Prairie Artisanal Ales (Oklahoma) is added 12oz bottles to their lineup. Among those is Vanilla Noir, an imperial stout aged in whiskey barrels.
Prairie is pretty much on fire lately, making quite a splash in the beer world if social media Continue Reading →
Today I saw Halloween merchandise being put out at Target. Then I saw Heavy Seas GreatER Pumpkin bottles on the shelf. Fall is coming together nicely.
Heavy Seas takes an imperial pumpkin ale and ages it in bourbon barrels for months Continue Reading →
Triple C Brewing (Charlotte, NC) is going to barrel age their porter Up All Night. This was the brewery’s first bomber release, that featured coffee, and was aged on oak chips. No release date has been set.
This ale is brewed Continue Reading →
Hill Farmstead Brewery is releasing Damon Imperial Stout today. The beer is aged in bourbon barrels.
Release is limited to two bottles per person. $15 dollars each.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 500 ml bottles
?? ABV
More Smuttynose news this week. The brewery’s Big Scotch Ale is less than a month away. The 2013 release will feature a little variation, a blend of red wine barrel aged Scotch Ale.
The red wine blend should add an interesting Continue Reading →
Saint Arnold Brewing’s Bishop Barrel #4, a weizenbock aged in bourbon barrels with Tejas chocolate. Get to know it from the source.
Firestone Walker’s (Paso Robles, CA) 17th Anniversary looms. This week, the brewery assembled 16 of the best wine tasters from Paso Robles Wine for a dream panel of palates to create this year’s blend. For those of you just getting Continue Reading →
Prairie Artisanal Ales (Oklahoma) is added 12oz bottles to their lineup. Among those is Vanilla Noir, an imperial stout aged in whiskey barrels.
Prairie is pretty much on fire lately, making quite a splash in the beer world if social media is anything of an indicator. Expect big things from this brewery.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans. Barrel Aged. Whiskey.)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
11% ABV
Today I saw Halloween merchandise being put out at Target. Then I saw Heavy Seas GreatER Pumpkin bottles on the shelf. Fall is coming together nicely.
Heavy Seas takes an imperial pumpkin ale and ages it in bourbon barrels for months prior to release. Flavor from Heavy Seas – Heady aromas of bourbon, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and clove linger seductively over the thick white head of this tremendous brew, with oak, vanilla, and bourbon.
Style: Pumpkin Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Sept-Oct Release
10% ABV
Triple C Brewing (Charlotte, NC) is going to barrel age their porter Up All Night. This was the brewery’s first bomber release, that featured coffee, and was aged on oak chips. No release date has been set.
This ale is brewed with Flaked Oats, Special B, and Chocolate Malt in the mash. Honey and lactose are added in the boil, then aged on oak chips and infused with locally roasted coffee.
Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Coffee, Oak Chips. Barrel Aged)
Availability: TBA
Arrival: TBA
Hill Farmstead Brewery is releasing Damon Imperial Stout today. The beer is aged in bourbon barrels.
Release is limited to two bottles per person. $15 dollars each.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 500 ml bottles
?? ABV
More Smuttynose news this week. The brewery’s Big Scotch Ale is less than a month away. The 2013 release will feature a little variation, a blend of red wine barrel aged Scotch Ale.
The red wine blend should add an interesting complexity to an already bold beer. The brewery describes the base beer flavor as: …caramel and subtle roasted malt flavors, Scotch ales can feature smoky flavors (derived from a small measure of peated malt) or, more traditionally, no smoky flavor.
Look for this in 22oz bombers in mid-October.
Style: Scotch Ale (Partially Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers. October
Arrival: October, 2013
8ish% ABV
Saint Arnold Brewing’s Bishop Barrel #4, a weizenbock aged in bourbon barrels with Tejas chocolate. Get to know it from the source.
Firestone Walker’s (Paso Robles, CA) 17th Anniversary looms. This week, the brewery assembled 16 of the best wine tasters from Paso Robles Wine for a dream panel of palates to create this year’s blend. For those of you just getting to know Firestone Walker, each year the brewery will blend various beers from their repertoire to create a bottle of sheer beer poetry. Seriously folks, the nuances and complexity of Firestone Walker’s Anniversary brews are nearly indescribable.
The brewery has not released the final blend for XVII but these are the blending candidates:
In the meantime just drool a little thinking about it. More soon on this one.
Style: American Strong Ale (Blended, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA
?? ABV
Below: The 2013 blending session
