Imperial Stout

New Artwork: Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Heads up on some new artwork for your favorite oatmeal stout by Mikkeller. 

Style: Stout (w/ Coffee)
Hops: Centennial, Cascade
Malts:  Pils, Oat, Smoke, Caramunich, Brown, Pale Chocolate and Chocolate, Roasted barley, Flaked Oats

10% ABV
Artwork by: Keith Shore

Posted in Troegs Brewing, Videos

Troeg’s ¿Impending Descent? Arrives Today. Drink, It’s All Over Soon.

Today, Troegs Brewery (Hershey, PA) releases ¿Impending Descent?, a face melting imperial stout. AKA Scratch Beer #83. Peep the promo below.

The beer is ¿Impending Descent?, a colossal, face-melting, palate-numbing Russian Imperial Stout. If there ever was a last beer to enjoy before Doomsday, this is it. Bring on the apocalypse!

Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: 12/12/12

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Posted in Goose Island Brewing, New Releases, Videos

Goose Island Fulton & Wood Baudoina Arrives

The last of Goose Island’s Fulton & Wood beers has been released this week. Baudoinia is named for a type of a fungus that grows on barrels stored low to the ground in distillery rickhouses. For this release, Brett Porter aged Goose Island Bourbon County Stout in Baudoinia barrels.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: Draft Only. Chicago area

14+% ABV

Posted in New Releases, Troegs Brewing

End Of The World: Troeg’s ¿Impending Descent?

The world is apparently ending. You might as week drink like it too. On 12/12/12 Troegs Brewery (Hershey, PA) will release ¿Impending Descent?, a face melting imperial stout. AKA Scratch Beer #83.

The beer is ¿Impending Descent?, a colossal, face-melting, palate-numbing Russian Imperial Stout. If there ever was a last beer to enjoy before Doomsday, this is it. Bring on the apocalypse!

Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: 12/12/12

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Posted in Mikkeller

New Artwork: Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Heads up on some new artwork for your favorite oatmeal stout by Mikkeller. 

Style: Stout (w/ Coffee)
Hops: Centennial, Cascade
Malts:  Pils, Oat, Smoke, Caramunich, Brown, Pale Chocolate and Chocolate, Roasted barley, Flaked Oats

10% ABV
Artwork by: Keith Shore

Posted in Coming Soon, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, New Releases

Hardywood Ages Gingerbread Stout in Bourbon Barrels

Did Hardywood Gingerbread Stout make you giggly? Try not to pass out if you get to taste this. Headed for the Hardywood Barrel Series – Bourbon GBS (Gingerbread Stout) Aged in Virginia Bourbon Barrels. Boom.

Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, described by BeerAdvocate as “freakin’ Christmas in a bottle,” is an imperial milk stout brewed with vanilla beans, cinnamon, fresh Casselmonte Farm baby ginger and Bearer Farms wildflower honey. Gingerbread Stout is then matured in Virginia bourbon barrels, where it adapts an incredibly mellow character with oak, caramel and bourbon undertones, and emerges 12 weeks later as Bourbon GBS. A festive blend of spice character laces this rich, chocolatey stout, which warms the palate and the soul.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Ginger, Honey, Lactose, Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: 12/15/12

10.6% ABV, 55 IBUs

Posted in Sam Adams, Videos
Posted in Beer News

Sam Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout Arrives

Samuel Adams Merry Mischief is now available. Tis the season drinkers.

This rich dark brew entices with the aromas of the holidays, hinting at the merriment and spices within. The flavor of gingerbread comes alive beginning with the smooth sweetness and heartiness of dark roasted malts and a touch a wheat. But it’s intensity and spices of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, & ginger that add a wicked kick for a jolly playful brew full of merry mischief. 

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ CinnamonNutmegClovesGinger)
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggle
Malts: Samuel Adams Two Row Pale Blend, Wheat, Special B, Paul’s Roasted Barley, Flaked Oats

Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft

9% ABV