betty is set to return again tomorrow.  Betty, who comes in two other forms (Naked Betty, & Black Betty) spent time in 50 year old brandy barrels.  Sexy is only the 3rd release in the series, along with Microbe Rue , Continue Reading →

Butternut Squash, Chocolate, Pumpkins & Rum

That’s not a Thanksgiving recipe. That’s what’s in Mother’s Brewing Company’s October release – Squashed. This crazy delicious sounding porter is brewed with cocoa nibs, pumpkin pie spices, squash and aged in rum barrels. That’s a recipe for a mouthful Continue Reading →

Stone Barrel Aged Series Goes Southern

The 2013 rare as $hit Stone Brewing Co. Quingenti Milliltiere Series rolls on with a southern inspired offering. The brewery has taken Double Bastard, a strong ale not for the timid palate, and aged it a blend of Kentucky bourbon Continue Reading →

Prairie Artisanal Prairie Noir 12oz Bottles

Prairie Artisanal Ales (Oklahoma) is expanding their lineup with 12oz bottles. This is Prairie Noir. Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels with coffee? Yeah that will do.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee Beans. Barrel Aged. Whiskey)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV

Posted in Seasonal Return, Shmaltz Brewing

Shmaltz RIPA on Rye Back for Year 4

Fouth year on this one.  Shmaltz Brewing’s small batch release R.I.P.A. on Rye is aged in Sazerac 6 year rye whiskey barrels.

Style: Rye Beer (Barrel Aged)
Hops – Warrior, Cascade, Simcoe, Crystal, Chinook, Amarillo, Centennial
Malts – Specialty Two-Row, Rye Ale, Torrified Rye, Rye Flakes, Crystal Rye 75, Crystal Malt 80, Wheat, Kiln Amber, Caramunich 60

Taste Expectations – Sweet notes, with whiskey hints.  Caramel malts, and oak.  Vanilla, toffee & booze also prevalent

Availability – 22oz Bombers. Seasonal

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Nebraska Brewing, Seasonal Return

Nebraska Sexy Betty Returns Tomorrow

Nebraska’s  Inception Series Sexy Betty is set to return again tomorrow.  Betty, who comes in two other forms (Naked Betty, & Black Betty) spent time in 50 year old brandy barrels.  Sexy is only the 3rd release in the series, along with Microbe Rue , and Toasted Barn.

The 2012 edition featured cognac aging. 2013 release is Black Betty Imperial Stout, blended with brandy aged imperial stout.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Brandy Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles. Limited Release.

10% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone’s “Crime” Returning to Quingenti

Stone Brewing Co’s “Crime” has been spotted around the country on tap. It was Lukcy Basartd Ale beer “ruined” with peppers from Stone Farms. A “crime” to ruin such good beer with such intense heat. Stone took that beer and aged it in Scotch whiskey and the result was 2012’s Quingenti release of Crime.

Lovers of strong ale, peppers and barrel aging can get pysched again. 2013 Crime is just as fun, but with a barrel change to bourbon instead of Scotch whiskey.

Peppers include mid-level-heat red and green jalapefios and ultra-hot black nagas, Caribbean red hots, Moruga scorpions and fatalis.

Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged, w/ Peppers)
Availability: 500 ml bottles. Limited Release
Arrival: TBA

8.5% ABV

Read More: Quingenti Series, Stone Brewing Co

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Heavy Seas

Heavy Seas Yule Tide Features Ginger & Rum Barrels

Heavy Seas (Baltimore, MD) Yule Tide was a Belgian-style tripel in the past.  It actually took at least one season off. In a Beer Street Journal interview with Hugh Sisson earlier this year, he mentioned that Yule Tide will return in the Uncharted Waters Series, changing each year.

The wait is over to wonder what 2013’s edition will be. As a reward to you awesome drinkers of Heavy Seas will come an imperial red ale, brewed with ginger, and aged in Jamaican rum barrels. Should be a great way to round out the year.

Style: Imperial Red Ale (w/ Ginger, Barrel Aged. Rum)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: November, 2013

9% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Mother's Brewing Company

Butternut Squash, Chocolate, Pumpkins & Rum

That’s not a Thanksgiving recipe. That’s what’s in Mother’s Brewing Company’s October release – Squashed. This crazy delicious sounding porter is brewed with cocoa nibs, pumpkin pie spices, squash and aged in rum barrels. That’s a recipe for a mouthful of awesome. Don’t like to yourself. This fall explosion will ship in early October.

Style: Porter (w/ Cocoa Nibs, Butternut Squash, Pumpkin, Spices. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 22oz bombers

7.4% ABV, 23 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Barrel Aged Series Goes Southern

The 2013 rare as $hit Stone Brewing Co. Quingenti Milliltiere Series rolls on with a southern inspired offering. The brewery has taken Double Bastard, a strong ale not for the timid palate, and aged it a blend of Kentucky bourbon barrels and virgin bourbon barrels. Some of the barrels aged the “Suitable for Cave Aging” tribute to beer great Danny Williams.

Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 500ml bottles, corked & caged
Arrival: TBA

Flavor Notes from Stone: Intense smoke and vanilla flavors From the virgin bourbon barrels’ charred American oak, nuances of butterscotch and caramel front the Kentucky bourbon ‘barrels, and fudgy chocolate notes produced by Kentucky bourbon barrels that once held Stone Suitable for Cave Aging Imperial Smoked Porter Tribute to Danny Williams all meld into a very complex, well structured beer with intense flavor.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Prairie Artisanal Ales

Prairie Artisanal Prairie Noir 12oz Bottles

Prairie Artisanal Ales (Oklahoma) is expanding their lineup with 12oz bottles. This is Prairie Noir. Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels with coffee? Yeah that will do.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee Beans. Barrel Aged. Whiskey)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV

by Reid Ramsay