Imperial Stout

New Holland Dragon’s Milk Raspberries Bottled

New Holland Brewing has bottled the newest variation of their barreled beer – Dragon’s Milk. The imperial stout is aged in house bourbon barrels has undergone some raspberry treatment to create Dragon’s Milk Reserve with Raspberries.

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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 →

Half Acre Big Hugs 2014, December 14th

Half Acre Big Hugs Imperial Stout 2014 is ready. By our estimates, this is the sixth release of this coffee stout. The coffee, just like the brewing itself its local to Chicago, from Dark Matter Coffee.

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Posted in Airways Brewing Company, New Releases

Airways Final Departure Imperial Stout with Barrel Aged Coffee Beans

Airways Brewing Company (Kent, WA) releases Final Departure Imperial Stout today. The beer was first brewed for “the end of the world” in 2012.

Final Depature is brewed with coffee beans from Kent-based Rad Roasting Company, aged in whiskey barrels from Bainbridge Organic Distillers.

“Our big, beefy imperial stout uses the same basic recipe as in years past, but this year we added a unique twist,” said Alex Dittmar, founder and head brewer at Airways Brewing Company. “We worked with Kent-based Rad Roasting Company a couple months back to age a batch of select coffee beans in whiskey barrels from Bainbridge Organic Distillers. Once those beans had matured, we roasted them, then added them to the conditioning tank. The result is fantastic—amazing, but with soft notes of coffee, whiskey, and chocolate.”

Airways Final Departure Imperial Stout is available in 22oz bombers for a limited time.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Barrel Aged Coffee Beans)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Limited draft.
Arrival: 12/9/14

9.1% ABV, 70 IBUS

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Holland Brewing, New Releases

New Holland Dragon’s Milk Raspberries Bottled

New Holland Brewing has bottled the newest variation of their barreled beer – Dragon’s Milk. The imperial stout is aged in house bourbon barrels has undergone some raspberry treatment to create Dragon’s Milk Reserve with Raspberries.

New Holland Dragon’s Milk Reserve with Raspberries ships this month.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Raspberries. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 22oz Bombers. Limited release.
Arrival: Late December, 2014

10% ABV

Image via the brewery

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Bruery

The Bruery So Happens It’s Tuesday Will Not Be Released

The Bruery (Placentia, CA) has an unforgettable imperial stout, Black Tuesday. This barrel aged beast in aged in bourbon, and clocks in around 18% ABV.  Black Tuesday big and bold, and sneaks up on you. Enter So Happens It’s Tuesday, a less “intense” edition of Black Tuesday. This edition is brewed in the spirit of Black Tuesday, but finishes at just 11.3%.

In 1929, America was devastated by a great stock market crash that led to The Great Depression. Our infamous Black Tuesday stout is named in honor of the largest trading day of that crash, which led to some very dark times for our country. “So Happens it’s Tuesday” is a slightly less intense incarnation of Black Tuesday, reminding us that there is always some good to be found within the bad. Things happen, life goes on, and this beer can be enjoyed in all of those moments.

The Bruery So Happens It’s Tuesday is in 750ml bottles, just like the rest of the brewery’s lineup. Available to The Reserve Society this December.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Arrival: December, 2014

11.3% ABV

Update: 12/8. The Bruery has updated its members that the final beer does not meet their standards and will not be released.

As for So Happens It’s Tuesday, which was to be included with your membership, we unfortunately have to announce that it isn’t holding up to our standards.  We do enjoy this beer a lot and will make complimentary samples available for a short while at our Tasting Room beginning soon, but we don’t feel comfortable sending these out as initially intended.  We will automatically refund your credit card on file with the full value of this beer ($20+tax) before the end of December.  We apologize for this inconvenience.

 

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 AleSmith Brewing, Headlines, Mikkeller

Collaboration: Alesmith Mikkeller Beer Geek Speedway

Alesmith Brewing Company has unveiled a new collaboration with Danish brewer Mikkeller. The beer- Beer Geek Speedway.

You’ll notice this is a fusion of each of the brewery’s popular offerings – Speedway Stout, and Beer Geek Brunch. Beer Geek Speedway also uses the most expensive coffee in the world – the Kopi Luwak (aka weasel poop coffee.) Alemith and Mikkeller both use Kopi Luwak in some of their offerings.

It’s a collaborative project that will take shape as an Imperial Oatmeal Stout directly influenced by our legendary Speedway Stout and Mikkeller’s infamous Beer Geek Brunch Weasel.

There is no release date yet for Alesmith Mikkeller Beer Geek Speedway.

Style: Imperial Oatmeal Stout (w/ Coffee)
Availability:
Arrival:

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Releases, Terrapin Beer Company, Videos

Terrapin French Toasted Wake-n-Bake Released [VIDEO]

Terrapin Beer Company (Athens, GA) has just released the fifth offering in their Special Reserve Series- French Toasted Wake n Bake. As the brewery’s robust, coffee-laden imperial stout is hitting shelves for the 10th year, French Toasted W-n-B won’t be far behind, utilizing Athens, Georgia based Jittery Joe’s coffee, plus maple syrup, vanilla, and cinnamon to make a beer perfect for breakfast.

Breakfast in a bottle returns this year with one of our favorite morning time treats. French toasted w-n-B combines big maple syrup notes, fresh coffee, and hence of vanilla and cinnamon to stand out among the ordinary Imperial Stout. With this much decadence packed into one bottle, this beer will get you back to the table for another round.

 

Terrapin French Toasted W-n-B is now available in 22oz bottles and draft.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee, Maple Syrup, Cinnamon.)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, waxed capped. Draft. Limited.
Arrival: 12/1/14

9.4% ABV

Read more: Terrapin Special Reserve Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Half Acre Brewing, Headlines, Seasonal Return

Half Acre Big Hugs 2014, December 14th

Half Acre Big Hugs Imperial Stout 2014 is ready. By our estimates, this is the sixth release of this coffee stout. The coffee, just like the brewing itself its local to Chicago, from Dark Matter Coffee.

Big Hugs is a dim kitten with aimless love in his heart and a ferocious will to live. Over the years he’s faced dinosaurs, rainbows, winter wonderland, a robotic plagiarism of himself, and more – but none a foe as elusive and mysterious as death itself. This story has the ultimate force taking the living and laying them down. Big Hugs has grappled with natural order and twisted the pillars of existence. While you hang in the balance, steal time to sit steady and spill this black rumble into your center. Big Hugs Imperial Stout is liquid char scraped from the bowels of eternity, soaked with the free spirit of an adolescent feline. Heed him and rejoice.

Look for bombers and growlers to be released on December 14th, starting at 11 am. Dark Matter coffee will at the brewery too, slinging the world’s OTHER most popular beverage.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Coffee)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. Limited seasonal release.

10% ABV

Pricing details:

  • 22 ounce bottle $10.98 (limit 8 per person per day)
  • 32 ounce howler refill $10.98 (limit 2 per person per day)
  • 64 ounce growler refill $20.14 (limit 1 per person per day)
  • 16 ounce draft pour $7
by Reid Ramsay